Yep the word yam is African as well many foods and dishes we eat are African in origin my family still have Congolese dishes and culture mixed in with others we still practice ancestors worship through Palo and Hatian vodou
@Jamon’e M for real I remember when on Twitter they said their creole culture and language was the original one and the better one, better than the Louisiana one and the creole cultures in the French West Indies, they need to stop
@Jamon’e M for real I respect the country because they were the first to fight white people and get free but they need to stop with that bullshit claiming beyoncé and shit,disrespecting others
The one lady had it right when she said the mixture of different ethnic groups but left out French and the blending of culture through the mixtures there's different types of Creoles around the world as well so they should make the distinction of what Louisiana Creole is.. I think they couldn't get it right because many people frown upon that and don't claim as seen with the older woman who said human some consider it as not claiming African that's why Beyonce got attacked for claiming it and she became more pro black some still aren't accepting of her
@@violetdivinespiritualreadi1824 are you saying beyonce is creole? I don't think there's a person on the planet who has rejected her as you say, if they didn't already from the beginning.
@@lovelove-pr2yo Now THAT is a damn lie! She has most certainly been attacked for it. She has an unreleased song called "Creole," and that song was so heavily criticized and attacked by the blk community that it never got popular, was never officially released, and wasn't given a fighting chance.. Look up the song on youtube right now, and go to the comment sections. Sooooo many blk people hating the song, and attacking it in the comments. I'll give you another example. When She released her Lemonade album, and specifically the song "Formation," blk people once again criticized and attacked her for mentioning the words "yellow bone" and "Creole." There are even think pieces and articles that have been written with the sole purpose of attacking her for mentioning her Creole heritage in the song, and for some of the imagery in the actual video. Like the other comment pointed out, this is why she is so super pro blk now. She can't mention her Creole heritage without being attacked, so she has to go above and beyond to pander to these wokesters so they won't attack her. Just because YOU never paid attention, doesn't mean it never happened.
Best thing about being Creole is that we don't go through a new identity phase and terminology like....another ethnicity. The masses still have a hard time understanding what it is and most rarely hear about us, which can be a good thing that keeps us sacred and protected, and not "fetishized"....again, like 'another identity.' And even as a proud Creole, I am also proud to be apart of the black' race.
That isn't what Creole means. The word is gone to multiple Innovations but it has always been associated with a culture not an ethnicity race or nationality. Louisiana Creole in Mississippi Creole is also called African-American Creole. Louisiana Creole is a subculture of African-American. It's based on the region. Just like the Gullah people in the Carolinas
The Actual and original Definition of Creole was anybody white black or mixed who was born in the French colony. from master, yeoman farmers to free persons of color is what Creole originally meant. as time went on it developed into a complex and refined culture often times within itself.
I definitely agree with you. Amedé is one of my great cousin and he was definitely not originated from New Orleans nor was zydeco. I hate when people grab information from just anyone when they don't go to the family. Its the very best resource. Some documentary even made up some information about my Great Grandfather whom is Alphonse Ardoin aka Bois Sec Ardoin.🤦🏽♀️
I try to explain that to people all the time, I can't speak for everybody in new orleans, but the ones I know don't really fw zydeco, and the only reason zydeco artists might tour in New Orleans is because they know tourists expect it to be there. New Orleans is big on jazz, zydeco comes from around lafayette to lake charles #337inthisthang
@@elboogie3373 That wasn't Zydeco Amede Around was playing, however that same French LaLa music WAS played in N.O before Jazz took over. Interestingly enough N.O Creoles didn't play or like Jazz type music, they considered it "American" music and it was associated with "Negroes" and they didn't want to associate with "Negroes" but as time went on Jazz and brass bands took over and replace the French LaLa amongst N.O. Creoles.
This documentary is not fully accurate it's from an Americans perspective it erased Indian Ancestry and also says the Free Person of Color comes from Haiti.
OMG....did she just "TRIM" for "TREME!" you should learn the pronounce things correctly! This documentary was whacked! has nothing to do w/CREOLE CULTURE!
