Bra, yall hebrew, descendants of the Israelites, Indians, children of God.. yall stayed in the woods and the plains... reason why we have hell on earth waste desolate places cause we forgot the covenant... yall dont want the truth yall jus cappin.
"That makes us the original victims of identity theft. We lost our names. We lost our languages. We lost the freedom to honor our ancestors and our families were torn apart." That's a powerful statement because it's true.
Chigo COJ Just says Nigeria. I was able to find a 100% Nigerian distant cousin. She lives in Port Harcourt. I also found out my uncle took the paternal lineage test and it came back Igbo.
Let me get this straight: You comment something that is unrelated to the fact that I have two DANGEROUSLY beautiful girlfriends? Considering that I am the unprettiest UA-camr ever, having two hot girlfriends is really incredible. Yet you did not mention that at all. I am quite disappointed, dear idshan ali
Shout out to all the 12 Africans who don't view themselves as the gate keepers of who's African or not. Unfortunately most of you all are hateful and believe that after selling us into slavery, you can tell us that we not African. The ashy audacity...
Y'all can't disrespect us, call us names and then demand respect. I genuinely love Black American culture but we will not tolerate your disrespect. Africa owes you nothing. Period. And it's the fact that you have the audacity to refer to "Africans" as if Africa is a country. It's a continent. Respect it.
As an African born and raised in Africa, i want my brothers and sisters whose ancestors were taken to know we love you, we would love to have you and we love what you have built despite what they did to you. They stole you, you defied them and you are stronger for it! Mad love from the mother land!
@@Bundy6Hunna yeah...so? the fact that black people moved en-mass to the "west" through slavery remains constant. the fact that most of us love our brothers and sisters still remains constant. The fact that they showed great strength in building a new culture is a constant.
The truth is that the fact that we are alive, descendants of slaves, means that our ancestors were fighters and extremely resilient. We have to honour them with our lives. Peace to us all it is our time now to rise.
AL OEOPLE FFOM AFRICAN CONTINENT ARR DIFFERENT. AND ALMOST HALF OF THEM HAVE CURLY HAIR AND AND A HIST OF DIFFERENT SKIN COMPLEXION. OF THE AFTICAN WOMEN
Prophet You are wholly incorrect. Most African tribes were still using manual weapons in the 1800s. In fact European colonization was thwarted back in many armed conflicts, the Zulus being the most famous. Slave selling Africans were a very small number of people. But that’s how capitalism works.
Dear American Africans. I am from East Africa my people were not enslaved and had limited interactions with Europe and resisted colonization. I always felt hurt that a whole bunch of my African people were robbed and enslaved. Just know i love y'all and Africa will always will love you. Find who you are and Never forget to take pride in our Motherland Africa is the motherland. We had vast empires in every region. Your history never started with slavery just know!
Olsh Loop, I hope your comment gets thousands of likes. As a Black American, I often see a bitterness between us and Black Africans and vice versa. For instance how most Black Americans are unable to know their roots is frowned upon by Black Africans who know their lineage. I mean, we would know it and honor it if it wasn't stolen from us. Thanks so much for writing this unifying message. 💚
There are black Americans named Ashanti, Imani, etc. During the black power movement in the 1970's, many gave their children Afrocentric names. You can give your child any first name you want. It doesn't necessarily indicate heritage.
Just hearing how passionate this woman is about discovering their past and culture is so heart warming. All she wants is for people to know where they came from and their rich history and culture. It would be amazing if they made something like this for Native American people too!!
There is!!! I'm always looking into all my native peoples history, both African and in the Americas! I searched up something about indigenous American DNA testing and they are trying to build up a base from existing indigenous tribes today. They still need help collecting the basis of their study but please look into it! 23andme and other testing that give you broad spectrums are not good for indigenous peoples to use bc they will keep you DNA. But I hope you can find out more about your ancestors and yourself. Also praying to your ancestors for guidance and help never hurt anyone! They are always with us in spirit and always listening!
@@Mmesomachii Some day, particularly when I can get tested. I just know so far that I have a small part of indigenous blood. But I am really curious about which part of africa my ancestors came from and what clan.
I wonder why someone called called Kwesi would be wondering what his origins are don't Americans sturdy anymore?it's like your name is Vladimir you're white and you wonder if you have Russian roots,or your name is Miguel and you wonder if you got South American roots.
@@VMitch-ng7tg You're a complete moron!I said why didn't the President revert back to his original African name instead of continuing with colonial names especially surname like late President Mobutu did.
Iran here. There are people with dark complexions in southern Iran. Many people still think they're dark because of the "climate" down there (very hot and humid regions next to the Persian Gulf), but they're actually 'Afro-Iranians', which absolutely amazed me the 1st time I heard about it.
i watched a video about that a few days ago, what's sad is that a lot of them from my understanding dont even know they have african ancestors and are not originally from the region
Tears are coming to my eyes reading the comments from those that are still living in Africa or just came here to America recently. To say the words that "We in Africa love you - Africa will always love you" breaks my heart. Because they understand that we were kidnapped. We were stolen and abused against our will. It is the same feeling anyone would have if they found out one of their family members has gone missing - no where to be found. To understand that we were made to forget our heritage, culture and language. Thank you for the words and feelings. This video is appreciated.
@MANIDEEP REDDY The people called gypsies in Europe are said to be from India. Are they also having a good life because they are in Europe and not poor in India?
@MANIDEEP REDDY That's bad logic. You have to factor in the reasons they ended up in that foreign country. Proximity to gold doesn't equate to access to it under all conditions. Also, brainwashing of one's worth is a hell of a detriment.
@MANIDEEP REDDY In short, the point she's trying to make is there is something to be said of having an independent home to belong to unconditionally, one I believe the Romanis in Europe can also benefit from if they reconnect
I love how she says "enslaved Africans" to maintain our ancestors humanity. We were never and will never be "slaves". A population of our African people were enslaved. Our ancestors are still people, still human
Nigeria- Yoruba tribe Nigeria- Esan tribe Sierra Leone- Mende tribe Kenya- Luhya tribe The test I took showed my lienage travel and timeline of their travel. We journeyed from Kenya to Sudan, through Republic of Congo to Sierre Leone and finally to Nigeria.
I know Kwesi is a Ghanaian name, but you can't necessary judge it by the name. Name can be picked out from anywhere like a book. He does however look Ghanaian.
I just feel fired up when I see African-American proudly talking of Africa.. Just reminds me of Marcus Garvey, 'A people without a knowledge of their past history,origin and culture is like a tree without roots. ' Keep up the good work. You're making us feel confident like anyone else with all these. Deng all the way from South Sudan.🇸🇸🇸🇸
Even though Black people in the Americas with our mixed ancestries may not have social ties to other continents, we have ethnic groups and cultures of our own. I may not know exactly where all of my ancestors came from (which is standard for anyone with a family that has migrated or immigrated) but I know where I came from. I feel incredibly proud to be from the Americas, to be from the US specifically and to be a part of a rich legacy. Black Americans have such a huge global influence for such a small ethnic group. The whole world sings our music, dances our dances and looks up to our athletes.
I think this test and the explanation she gave is just a beautiful experience. Everyone should know where they come from, especially African-Americans (from the U.S.) and Hispanics. We see our past with such a hazy blur full of negativity (age of "discovery", colonization, imperialism...).To actually see where our ancestors came from and who they really were would help people figure out who they are as an individual.
Marcus Garvey wasn't a supporter of Pan-Africanism and like Malcolm X and Martin Luther King he knew blacks as we are called are not from Africa but Aborigines/Natives stripped majorly of our values , history and land. He did support a free state/economy like Liberia
@@SpitfireMLG during the european colonization many tribes that fought back were captured and sold as slaves and theyd do that to make a profit but yes indeed the Europeans did buy them from other africans or traded them in exchange for weapons and other goods
@@SpitfireMLG why the hell do you think the will be buying people like a commodity. If they thought they could buy them,the sure as hell will go out of their way to hunt the down like animals. Also for those of you arguing that they were sold by their own type they were forced. Chiefs were publicly beaten to set an example for all those who wanted to resist. Do you think any one will willingly give his brother or sister or even son away? Get informed for Christ sake
Its also more expensive than people may think. its 300+$. Honestly is it worth it? Ancestry and 23&Me are between 50-100 or 200 if u want health info as well. While they dont show specific tribes, they still give countries.
Beautiful thought, but here, the United Corporation of America doesn't feel they should pay our 40 acres and a mule that they promised, let alone reparations. So they can care less about where we came from as long as WE act like them.
My momma is Caribbean so is my dad i knkw the ugky truth along the one of my ansestors were molested or raped which is pary the reason why i have light skin but i never took a a dna test so idk where im really from
Our history is not sad. You - the descendants of people who sold your own into slavery - want us to be sad. Y'all still sad to this day because instead of being defeated we have a richer culture than y'all do.
@@elisabethfanfan9560 Did you parents immigrate to the carribean? Did their parents immigrate to the carribean, dod their parents (your great grandparents) immigrate to the carribean?
@@FlowerTower Can you stop? Seriously, stop. As an African American, I’m not gonna let you sit over here and try to say that our culture is “richer” because you’re mad that their ancestors sold ours into slavery. That’s not what they did, it was their ancestors. And no our culture is not richer, it’s just different. There is no one African culture, there are multiple. And to not think that our history is sad, you seem to be in a whole lot of these comment thread straight up attacking Africans and their culture. Clearly this video makes you upset. Don’t watch it.
@@niyah405 Diversity is the most destructive thing for white nations, there are no benefits when you become a minority. introduction of multiple stakeholders with naturally occuring differing interests which inevitably leads to a fight for power in all spheres and ultimately political. The diversity/multicultural trap. It is a weapon selectively being unilaterally imposed upon European's and European American nations. It is the most powerful weapon, destroying your nation - slowly control is lost.
He was never a slave, colonizers never took him anywhere. He was born free, has a great job at Buzzfeed, gets enough food to eat, and has the luxury of having these tests performed. The victim mentality of some people boggles my mind.
it's so sad and horrible that a lot of black people can't know about their tribe/clan/cultural/ethnical background. :( i'm indonesian and i absolutely cannot imagine my life without knowing my clan, my tribe, my ethnical background from my mother's side and my father's side, and their culture. it's part of who i am and it's so sad to see a lot of black people not having the privilege to know theirs.... being stripped away from your heritage is so so so saddening!!! my country was colonized too and we had a large portion of our culture cut off by the colonizers as well and it's horrible. to all my black brothers and sisters i pray that you guys can find out about your ancestors, tribes, clans, and cultures. 💖
Thanks! A lot of African-Americans are not aware of how being disconnected from our lineage hurts us, as a culture. All we know is this culture which has been surrounded around pain, destruction, and survival. Of course it has elements of beauty, but the negative tends to outweigh the positive, I find.
@@wigsontop Right? The ignorance is pissing me off. It's almost like they think that all African tribes were living peacefully together and then one day a white guy with a net appeared and dragged them off to the colonies. Slavery was present before they'd ever even see a white person and the only thing that changed is that they were shipped overseas.
Dear African Americans: Although you might be shot by cops, ostracized , discriminated and hated in America. I want you to know that you we love you,your cries are NOT ignored and your voice is heard in Africa. We Africans feel your shattered hearts and dreams,and cry when you cry. We see your plight and acknowledge the hardships you face. But I want you to know that our hearts go to you,and I especially want you to know that you we appreciate you. Most importantly,I want you to know that you are not alone. Your African roots are impossible to be quit of. We love you From: Your fellow African sister 💖
Try to be in the business of being white . Next day your Facebook, UA-cam, Twitter and many other acounts whould have been closed. And you will be named a racist and nazi.
Ghana🇬🇭 Kwesi/Kwasi - males born on Sunday Kojo/Kwadjo -males born on Monday Kwabena -Tuesday Kwaku/Kweku -Wednesday Yaw - Thursday Kofi/Fiifi - Friday Kwame -Saturday Esi/ Akosua - females born on Sunday Adjoa - females born on Monday Abena - Tuesday Akua/ Ekua - Wednesday Yaa - Thursday Afia/Efia - Friday Ama - Saturday Those are Akan names,there are other languages but the Akan ones are most popular and common
Dang who would have thought she’d say fulani because people don’t really know about us unless you were from Africa. Proud fulani girl here, speak the language and all😊🖤
Im in High School and we had a conversation about our family and I go to school with a lot of latin students. When they were talking about their families and were they were from I broke down because I could not relate.
@@DESSxMONA.Many Latinos were enslaved also. They are a mix of cultures from indigenous peoplen whites from Spain, Germany, Italy and Portugual even France and black African slaves. They are immigrants so of course they come from somewhere else. Slavery even happened in Mexico.
Wow! I just found out through a dna test that I'm 26 % Sierra Leonese. So hearing about the Temne, Mende and Balanta people makes me very proud. This is very interesting. Now I want to take this African Heritage test too.
I’m from Angola and I just want to say we love you our African Americans brothers and sisters! Africans will always love you! You have a very strong heritage and you can be proud of that! Please never forget that your History doesn’t begin with slavery, you are the descendants of great africans empires and kingdoms. Also I know the language is a barrier, but please try to get interested in other countries like Senegal, Congo, Ivory Coast etc ... there are so many countries in Africa, not only Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya or South Africa. Be blessed. com muito amor de Angola 😊😊❤️
Mlle Vsga this is so beautiful. Thank you for saying this. Here in America, we aren’t taught that people in African countries love us; And I hate that. Again, thank you for this message my sister or brother. 😊🥰
@mlle Vsga awwww that is sooo sweet & you are right they usually think Nigeria because nigeria's population is 190 million so they are very famous amongst all africans but there are many more, I am Congolese and before colonization I believe Congo and Angola was one except belgium colonized and enslaved my people on our land and portugal took angola ,I believe most Angolan slaves were taken to Brazil I am not sure about were Congolese slaves were taken but we angola and congo was one kingdom we are one ! I love black americans too with love from Congo
White people really take it for granted that we know our ancestry and/or can easily research it. I know where my ancestors lived, what languages they spoke, what religions they followed, etc. I have the privilege of speaking English when I AM English. I know a lot of white Americans scoff at the notion that knowing where you come from is important, considering themselves culturally American and nothing more, but the history of your people influences you today in ways you aren't even aware of. People often try to downplay the transatlantic slave trade by falsely comparing it to slavery that's occurred in the Middle East and ancient Rome, as if it's something every culture has dabbled in at one time or another, but most slavery systems didn't involve forced assimilation via bans on languages, religions, cultural practices, family groups, etc. Slaves in ancient Rome could continue speaking their native languages and worshiping their own gods, and their children weren't automatically slaves. The transatlantic slave trade was built upon intentional cultural genocide. Humans are easier to subdue when you strip them of their identities. It's one of the most tragic things that can happen to a people and it's shameful that the US never made reparations. We can never give back what we stole from the descendants of slaves but as a society we won't even admit the gravity of what we stole.
Laith the Arab slave trade was infinitely more brutal than the trans Atlantic slave trade and your wrong about forced assimilation. All cultures practiced slavery at one point, there was slavery going on in Africa thousands of years before the Europeans showed up. Try again
I've always wanted to do this because as sad as it is when your African American it is very rare you know your African roots. I saw a quote where it was like " African American- African without memory, and american without privilege " and although it doesn't apply to all, it was really deep for me.
One lady in the comment section said that you could find out what tribe you are from through your white ansestor. The slave masters kept detailed records of their slaves.
MSO that’s how you know we got our own little culture, cause black ppl don’t take nothing serious 😭😭 if there’s a chance to make a joke we gon make it. Ctfu 😭😭
Mae I am descended from the Ashanti tribe...where stolen and traded and brought over to Barbados 🇧🇧 and from Barbados to 🇸🇷 Suriname.. I am proud to know who I am directly 🇬🇭
I’m Somalian 🇸🇴 ....Watching this made me bit emotional but at same the time so Proud of each and every one of you for doing this ....We love ❤️ you guys and Mother Africa loves dearly..it’s time to come home even if it’s one day just to experience the Pride, Touch, and Wholesome of being African!!!!!!
@Fola Alli im not somali but i know you are, you're pretending not to be Somali to cause drama between Somalis and the rest of the black community, it wont work. proud black somalis are apart of the community
I don't agree with it but Somali is are homogeneous people. If you don't like us, stop trying to date us. The OP was saying positive things and you took it to a hatred turn.
@@goodnessmirikwe6595 stop lying. If anyone oppresses the igbos it is the Hausa Fulani people and you should know this. Leave the rest of us out of your grievances and stop bringing your negativity here.
This was so sad to watch just to imagine that these people and their forefathers were robbed of their identity. At least they get to know where they came from, they should visit these places to learn more.
@@jpturner9452 we were NOT sold by our own ppl. Colonizers manipulated other African tribes into petty wars in exchange for guns, money etc. Our ppl lost the fight they were never in control.
@@jpturner9452 wow you're truly an uneducated twat. So even the kids were criminals & crazy. Stop making up stuff you foolish idiot & read a history book.
Yeah and you can blame Black African Slavers for selling you in the first place instead of hating White people. What happened to black people being sold into slavery was a tragedy but I wish people would learn the real history.
Blair Robert Umm, you are being disingenuous. Europeans and specific African tribes were complicit in the Transatlantic slave trade. Just stop trying to edit history.
@@blairrobert3438 You mean like the African Queens going to war with the Europeans... not other Africans... during that era. Those queens whooped yall white butts too. That's why it was majority West Africans DNA because you lost against a lot of other Africans and you did steal a lot of slaves. From the other tribes.
I'm an African-American with 98% West African DNA. I'm from Savannah, Georgia and most of us here has a high percentage of West African DNA from various West African countries. ❤
@@avalonsignoraalmas6150 I'm from Jones County( Gray, GA) and I definitely want to find out too. Maybe learning these results when give me more meaning and pride that I need in my life.
So glad this is available. Ive watched too many "find your roots" that stop short of connecting people of color to Africa and/or specific peoples in Africa. This was cool & all of these buzzfeed employees that have been doing various dna tests - i find are such awesome people that i forget the reason i started watching the video haha like id just hang out & listen to them talk & be...about anything.
It hurts to only be to identify as “Black” don’t get me wrong but imagine if we african americans knew our true background. Seeing how proud people are to rep their flags I always feel i’m on the outside
Tribalism has its own problems too. In countries where there are mostly black people, tribalism can often replace racism (Thanks Colonialism). Like in a lot of African countries, identifying as black means nothing, 'cause we're all black, but we're not all the same tribe, so that takes precedence.
Well at least I’m black lol I feel so proud to be black out african American culture and history our accomplishments like we are so dope I see other race groups wishing they were even half black and I’m like lol sorry bro we too cool but I deff feel u I wish I had a flag to represent us I feel lost as well not knowing exactly where my roots come from
Black is just a general term of all the African Diaspora and due to the Europeans not caring nor keeping proper records and many Europeans destroying their familial ways of knowledge by slavery
Son Of Judah Absolam No blacks did not come from Israel, yes the Hebrews were a mixed group( Africans and Semitics), humans originate in East Africa, and a lot black people have diverse ancestry
Back in the late 1600s my family were slave owners in Virginia. There's not much nowadays that I can do to make up for that, but I am so so sorry to anyone who lost their cultural identity and heritage because of my ancestors.
That Sunflower Babe shut up. Why would she donate money to black people just because of slavery which had nothing to do with her. She doesn’t even have to say sorry because she didn’t partake in slavery nor does she agree with slavery. You sound like someone who’s just desperate for money.
Who stole something? Those people were enslaved by their own people and sold to merchants who then transported them to various places where they were purchased. Try speaking the truth for a change.
Dox Holiday lies lies and more lies and most of the slaves came from Israel and were Hebrews who fled to Africa the Roman emperors Pompey and his father burned down Jerusalem and the Africans didn’t like the Hebrews!!!! The prince of Egypt shows Egyptians and Hebrews living together but are different people
Dox Holiday By your reasoning the Irish were also oppressed by their *own people* the English, for centuries right? Since when is capturing and holding in bondage your rival ethnic group who have nothing to do with you *your own people*? Africans throughout the continent were never “one people” as you posit. It was Europeans who stripped Africans of diverse ethnic origins (e.g., Fang, Ewe, Hausa etc) and lumped them into *one* for social, economic and political gain. The European enslavers deliberately grouped together diverse ethnic groups so that they could not communicate with each other and cause an uprising. Also, the same applies to the indigenous people throughout the Americas, they were falsely lumped together as *one* and the false label *Indian* was imposed on them. But we all know that the “In group” has to use DECEPTION among other strategies about the “out group”.
Kenya wasent THIER main target.... Nigeria and other natural reaosuces counties sting laborers,warriors was their target cause they need those stuffs in THIER countries and wanna take over.... They enslaved labourers to work in their county different sections of work
@@emmanuelabiola1871 I know. Thats why i said even if many slaves didn't originate from Kenya, they should feel free to call Kenya home. I already knew the backstory to the Atlantic slave trade which East Africa wasn't involved in. I already knew East Africa was involved in th Indian ocean trade, which only resulted in way fewer slaves in Middle East and India.
Knowing your ancestral history is empowering in my opinion. I didn't know they had this DNA test, that's really awesome that folks can do this and learn their family's histories beyond the nightmare of slavery. I'd love one like this for Native American tribes too. Native children were stolen from their tribes to be civilized and christianized. I knew my dad's family is native but my dna test showed I am also native on my mom's side and I'd love to know more.
The sad reality is that test like this are misleading. They look at autosomal DNA and can only tell you about the DNA you carry. That means they do not look at all of your ancestors. And if they look at Y chromosomes they can only tell you about your father's father's father's father's father so many generations back and the same goes for looking at mitochondrial DNA only being able to show you your mother's mother's mother so many generations back. Given the forced migration of African people on the African continent to West Africa's Coast during the days of the transatlantic slave trade, it's virtually impossible to trace any modern-day African-American to one African tribe. And because modern-day Africa is a byproduct of its Colonial past, African Americans could not lay claim today in being descendants of any modern-day countries even if they wanted to. There was no country called Ghana or Nigeria or Senegal or the Democratic Republic of Congo or any other modern African nation when our ancestors lived on that continent
@ that's real Africans took war prisoners and enslaved them. Arabs also enslaved Africans. The transatlantic slave trade was pretty lucrative for crooked African slave traders.
Africans enslaving each other was not the same as chattel slavery in the US. It wasn’t race-based, it was possible to buy your freedom, slaves could marry into a family etc
It really is a beautiful thing for descendants of enslaved Black Americans to trace their roots. I was recently at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, and remember having the same feeling I got after watching this video. As a side note, it's nice how you mentioned that you hope for a Native American DNA test in the near future without commandeering the video. You got your point across without being disrespectful to Black people by hijacking the point of this video like many commenters here did. So many people are putting the onus on Black people to fix every race's/culture's problems. Whenever Black people get something or do something, some foolish POC is like "But why don't you help us instead?" like Black people don't already help other POC to get no help in return. I wish more of those people would be like you who want to work with Black people and not have Black people work for you. 💛
I neither liked or disliked, but I can perfectly understand someone becoming completely fed up with yet another video where the topic of slavery is brought up and leveraged against 'white people' and disliking it because of that. That's what happens when you constantly harp on something year after year, decade after decade, generation after generation, century after century... and methodically craft a narrative aimed at making people who've never owned slaves feel guilty about something that happened in the distant past. Not a single person in America has ever owned a slave. None of their parents or grandparents owned slaves. Yet it's one of the most talked about subjects in 2019 because it's used to leverage guilt, and put an entire race of people on the defensive, people are getting fed up with being brow beaten and dehumanized for something they took no part in. White people didn't "steal" blacks, their own people enslaved them and sold them to merchants. They were put on ships usually owned by Jews or Arabs. They were taken to different parts of the world, in fact the fewest amount of slaves were taken to America, where less than 2% of white Americans owned slaves. 89 years after the formation of the country white Americans ended slavery, then joined the British in demolishing the slave trade around the world. Black Africans on the other hand are enslaving other blacks to this day. Try making a video where slavery isn't used to put false guilt on an entire race of people and there won't be thousands of people disliking it. Because it's only going to get worse.
@@doxholiday1372 until the colornof our skin is no longer an issue with day to day living then you can be tired of this conversation. Until then YOU DO NOT GET TO TELL US WHEN ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
Im from Zimbabwe and watching this just made me cry, African American brothers and sisters......you are in our hearts and our souls still wail for what our ancestors had to go through. Siyalithanda (We love you).
apart from the topic... its interesting that almost all of the slaves were from west africa... so kongo zimbabwe uganda zambia tschad kenia hadnt to do with slavery... it was just westafrica as i know..
My great great grand father moved from the coast of East Africa to the center of East African cause he feared slavery. He was running for his life poor man, may he find peace in heaven
im mexican american but im glad they found out what tribes they come from. that must be so exciting and liberating to know where your FROM FROM as some people like to ask people of color
cough pillbox I was meaning for people who looked mixed. Like Afro Latinos or someone else mixed raced. Or someone who has a headscarf and looks like from another country than where the religion is mainly practiced cause it isn’t just about skin tone. I’m assuming from your statement your white. Don’t mean it in a rude way. But I don’t think you have gotten the question where are you from from. Like if you were to ask my cousin who is mixed and he tells you he’s from New York some people go deeper and ask no like where are you from from assuming he’s not American because he’s not white. Get it?
@@moniqueflorez1974 the "where are you from" question is always so difficult to answer because we're all extremely mixed from colonization. Mexican-Americans represent 🇲🇽
@@jewellelisborn3358 unless you were named after someone but then is a first name for a male born on Sunday. You must be a Ghanaian to have that name. I am Abena . A female born on Tuesday. Ghanaian traditional names are unique.
Harriet I said the same thing... I'm Nigerian and we're technically country neighbor (hahahaha) so immediately I heard the name, I just said "he's Ghanaian".. was surprised about the results... But I also think it could be that they use the name for African roots connection. There are African-Americans I know that bear Amara(an ibo name in Nigeria) and they're given the name like it's a regular English name but it's actually a tribal name but they do not know. It's sad to not have an identity.. I'm glad they're doing this.
@@mysticalmysticus7142 maybe if other African countries would stop stoning and executing people for being gay their would be more LGBT people in other African nations. South Africa is less homophobic than other nations. Xenophobic as hell, yes!!!! But they no longer care to mess with gay people anymore. lol
As a first generation American who knows exactly where they come from, I find this incredibly beautiful. All black Americans deserve this kind of information about their ancestry should they have the desire to know. And shoutout to Ryann who ended up having common ancestry with the Mende people of Sierra Leone. Welcome brother lol
They lost everything, really SAD bt, out hre @ home "AFRICA" you always welcome back in any sub-saharan country cz we are ONE as africans, shout outs from KENYA 🇰🇪
1. I loooove that she mentioned how resistant the different African groups were! History makes it seem like Africans just went on slave ships without putting up a fight! 2. I'm from Charleston, SC so as soon as she started mentioning rice farmers and the Gullah Geechee culture I knew right what she was talking about! I do believe I have ancestors from Sierra Leone.
@@melissasmith6762 more slaves were forcefully captured and besides it's not like those who stayed in Africa were not enslaved,all our ancestors were enslaved but the only difference is,those enslaved in Africa were not deprived of their identity.
@@trendeous4070 Yeah, forcefully captured. By Africans. You don't think it isn't a bit crummy that I didn't find that out until recent, because it violates the evil white guy narrative?
@@melissasmith6762 At whose beckon and call? Germans also killed Russians under Hitler's ideology and those weren't world wars, they were EUROPEAN wars
I really appreciate the fact that I was born in Africa and that I have extensive knowledge of my country and who we are. I used to hate admitting that I was Nigerian but now that I’m older, I wear it on my chest 😂
It really hurts me that these people had their whole being stolen from them and a whole new one pushed upon them. I was born and bred in Africa so I have no problem retracing my roots but this is really unfair that they don't even know where their from💔
They know were there from they told us . I don’t know were I’m from but i don’t really care because I’m blessed to be in a country were I’m allowed to do things that I want
@z man if you buy a human being, you are just as bad if not worse than the one selling the human. Where there is demand, desperate people will meet that demand. Imagine purchasing a human in today's world and trying to justify it by saying you bought the human from their own family so the blame is really on them. Anyone buying or selling humans is scum.
@z man You think "white christians" aren't still involved in slave trade? Sadly the slave trade still exists all over and is commited by all sorts of people. And all sorts of people are sold.
RIP Capo😢🙏 Yeah but West Africa is big and vast. There’s a huge difference between Senegal and Togo for example. In my country Nigeria, there are 250 different ethnic groups. Thats like clumping Western Europe as one. Are you French, German, Spanish, Portuguese and so on.
@@accountuser5588 Yeah I get what you're saying, but it's the only piece of identity they can cling onto Africa with. Like to say we're African is broad. Saying you're west African is a little more specific even though it's still wide ranging.
“ we lost our names, our languages, the freedom to honor our ancestors...”
so sad.
Thank you Public Enemy 😁😁😁
And many of us, by the way we act, even lost our minds.
Bra, yall hebrew, descendants of the Israelites, Indians, children of God.. yall stayed in the woods and the plains... reason why we have hell on earth waste desolate places cause we forgot the covenant... yall dont want the truth yall jus cappin.
@@kaniza1465 prove that?
@@rahzikashiharris9539 come and visit the cities
"My grandfather on my moms side always told me that we were Nigerian and part Irish too...but he also was like a pathological liar"
😂😂😂😂😂
Noone else is allowed to like this comment. This is at 666.
@@poojahazra7000 Not today, Satan!
pooja hazra lolll
Cedric Winters 😂
I’m a Nigerian born in Ireland
"That makes us the original victims of identity theft. We lost our names. We lost our languages. We lost the freedom to honor our ancestors and our families were torn apart." That's a powerful statement because it's true.
We are all one tribe.
So so sad.... indeed extremely SAD and totally unbelievable that a human being can treat another human being like this😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
David Johnson nah bro.I’m born African,10000000% Namibian,and I can tell you that there’s way to many tribes outhea in Africa.
When she said that I went "damn son. That's deep." 😂😂😂
I’ve been saying this for years. That’s why I said if I ever have children he or she would have a Swahili name with meaning and purpose
I did a DNA test and found out I was 50% Nigerian if there's anyone out there willing to help me learn more about the culture and people hmu
CocoabutterBabe I’m a Nigerian! Leave me a message with your email I can’t wait to speak with you and show you the beauty of our country.
I just got mine back and I’m 48% Nigerian. I want to find out more as well.
There’s something called google that might be helpful, no shade, 🙂
MaxineQ what do you want to know? Did they tell you exactly the ethnic group or just Nigeria?
Chigo COJ Just says Nigeria. I was able to find a 100% Nigerian distant cousin. She lives in Port Harcourt. I also found out my uncle took the paternal lineage test and it came back Igbo.
“This is important to take cause I’m a handsome man”
*i wish I had confidence like that*
Let me get this straight: You comment something that is unrelated to the fact that I have two DANGEROUSLY beautiful girlfriends? Considering that I am the unprettiest UA-camr ever, having two hot girlfriends is really incredible. Yet you did not mention that at all. I am quite disappointed, dear idshan ali
Ishan Ali hey you think you’re cool cuz you vape
Ishan Ali IM LOVE IT LMAO
Why do I see you EVERYWHERE
Ishan Ali you shouldn’t you would fail
Shoutout to all the African Americans who genuinely want to know where they come from and want to get in touch with their culture
Which tribe you from
Shout out to all the 12 Africans who don't view themselves as the gate keepers of who's African or not. Unfortunately most of you all are hateful and believe that after selling us into slavery, you can tell us that we not African. The ashy audacity...
I mean they have culture but it’s very separate from african culture since their African culture was destroyed
Tania M. And they stay talking bout somebody don’t got culture then wonder why nobody like them or want to be around them 😹
Y'all can't disrespect us, call us names and then demand respect. I genuinely love Black American culture but we will not tolerate your disrespect. Africa owes you nothing. Period. And it's the fact that you have the audacity to refer to "Africans" as if Africa is a country. It's a continent. Respect it.
As an African born and raised in Africa, i want my brothers and sisters whose ancestors were taken to know we love you, we would love to have you and we love what you have built despite what they did to you. They stole you, you defied them and you are stronger for it! Mad love from the mother land!
❤️❤️
❤️💛💚🧡💜
They ain’t coming back they love the clean water too much
@@cwhittx2019 dude ....
@@Bundy6Hunna yeah...so? the fact that black people moved en-mass to the "west" through slavery remains constant. the fact that most of us love our brothers and sisters still remains constant. The fact that they showed great strength in building a new culture is a constant.
To Every African/Black American reading this,,I want to let you know that we see you, feel you, love and cherish you. Much love from Kenya, Africa.
🖤❤️💚 Love🇺🇸
You're from Kenya. Do you ever do your African ancestry as well so you can know more than Kenya, or is it already known or not important?
How sweet.
lovely
@@SweetestSadiemost of you from serra lion and Senegal Nigeria
my guy said “you want your kids to look like me” IM CRYING THE CONFIDENCE 😭
Subbed to you bc u didn't say I'm "frist"
he is so right thooooo
Lol I mean he isnt wrong tho...
That guys ego a lil too high lmfaooooo
Kacey Keneally I’m pretty sure he was joking...
The truth is that the fact that we are alive, descendants of slaves, means that our ancestors were fighters and extremely resilient. We have to honour them with our lives. Peace to us all it is our time now to rise.
Yes!!!!
Amen!
Can u dig it!!!
AL OEOPLE FFOM AFRICAN CONTINENT ARR DIFFERENT.
AND ALMOST HALF OF THEM HAVE CURLY HAIR AND AND A HIST OF DIFFERENT SKIN COMPLEXION. OF THE AFTICAN WOMEN
Prophet You are wholly incorrect. Most African tribes were still using manual weapons in the 1800s. In fact European colonization was thwarted back in many armed conflicts, the Zulus being the most famous. Slave selling Africans were a very small number of people. But that’s how capitalism works.
Dear American Africans. I am from East Africa my people were not enslaved and had limited interactions with Europe and resisted colonization. I always felt hurt that a whole bunch of my African people were robbed and enslaved. Just know i love y'all and Africa will always will love you. Find who you are and Never forget to take pride in our Motherland
Africa is the motherland. We had vast empires in every region. Your history never started with slavery just know!
You said it I'm East African too!
Thanks so much for this comment. We here on the N. American continent need to hear this more often than we do. I appreciate you!
Am from Kenya i know what you mean
Olsh Loop, I hope your comment gets thousands of likes. As a Black American, I often see a bitterness between us and Black Africans and vice versa. For instance how most Black Americans are unable to know their roots is frowned upon by Black Africans who know their lineage. I mean, we would know it and honor it if it wasn't stolen from us. Thanks so much for writing this unifying message. 💚
@@SgtPlmFry great message too! You are welcome to my country Kenya. Much love😍😍
I love how African American women talk. They always sound like they're singing when they talk. Such melodic voices love it!
No she is just highly educated.
🤣
What🤨
Trollzyn/Trazyn (Isaac) hater
What ?
Kwesi is a name given to a male child born on a Sunday here in Ghana.
Don't mind them
@@teyemensah7322 hahaha lol chale I just can't stop laughing
Names cannot always tell where you're from
Lol seeing him though I thought he was Ghanaian 😂😂 but
what about girls born on sunday?
Kwesi James, your name Kwesi is actually Ghanaian. It is given to boys born on a Sunday largely by the Akan tribe.
Right. I don't know why he will come from guinea bissau. That makes me question the results. Everyone from guinea 🇬🇼??
There are black Americans named Ashanti, Imani, etc. During the black power movement in the 1970's, many gave their children Afrocentric names. You can give your child any first name you want. It doesn't necessarily indicate heritage.
yeah Kwesi is a Ghanaian name
It's a name very popular for boys in Trinidad and Tobago
Felix Offei kwesi is Kenyan too though
Just hearing how passionate this woman is about discovering their past and culture is so heart warming. All she wants is for people to know where they came from and their rich history and culture. It would be amazing if they made something like this for Native American people too!!
There is!!! I'm always looking into all my native peoples history, both African and in the Americas! I searched up something about indigenous American DNA testing and they are trying to build up a base from existing indigenous tribes today. They still need help collecting the basis of their study but please look into it! 23andme and other testing that give you broad spectrums are not good for indigenous peoples to use bc they will keep you DNA. But I hope you can find out more about your ancestors and yourself. Also praying to your ancestors for guidance and help never hurt anyone! They are always with us in spirit and always listening!
She's an absolute sweetheart
I wish for that too!
i was just thinking about that too!
There is but it's very little, Amerindian people have very similar genetics unlike the people groups in Africa
As an African, I am just so happy to see y'all this excited to know your ancestry. 😁❤️
Thank you. 🙂
Same
@@jaxthewolf4572 Are u going to find urs?
@@Mmesomachii Some day, particularly when I can get tested. I just know so far that I have a small part of indigenous blood. But I am really curious about which part of africa my ancestors came from and what clan.
Thank you.
LOL Kwesi LOOKS like a Ghanaian!!! He didn't need a dna test to tell him that!!!
I wonder why someone called called Kwesi would be wondering what his origins are don't Americans sturdy anymore?it's like your name is Vladimir you're white and you wonder if you have Russian roots,or your name is Miguel and you wonder if you got South American roots.
@@mysticalmysticus7142 This is an ignorant comment. Descendants of slaves in the Americas almost all have European names. Don't you study?
@@VMitch-ng7tg You're a complete moron!I said why didn't the President revert back to his original African name instead of continuing with colonial names especially surname like late President Mobutu did.
Couldn't agree less
I’m from Angola but I know that KWESI IS A GHANAIAN NAME LOL
“I’m from Kansas City Missouri, at least that’s where my colonizers brought me” 💀😂😂
LOL!!! It must be nice right? 😂😂😂😂😂Atleast I can say I have the best of both world. Nigerian and American 😂😂😂😂
💯
I'm from st.l Missouri
Kassy Pele thanks for throwing it in people’s faces
Leena garbage comment.
Young woman: So unc, where we from as far as outside of the U.S.??
Uncle: Wakanda 😂😂😂😂😂
Jay Patton her name is Key. It says in the beginning
Dude, I don't blame her Uncle. Wakanda would be a dope country IRL.
Ikr. I wanna be from Wakanda.
Jay Patton aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
My answer to that question from now on. 😂✊🏾
Iran here. There are people with dark complexions in southern Iran. Many people still think they're dark because of the "climate" down there (very hot and humid regions next to the Persian Gulf), but they're actually 'Afro-Iranians', which absolutely amazed me the 1st time I heard about it.
i watched a video about that a few days ago, what's sad is that a lot of them from my understanding dont even know they have african ancestors and are not originally from the region
''So I send that long text to my uncle and his response? *Wakanda* ''
émeraude I cried 😭😭😭
Bwahaha 😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂
Lol but still sad😭
Forever
Tears are coming to my eyes reading the comments from those that are still living in Africa or just came here to America recently. To say the words that "We in Africa love you - Africa will always love you" breaks my heart. Because they understand that we were kidnapped. We were stolen and abused against our will. It is the same feeling anyone would have if they found out one of their family members has gone missing - no where to be found. To understand that we were made to forget our heritage, culture and language. Thank you for the words and feelings. This video is appreciated.
Girl we love you all deeply.
@@Hypnopotimus27 Notice the buying wasn't happening until your beloved brothers visited us. What does that tell you?
@MANIDEEP REDDY The people called gypsies in Europe are said to be from India. Are they also having a good life because they are in Europe and not poor in India?
@MANIDEEP REDDY That's bad logic. You have to factor in the reasons they ended up in that foreign country. Proximity to gold doesn't equate to access to it under all conditions. Also, brainwashing of one's worth is a hell of a detriment.
