Do Africans In Africa Call Black Americans AKATA?
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- Do Continental Africans Call Black Americans AKATA?
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I have been mingling with Africans for over 20 years.....Never had any issues at all. Akata supposedly comes from Nigeria...never heard it from my Nigerian friends. Let's squash this silly beef...
Exactly!
Its not silly. Its used behind close doors. If someone is speaking their language akata will not stand out if you never heard it. Ironically Nigerians dont like the word used on them by Ghanians which is alatafuo and it is often used as coded language to talk about how they move and scam or how they azonto more than Ghanians. Someone even said GH grandmas use it in a derogatory manner. Its the same thing. Its all about context but its often used to say bad things about them without them knowing.
Its silly to me because for years i have spoken Wolof, Fula & Mandinka...learned those cultures...cooked their food & have lived among them in TOTAL peace!!! I have done the same with the Igbo. I am not as fluent in Igbo as the other West African languages but I know their culture & cook their food....again, I mingle with them in TOTAL peace!!!! So I have no beef with ANY African, no matter the area in Africa they may come from. I view them as my people & I have always been met with the same treatment!!!!
@Douglas Jones You are so, so on point!!!
@@jasminepearls1047 alata comes from allada which was a kingdom to the east of ghana it does not mean anything else. cubans pronounce it arara. in haiti it is rada or arada. so when you know you grow and move on.
“Sit around in a circle.” Lol
Yeah, lol.
He's quoting Tariq when he says that. Tariq Nasheed likes to say "sit up" or "sit around"
He adding sh I t
😂😂😂😭😭😭
Thank you Brother Dynast! No Akata Here!
I am Akatarian feel very free to call me that..and I am a Nigerian from Benin city..I think some people are trying to high Jack our word and turn it into something else to suit their negative mindset..!!!
They are just trying to divide us. I am Nigerian, we have been using the word since 70s on ourselves even. It's a cool name we call black Americans. It can be used negatively in anger to disown black diaspora.
Thank you, Juliet!
You folks should talk sense to Phil of Advise Show's head. He was the instigator.
The word on the street is that our brothers and sisters from USA are returning to their motherland in search of their roots and a peace of mind..
Our RootS are in America Brotha 500 years of struggle in creating our own shit I know some African has this mind set that we are some kind of lost tribe I have no shame on being a black American my ancestors are survivors
@@hush-fs2fn NOT, this country is getting unsafe by the day, particular for the black man. Time to rise up out of this warzone.
@@hush-fs2fn You me in Babylon?.. in yet we don't even have ownership of 50% of shit not even 1% in yet we still being gunned downed,lynched in the street today..
@Diondra Thomas blacks form literally ever parts created the back bone of the country economic wealth by the backs of our descendants
Diondra Thomas we are more often than not our own worst enemy
I am West African I have never heard this word Akata,
Africa is a continent, and not a country. And within a country there are many dialects. Grow up, man!
Congrats you missed the entire point!
@@jabbaweezy No he did not,the the dude did what everyone who does not live in africa does.He
generalized an entire continent.A continent wich also contains Arabs who are also africans.and when taking about sub sahara Afrika.we have few things in comon.and dialect or slung is not one them.so the description on this video is just offensive and inacurate.It should be.Do Nigerians In Nigeria Call Black Americans AKATA?.coming an African from kenya
@@dennismungai6786 you missed it too. You lack perspective. The ones who think Africans call them akata typically group us all together because they are ignorant and refuse to acknowledge individuality. This youtuber was merely propping up the stereotype in the title as it is phrased by the very mouths that carry those sentiments.
So again I remind you both lack perspective. This guy is well aware of not grouping up a whole continent but he definitely understands his intended audience as a creator for this specific video. African-Americans who are probably ignorant on Africa. You're looking at this from the African perspective rather than his target audience for this video.
@@jabbaweezy he just did becase people will think africa is only full of nigerians but not all of them call them akata.How he is raising the question is the problem
@@dennismungai6786 you're giving quite an emotional reaction to this video when the youtuber's views are quite clear. It could have been done better, maybe by educating them on the other perspectives of how diverse linguistically Africa is among its 54 countries. Oh well... Point was clear to me and my country has nothing to do with this.
Who said Africans “sit around all day” ... stop it already bias
Tariq
@@daviwilliam281 Tariq didn't say it like that, nigga.😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣
Christian Davis yes he did
Here wondering,,, besides, I thought This Search for Uhuru dude knows that Afrika is a content not a country, if maybe a single person from maybe nowhere in Africa calls Americans who are of black descent as Ataka does that lead you to generalising the All Africans. I have never heard of Ataka in Kenya
Chris Wenani Where did I say the word “all” anywhere? Don’t put words in my mouth
That word has currency amongst Nigerian community who live in America not in Africa
See, I am a Nigerian currently living in the US. If I return home to Nigeria and my style and mannerisms resemble that of the west, my friends and family will conclude that I have become "Akata"; meaning westernized. That was how I heard it used the first time I heard it.
Tariq Nasheed has been blowing this subject up all year.
@omo nijia.what do you mean?why can't you guys be clear to Black Americans,(that God forsaken word is only in the western part of the country.)
Akata ia name called everybody that lives in USA both black and white and family members
@@frankkalu5426 Lies! The word is reserved for Black Americans only and you know it!
Where are my fellow African immigrants? Sometimes we need to cut the crap and speak truthfully-have an honest conversation. I've followed Uhuru for a while many at times silently....
Here is the deal, we (read Africans) come from a diverse of cultures. We are, one, separated geographically for the most part as countries and two within the countries as tribes and sub-tribes. I'm a Kikuyu Kenyan immigrant who may not know much about a Taita Kenyan immigrant right from the language to other cultural norms. This is true to other African countries.
I never knew the word Akata even say after my first few years in the US. Assimilation within the African community here ( mostly Kenyan) I learnt of the word. Again *in* *my* *community* The word is not used as often as such and when it appears in context,it'll be casual or so to say. It's not part of a daily vocabulary. The more we become accepting and really know and learn of one another the lesser we have become distant from one another.
So I learnt the word first, then later learnt that its derogatory. I didn't even know where the word originated from...
Just stop using the word, that's all.
*#WakeUpBrothersandSisters* *#WeDoNOTneedLabels*
My brother, I appreciate you being real on the subject.
Well said thengo muno!!!
Afrika must unite🎵🎶🌱⏰ Dynast is also coming from a society charred with racism for or directed at people who looks like him so he is adding this to his journey. Thanks for the updating those who do not know or was not born in the layers of Afrika but understand it from western media/ movies without the nuances and HISTORY.🦁 the Jaguar is my favorite Wildcat and I'm a Leo=fire=sun🐯🌱⏰🌅
I agree with not using derogatory words. But the problem is that the misconception surrounding the word is a real problem. When certain Africans from particular tribes are speaking and mention akata, anyone passing by black american for instance will think they're talking about him, meanwhile, it's a word in reference to something not connected with him or anybody. This presents a problem of speaking ones own language in public. It's really a good thing that it's not a word that comes up in casual conversations in african languages that have this word.
I ain't never heard any Kenyan call any names Black Americans
Was born in Nigeria and lived there for 28 years, before migrating to the United states.
And I had never heard of the word Akata before,first time I heard the word was from an African American sister I was talking to In Oakland California.
That word is not used in Nigeria at least not in the part of Nigeria I grew up in.
I believe that word is a Hollywood creation or a creation of those with the vested interest in keeping Africans both home and abroad from uniting.
Are you a Yoruba? Are you familiar with the songs of the popular Yoruba musician King Sunny Ade? He sang about Akata (wildcat) in one of his albums of 60s/70s. This is the lyrics, “ ki akata pa adiye, ki o tun pa aladiye, eewo ni o”. The Yoruba lyric simply means, “ for a wildcat to kill a chicken and also the owner of the chicken is an impossibility “. So it’s not movie creation.
If you are not Yoruba, show the lyric to any elderly Yoruba man. Most younger Yoruba people don’t have an idea possibly because Akata(wildcat ) as an animal is more or less extinct and so it’s name
@@i.falade6256 no mind her ojèrè! Akata is a cool word we use for black Americans but some might have used it in rejecting black Americans maybe due to their behaviour at that present moment. Nigga is used in different terms also. White person can reject you and call you nigga, a black bro can praise you calling you nigga.
Douglas Jones my point is that, he claiming he was born in Nigeria and lived 28 years in Nigeria and doesn’t know that akata is a Yoruba name for a cat either means he is not a Yoruba since there are other groups in Nigeria or he is a Yoruba that just don’t know like some especially the younger generation.
Yes nigerians in diaspora use it but not in degrading forms. Just to indicate a real black.
@@thetruth6396 Please don't lump other tribes in, that word is specific to the Yorubas only
African dint speak the same language so how on earth do African will call akata.
They think we all speak the same language 😁
It’s called pidgen ( look it up) basically a sub language used by some Africans to deal with language barriers mainly used by Nigeria and Ghana
@@grvyrdgang5672 that still doesn't explain it..pigeon is mostly spoken in west african countries...that is NOT a rep of Africa💀
In Ghana, it is used to refer to people who wear designer clothes. It's very popular in high schools in Ghana, among the youth and not the older generation. It's very unfortunate that some Africans travel and use that word only to refer to Africans born in the diaspora. Truth is that in Ghana, it is used to refer to people (usually men) who wear nice fancy clothes. The term became very popular in the early 2000s when baggy jeans, big costumes and chains were popular among the youth. They'll call you akata if you dress like Jarule or 50 Cent or Jay Z or Nas. It wasn't derogatory then because all of us wanted to be as cool as those rappers. Using it to refer to only diaspora Africans will be very insulting. In Ghana when someone dresses like a rapper or speaks with an American accent, he's called akata. If you go to Ghana, you'll get a different response from people because the word is used to refer to everything related to hip hop. Akata in Ghana basically means hip hop. It is not negative. It only became negative when some people travelled and decided to use it to refer only to our brothers and sisters born and raised in the diaspora (especially USA). It's like calling them names, and that is not good at all especially when they have no clue what it means. We're all Africans (from different backgrounds though) but we're one. No silly name calling.
UPDATE
Even now, there are young artists in Ghana who call themselves Akata. You can Google the rap groups, Akafoc or Akata Boys. They are based in Kumasi in the Asante (Ashanti Region)
Thanks my brother ,you really said it all.Akata means someone who was born in western world.or someone who make it in abroad,and travel back to africa.like me I live in Belgium.but I am from Africa. I am Akata.i am proud of that .is part of respect.
Ghana needs to stop copying that word is Yoruba word.
@@asanteakan70 we can copy from each other as long as it's not used negatively
Lord Kweku Sekyi Ghanaians in America have been using it and if Nigerians use it negative how will an American know the difference ? They won’t know a Ghanaian doesn’t know the real meaning or that Ghanaians copied and used it slightly differently.
@@asanteakan70 Ghanaians in the USA also use it in the same derogatory manner. Ghanaians in Ghana call each other akata without any negativity. It's up to Africans in the USA (regardless of country of origin) to stop calling only black Americans akata
No one ever said they sit around in a circle all day and call African Americans that.
It's bullshit
yes they do, experienced this where I work, how they sit about in break room and use the term AKATA so loosely
@@staywoke8563where you work, stop whining
It’s a UA-cam word trying to divide blacks
It's from Nigeria
The Nikgata lol in college? Who were these Africans calling u akata? Where did u go to college? Africans were that deep they started calling u akata to ur face? 😂... I’m calling big cap on this one...🧢
@@FoshoTheOne same, big lie... Plus what did you do to them
At this point, the word is being used more by Anti-African African Americans than Nigerians, simply just attacking a straw man
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@@FoshoTheOne I got called akata in college. Africans use words against people they don't know the language. Some African words can't even be found on the internet. Just like they call nigerians alatafuo.
I am Africa living abroad.i am very proud.when people called me Akata,is part of respect.and I love it
Lol! You know right? Even my kids are called Akata when we get to Naija meaning cool, different and from foreign land. They want to see the Akata stuff they are wearing and hear them speak Akata. I am actually shocked to read and hear on UA-cam that it is derogatory. Soon we will start to hear that the term KOKOYE referring to Puerto Ricans is derogatory.
@@queenforreal9915 lol because u have a term for puerto ricans to? What is kokoye
rebecca kumuamba I do not even know but I hear a lot of Nigerians saying KOKOYE to Puerto Ricans in the Bronx and they are not offended. I do not use it though since I do not know the origins.
@@africaine4889 "Kokoye" is a term used for "Latinos" generally and not just Puerto Ricans.
I'm not certain, but the term might have originated actually in Haiti since "Kokoye" means "Coconut" in Haitian Creole.
Yes because many people use it to differentiate between black Americans and Africans, and that includes African born in the US
You can’t ask Gambians and Senegalese what the word Akata means. Its overly simplistic to bunch all Africans in the same boat. It’s a a Nigerian word that was really popularized by western Nigerians or better Nigerians living in America who were verbally abused by black Americans.
jahfreep yea but there are black Americans who simply say “Africans” call is akata.
Asante Akan Because many Americans view Africa as a country where the people all speak the same language. Here we have a brother who’s been to the continent for about 8 years and still reverts to the ignorant oversimplification of the people on the continent. I was so disappointed in the line of questioning. I’m like come on brother, “you know better” and I think he does, but this was purely done for entertainment purposes to dispel the notion that “Africans” don’t call us that word. Again, there are tons of people in Nigeria who don’t even know what that word means. It was coined by the Nigeria’s who wanted a verbal come back during the most unfortunate days where they’d be called “African booty scratcher” or a black American telling them their hairline looks busted. You know all the crazy snaps.
It’s an American mindset to group people based on what you look like
I’ve never had any bad experiences with Africans here where I’m at and never heard Akata
I live in NYC, and I know lots of continental Africans. I've never had any issues. Nor have I ever heard anyone use that word. I've seen it all over social media, but I have yet to hear it used in a sentence. 😂
@@sherriebumbray1748 as an African myself... growing up in Nigeria, I thought the word Akata was a word for Americans... like any Americans (white, yellow, black). I never found out it was a word target at black-americans until i was active in the you tube comments... 4 years ago debating with black Americans. they would point to one hollywood movie like that as a reference(the movie title has skipped my mind)..
For years i have spoken Wolof, Fula & Mandinka...learned those cultures...cooked their food & have lived among them in TOTAL peace!!! I have done the same with the Igbo. I am not as fluent in Igbo as the other West African languages but I know their culture & cook their food....again, I mingle with them in TOTAL peace!!!! So I have no beef with ANY African, no matter the area in Africa they may come from. I view them as my people & I have always been met with the same treatment!!!!
Yes only nigerians in diaspora used the word among themselves indicating a black American but not as an insult tho.
Aissata Muhammad yur last name would scare most if not all igbo people away except if they Anambra Igbo.
Akata “wild cats” was originally used by a Yoruba comedian “baba sala” when he first traveled to the US, he only gave white people the name akata and somehow, somewhere the name was switched on BA, but it was originally a name given to the whites
@Traci Waters-Fashoro what about oyibo
@Traci Waters-Fashoro no
Is igbo
@Dami lie we call them onyechohe that's white or oyinbo that is igbo
@@chidianyanwu8731 what's the meaning of oyinbo in igbo? Like figuratively,break it down, because in yoruba the word means, peeled off skin.
@@oluwadamilola6233 it means white people
Form eruope only
No African living in Africa knows that word. Only in America that word exist between Africans living in America which is not a derogatory word. I never knew about that word until I moved to US.
True
YOU ARE SO CORRECT
Most people, when you go to their home countries, are all cool, in regards to their relationship with Black Americans. Now when they come here it's a different story.
So it says a lot about how messed up America really is / corrupt.
Togbe I agree with you
Cos Africa is made of up incredibly diverse peoples and cultures. Akata is specifically from Yorubas in Nigeria. Even depending on where you find yourself within Nigeria, the word would sound completely strange to people.
I first heard of the word akata on UA-cam, don't even know what means and my country share geographical border with Nigeria
A86 Lyo you’re from Cameroon? I’m Cameroonian as well. I never heard that word in Africa until I came back here...
@Darrin Robinson man please I advise that it's not a good thing that we black people both in Africa or United states and other diasporas should live in animosities. This is completely wrong for calling for war against one another because of so called rubbish word or whatsoever. This is not right in whatsoever way we might think
@@leonardorjioffor6683 so true. Imagine over a word
@Darrin Robinson You need urgent help mate am worried about you.
@Darrin Robinson You are acting like African Americans are being victimatised by other groups of black people which is far from the truth.
'Akata' is a Nigerian (Yoruba) word.
I'm Nigerian and I've never hear the word Akata before. If it is derogatory, then it must be just some isolated rude people. Just know that not all Africans or Nigerians think that way. God bless bros! Keep up all the amazing work teaching people about Africa.
Nigerian women are ugly, who cares what a Nigerian has to say
Clearly you can’t tell when someone is lying to you.
lol right..
Clearly you don't understand that the continent Africa contains many languages and tribes.
Akata is just one word.
It's like saying Americans say Deadass. Then you go to let's say Arizona and ask someone who lives there if they know the word Deadass.
You can't use one word to paint a WHOLE people.
Akata is a word used in the Igbo and Yoruba tribe, but Nigeria consists of over 200 tribes. And not everyone in the Igbo and Yoruba tribe use the word or know of it.
So the real question is, who began this rumor and why use a small section of a particular tribe to paint the whole continent as being "hateful" towards black Americans?
@@octbaby88 u must b an African, definitely not FBA. Lets just keep it real they knew exactly wat he was sayin lol they were jus nigga splaining. Dude even said " we dnt use it anymoree" les just stop the bs
hahaha exactly
@@ashafi2591 it’s a Yoruba word. We don’t all speak the same language dumb ass, so they more than likely don’t know the word if they are not Nigerian. There barely are even African Americans in Africa for Nigerians to even say it in Nigeria
I'M AFRICAN AND I NEVER HEARD THE WORD AKATA UNTIL I CAME ACROSS TARIQ NASHEED.........the undisputed master of separation and manipulation. (TARIQ NASHEED). Thank you so much brother for this video, I'm definitely saving this one.
I’ve never heard anyone say that, that “Africans sit around all day in a circle calling African Americans Akata.” Never heard such a tale. Where are you getting this from Dynast Amir?
He's being sarcastic.
@@dug757 But there are some ADOS who believe that
Search For Uhuru So now, will you do a video asking ADOS if they sit around all day calling Continental Africans derogatory names? Because CAs need to know that ADOS don’t do that either. JS
@@Searchforuhuru Oh I know, I understood why you used sarcasm.
@@Searchforuhuru It seems that in ghana it is used by the youngsters to refer to a cool person or person up to date in the current fashion trends. a word of admiration and respect for the person's fashion sense. A trend setter .DYNAST you are not akata. ROTFL.
Its funny when I hear so many African American think its a derogatory word. Honestly it wasn't derogatory going by the origin of the word, my uncle that studied in USA said something about it. He said when Fela Anikulapo came to USA in the 60s or 70s, Fela was invited to join the black panther society, he went for their meeting and when he got back to his group, his African group asked him where he went and he replied I went for the akata's meeting(molo si ipade awon akata). The black panther had a wild cat as their logo, that was exactly how the akata name came to be. So it wasn't derogatory from the beginning as it was only being referred to a liberation group, but as times went on Nigerians in America started abusing the word and using it in a derogatory way towards African Americans
Akata is used in a derogatory manner.
Thank you my brother. My dad who lived in the U.S in the 60s told me exactly the same thing. The black panthers looked very sharp and fashionable to them ((Nigerians) at that time. The misinformation by the producers or writers of that movie Sugarhill started this crap and you tubers and ADOS have helped amplify it as negative.
@@queenforreal9915 Akata is not from black panther its not a compliment it means cat without a home or wild cat. Even Luuvie a Nigerian American said it's not usually positive. If you keep hearing that they were raised to not marry akatas or be like akatas or have akata friends then the word meaning in the U.S. obviously changed. The F word for gay men used to just mean a cigarette.
I am glad you used the words "obviously changed" because that is precisely my point. It was not meant to be derogatory but it has taken on a different meaning fuelled by the scene from the Sugarhill movie. The same Nigerians parents would say do not marry a Yoruba man or do not marry an Oyinbo ( white man).It is just who they are. There certainly is a need for more communication like this with an open mind between A.Americans and Africans.
@@queenforreal9915 No Nigerians would def take a yoruba then a white over a black person. Black Americans is the last choice unless they need papers but then they plan to leave them. Most of the African women I know who moved to the U.S. married other tribes sometimes from another african country or a white man.
I’m Nigerian and I haven’t heard the word.
So you must stay off Nigerian online forums.
It's a name Nigerians (the yorubas) in America use to describe african Americans....am nigerian from calabar and I have heard that word a million times....lol
@@primeroseessentials3623 me too. I'm surprised by Nigerians saying they never heard it. I don't use it myself....
@@primeroseessentials3623you heard this word in Nigeria???? From my experience, most Nigerians don't even know this word. I speak Yoruba and I never knew that it's a slur until recently
It's used by alot of nigerians in america
Pls stop spreading hate , let go and let love reign , many of them are only hearing about the meaning on UA-cam, Nigeria alone have more that 100 languages, they are always surprise when asked about it
UK* never heard from a Nigerian living here. Only see it used online used by UK Nigerians
@@Kiyonce.Kartier nah I'm from the UK as well man, I've heard the term oyinbo (which is mainly directed towards Caucasians) but the term not Akata.
I call BS! My wife and brother-in-law went to High School in Nigeria their father even married a (Yoruba woman) and yes they are ADOS too. I first heard the term from my brother back in about 2009. Now when did you first hear the term? I’m not saying that ADOS brothers and sisters aren’t well come in West Africa, and nor am I’m saying the will be treated poorly, but it’s a thing and the brother eating got real quiet, and showed he’s a bad liar. He knows it’s a term that’s used. He just ain’t wanna acknowledge it.
Not every African knows the meaning
The female too...but i find it funny....dynast did more harm than good with this one....but i ain't mad at him tho....lol...
He got quiet because he was trying to Re-interprete the whole sentence to himself in French, They don't speak English in Senegal.
Even from your writing i can see you are sick
@@deejay5102 Akata is a yoruba word, On the continent it is used for Nigerians living outside Nigeria, so even if the so called female knew the meaning she would have pointed out that it was not used to refer to black Americans but to Nigerians in foreign land, so I see no reason for her to pretend, we Nigerians here have tried our possible best to explain this word, and I think its time every body forget about the word and move on, lets not let "Akata" cause a wedge between Africans and African Americans.
Africa is diverse with hundred of languages,, we speak different languages,, akata might come from a certain language or tribe, so don't say Africans, if someone happens to say something offensive it doesn't Come from Africans it came from an individual.
They think Africa is one country and that we speak all of us the same language and we all sets around together😅😅😅
@Trevon Womack 🤦🏾♂️
@Trevon Womack We don't play victims we never did we don't have any victim mentality!And I am Ethiopian!
At this point, the word is being used more by Anti-African African Americans than Nigerians, simply just attacking a straw man
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We dont have that word in sierraleone,the word i heard was 'Afro'like the hair do in the sixtees
Yes we use the word "afro"
I've never heard of Akata on the continent; I've only heard it used, personally heard it, here in the US. I had to check a Nigerian Bro for calling someone else that name. On the continent I've never heard that from Bro's and Sis on the continent...not once
Many people don’t even know what it means, Nigeria alone have more than 100 languages, so you see why people don’t know it means anything bad , pls let’s move on and let the word die on its own , the more you share videos about this stuff the more there will be division , and hate , we are uniting Africa and African Americans , let love lead us
Hey! YORUBA Nigerian London born and bred here and I've never heard of the word, nor is it used in the UK. It is unfair that the rest of us Nigerians outside of America is getting blamed for the use of this word.
@@mariebright872 I did not nor would I put that blanket on any Broad group. That was one of 2 occasions I heard it myself. First time, like you, didn't know what it meant; second time though, I had to check it and shut it down. But when I go to the continent, it's all good. Never heard it once in Africa. Not even Once.
Of course everyone's not going to call themselves that at home. America is the place where everybody can come to be racist.
@@wilburash8315 Bro,we have over 100 tribes in Nigeria alone,People from the north are culturally different from the south! It’s Pisses me off when you generalize things ,like what the fck…we are over 200million In Nigeria for crying out loud!!!!!
Most ADOS people are getting their information from Tariq Nasheed when it comes to the word Akata.
the debunker Agreed
Yea. All the idiots follow that hustler and liar.
Well Tariq Nasheed is a proud and vocal man concerning the matters of African Americans however he has a very divisive nature within him. Tariq Nasheed would pretty much press the nuke button if a nuclear bomb was set in the direction of Africa.
@Keep It A Thousand How is asking for justice loving América. Is Brazil not racist to Blacks in Brazil? Yet black Brazilians are proud to be Brazilian.
At first Tariq was all about Melanated People now he so hateful
Hahaaa...Prince Dynast, the myth buster! Great work my Brotha.The self hate must stop...Africa Unite!!!
1:19 - She laughed! People don’t laugh when they hear a word they don’t know. They’re always playing dumb.
Always playing dumb hate it
We was always taught that sticks and stones may break our bones but words will never hurt us we been through worst we trying to survive over here in America. Peace and blessings to my African family
The word "AKATA or YOYO" is used in Ghana to discribe persons who wear big saggy jeans, huge necklaces, head gear and huge clothes and it is used positively. No negative connotation to that effect. It's like Ghanaians calling every foreigner "Obroni". All have no bad meaning. DYNAST my brother I hope you now understand? Hope you pin this comment for education sake. Blessings!!!!!
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Traci Waters-Fashoro no in Ghana "Akata" doesn't mean as u are saying.
I have never heard of that word until when I came to amerikkka. Please do not take that word to the continent.
Akata is not specifically meant for African Americans. Nigeria where the word was coined was not designed for African Americans but to recognise Nigerians who behaved like Europeans. It’s not generally used ,even in Nigeria. The illiterate and indigenous Nigeria mostly from lagos used it to recognise their fellow citizens with European views. Nigerians in the US. most have used to react to name calling by African Americans who think they are not Africans or different from them. The word is no more in used in Nigeria since there are now thousands of Diaspora Nigerians who have embraced their parents culture.
I first heard Akata from the movie "New Jack City".
Sugar Hill
Its a Nigerian slangs" we used it alots in Benin city in Nigeria..and the yorubas use it too ...mostly to refer to ourselve brothers and sisters that have lived abroad...Europe ,America, or Japan or elsewhere...I think the wesley snipes movie portray it in a bad light or people misunderstood it "..
@@Searchforuhuru i heard it in the movie "RISING SUN" starring wesley snipes. So far the first place that anybody heard the word being used in a derogatory term was in the movies starring WESLEY SNIPES -----NEW JACK CITY, SUGAR HILL, RISING SUN ETC. all starring wesley snipes.WESLEY SNIPES is an Ados.This guy is trying to instigate something or it was used in the movies for dramatic effect.
well Google the word Akata or Akatarian and research it..I don't know why some people are trying to teach us our words or slangs " we don't go about trying to teach others their language. ..
@@davlid100 what would you say to those who say "...How can we go to Africa when Africans sit around in circles all day calling us akata...?"
Considering Africa is huge. There's North, West, Central, East and Southern Africa.
Akata what??
Not all Africans are Yorubians and we don't sit around all day.
Some say we live in trees, we are tired of this bias yoh!
“Sit around in a circle all day” who does this ❓I’m pretty sure no one is sitting around , they are working because they get no help from their government, so they have to eat or starve.
i saw here in the comments that he was quoting tariq nasheed!
@@freedom_is_gold6747 oh ok 👍🏽
First time I read about the relationship between Africans and African Americans I heard that Africans hate African Americans, I was kinda perplexed and couldn't understand what it is that I as an African hate about African Americans.
I thought that it was just Nigerians who uses that word and I never thought that it was derogatory. I thought that it means Blacks that are born in the USA. They even called first generation Nigerians born in the USA akata.
Who cares? We aren't worrying about what they call us and they don't care about what we call them.
SixPack,
there is no “us” and “them”
@@proudafrican759 Yes, there is. Shove off.
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SixPack whatever,
Feel anyway you want if you’re black, you’re my brother whether you like it or not. You don’t choose your family... I’m here to stay. Too bad if you have a problem with that
@@SumDumGai5 you are a white supremacist trying to divide and but it won't work this time, we are woke and the is no stopping us this time. Keep trying your luck bastard
You should ask this while in Nigeria we all know specifically they created and use it not all Africans lol.
Not all Nigerians.
Considering the wild crap that happens in Nigeria I don't think that Nigerians have any room to be calling anybody akata.
@@visionquest7870 Considering the wild crap happening to blacks in America I don't think you should have the mouth to call Nigerians african booty scratcher.
@@onioluwole7359 Grow up boy that's what children call each other in grade schook that was never a name used directly to Nigerians!
@@onioluwole7359 you are reaching. Black American adults don't call Africans nor ourselves that stupid phrase...That was some old elementary kiddie $h!t back in the 1980s and 90s....and don't get mad because Vision made a good point...a lot of "wild" $h!t does go on in Nigeria. A lot of us actually pay attention to what is going on in other places in the world, despite the myth that we think everything revolves around America....
I've heard it and yes its derogatory toward black people. Now being confronted the Nigerians are playing dumb that they didn't know what it means.
Nigeria itself has 2000 languages mama i understand your frustration but some researchs won't hurt you. That's why it was easy for white people to tell you black people sold black people
Nigerians play dumb, buhahahahari like nigerians care how u think of them, people that will call u akata don't give a shit what u think, so no one is playing dumb, not Nigerians we fear no one
You have NEVER heard the term from an African. Don't be a dumbass - or are you a fraud?
@Traci Waters-Fashoro 🤣🤣🤣🤣 that one enter
Akata is a yoruba word, even then they do not use the word to refer to Black Americans, rather they used it for fellow Nigerian living outside Nigeria, so even if you meet some one in the continent that knows the meaning, you will be shocked if he tells you it does not apply to black Americans.
My brutha and Sista's ♥️🖤💚
Someone has heard it before...
in Nigeria we call whites *OYIBO*and they are very happy 😊
Hhahahahahah...they like the slang?
Remember that in Swahili, it's mzungu. They call them that and they assume it.
What is Akata, I'm a Nigerian I haven't hear such word in my life
It means wolf
@@blaclightblaklite6598 there is not wolf in africa how come wolf lol
Akata may have been made up for the movie Sugar Hill. I believe it was made up to exaggerate the differences between Black americans and Africans
That movie added more of a insulting meaning to the word.
That's the reason why I hated that movie Sugar Hill plus that's another reason why I never watch this movie again how could Brother Wesley Snipes wasted His precious Talent on this POS We call it movie but the 1974 version was way better than the 1994 bulls-t film!
Plus the 94 Sugar Hill film did a lot of damage to Our Alkebu-Lanians or Afrikans Family here and abroad I never heard of the word Akata but I have heard Kaffir though from white people from Afrika or Europe that's a derogative or offensive word towards Us Blacks!
@@arncoo63 Oh wow, I need to see the original then! I liked the 94 movie though. Especially the music throughout the film. Our dear Brother Snipes was probably desperate to keep work coming.
@@kdolo100 let Me warn You if You planning to see the original Sugar Hill it's more like Abby or Blacula than New Jack City it wasn't that Brother Wesley Snipes was desperate because He was big at that time but He should have watch what roles He was getting though!
Ask people in Lagos Dynast, why ask Senegalese when you know they are not the ones accused of using the word?
Like white folks haven't been calling you a nigga for hundreds of years GTFOH.
There's no word on the street that Nigerians sit around "all day" calling us "Akata" but they yorubas in particular do call us that, casually.
Its not a bad word. But like calling someone a barbie it can b used negatively or positively
@@sweetspice9120 I dated a couple of yoruba women, who told me to abuse anyone who calls me that. So I know that word isn't a compliment, and it doesn't mean they love me.
Even yorubas don't know that word.
@@maryandrew259 Believe that, if you like.
@@kylereese4542 most don't, it's an old word for forest cat,not used for Anyone until some people abroad of Nigerian descents use it for AAs
A black person (visitor) making a video confronting random africans about being prejudiced using an accusing tone. Sounds disrespectful to me, when you are talking about europeans you specify do the same when addressing africans we arent one country.
"Akata" means gangster lifestyle demonstrated through the way a person walks or dresses...often in reference to the early hip hop stars. It's a popular term in Ghana but not necessarily referring to black Americans. Peace!
Dave GH yeah man exactly what you've explained
Yeeaahhh. Riiiiiight. I've asked several African friends and it was as if I had discovered a long held negative family secret that African Americans were never meant to become aware of.
@@mr.doctor-reginaldbernardb2904 Akata actually means wild cat but in current day its actually used as a way to say gangster but I've even heard it being used it the context to call people resilient, I also remember being told the word was used to identify African Americans during the time of the black panther era im not sure if its true or not but I'm sure if its true its documented somewhere.
@@afrikaplug1447 I see. But is there any truth to the claim I've heard that many Africans (Nigerians and Ghanaians especially) are advised when coming to America for instance, to
'not marry akata?', 'don't associate with akata?', or ' don't bring akata home? ' Just curious. Also, do you have any explanation for the reaction of secrecy and mystery I've encountered from some? Not trying to accuse but I've heard many things on this subject. give me some more perspectives please.
@@mr.doctor-reginaldbernardb2904 Yes because Akatas are also considered to have been away from home so long they don't have a deep connection and understanding of they're original culture however this doesn't just apply to African Americans that are descendents of the slave trade but Nigerian and Ghanaian Americans that have been raised in foreign countries too. I'd say in most cases its because the parents are afraid they will marry someone who doesn't have the same cultural values but I can't speak for everyone.
I’m a Nigerian, have never heard of that one , my first time hearing this word is here on UA-cam
i found an igbo form of the word annieejioforwrites.wordpress.com/2017/07/30/god-is/ Some Igbo Names of God:
Omama macha macha - Omniscience
Dike na agha - Great in battle
Onye ana akpo oku ozaa - One who answers when called upon
Nkume nke ebighi ebi - Rock of ages
Chukwu gara na ala nmuo jiri ugo lota - The God that went into hell and came out victorious
Agu na eche mba - The great guardian of a people or city
Ugwu ana atu egwu - The dreaded one
Ogbara nkiti okwu juru n’onu - Silent but has a lot to say
Oputa Obie - He settles disputes upon appearance
Ngalaba ji isi ulo - The pillar of the house
Oji ji, ji nma - He has the power to share and distribute resources
Ikuku ama na onya - The air that never gets trapped
Akata isi ebu e - He that when one remembers one becomes strong
Otiri nwata ife nalu ya akwa - He that beats a child and takes cry away from him
Di ezi omume - The father of good deeds
the igbo root is The Ibos introduced the word "akata," which means literarily "to become stronger, to be emancipated" www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=akata&page=2
@@mlungisiwright912 please don't lie, the way the word is applied and in the context of black americans is from the yoruba language and application. Please don't make things up.
@@sylviasworld9397 i did not make it up i showed that a word spelled a-k-a-t-a is found in both igbo and yoruba but likely pronounced differently
in any event the word preceded us y thousands of years.
Thank you so much for these videos. We need to see the different countries in real time!!!
I am born and raised in America. I have never been mistreated by Africans. To be honest most are shocked by my knowledge of African Roots and History. I believe it is more so they have had interaction with people that don’t know any better.
I've heard that before.
Maybe someone called an individual that name , not the whole black Americans , some people are showing a movie that used the word lol , so childish to use that as a fact
I never heard it before but can you tell me what is the significations
What I would like to know is, as you journey through African countries, even in Nigeria, how many of the people called or referred to you as "akata?" Please let peace reign, Amir.
That Nigerian lady was playing stupid she knew what it means
I first heard this word, "akata" from a friend of my mom's when I was young. He was Nigerian and would say it in a teasing way and said that I was lost because I didn't speak the language at the time . But i did hear before that's its a derogatory word. I was born in the states but my parents are west african.
It’s Never derogatory. Only used to refer to Africans who left the continent and came back home with foreign way of life and even wealth.
So me hearing Africans use the word akata must be all in my imagination. Hell even my african wife and her best friend use that word. All in my imagination of course
Where are they from in Africa though? It's not one big village 🙄
It only use by some Nigerians not by all africans
@Ulysse H nah, we know its a west african term...we know the whole of africa dont use that word...
Dee Jay how’s it a west African term it’s a Nigerians term and the reason it traveled to Ghana is because many Nigerians are in Ghana and they are two English speaking nations.
@@CathFerook I know all africans aren't the same...
Never been called that by any of my African brethren. I like the Nigerian term oyibo. My personal favorite is a swahili word, mzungu. Watch out for the mzungu!
Umm. You are white?
@@lawdzeke115 nah. I use those terms pejoratively
Your name sound chinese
Mzungu is white person, tho
@@teabag1165 exactly
I am a Nigerian who grew up I. Southern Nigeria and now lives in the north. I have never heard of that term akata referring to African Americans except on UA-cam. I have never heard a Nigerians saying it.
Always love your videos
I don’t think Africans think about Black Americans as often as Americans think
Focus on those that have more to gain by keeping ppl divided against each other.
Truly Blessed what do you mean
Christopher Thomas- In socially engineered societies manufactured by power structures human exploitation is a necessity for their survival. Africa been promoting the idea of nationalism for centuries so who specifically are they’re pandering to if they’re not thinking about so-called black Americans??
That word akata is a Yoruba word therefore it's Yorubas that called Africa Americans akata not the entire africa
Akata is a slag not a Yoruba word..
I am glad I ran across this video thank you for sharing it❤️
No one group, " sits 'round all day callin'..." Such nonsence
I am African but I never heard that word in my life this is the first time I heard and I don't think that would have a signification is just something that somebody make it up but please let me know what is that mean when you know
Akata means “panther “ in reference to black panthers . Akata was made popular by FELA
Akata mean wild cat but i get what you saying
I was pretty sure it means heyena... 🤷🏾♂️
@HundredDolla Will Okay. Although, I probably won't, because it doesn't make a difference to me. I know who I am. There is self hatred and division among us, at a time when uniting is imperative. African Diasporans and Africans both have groups that would rather fight their own than fight the real enemy. Those who desire unity focus on building. Eventually, the haters will be forced to fall back and pay respect.
Akata is a Nigerian street slang used to describe African-Americans and Africans who live in or travelled to America.
This Nigerian street slang is not used in a derogatory sense.
Akata is America while they also say Akatarian which means someone who came from Akata.
Akata and Akatarian are used in positive sense to glorify African-Americans and Africans in diaspora.
Great episode again!
You were being sarcastic about that search for akata before, right?!
I'm south African, what does that word mean??, what language is it?
maybe Yoruba...
@@deejay5102 well South Africans are Bantu ,Yoruba people are not Bantu and Yoruba are one tribe from Nigeria so i don't know why you said it like she should know 😂😂😂😂 Nigeria to South Africa is the distance of USA too Ukraine I😂😂😂
Akata or Kata in lingala in Kongo means to cut something or been cut off from something
Its A kata meaning he or she should cut. Kata means cut. Kokata to cut
rebecca kumuamba is that relates to the English word because it sounds similar.
But it's not used in reference to black americans. Kokata is not a noun but a verb that means to cut or to sever. Akata is the verb kokata in the third person. For example,
"Bayebisi YE AKATA nzete"=
"They told HIM to CUT the tree".
"Bayebisi YO OKATA nztete".=
"They told YOU to CUT the tree."
"Bayebisi BISO TOKATA nzete"=
"They told US to CUT the tree"
I don't want people to be left with the impression that congolese use the word as a noun to describe people. It's an innocent verb. Thanks.
@@tatu8663 you are right. Its not use in reference to black americans. Actually we do not have any derogatory word like akata. Not that i know of
@@asanteakan70 oh noo. Nothing to do with the akata name.
Thank you for this video. Way too many people don't understand what they're even talking about.
Please specify which African region or countries because I'm Kenya and I can swear in my life I haven't ever heard search a word than putting us in just one box pthoo!
Need to stop bringing that word into light brotha. Its silly.
Well... that was cleared up all the misconceptions.. great video!!
This is the first time I'm hearing this. With all the problems we (Nigeria in particular) worry about with regards to bad governance, how we'll feed our families and many other issues, we now sit in circles talking and calling black Americans, "Akata?" What you're most like to hear in gathering is talk about football clubs and the premiere league more than half the time. I heard from an igbo man that they have a word, "akata" but I don't recall the meaning he gave. Some other igbos say they don't have such word. The other story I heard was about the musician Fela Kuti, who came to America and was thrilled by the Black panther and their revolution and revolution and activism was what he was all about, so when he thought of African Americans, he referred to them as the Panthers in his language, Yoruba, which is Akata (a wild cat eg. Panther or Cougar). THAT is what I read, I never heard Fela say this himself. A ghanaian also claimed that a tribe has this word and it means, flashy or dope. In my own tribe I found out not long ago from my mom, that Akata is the word for eel (the sea creature). But believe me, the only time any African (outside of the tribes that have the word) get's to really know that word, ironically, is when they get to the US. Which is rather weird but at the same time understandable since it's less than 0.0000001 % of the population that have this word in their language.
"Akata" is NOT an Ibo word. No Ibo person will tell you that. Curiously, you wrote over 300 words and failed to say what the word means in Ibo. Stop your nonsense.
That pic of you Dynast and the brothers dress in black take me back too black panthers, I miss them days
*@SearchForUhuru:* Now brother Dynast,you know I have a great deal of respect for you,but having been to several African countries,& having African friends I've known for years here in the states,you,& I know the word "akata" is mostly used in West African countries by *SOME Nigerians,Ghanaians,Senegalese,etc as a DEROGATORY term to describe African Americans,but not all Africans use it that way.*
I love our people to life,but no need to be disingenuous about this word which is pejoratively used by some continental west Africans which means *"cat away from home."* In Ghana it has another meaning pertaining to fashion also. Unity must be based in truth at all times my brother. -GBS
@Officer Of The Damn Law PBWW Channel We must speak truth about this word,& its history. Just as continental Africans do not wish to be called kaffirs,nor should they call African Americans akatas.
Do not put senegalese un your list please
ua-cam.com/video/pDUPSNdmFew/v-deo.html
@Officer Of The Damn Law PBWW Channel I don't need to check your video brother. What I stated in the initial comment you read is true. I know the entire history behind that word,& have traveled to 12 African countries.
I know other Africans who will confirm what I spoke. My question is why be disingenuous as if no one knows the truth? I love all my people,but I hate a lie.
Fam listen,you cannot talk to African Americans as if none of us are thorough historians,travel,or have continental African friends,& family who know the truth about this. Unity begins with honesty.
@@africaine4889 I put it on the list because I spoke the truth mam. Perhaps you don't know the entire history of the word. I can provide you with detailed receipts if you need them. The truth is not harmful,it heals. Lies do the opposite. I love my African brothers,& sisters,but shame on those knowingly lying about the word akata as if it's not a slur with multiple meanings,one of which is used to describe African Americans.
Come on bro, in my opinion you're being intellectually dishonest. Akata has been said to be specifically a (Yoruba) word. I have Nigerian American friends that have told me out of their own mouth that Akata is a word used for Black Americans. Of course other Africans from different Countries that have a different culture, and speak a different language wouldn't understand what the word Akata mean. I fully understand your point you were trying to convey but.. i think it's obvious not every African calls Black Americans Akata, just like every Black American didn't/doesn't call every African a African booty scratcher.
Per team Foundational Black American/ADOS AFRICANS call them Akata
Booty scratcher is obviously derogatory..honestly Akata is really not a bad word...if you doubt me Google it..this way ."Akatarian " try to research it on Google..you will see old news and old Nigerian local movies where they refers to our brothers and sisters living abroad as Akatarian or Akata.
@@davlid100 no adult uses african booty scratcher...that was elementary school foolishness...and most of the time Black americans were calling each other it and not continental africans...
@@Searchforuhuru you trollin....lol...
@@deejay5102 You sound just like Tariq Nasheed "no adult uses African booty scratcher" Tariq is the main propagandist of the ADOS movement
Just subscribed to your channel. This is interesting---and sadly not surprising. I've been watching Phrankleen's channel so I'm neither surprised nor offended. