What's It Like Being a Jamaican Living in Wales?

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  • @Jamaicans
    @Jamaicans  2 роки тому +2

    Thanks for watching! Are you ready to visit Wales after watching this video? If you are an expat living in Wales what's been your experience there? Don’t forget to subscribe so you never miss a video in the “Jamaicans to the World” series - bit.ly/2yRRCxP

  • @graceasphall544
    @graceasphall544 2 роки тому +11

    In 2019 I went to Cardiff, Wales. I did a bus tour and the driver finding out that we were Jamaicans, slowed down at a school and told us that the first black Principal was a Jamaican female.

  • @merlenepryce1181
    @merlenepryce1181 2 роки тому +20

    Such a lovely 😊 interview with mother and daughter. It is such a joy to know the love Carlene has for her daughter when she decided to travel abroad she never left her. Wishing both great success.

  • @gitaryddcymraeg8816
    @gitaryddcymraeg8816 2 роки тому +12

    What a brilliant interview. I am glad that they are enjoying Wales and I greatly love and appreciate the fact that they are learning the Welsh language. I am a Welshman from the Valleys. The reason not many of us speak Welsh is because they used to get punished for speaking Welsh and also because of the coal mines which attracted a lot of English people to the area and the Welsh language was very frowned upon. The fact is that if the people of South Wales didn't face consequences for speak their language, they would probably all still speak it. If North Wales had the coal mines, then North Wales would be speaking English and the South would be speaking Welsh. *Diolch yn fawr iawn a phob lwc, foneddigion.*

    • @tahliah6691
      @tahliah6691 2 роки тому

      Thanks God the Welsh language is making a good comeback …. I love trying to read the signs 🪧 when in Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 when in Wales do as the Welsh

    • @karenmitchell5869
      @karenmitchell5869 2 роки тому

      @@tahliah6691 o

  • @hazelfacey8355
    @hazelfacey8355 2 роки тому +5

    I have learnt something today.Thanks to your guest.She is well informed.

    • @Jamaicans
      @Jamaicans  2 роки тому

      Thanks for watching! Be sure to subscribe here so you don't miss any future videos in the series - bit.ly/2yRRCxP

  • @nicholettemcgregor2004
    @nicholettemcgregor2004 2 роки тому +4

    This interview was a gem. Thank you.

  • @khayebee
    @khayebee 2 роки тому +9

    Happy Mother’s Day Carlene from my daughter and I. This interview makes me want to visit. Sending love from Florida. 💕

  • @graceasphall544
    @graceasphall544 2 роки тому +4

    You are so correct about Clarendon people out numbering the guests on your show.

  • @dewilloyd9789
    @dewilloyd9789 2 роки тому +4

    Wonderful interview. Great that you are learning Welsh. Pob lwc!

  • @truvico
    @truvico 2 роки тому +4

    The Zipline thing intrigues me lol
    I'm about to search how to get to Wales from Jamaica.
    Beautiful interview as per usual, Xavier.

  • @--christine
    @--christine 2 роки тому +7

    Another great interview, mother and daughter are like two best friends, how lovely! Sorry they are unable to get
    green banana in Swansea but Carlene you can have plenty of curried mutton and rice🤣🤣🤣

  • @maureengolding2980
    @maureengolding2980 2 роки тому +2

    Mom was from Clarendon . She did not go to higher education but truly ambitious and was a visionary.

  • @spat5502
    @spat5502 Рік тому

    What a lovely mom and daughter. I absolutely love this series.

  • @sandralevy9839
    @sandralevy9839 2 роки тому +8

    Lovely mother and daughter interview 💕

  • @cherylmontcrief7600
    @cherylmontcrief7600 2 роки тому +6

    Sounds like a great place to vacation.

  • @layfettamasih1107
    @layfettamasih1107 2 роки тому +2

    Great interview Carlene and Xavier. Looking forward to joining you in Wales soon. You are doing an amazing civic duty for Wales. 🤗

  • @rubyberylgarraway634
    @rubyberylgarraway634 2 роки тому +3

    That was good.please keepup the good works

  • @theresanichols5556
    @theresanichols5556 2 роки тому +3

    Very great interview as always

    • @Jamaicans
      @Jamaicans  2 роки тому

      Thanks for the compliment! We are glad you enjoyed this episode in the “Jamaicans to the World” series. If you missed any they are all located here - ua-cam.com/video/gjEvqG6tLzs/v-deo.html&list=PLt0YTBf5UEoc1-D9XLrtMdespsht1oBLJ

  • @Yesmyjamaica
    @Yesmyjamaica 2 роки тому +2

    Interesting good interview. 👏🏽👏🏽❤❤🇯🇲🇯🇲

  • @geraldjones756
    @geraldjones756 2 роки тому +2

    Yes I'm from England and I love with people in Wales really nice people and generous to because I used to working promotions and stuff really good love Swansea

  • @veronicar8666
    @veronicar8666 2 роки тому +2

    I remembered the St. George’s Hotel in that little resort area of Wales.

  • @dorrettwilliams4066
    @dorrettwilliams4066 2 роки тому +4

    Yea I’ve been to South Wales to my Brother wedding very beautiful place the scenery is breathtaking 💫

  • @maureengolding2980
    @maureengolding2980 2 роки тому +11

    Ever since I was 10 years old, we learned that England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales are United Kingdom. I have read that the English oppressed the Wales centuries ago. This was in Jamaica school.

    • @normacoote9856
      @normacoote9856 2 роки тому +2

      Easy! Learnt that from a kid.

    • @normacoote9856
      @normacoote9856 2 роки тому +1

      Not curry lamb: curry mutton. If you ask for mutton in foreign one gets sheep meat. Jamaicans have to ask for Goat meat( not mutton).

    • @tahliah6691
      @tahliah6691 2 роки тому

      @@normacoote9856 mutton in the UK is old sheep n tough….but lamb which is closer to goat meat is just as good….and more plentiful…. I never buy mutton n goat meat isn’t easy to find unless you find a farm that sells to the public

    • @jackieroberts7895
      @jackieroberts7895 2 роки тому

      the welsh

  • @SammyJ96
    @SammyJ96 2 роки тому +2

    I enjoy listening tho the daughter more. She's articulate and easy to follow.

  • @coleengrant3601
    @coleengrant3601 2 роки тому +5

    This is a very interesting interview. If there was a sell, Carlene and Donique you marketed Wales well in particular Swansea.

  • @carreionmclean6042
    @carreionmclean6042 2 роки тому +3

    Great program learning lots.

    • @Jamaicans
      @Jamaicans  2 роки тому

      Thanks for watching! Be sure to subscribe here so you don't miss any future videos in the series - bit.ly/2yRRCxP

  • @cherylmontcrief7600
    @cherylmontcrief7600 2 роки тому +2

    Great interview. Appreciate these programs.

  • @donieveboyd9149
    @donieveboyd9149 2 роки тому +3

    great interview!

  • @Favouredandree
    @Favouredandree 2 роки тому +2

    Just ready to start watch...only to hear me are almost at the end...the food they would eat after landing.

  • @Favouredandree
    @Favouredandree 2 роки тому +6

    Clarendon people are represented here more than any other parish indeed.

  • @ggunnz8621
    @ggunnz8621 2 роки тому +2

    In London and have gotten an invitation to go to Wales hoping I will get the opportunity to go

    • @enelracllebpmac5356
      @enelracllebpmac5356 2 роки тому

      We are here just let us know when you want to visit. Note my UA-cam name is my actual name in the reverse order.

  • @maureengolding2980
    @maureengolding2980 2 роки тому +1

    Beautiful interview!

  • @DeeWms8753
    @DeeWms8753 Рік тому

    I am an Expat Wannabe, waiting for that renewed passport to arrive so I can retire & enjoy traveling the world. You are such a pleasant interviewer and the people you choose are so interesting it makes me want to go places that I never thought of in the past. (Wales? 😳ok ) Thank you for what you bring ❤ it is culturally
    educational and with a fun twist of humor. I have spread the word about your channel 😊🙏🏾 It’s rainy & cold in North Carolina today so I’m binge watching your videos❤

  • @annetteb2473
    @annetteb2473 2 роки тому

    I'm ready for Wales. Lovely story. Thanks for sharing.

  • @Prodigious1One
    @Prodigious1One 2 роки тому

    Great interview! I did an Ancestry DNA test and I have Welsh ancestry at 3%. Now I'm learning about Wales and its connection to me. I'm half Haitian and half Honduran, so I'm mostly black.

  • @roseb819
    @roseb819 2 роки тому +1

    Thanks Xavier

  • @patwahili771
    @patwahili771 2 роки тому +2

    Big up yourselves Xavier & Carlene

  • @IamDrDee
    @IamDrDee 2 роки тому +2

    Big up, Carlene! Big up my parish Clarendon and my school Edwin Allen. Yes, Xavier! We are very adventurous. I moved to the U.S. on my own and then to the U.S. Virgin Islands and back to the mainland U.S.

    • @enelracllebpmac5356
      @enelracllebpmac5356 2 роки тому +1

      Thanks Dr Dee! Proud of my alma mater 😊

    • @enelracllebpmac5356
      @enelracllebpmac5356 2 роки тому +1

      What period you attended Edwin Allen 😊

    • @IamDrDee
      @IamDrDee 2 роки тому

      @@enelracllebpmac5356 I attended 2003 to 2008. How about you?

    • @enelracllebpmac5356
      @enelracllebpmac5356 2 роки тому +1

      @@IamDrDee I was way before you, 1987 but you may be in my sister's time.

  • @rickyaranda6480
    @rickyaranda6480 2 роки тому +1

    Great Show!

  • @rubynewby3519
    @rubynewby3519 2 роки тому

    Very interesting and inspiring 👏

  • @DeniseSterling-e1i
    @DeniseSterling-e1i Місяць тому

    Thanks to Wales for being nice to me always ❤❤😇🌍🙏💯❤️💛💚 I'm a Jamaican to.

  • @geraldjones756
    @geraldjones756 2 роки тому +3

    Wales remind me of Jamaica with all the hills

    • @geraldjones756
      @geraldjones756 2 роки тому

      But you don't have as much greenery and there's no tropical trees but the hills and is similar size to Jamaica as well nice place

  • @virgoangel4072
    @virgoangel4072 2 роки тому +2

    I am a Jamaican living in Wales. I know McNea too. I am also from Clarendon. Not far from Frankfeild

  • @dianadavid3362
    @dianadavid3362 2 роки тому +4

    Happy mother's day 💖

  • @styliestylishvlogstv7
    @styliestylishvlogstv7 2 роки тому +1

    We living in South East London when I was a baby after I born in Jamaica

  • @marshaandy8371
    @marshaandy8371 2 роки тому +1

    Lovely interview

  • @raynor123
    @raynor123 2 роки тому +4

    Bobby marley is half welsh and half jamaican....his father was from wales and his mother was jamaican

    • @horlicks3920
      @horlicks3920 2 роки тому +1

      Who ask yuh?

    • @raynor123
      @raynor123 2 роки тому +2

      Never did a talk to yuh

    • @kwacou4279
      @kwacou4279 2 роки тому

      Norval Sinclair Marley was the father of reggae musician Bob Marley . Norval Marley was born in Jamaica . Son of Ellen Broomfield and Albert Thomas Marley. His father was a white Jamaican. You are aware, whites have been in Jamaica since 1494 Spanish Jamaica, 1655 British Jamaica.

  • @winstonfranklin3710
    @winstonfranklin3710 2 роки тому +2

    Good video I like it

  • @omarkelly5478
    @omarkelly5478 2 роки тому +2

    I watched a television show called Hinterland and I noticed that the Welsh accent sounds very Caribbean

  • @lorreanscarlett5583
    @lorreanscarlett5583 2 роки тому +4

    Lovely interview... Very relaxing and insightful

    • @gwendolynallen121
      @gwendolynallen121 2 роки тому +1

      Always enjoy your interviews very enlightening and educational.your program is teaching us valued information of different countries Awesome.Keep up the good work.

  • @cecileb.2207
    @cecileb.2207 Рік тому

    Loved it! 🇯🇲❤️

  • @mariawedderburn4887
    @mariawedderburn4887 2 роки тому +1

    Great interview. I have had family living in Wales for about 50 years. They do not speak Welsh unfortunately.

  • @beachdaisy444
    @beachdaisy444 2 роки тому +1

    I know Matinee as I m from Nine Turns. Beautiful mountains and valleys.

  • @eulenamerica7582
    @eulenamerica7582 2 роки тому

    It is true mumbles is nice ..i have gone on the cliff walk..I love Swansea. I visited with family

  • @simonelavigne8618
    @simonelavigne8618 2 роки тому +2

    Wonderful

  • @tahliah6691
    @tahliah6691 2 роки тому +3

    The Welsh and Irish accents reminds me of Jamaican patois

  • @sophiemclarke6556
    @sophiemclarke6556 2 роки тому +4

    Lovely mum and daughter.

  • @veronicar8666
    @veronicar8666 2 роки тому +1

    Beautiful place, I have been there in 2018.

  • @AAHomeGardening
    @AAHomeGardening 2 роки тому +3

    I am 30 minutes from Wales
    Loads of jamaicans in Wales

  • @neshahibbert8233
    @neshahibbert8233 2 роки тому

    Love this loads

  • @kevingrant5695
    @kevingrant5695 2 роки тому

    Amazing I have been to England next time I must visit Wales .

  • @denjah9224
    @denjah9224 2 роки тому +5

    Love it! Love it!
    Great interview. My wife and I loved Carlene and Donique!
    Wales was on our list and we will be making the trip.
    Is there a Jamaican contact group?

  • @Sugi1971
    @Sugi1971 2 роки тому +4

    😂😂😂Bedsit... You right a chotch!!!

  • @beverleyblackwood7368
    @beverleyblackwood7368 8 місяців тому

    I would really love to take a break from London ❤❤❤❤

  • @virgoangel4072
    @virgoangel4072 2 роки тому +2

    Wales remind me of Jamaica 🇯🇲

  • @Favouredandree
    @Favouredandree 2 роки тому +4

    Donique Jamacian accent up! Up! Waaay up!. Really like listening to her.

  • @vandasutherland6640
    @vandasutherland6640 Рік тому

    Omg only devonstout for me thank u.

  • @merrickreid4869
    @merrickreid4869 2 роки тому

    zavier I live I the west midland I would have liked to have a chat with you about jamaican living in the UK

  • @cherylmontcrief7600
    @cherylmontcrief7600 2 роки тому +3

    My grandmother is a Griffiths...which is a welch name.

  • @marshaandy8371
    @marshaandy8371 2 роки тому +2

    Edwin Allen high yay!!!

  • @InfiniteNaturalMystic
    @InfiniteNaturalMystic 2 роки тому +2

    Princess Diana is from Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

  • @johanbeckles
    @johanbeckles 2 роки тому +1

    What a way this woman look like my sister in law, who is a Jamaican 🇯🇲 who grew up in New York City! I learned quite a bit about Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 culture during the interview. But, I suggest when you inquire about dating in this age of many options, don’t assume people aren’t in a same gender coupling relationship. With respect, no matter what the Jamaican culture shamefully dictates against same gender relationships, please refrain from questions indicating a woman’s romantic interest should only be with a man or same for a man’s preference. Love ❤️ simply is love 💕.
    Who knows…maybe that’s why your guest brought her daughter in to answer that question.
    Peace ✌🏽

    • @enelracllebpmac5356
      @enelracllebpmac5356 2 роки тому +1

      Understand your point but I'm not dating any gender in Wales.

  • @virgoangel4072
    @virgoangel4072 2 роки тому +1

    Nice beach

  • @tahliah6691
    @tahliah6691 2 роки тому +2

    Wales is beautiful lots of lovely waterfalls and the best beaches and countryside in the UK….. very unspoilt ….. lots of lovely castles …. we go all the time for holidays … the Welsh have their own language …. Eg Scotland Wales and Northern Ireland is Celtic England isn’t… Coventry is vile it’s not a nice place 👀…

  • @virgoangel4072
    @virgoangel4072 2 роки тому +1

    Wales is much better. Lots of greenery. Tenby beach is similar to Negril

  • @nicolefrancis5771
    @nicolefrancis5771 2 роки тому +1

    That's my friend's sister

  • @Favouredandree
    @Favouredandree 2 роки тому +2

    Daughter & mom are look a likes.

  • @virgoangel4072
    @virgoangel4072 2 роки тому

    It makes you feel like nothing else exists.

  • @virgoangel4072
    @virgoangel4072 2 роки тому +1

    2nd to Devon House ice cream

  • @jackieroberts7895
    @jackieroberts7895 2 роки тому +1

    welsh is an ancient language all of the UK spoke it once until the invaders came in

  • @kerimaabu1359
    @kerimaabu1359 2 роки тому

    This is the first time I have ever herd the Welch being described in this manor, Especially north Wales, very very racist.

  • @thrudysmith777
    @thrudysmith777 2 роки тому

    I think Jamaicans are proud, but not necessarily patriotic…

  • @Hfh415
    @Hfh415 2 роки тому +2

    PhD? Sheep’s?

  • @JimMorrison-ld2zh
    @JimMorrison-ld2zh Рік тому

    Eye n eye me seh Haile Selassie eye da mahn iss da rastafahreye!

  • @elainemoore5280
    @elainemoore5280 2 роки тому

    You have a DOCOTORATE !!! And you DONT know if it is 10 sheep it is still SHEEP!!!!!

  • @jackieroberts7895
    @jackieroberts7895 2 роки тому

    wales is not Britain ? what 😂

  • @tahliah6691
    @tahliah6691 2 роки тому

    I thought Bob Marley’s father was Scottish ? 🤔

  • @dorothyt8080
    @dorothyt8080 2 роки тому

    This isn’t interesting, my mothers been living in wales since 1960, (came from Manchester Jamaica, My 6 siblings were born and bred there, me being the oldest went to South Wales in 1978, went to college there,thousands of Jamaican and other Caribbean isles been there since the 1930,s. I travel back there often. Wales is part of the UK. So this isn’t interesting

    • @Strengthofawoman2022
      @Strengthofawoman2022 2 роки тому +7

      I’m enjoying the interview and I’m sure other people will also appreciate it so if it’s not interesting to you , keep it to yourself; humble uself and stop hype

    • @enelracllebpmac5356
      @enelracllebpmac5356 2 роки тому +2

      Not for you but for others. Do a follow up with a more interesting interview to share your experiences since you've been living here for a lifetime. We consider ourselves relatively new.

  • @EthersMysticalChildTarot8014
    @EthersMysticalChildTarot8014 2 роки тому

    Can you let people talk she's trying to explain cost and you just chip in calm dung nuh mon