@MANIDEEP REDDY In short, the point she's trying to make is there is something to be said of having an independent home to belong to unconditionally, one I believe the Romanis in Europe can also benefit from if they reconnect
I love how she says "enslaved Africans" to maintain our ancestors humanity. We were never and will never be "slaves". A population of our African people were enslaved. Our ancestors are still people, still human
Nigeria- Yoruba tribe
Nigeria- Esan tribe
Sierra Leone- Mende tribe
Kenya- Luhya tribe
The test I took showed my lienage travel and timeline of their travel.
We journeyed from Kenya to Sudan, through Republic of Congo to Sierre Leone and finally to Nigeria.
that is how you interpreted that information? You do know you descend from various different people
@@kudjoeadkins-battle2502it can be shown in the results
wondering how accurate this is..
I'm Nigerian and I knew instantly that the 'Kwesi' guy would be a Ghanian!
I know Kwesi is a Ghanaian name, but you can't necessary judge it by the name. Name can be picked out from anywhere like a book. He does however look Ghanaian.
@Adam OG You mad bro?
@Adam OG Why? You don't have to be. Relax and enjoy yourself.
Deadass, I knew Kwesi was Ghanaian even before they showed his name. He has that Ghanaian look. I feel like only africans can tell.
I just feel fired up when I see African-American proudly talking of Africa.. Just reminds me of Marcus Garvey, 'A people without a knowledge of their past history,origin and culture is like a tree without roots. ' Keep up the good work. You're making us feel confident like anyone else with all these. Deng all the way from South Sudan.🇸🇸🇸🇸
Even though Black people in the Americas with our mixed ancestries may not have social ties to other continents, we have ethnic groups and cultures of our own. I may not know exactly where all of my ancestors came from (which is standard for anyone with a family that has migrated or immigrated) but I know where I came from. I feel incredibly proud to be from the Americas, to be from the US specifically and to be a part of a rich legacy. Black Americans have such a huge global influence for such a small ethnic group. The whole world sings our music, dances our dances and looks up to our athletes.
Correct, African American! Not Blacks, because we know!
I think this test and the explanation she gave is just a beautiful experience. Everyone should know where they come from, especially African-Americans (from the U.S.) and Hispanics. We see our past with such a hazy blur full of negativity (age of "discovery", colonization, imperialism...).To actually see where our ancestors came from and who they really were would help people figure out who they are as an individual.
Marcus Garvey wasn't a supporter of Pan-Africanism and like Malcolm X and Martin Luther King he knew blacks as we are called are not from Africa but Aborigines/Natives stripped majorly of our values , history and land. He did support a free state/economy like Liberia
No they dont. They are most of the time focused on Egypt=North Africa. They feel ashamed of their real west African ancestry
"I'm ready to find out... where my ancestors WERE STOLEN FROM" SKSKSKSK WHERE'S THE LIE???
They were sold
@@SpitfireMLG some where others were captured
@@SpitfireMLG during the european colonization many tribes that fought back were captured and sold as slaves and theyd do that to make a profit but yes indeed the Europeans did buy them from other africans or traded them in exchange for weapons and other goods
NPC #1837489 North African colonization by Greeks and Macedonians? Portuguese coastal cities in the 14-1500s? Tangier?
@@SpitfireMLG why the hell do you think the will be buying people like a commodity. If they thought they could buy them,the sure as hell will go out of their way to hunt the down like animals. Also for those of you arguing that they were sold by their own type they were forced. Chiefs were publicly beaten to set an example for all those who wanted to resist. Do you think any one will willingly give his brother or sister or even son away? Get informed for Christ sake
This made me cry! I love our people and we deserve to know our roots PRIOR to the south!
Really appreciate buzzfeed exploring this topic.
Indeed black people in the USA need this alot.
Im Canadian I have no say but I'm black to soooo
"At least that's where the colonizers brought me"😭😭😭😭💀💀💀
I was dying 😂😂😂
Ryan!!!
@z man shut yo ugleh ass up
z man bc white people colonized our home land too
@z man I love to watch cringe similar to you. Bless up
This was so cool. Would love to see a follow up video once they all read more about their heritage
Del Templeton did you see when the ladylike girls went to Kenya?
J Saadati yes i loved it
Del Templeton i want a follow up too with their families etc
Del Templeton this need to happen 💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯😂😂😂
@Allison Hunter that would be great!! Hopefully they do!
Dear African Americans we love you guys ❤ and I can teach you guys some basic Swahili words and you are most welcome to Kenya :)
Thank you! I’d love to come one day!
Thank you! I love y'all! I can't wait to find out for me and my kids
Thank you! That would be most kind of you
Thank you ❤️
I’m Nigerian so seeing this is so interesting. I want all African Americans to do this 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
This is more important than people may think
Its also more expensive than people may think. its 300+$. Honestly is it worth it? Ancestry and 23&Me are between 50-100 or 200 if u want health info as well. While they dont show specific tribes, they still give countries.
Yeah, I want my Father to do this, because he is Afro-Caribbean. My mother is Zimbabwean, so I know one half.
I feel like we should distinguish between Black Americans and African Americans
Delt Bollim What do you mean?
African Americans shouldn't have to pay to know
African Americans should have this paid for by the US government. They deserve knowledge of their identity
Nah, they wuz kangz n shieet
Lendita Sallahi they deserve knowledge of there country that they live in besides what black people did
Beautiful thought, but here, the United Corporation of America doesn't feel they should pay our 40 acres and a mule that they promised, let alone reparations. So they can care less about where we came from as long as WE act like them.
Reparations now! We built America for free. It’s time for the USA to cut the check!
Truth
Now no one knows why this comment has so many likes.
I was drinking when she said that and choked. 😂
Only simply... I loved him for that... LMAO 😂
🤣🤣🤣
😂😂😂😂
That’s the best part of the video
AA’s and carribean history is so sad
My momma is Caribbean so is my dad i knkw the ugky truth along the one of my ansestors were molested or raped which is pary the reason why i have light skin but i never took a a dna test so idk where im really from
Our history is not sad. You - the descendants of people who sold your own into slavery - want us to be sad. Y'all still sad to this day because instead of being defeated we have a richer culture than y'all do.
Inconnu .d And? You don’t have a GDP cuz it all goes to France in colonial taxes. Trust me, AAs And caribbeans are doing just fine.
@@elisabethfanfan9560 Did you parents immigrate to the carribean? Did their parents immigrate to the carribean, dod their parents (your great grandparents) immigrate to the carribean?
@@FlowerTower Can you stop? Seriously, stop. As an African American, I’m not gonna let you sit over here and try to say that our culture is “richer” because you’re mad that their ancestors sold ours into slavery. That’s not what they did, it was their ancestors. And no our culture is not richer, it’s just different. There is no one African culture, there are multiple. And to not think that our history is sad, you seem to be in a whole lot of these comment thread straight up attacking Africans and their culture. Clearly this video makes you upset. Don’t watch it.
Am proud to be an African and I love it.... love from Eastern Africa was born in Kenya but originated from somalia🇸🇴🇰🇪
😍 much love sis
Im a soninke from the gambia, born in Spain. Man I've seen no soninke online especially from the Gambia (where theres only about 100k people)
@Un Nefer Heru tf is Kamit
@@trollinape2697 Mandinka brother here👏🏿
@@randomdude1407 salaam
“I’m in the business of being black”. 🙌🏾
Go be Black in Africa.
@@optimistic5778 hush
Jacques why not in other Countries or Places? 🤦🏾♀️
Ok no one cares
@@niyah405 Diversity is the most destructive thing for white nations, there are no benefits when you become a minority.
introduction of multiple stakeholders with naturally occuring differing interests which inevitably leads to a fight for power in all spheres and ultimately political. The diversity/multicultural trap. It is a weapon selectively being unilaterally imposed upon European's and European American nations. It is the most powerful weapon, destroying your nation - slowly control is lost.
"I'm from Kansas city Missouri... at least that's where the colonizers brought me." 😂😂
I love that these men and women now have a way to connect to an ancestral Homeland and can explore that further.
Where was this part???
@@jordanmcgee1293 around 0:23 to 0:25
@@jayal5771 sadly that is the reality
He was never a slave, colonizers never took him anywhere. He was born free, has a great job at Buzzfeed, gets enough food to eat, and has the luxury of having these tests performed. The victim mentality of some people boggles my mind.
it's so sad and horrible that a lot of black people can't know about their tribe/clan/cultural/ethnical background. :( i'm indonesian and i absolutely cannot imagine my life without knowing my clan, my tribe, my ethnical background from my mother's side and my father's side, and their culture. it's part of who i am and it's so sad to see a lot of black people not having the privilege to know theirs.... being stripped away from your heritage is so so so saddening!!! my country was colonized too and we had a large portion of our culture cut off by the colonizers as well and it's horrible. to all my black brothers and sisters i pray that you guys can find out about your ancestors, tribes, clans, and cultures. 💖
Hello please when will you come to ghana
My clan, my tribe, my ethical background is African American. We are our own Tribe bro.
Thanks! A lot of African-Americans are not aware of how being disconnected from our lineage hurts us, as a culture. All we know is this culture which has been surrounded around pain, destruction, and survival. Of course it has elements of beauty, but the negative tends to outweigh the positive, I find.
@@YouGotOptions2 right I'm a Black American don't want to be anything else
@@cherishtheday2223 African know we're they come from and it's disfunction in Africa so all this African culture thinking it's going to help us BS
I'm gonna have Kwesi's confidence all 2019!
Too dark
Yes sis!!!
😂
@ darl chocolate i swear i thought kwesi was ghanean its a ghanean name & thats cool of you
@@jeswazwadi7049 *Ghanaian
"I'm ready to find out where my ancestors were stolen from"😭😭💀💀
*Purchased from
@@wigsontop Right? The ignorance is pissing me off.
It's almost like they think that all African tribes were living peacefully together and then one day a white guy with a net appeared and dragged them off to the colonies. Slavery was present before they'd ever even see a white person and the only thing that changed is that they were shipped overseas.
@@crusaderofthelowlands3750 they were still stolen... What is your point?
@@zman9315 They were bought. So my point is that you're wrong.
lol
Dear African Americans:
Although you might be shot by cops, ostracized , discriminated and hated in America. I want you to know that you we love you,your cries are NOT ignored and your voice is heard in Africa. We Africans feel your shattered hearts and dreams,and cry when you cry. We see your plight and acknowledge the hardships you face.
But I want you to know that our hearts go to you,and I especially want you to know that you we appreciate you. Most importantly,I want you to know that you are not alone. Your African roots are impossible to be quit of.
We love you
From: Your fellow African sister 💖
Michelle Sithole shutup
Queen jackson you are sick my friend..
Thank you!
Thank you
When some one says to you I love you.. You must respond by either saying I love you too or thanks. Queen jackson might be divorced this one.
I love Black people all over the world. Stay strong ❤ love from Algeria
The Wakanda text had me dying.
😂
Rt I was really rolling 💀💀
Martin Cooper sammee😂
Like is her uncle my dad because that’s something my dad would say 😂
Wakaliwood!
"I'm in the business of being black"
Damn, how can I join that business 😂
Sandernista well being black is a frequency so ....;)
Drakesden 😂
Try to be in the business of being white . Next day your Facebook, UA-cam, Twitter and many other acounts whould have been closed. And you will be named a racist and nazi.
Sell fake tribe analysis.
It’s a family business. You have to be born into it
Ghana🇬🇭
Kwesi/Kwasi - males born on Sunday
Kojo/Kwadjo -males born on Monday
Kwabena -Tuesday
Kwaku/Kweku -Wednesday
Yaw - Thursday
Kofi/Fiifi - Friday
Kwame -Saturday
Esi/ Akosua - females born on Sunday
Adjoa - females born on Monday
Abena - Tuesday
Akua/ Ekua - Wednesday
Yaa - Thursday
Afia/Efia - Friday
Ama - Saturday
Those are Akan names,there are other languages but the Akan ones are most popular and common
you've to edit the Esi/Akosua cuz you've mistakenly write monday instead of sunday
@@livelife7232 thanks for the correction
i know a girl irl called akosua she's so nice and funny
Wow cool👍
Lots of Akan dudes are born on Saturday lol
Girl: were r we from?
Uncle: Wakanda
Bruh i just cant lol
(R.I.P. Black panther/ Chadwick Boseman 1976-2020)
Pog
Dang who would have thought she’d say fulani because people don’t really know about us unless you were from Africa. Proud fulani girl here, speak the language and all😊🖤
Guinea 🇬🇳 is one of them but they are usually from West Africa
We have them in Nigeria, Cameroon etc
It’s in multiple West African countries.
me too! mi hofni ma.
In Senegal 🇸🇳 and Guiné Bissau 🇬🇼as well☺️
Did anyone think kwesi was Ghanaian already? FYI I’m waiting on the results 😂
Being Mona J same
Ditto
I honestly guessed Senegal or Sierra Leone 😂
YH HIS NAME IS KWESI and I was like what? He's confused but still waiting to find out
FROMMMM THE MINUTE 😭 FROM HIS CONFIDENCE
I've cried before because I don't know what I am. It was stolen before I even ever understood the intensity that I wanted to know who I am.
You are the chosen people of God!
Im in High School and we had a conversation about our family and I go to school with a lot of latin students. When they were talking about their families and were they were from I broke down because I could not relate.
@Sierra go to HomeTeam history channel.
Destiny Stevens I am so sorry to hear that i pray and hope you found out what you are looking for stay bless my beautiful queen ❤️❤️❤️🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾👑👑👑👑💯💯💯💯
@@DESSxMONA.Many Latinos were enslaved also. They are a mix of cultures from indigenous peoplen whites from Spain, Germany, Italy and Portugual even France and black African slaves. They are immigrants so of course they come from somewhere else. Slavery even happened in Mexico.
Wow! I just found out through a dna test that I'm 26 % Sierra Leonese. So hearing about the Temne, Mende and Balanta people makes me very proud.
This is very interesting. Now I want to take this African Heritage test too.
What test did you take?
I’m from Angola and I just want to say we love you our African Americans brothers and sisters! Africans will always love you! You have a very strong heritage and you can be proud of that! Please never forget that your History doesn’t begin with slavery, you are the descendants of great africans empires and kingdoms.
Also I know the language is a barrier, but please try to get interested in other countries like Senegal, Congo, Ivory Coast etc ... there are so many countries in Africa, not only Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya or South Africa. Be blessed. com muito amor de Angola 😊😊❤️
Mlle Vsga this is so beautiful. Thank you for saying this. Here in America, we aren’t taught that people in African countries love us; And I hate that. Again, thank you for this message my sister or brother. 😊🥰
Thank you😘
❤
@mlle Vsga awwww that is sooo sweet & you are right they usually think Nigeria because nigeria's population is 190 million so they are very famous amongst all africans but there are many more, I am Congolese and before colonization I believe Congo and Angola was one except belgium colonized and enslaved my people on our land and portugal took angola ,I believe most Angolan slaves were taken to Brazil I am not sure about were Congolese slaves were taken but we angola and congo was one kingdom we are one ! I love black americans too
with love from Congo
Majority of Africans in Brazil are from Angola...fyi
That was so funny that she sent such a long text and her uncle just said Wakanda.
Agreed
Really? Seems just like a black uncle tbh
Ryan Talmadge 🤣🤣🤣🤣.
Ryan Talmadge man!!! super petty 😂😂😂 her uncle look at the phone and said wtf, how tf I’m posed to know?!?
Learning that family can be traced back over 2,000 years made me tear up.
"My grandfather on my mom's side always told me we were Nigerian & part Irish, but he was also a pathological liar so...." 😂😂😂
Esh
Is that Ur hair?
@@proudamhara6491 yes it is!
Sounds Irish to me
That sounds exactly like an German and Irish 😂😂😂
I'm igbo-Irish hopefully my grand children don't think I'm a pathological liar 😞
White people really take it for granted that we know our ancestry and/or can easily research it. I know where my ancestors lived, what languages they spoke, what religions they followed, etc. I have the privilege of speaking English when I AM English. I know a lot of white Americans scoff at the notion that knowing where you come from is important, considering themselves culturally American and nothing more, but the history of your people influences you today in ways you aren't even aware of.
People often try to downplay the transatlantic slave trade by falsely comparing it to slavery that's occurred in the Middle East and ancient Rome, as if it's something every culture has dabbled in at one time or another, but most slavery systems didn't involve forced assimilation via bans on languages, religions, cultural practices, family groups, etc. Slaves in ancient Rome could continue speaking their native languages and worshiping their own gods, and their children weren't automatically slaves. The transatlantic slave trade was built upon intentional cultural genocide. Humans are easier to subdue when you strip them of their identities. It's one of the most tragic things that can happen to a people and it's shameful that the US never made reparations. We can never give back what we stole from the descendants of slaves but as a society we won't even admit the gravity of what we stole.
I wish I could like this a million times
Laith slaves in the Roman Empire COULD NOT appreciate their own cultures and speak their own languages. Try again.
Laith the Arab slave trade was infinitely more brutal than the trans Atlantic slave trade and your wrong about forced assimilation. All cultures practiced slavery at one point, there was slavery going on in Africa thousands of years before the Europeans showed up. Try again
I’m white, and adopted. So keep in mind thus doesn’t apple to all white people.
This was said so beautifully thank you
I've always wanted to do this because as sad as it is when your African American it is very rare you know your African roots. I saw a quote where it was like " African American- African without memory, and american without privilege " and although it doesn't apply to all, it was really deep for me.
U should go for it!
nah that quote is deep though wow when you really think about it alll
What privileges don't black americans have? name one.
One lady in the comment section said that you could find out what tribe you are from through your white ansestor. The slave masters kept detailed records of their slaves.
I just heard that in another result video and I loved it
That's some beautiful work this lady is doing. I cried a couple of tears. So happy for all of those who get to reclaim their ancestry 🥺
That long text that got replied with “Wakanda” killed me 😂😂
MSO that’s how you know we got our own little culture, cause black ppl don’t take nothing serious 😭😭 if there’s a chance to make a joke we gon make it. Ctfu 😭😭
That would've been my dad smh 🤦🏾♀️🙄 lol
Ohh it very sad, you know that you have eliminate the Africa name and now taking the American name that why you don't know you tribe.
The mzungu tribe.....
I was laughing so hard!! 😂😂😂💯
Very emotional. Beautiful. Thank you.
Hello please when will you come to ghana
Why are you here tho this shouldn’t even concern you
@@deqagalaal1669 Yo chill sis, not all white people are racist and just coz they hate us doesn't mean they gon enslave us again 😭😂😂😂
@@deqagalaal1669 girl calm down she has the right to watch what she wants she can be here if she wants
@GhostGirl Tears who knows and that shouldn’t be any of your business.
this was so hurtful to watch can't believe africans identity were stripped away smh
This is my fuckin land right here aka Turtle Island copper colored races black people are the real Native American of this land
Not all us didn't come on a ship called Jesus
native americans in us. can relate too. ceremonies were even illegal for 100 yeats
@@tjyvng5130 you see how these motherfua just keep skipping over your post I Know they see it shh Truth do hurts
@@tjyvng5130 alot of these motherfua knows who we are we been here
This was so beautiful. I need to get a DNA test as well. I’m of Jamaican descent so I assume my roots are Ghana or Nigeria.
Kwesi name is a common name from Ghana west Africa. The Kumasi Ashanti tribe 🇬🇭😊✌🏾
Mae 🇬🇭🇬🇭 my grandma is from the Fante tribe but I have family from the Ashanti tribe too ❤️
Not only Kumasi Ashati but Akans in general
Exactly what I thought when I saw his name! He looks Ghanaian also.
Mae I am descended from the Ashanti tribe...where stolen and traded and brought over to Barbados 🇧🇧 and from Barbados to 🇸🇷 Suriname.. I am proud to know who I am directly 🇬🇭
Mae ohh yesss ooo I’m always eating good 😂💯
I’m Somalian 🇸🇴 ....Watching this made me bit emotional but at same the time so Proud of each and every one of you for doing this ....We love ❤️ you guys and Mother Africa loves dearly..it’s time to come home even if it’s one day just to experience the Pride, Touch, and Wholesome of being African!!!!!!
@Fola Alli stfu u anti black self hater
@Fola Alli im not somali but i know you are, you're pretending not to be Somali to cause drama between Somalis and the rest of the black community, it wont work. proud black somalis are apart of the community
I don't agree with it but Somali is are homogeneous people. If you don't like us, stop trying to date us. The OP was saying positive things and you took it to a hatred turn.
@Fola Alli lol somalis don't even like somalis 🤦🏽♀️💀
WellActually exactly thank you ☺️🥰I
I won’t choose other than being black
Absolutely great full
Being Dominican we have African roots& I couldn’t be more proud to be Yoruba
that's Nigerian, i'm Nigerian...how you doing sister
Oh so you're the people of the bible too.👌👌
Eyyyyy ma Yoruba sis! Love you x
@@goodnessmirikwe6595 Be gone with your tribalistic ways... ya'll so annoying asf
@@goodnessmirikwe6595 stop lying. If anyone oppresses the igbos it is the Hausa Fulani people and you should know this. Leave the rest of us out of your grievances and stop bringing your negativity here.
The name “Kwesi” is a Ghanaian name, meaning a person born on Sunday
True, my partner is from Ghana 🇬🇭 and his name is Kwesi, oh and I'm from South African 🇿🇦
This was so sad to watch just to imagine that these people and their forefathers were robbed of their identity. At least they get to know where they came from, they should visit these places to learn more.
Sucks they were sold by their own people
@@jpturner9452 we were NOT sold by our own ppl. Colonizers manipulated other African tribes into petty wars in exchange for guns, money etc. Our ppl lost the fight they were never in control.
@@TheeGoddessQUEEN Um no. You were sold by your own people.
@@jpturner9452 No we weren't. Do your own research & stop repeating regurgitated information idiot.
@@jpturner9452 wow you're truly an uneducated twat. So even the kids were criminals & crazy. Stop making up stuff you foolish idiot & read a history book.
And Buzzfeed,
Show Correct Images of the Places your Speaking Of!!
Kwesi is From Trinidad and Tobago, Buzzfeed shows pics of Cuba?!?
Thee Fashion Freak I was hoping someone noticed this
IKR...so annoying. Just Google T&T and they could get pics. All Caribbean countries are not the same.
Thee Fashion Freak gasp
💀😂😂😂
+Dionne B
STRAIGHT Ignorance!
This is so sad. Look at the extreme measure that we have to go through just to figure out who we are.
Yeah and you can blame Black African Slavers for selling you in the first place instead of hating White people. What happened to black people being sold into slavery was a tragedy but I wish people would learn the real history.
Blair Robert Umm, you are being disingenuous. Europeans and specific African tribes were complicit in the Transatlantic slave trade. Just stop trying to edit history.
"extreme" lol relax
@@blairrobert3438
You mean like the African Queens going to war with the Europeans... not other Africans... during that era.
Those queens whooped yall white butts too. That's why it was majority West Africans DNA because you lost against a lot of other Africans and you did steal a lot of slaves. From the other tribes.
@@blairrobert3438
You need to learn African History to avoid embarrassing yourself like you just did.
It’s sad. Allot of people will never know. There are 7 tribes that we all tore back to and most of us will never find out where we belong
I'm an African-American with 98% West African DNA. I'm from Savannah, Georgia and most of us here has a high percentage of West African DNA from various West African countries. ❤
My ancestry on my father's side go back to Statesboro, GA
I’m from Madison, Georgia, but idk my ancestry. I really wanna look into it.
Proud Gullah- geechee
I'm from Georgia too. I want to take a DNA test to find out what part of West African my ancestors came from.
@@avalonsignoraalmas6150 I'm from Jones County( Gray, GA) and I definitely want to find out too. Maybe learning these results when give me more meaning and pride that I need in my life.
I AM PROUDLY IGBO!! 🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬so glad these individuals are starting to discover their ancestral roots!
@Jared Ford congrats brother, if you want to know more about your people kindly reply me, then I will help to put you through. Peace!!!
Yesssss. You're family 💙
IGBO KWENU
i'm yoruba... we're country men! i'm actually of nigerian and ghanaian background.🇳🇬🇬🇭
I'm from edo state
Isn't it obvious that this Kwesi guy is Ghanaian thoughhhh? He even looks like he's from Ghana lol
Exactly his name is Kwesi and looks like he came straight from Ghana
I thought I was the only one when I first saw him I was like "I bet he's from Ghana" I don't even know why I thought that
Exactly my thoughts! Kwesi is a Ghanaian name
Every Ghanaian boy child born on
Sunday is Kwesi
Monday - kwadjo
Tuesday - kwabena
Wednesday - kwaku
Thursday - Yaw
Friday - Kofi
Saturday - kwame
Abbienaija he wasn’t from Ghana... dumbie
So glad this is available. Ive watched too many "find your roots" that stop short of connecting people of color to Africa and/or specific peoples in Africa.
This was cool & all of these buzzfeed employees that have been doing various dna tests - i find are such awesome people that i forget the reason i started watching the video haha like id just hang out & listen to them talk & be...about anything.
I ain’t even black and I can appreciate this yo!
We need people like u
Positive VIBES
Much love from Germany
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Yay!
It hurts to only be to identify as “Black” don’t get me wrong but imagine if we african americans knew our true background. Seeing how proud people are to rep their flags I always feel i’m on the outside
Tribalism has its own problems too. In countries where there are mostly black people, tribalism can often replace racism (Thanks Colonialism). Like in a lot of African countries, identifying as black means nothing, 'cause we're all black, but we're not all the same tribe, so that takes precedence.
Well at least I’m black lol I feel so proud to be black out african American culture and history our accomplishments like we are so dope I see other race groups wishing they were even half black and I’m like lol sorry bro we too cool but I deff feel u I wish I had a flag to represent us I feel lost as well not knowing exactly where my roots come from
Black is just a general term of all the African Diaspora and due to the Europeans not caring nor keeping proper records and many Europeans destroying their familial ways of knowledge by slavery
Hmm, Have you read the Holy Bible?
Son Of Judah Absolam No blacks did not come from Israel, yes the Hebrews were a mixed group( Africans and Semitics), humans originate in East Africa, and a lot black people have diverse ancestry
Back in the late 1600s my family were slave owners in Virginia. There's not much nowadays that I can do to make up for that, but I am so so sorry to anyone who lost their cultural identity and heritage because of my ancestors.
That Sunflower Babe shut up. Why would she donate money to black people just because of slavery which had nothing to do with her. She doesn’t even have to say sorry because she didn’t partake in slavery nor does she agree with slavery. You sound like someone who’s just desperate for money.
@That Sunflower Babe you don't know me, you don't know my job, you don't know my philanthropy. You know literally nothing about me.
Girl you are amazing!
@That Sunflower Babe Girl what is your problem...you need help.
Wow, 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
I'm a Cameroonian and while I'm not Fulani, it was kind of cool to hear her mention a group I know
The one thing colonists couldn’t steal from Africans was there dna. This is so amazing.
Who stole something? Those people were enslaved by their own people and sold to merchants who then transported them to various places where they were purchased. Try speaking the truth for a change.
hrikw clearly you’ve never heard of melanin shots they’ve been doing it for centuries
Dox Holiday lies lies and more lies and most of the slaves came from Israel and were Hebrews who fled to Africa the Roman emperors Pompey and his father burned down Jerusalem and the Africans didn’t like the Hebrews!!!! The prince of Egypt shows Egyptians and Hebrews living together but are different people
Dox Holiday By your reasoning the Irish were also oppressed by their *own people* the English, for centuries right? Since when is capturing and holding in bondage your rival ethnic group who have nothing to do with you *your own people*? Africans throughout the continent were never “one people” as you posit. It was Europeans who stripped Africans of diverse ethnic origins (e.g., Fang, Ewe, Hausa etc) and lumped them into *one* for social, economic and political gain. The European enslavers deliberately grouped together diverse ethnic groups so that they could not communicate with each other and cause an uprising. Also, the same applies to the indigenous people throughout the Americas, they were falsely lumped together as *one* and the false label *Indian* was imposed on them. But we all know that the “In group” has to use DECEPTION among other strategies about the “out group”.
@@doxholiday1372 no. No they didn't. That rarely happened. Slaves were usually people who were POWS from a different ethnicity
As a Uganda we love all our brothers and sister in America love from Bantu.
and congo
What Bantu tribe from Uganda?...Asks another Bantu from Uganda😍
But africanamericans are usually not bantus cuz most of them have heritage from West african and there are not many bantu in West african
@@vy9720 originally bantu speaking people were from west-africa. documentation is there, just research
@@jesusisjerryallahistom no bantus are original from central (congo /Cameron) not West africa
Even though many slaves didn't originate from Kenya, please feel welcome to call Kenya your home. 🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪
🙌🏿🇭🇹
Kenya wasent THIER main target.... Nigeria and other natural reaosuces counties sting laborers,warriors was their target cause they need those stuffs in THIER countries and wanna take over.... They enslaved labourers to work in their county different sections of work
@@emmanuelabiola1871 I know. Thats why i said even if many slaves didn't originate from Kenya, they should feel free to call Kenya home. I already knew the backstory to the Atlantic slave trade which East Africa wasn't involved in. I already knew East Africa was involved in th Indian ocean trade, which only resulted in way fewer slaves in Middle East and India.
Kiritu George yh
I like all of the Kenyan people I have ever met. I am excited to visit.
I’m impressed with this host! The way she explains stuff.
Knowing your ancestral history is empowering in my opinion. I didn't know they had this DNA test, that's really awesome that folks can do this and learn their family's histories beyond the nightmare of slavery.
I'd love one like this for Native American tribes too. Native children were stolen from their tribes to be civilized and christianized. I knew my dad's family is native but my dna test showed I am also native on my mom's side and I'd love to know more.
The sad reality is that test like this are misleading. They look at autosomal DNA and can only tell you about the DNA you carry. That means they do not look at all of your ancestors. And if they look at Y chromosomes they can only tell you about your father's father's father's father's father so many generations back and the same goes for looking at mitochondrial DNA only being able to show you your mother's mother's mother so many generations back.
Given the forced migration of African people on the African continent to West Africa's Coast during the days of the transatlantic slave trade, it's virtually impossible to trace any modern-day African-American to one African tribe.
And because modern-day Africa is a byproduct of its Colonial past, African Americans could not lay claim today in being descendants of any modern-day countries even if they wanted to. There was no country called Ghana or Nigeria or Senegal or the Democratic Republic of Congo or any other modern African nation when our ancestors lived on that continent
@ that's real Africans took war prisoners and enslaved them. Arabs also enslaved Africans. The transatlantic slave trade was pretty lucrative for crooked African slave traders.
@100k Subs Without Any Videos? from what i'd gathered it seemed like when africans enslaved others it was more like indentured servitude
Africans enslaving each other was not the same as chattel slavery in the US. It wasn’t race-based, it was possible to buy your freedom, slaves could marry into a family etc
It really is a beautiful thing for descendants of enslaved Black Americans to trace their roots. I was recently at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, and remember having the same feeling I got after watching this video.
As a side note, it's nice how you mentioned that you hope for a Native American DNA test in the near future without commandeering the video. You got your point across without being disrespectful to Black people by hijacking the point of this video like many commenters here did. So many people are putting the onus on Black people to fix every race's/culture's problems. Whenever Black people get something or do something, some foolish POC is like "But why don't you help us instead?" like Black people don't already help other POC to get no help in return. I wish more of those people would be like you who want to work with Black people and not have Black people work for you. 💛
Not sure who disliked this video, but that says a lot about you
I neither liked or disliked, but I can perfectly understand someone becoming completely fed up with yet another video where the topic of slavery is brought up and leveraged against 'white people' and disliking it because of that. That's what happens when you constantly harp on something year after year, decade after decade, generation after generation, century after century... and methodically craft a narrative aimed at making people who've never owned slaves feel guilty about something that happened in the distant past. Not a single person in America has ever owned a slave. None of their parents or grandparents owned slaves. Yet it's one of the most talked about subjects in 2019 because it's used to leverage guilt, and put an entire race of people on the defensive, people are getting fed up with being brow beaten and dehumanized for something they took no part in.
White people didn't "steal" blacks, their own people enslaved them and sold them to merchants. They were put on ships usually owned by Jews or Arabs. They were taken to different parts of the world, in fact the fewest amount of slaves were taken to America, where less than 2% of white Americans owned slaves. 89 years after the formation of the country white Americans ended slavery, then joined the British in demolishing the slave trade around the world.
Black Africans on the other hand are enslaving other blacks to this day.
Try making a video where slavery isn't used to put false guilt on an entire race of people and there won't be thousands of people disliking it. Because it's only going to get worse.
@@doxholiday1372 until the colornof our skin is no longer an issue with day to day living then you can be tired of this conversation. Until then YOU DO NOT GET TO TELL US WHEN ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
@@doxholiday1372 you benefit from racism and slavery everyday. If you say you don't then you are the VERY reason the conversation continues
Probably the family of those who stole your identity...
@@doxholiday1372 Shut your privilege ass up.
Im from Zimbabwe and watching this just made me cry, African American brothers and sisters......you are in our hearts and our souls still wail for what our ancestors had to go through. Siyalithanda (We love you).
Neighbouring country
South Africa
apart from the topic... its interesting that almost all of the slaves were from west africa... so kongo zimbabwe uganda zambia tschad kenia hadnt to do with slavery... it was just westafrica as i know..
Many black America was here before the colonizers,they lie. We are a people ofmany nations. We put the love in humanity. We areany nation (^._.^)ﾉ
God bless🖤🖤
My great great grand father moved from the coast of East Africa to the center of East African cause he feared slavery. He was running for his life poor man, may he find peace in heaven
Yooo why is no one addressing the fact that Kwesi is absolutely hilarious? He has such a great personality!
Derpatron731 yeeeeeees because I CRIED when he did his swab dance 😂😂😂😂😂
Derpatron731 Fr 😂😂
TuTTIEda10 sameeeee
Then He is a Ghanaian and a Fanti for sure
im mexican american but im glad they found out what tribes they come from. that must be so exciting and liberating to know where your FROM FROM as some people like to ask people of color
Lol everybody asks everybody where they are from. It isn't a question just for poc
cough pillbox I was meaning for people who looked mixed. Like Afro Latinos or someone else mixed raced. Or someone who has a headscarf and looks like from another country than where the religion is mainly practiced cause it isn’t just about skin tone. I’m assuming from your statement your white. Don’t mean it in a rude way. But I don’t think you have gotten the question where are you from from. Like if you were to ask my cousin who is mixed and he tells you he’s from New York some people go deeper and ask no like where are you from from assuming he’s not American because he’s not white. Get it?
@@moniqueflorez1974 americans arent white. They are indian. White people ONLY come from europe.
Joanna Hayles I’m not even ganna attempt to understand this answer since it’s filled with idiocy. Do you mean Native Americans?
@@moniqueflorez1974 the "where are you from" question is always so difficult to answer because we're all extremely mixed from colonization. Mexican-Americans represent 🇲🇽
The name Kwesi - is Kwasi a boy born on Sunday in Ghana 🇬🇭 West Africa.
any one can be named kwesi . . its a global world
Not anyone dear, kwesi is a name given to guys born on Sunday only in Ghana
@@jewellelisborn3358 unless you were named after someone but then is a first name for a male born on Sunday. You must be a Ghanaian to have that name. I am Abena . A female born on Tuesday. Ghanaian traditional names are unique.
not only in ghana. in ivory coast it's Kouassi.
Harriet I said the same thing... I'm Nigerian and we're technically country neighbor (hahahaha) so immediately I heard the name, I just said "he's Ghanaian".. was surprised about the results... But I also think it could be that they use the name for African roots connection. There are African-Americans I know that bear Amara(an ibo name in Nigeria) and they're given the name like it's a regular English name but it's actually a tribal name but they do not know. It's sad to not have an identity.. I'm glad they're doing this.
I feel like stuff like this should be free
It should be. Who says they telling the truth👎🏾
That first guy is definitely Ghanaian 🇬🇭
Alexander right?!!
No he isn't.
He looks it 100%
Or South African i believe South African he act's gay,South African males highest number of African gay's in the world.
@@mysticalmysticus7142 maybe if other African countries would stop stoning and executing people for being gay their would be more LGBT people in other African nations. South Africa is less homophobic than other nations. Xenophobic as hell, yes!!!! But they no longer care to mess with gay people anymore. lol
As a first generation American who knows exactly where they come from, I find this incredibly beautiful. All black Americans deserve this kind of information about their ancestry should they have the desire to know. And shoutout to Ryann who ended up having common ancestry with the Mende people of Sierra Leone. Welcome brother lol
Hali Kay
They might turn out wrong
I always thought Kwesi was Ghanaian or Ivorian for real
Lois Karimu when I first saw him I was just like GHANIAN
Frrr but he’s Jamaican or from the carribean
Sameer
@@xoxobadgyal Hi, his family is from the Caribbean. He said that his mom is from Trinidad and Tobago.
Right same bc Kwesi is a Ghanaian name
They lost everything, really SAD bt, out hre @ home "AFRICA" you always welcome back in any sub-saharan country cz we are ONE as africans, shout outs from KENYA 🇰🇪
1. I loooove that she mentioned how resistant the different African groups were! History makes it seem like Africans just went on slave ships without putting up a fight!
2. I'm from Charleston, SC so as soon as she started mentioning rice farmers and the Gullah Geechee culture I knew right what she was talking about! I do believe I have ancestors from Sierra Leone.
She should also mention how Africans sold slaves to whites.
@@melissasmith6762 more slaves were forcefully captured and besides it's not like those who stayed in Africa were not enslaved,all our ancestors were enslaved but the only difference is,those enslaved in Africa were not deprived of their identity.
@@trendeous4070 Yeah, forcefully captured. By Africans. You don't think it isn't a bit crummy that I didn't find that out until recent, because it violates the evil white guy narrative?
I'm glad she mentioned it. Africans suffered back home too. I encourage people to read books (eg African Writers Series) It will be eye-opening
@@melissasmith6762 At whose beckon and call? Germans also killed Russians under Hitler's ideology and those weren't world wars, they were EUROPEAN wars
I really appreciate the fact that I was born in Africa and that I have extensive knowledge of my country and who we are. I used to hate admitting that I was Nigerian but now that I’m older, I wear it on my chest 😂
Michael Jordan damn, imagine having ignorance of this degree. Even if you’re just joking, not really the time or place 😂.
Ummmm we have extensive knowledge and know who we are too. TF?
Michael Jordan I found the racist!!!
@@charliehmmm9400 who said you didn't lol
Cornelia Eboh hi I’m 🇬🇭
It really hurts me that these people had their whole being stolen from them and a whole new one pushed upon them. I was born and bred in Africa so I have no problem retracing my roots but this is really unfair that they don't even know where their from💔
Dude ethnicity is one of the most important things in Africa it's so sad😭
They know were there from they told us . I don’t know were I’m from but i don’t really care because I’m blessed to be in a country were I’m allowed to do things that I want
Justin Walker no it’s the African kings and Muslims who sold them to Europeans
@z man if you buy a human being, you are just as bad if not worse than the one selling the human. Where there is demand, desperate people will meet that demand. Imagine purchasing a human in today's world and trying to justify it by saying you bought the human from their own family so the blame is really on them. Anyone buying or selling humans is scum.
@z man You think "white christians" aren't still involved in slave trade? Sadly the slave trade still exists all over and is commited by all sorts of people. And all sorts of people are sold.
"i'm from Kansas city, Kansas.........or at least that's where the colonizers brought me" thats going to be my senior quote
Its sad a lot of black Americans don’t know where they originate from 😔
@Marvin’s World west Africa boom, now they know😉
0 not all black ppl are from west Africa 🙄 I guess my point still stands
Marvin’s World But majority of African Americans will be west African
RIP Capo😢🙏 Yeah but West Africa is big and vast. There’s a huge difference between Senegal and Togo for example. In my country Nigeria, there are 250 different ethnic groups. Thats like clumping Western Europe as one. Are you French, German, Spanish, Portuguese and so on.
@@accountuser5588 Yeah I get what you're saying, but it's the only piece of identity they can cling onto Africa with. Like to say we're African is broad. Saying you're west African is a little more specific even though it's still wide ranging.