Sorry, Liz - I hate to say it, but this is one of the worst explanations of Creoles and our culture I’ve seen yet. Wishing you the best of luck on future videos.
I assume you are here for college and were assigned to to do a documentary? Trim? Tremay It’s all good. Glad to have you here. Well not here in Nashville, but in my South Louisiana home. ;)
The term Creole is not unique to Louisiana, there are Creoles in Sierra Leone. They are the descendants of Blacks who fought for the British in the American Revolution and were first settled in Canada and later taken to Africa. Freetown was established for said freed Blacks.
@@jojosaylor8996 There are Creoles in other countries and other parts of the US as well, Louisiana doesn't have a patent on the term Creole. Louisiana Creoles are the French born in Americas but the word isn't even a French word.
Anyway,I do owe Haiti 🇭🇹 a lot of respect 🙌 cause they contributed much more in what USA represents today. They fought for USA to be free while they were not. They shed blood but impoverished by France and USA
"Creole" comes from Portuguese "crioulo" and the term was used to describe the New World born descendants of slaves. When you read lists of slaves of the time those who were born in the Americas, either if it was in Brazil, Cuba, USA or elsewhere were described as "creoles" while enslaved people brought from Africa were usually described by their ethnicity or origin like "Angola", "Congo", "Loango", "Ibo", "Fon" or something else.
Jose Carlos Costa creole in new orleans come from the Haitians that where brought here people love to leave that out “the whites love to steal cultures”
I'm from Louisiana, cajuns are the French that came from Canada, creoles are the black people that mixed with the French, cajuns, Spanish, and native Americans etc. Cajun and creole culture have a lotta similarities tho
@@elboogie3373 That is a definition some people use but which with others disagree. Your statement proves my point of there being various and strong opinions. Geaux Tigers!
@@TXMEDRGR Yeah, I guess you're right, I even heard two people arguing because one of them said he was cajun, but the other guy said he wasn't cajun, he was french. So, you have a point. Geaux tigers!!!
@@elboogie3373 Because Cajuns are technically a sub group of Louisiana creoles and intermixed with the local French creoles of the area when they first arrived. And Creoles are usually of predominant Black,French,Spanish or native ancestry and just that or they’re ethnically/racially mixed. Even were some German and Italian creoles as well
@@mamuwaldevoudoupractitione3518 and i thought i was the only one who BLAST TRUTH on UA-cam! Go head, Sista. All of Us Black Americans are not so self-hating as you claim tho. And let's be honest Sis....it was the Africans of antiquity that literally SOLD US OUT. they bear some responsibility in the enslavement of millions of African beings by the wite man. So impressed with his adornments apparel trinkets and liquor that they traded other Black People fot the devil's poison. BLACK AFRICA IS NOT BLAMELESS in the oppression of African beings all throughout the diaspora, Sis. If we're gonna be real, let's be all the way real.
They are triracial and not just black. There's a difference between creoles and african americans. African Americans part of the Transatlantic slave trade as a result of British, are dissimilar to creoles of Louisiana, in regards to culture, language, and triracial backgrounds. Creoles of Louisiana are descendants of Haitians, french, Spanish and native american. African Americans are mixed with British, Irish to a small degree, the ones part of the colonies, so to speak. Creoles have a large percentage of European ancestry compared to African Americans. Also, worth mentioning, is that some creoles have little or no African ancestry. Some are french and Spanish only, and others are french or Spanish with Native American ancestry, but no African. To lump creoles and African Americans in the same category, is blatantly false.
Why not do a documentary about Creole culture featuring actual Creoles? We’re not hard to find.
They're not talking about Creole Indians!! They're talking about the creole people's of Louisiana! Jesus Christ
Gumbo is actually the word for okra in Wollof, a West African language. Gumbo is also a national dish of Togo, a country in West Africa.
Belle Pierre has nothing to do with Spanish
Belle Pierre Thank you for making this clear
Zero to do with New Orleans.
Yep the word yam is African as well many foods and dishes we eat are African in origin my family still have Congolese dishes and culture mixed in with others we still practice ancestors worship through Palo and Hatian vodou
@@computerlove0168 yes it does....learn, read, watch documentaries...
African heritage was already in New Orleans before the Haitians emigrated there.
Hmmm...which african cultures before the haitians?
@Jamon’e M for real I remember when on Twitter they said their creole culture and language was the original one and the better one, better than the Louisiana one and the creole cultures in the French West Indies, they need to stop
@Jamon’e M for real I respect the country because they were the first to fight white people and get free but they need to stop with that bullshit claiming beyoncé and shit,disrespecting others
@Keith Busch actually there were many
@@missshannon9790 Mostly the same ones that were brought to Haiti, Fon, Edo, Yoruba, and few Wolof and Dogon
the people interviewed have no idea what Creole is!
peanutbritt80 you are so right. Like why they didn’t interview natives or real Creoles!!
The one lady had it right when she said the mixture of different ethnic groups but left out French and the blending of culture through the mixtures there's different types of Creoles around the world as well so they should make the distinction of what Louisiana Creole is.. I think they couldn't get it right because many people frown upon that and don't claim as seen with the older woman who said human some consider it as not claiming African that's why Beyonce got attacked for claiming it and she became more pro black some still aren't accepting of her
@@violetdivinespiritualreadi1824 are you saying beyonce is creole? I don't think there's a person on the planet who has rejected her as you say, if they didn't already from the beginning.
@@violetdivinespiritualreadi1824 Beyonce has never got attacked for saying that her family has Creole come on now
@@lovelove-pr2yo Now THAT is a damn lie! She has most certainly been attacked for it. She has an unreleased song called "Creole," and that song was so heavily criticized and attacked by the blk community that it never got popular, was never officially released, and wasn't given a fighting chance.. Look up the song on youtube right now, and go to the comment sections. Sooooo many blk people hating the song, and attacking it in the comments.
I'll give you another example. When She released her Lemonade album, and specifically the song "Formation," blk people once again criticized and attacked her for mentioning the words "yellow bone" and "Creole." There are even think pieces and articles that have been written with the sole purpose of attacking her for mentioning her Creole heritage in the song, and for some of the imagery in the actual video.
Like the other comment pointed out, this is why she is so super pro blk now. She can't mention her Creole heritage without being attacked, so she has to go above and beyond to pander to these wokesters so they won't attack her. Just because YOU never paid attention, doesn't mean it never happened.
Best thing about being Creole is that we don't go through a new identity phase and terminology like....another ethnicity. The masses still have a hard time understanding what it is and most rarely hear about us, which can be a good thing that keeps us sacred and protected, and not "fetishized"....again, like 'another identity.' And even as a proud Creole, I am also proud to be apart of the black' race.
Komen ça va
A couple from Los Angeles and a homeless man explaining what Creole is. Great!
Cajuns are French-Canadians that settled in south Louisiana from Lafayette to Lake Charles.
Hmm what is creole culture? Let’s go ask everybody but a creole person!
creole is a mixture of race's(french,spanish,native american,black).
tarika alexander absolutely correct. I no...I am one...last name...
pin yon
tarika alexander and Haitian
To be honest all the slaves that we’re part of the Atlantic slave trade are the Israelites
That isn't what Creole means. The word is gone to multiple Innovations but it has always been associated with a culture not an ethnicity race or nationality. Louisiana Creole in Mississippi Creole is also called African-American Creole. Louisiana Creole is a subculture of African-American. It's based on the region. Just like the Gullah people in the Carolinas
@@litobeelouis8819 no
The Actual and original Definition of Creole was anybody white black or mixed who was born in the French colony. from master, yeoman farmers to free persons of color is what Creole originally meant. as time went on it developed into a complex and refined culture often times within itself.
The term is used nationally Belizean creole, Haitian creole, Mauritian Creole etc
Proud to be creole 😊 spain,portugal, native america, asia, africa,scottish
You’ve got the best of all, River!
More misinformation than accurate...
Amede' Ardoin, and Zydeco music was not originated in New Orleans. Who ever made this documentary need to research Zydeco music.
I definitely agree with you. Amedé is one of my great cousin and he was definitely not originated from New Orleans nor was zydeco. I hate when people grab information from just anyone when they don't go to the family. Its the very best resource.
Some documentary even made up some information about my Great Grandfather whom is Alphonse Ardoin aka Bois Sec Ardoin.🤦🏽♀️
Exactly. Straight outta SW Louisiana. Love me some Zydeco music
I try to explain that to people all the time, I can't speak for everybody in new orleans, but the ones I know don't really fw zydeco, and the only reason zydeco artists might tour in New Orleans is because they know tourists expect it to be there. New Orleans is big on jazz, zydeco comes from around lafayette to lake charles #337inthisthang
@@elboogie3373
That wasn't Zydeco Amede Around was playing, however that same French LaLa music WAS played in N.O before Jazz took over.
Interestingly enough N.O Creoles didn't play or like Jazz type music, they considered it "American" music and it was associated with "Negroes" and they didn't want to associate with "Negroes" but as time went on Jazz and brass bands took over and replace the French LaLa amongst N.O. Creoles.
This documentary is not fully accurate it's from an Americans perspective it erased Indian Ancestry and also says the Free Person of Color comes from Haiti.
Thanks for this video ! I'm proud to be a Louisiana Creole. I miss my home :-(
theo dubose me too!
I need to move back
It's West African food!
Pretty much
OMG....did she just "TRIM" for "TREME!" you should learn the pronounce things correctly! This documentary was whacked! has nothing to do w/CREOLE CULTURE!
Zydeco is Cajun culture, not Creole. 🤦🏾♀️ - an actual New Orleanian
Źydéço music culture was created by Black-LaLwizyànans here in Louisiana not by Cajuns.
We will always be ignorantly mistaken for our friends from Haiti
Thank you for pointing this out! 🇭🇹❤️
Sorry, Liz - I hate to say it, but this is one of the worst explanations of Creoles and our culture I’ve seen yet. Wishing you the best of luck on future videos.
Amédé Ardoin is pronounced AH-MEH-DEH ARDWAHN s’il vous plaît.
TREME was pronounced incorrect it is [ Tra may ] not Trim...my goodness
Or even worse when it was mispronounced as "Treem".
I assume you are here for college and were assigned to to do a documentary? Trim? Tremay
It’s all good. Glad to have you here.
Well not here in Nashville, but in my South Louisiana home. ;)
Are the people in this actually grey
That's smart to have your business underneath your home
Lmao The comments is more lit in the documentary! 😂😂😂💫🤣🤣🤣😇
The term Creole is not unique to Louisiana, there are Creoles in Sierra Leone. They are the descendants of Blacks who fought for the British in the American Revolution and were first settled in Canada and later taken to Africa. Freetown was established for said freed Blacks.
No its not African at all. Its French born in Americas
Belle Pierre That’s not Creole.
@@jojosaylor8996 There are Creoles in other countries and other parts of the US as well, Louisiana doesn't have a patent on the term Creole. Louisiana Creoles are the French born in Americas but the word isn't even a French word.
That's not the topic of the video.
We know the term Creole isn’t unique to Louisiana
❤️ Great video 🥰 Creole love
I enjoyed watching this. Thank you for sharing.👍
Anyway,I do owe Haiti 🇭🇹 a lot of respect 🙌 cause they contributed much more in what USA represents today. They fought for USA to be free while they were not. They shed blood but impoverished by France and USA
What do you mean they fought for USA to be free?
@@missshannon9790 You can do your research the Haitians sent troops in 1776 to help USA fight for their independence.
@@labelle8110that's tether babbling lies.
@@CertifiedKyl504 Your response itself shows a lack of vocabulary and education. This is well known history in academia.
African american is code word for black indian american
Djé Beni Vouzót. 💯
There's something about that music.I feel a joy when it's played live.😊😎😘
"Creole" comes from Portuguese "crioulo" and the term was used to describe the New World born descendants of slaves. When you read lists of slaves of the time those who were born in the Americas, either if it was in Brazil, Cuba, USA or elsewhere were described as "creoles" while enslaved people brought from Africa were usually described by their ethnicity or origin like "Angola", "Congo", "Loango", "Ibo", "Fon" or something else.
Jose Carlos Costa creole in new orleans come from the Haitians that where brought here people love to leave that out “the whites love to steal cultures”
No its French born in the Americas
I’m crioulo from cape verde
@@marionmarion6852 That’s a lie dude,and most of the Haitians that went to New Orleans were white and Mixed raced and were very culturally French
@@Dragoncam13 thank you, merci 😂
Gumbo food taste so good.
I NEED TO GO TO NAWLINS ❤❤❤
Love this documentary! I can’t watch it enough!
Learn your history lesson
in school and get an understanding.
Toney Tillery Isaiah.
No Creoles were the White Europeans born and raised in the New World !!! Those are the first and real Creoles
Exactly
....creole = OLD CREEP then. Going by what you're saying
This is a Creole planet called Egypt!
Love the music.
Definition to me is, me. A mutt. My DNA is French. Native American , & West African.
Pamela Womack-Canon that's how I identify myself as well!
So you're a crossbred dog...way to go fool!
Even in Louisiana there is disagreement about the differences between Creoles and Cajuns. People have strong opinions on the subject.
I'm from Louisiana, cajuns are the French that came from Canada, creoles are the black people that mixed with the French, cajuns, Spanish, and native Americans etc. Cajun and creole culture have a lotta similarities tho
@@elboogie3373 That is a definition some people use but which with others disagree. Your statement proves my point of there being various and strong opinions. Geaux Tigers!
@@TXMEDRGR Yeah, I guess you're right, I even heard two people arguing because one of them said he was cajun, but the other guy said he wasn't cajun, he was french. So, you have a point. Geaux tigers!!!
Cajuns technically are creoles
@@elboogie3373 Because Cajuns are technically a sub group of Louisiana creoles and intermixed with the local French creoles of the area when they first arrived. And Creoles are usually of predominant Black,French,Spanish or native ancestry and just that or they’re ethnically/racially mixed. Even were some German and Italian creoles as well
Love this thank you for this great history 😊
Did you Mack it black and white for dramatic affect?
Thank you!
Cre ole old crees?
Haitian people white and black who left Haiti
Yelp
French and Spanish mixed race people were in The Louisiana and Florida territory for 100 years before the Haitians came by Boat. Read a book.
THEY EXPLAINED IT PERFECT. MERSI
Creole ain’t nothing but black ppl nothing different
@@mamuwaldevoudoupractitione3518 and i thought i was the only one who BLAST TRUTH on UA-cam! Go head, Sista.
All of Us Black Americans are not so self-hating as you claim tho. And let's be honest Sis....it was the Africans of antiquity that literally SOLD US OUT. they bear some responsibility in the enslavement of millions of African beings by the wite man. So impressed with his adornments apparel trinkets and liquor that they traded other Black People fot the devil's poison. BLACK AFRICA IS NOT BLAMELESS in the oppression of African beings all throughout the diaspora, Sis.
If we're gonna be real, let's be all the way real.
Hell ye. only difference is they speak French
They are triracial and not just black. There's a difference between creoles and african americans. African Americans part of the Transatlantic slave trade as a result of British, are dissimilar to creoles of Louisiana, in regards to culture, language, and triracial backgrounds. Creoles of Louisiana are descendants of Haitians, french, Spanish and native american. African Americans are mixed with British, Irish to a small degree, the ones part of the colonies, so to speak. Creoles have a large percentage of European ancestry compared to African Americans. Also, worth mentioning, is that some creoles have little or no African ancestry. Some are french and Spanish only, and others are french or Spanish with Native American ancestry, but no African. To lump creoles and African Americans in the same category, is blatantly false.
Don't Belong Here, From Another Planet yea okay just like Afro Latinos aren’t black they Spanish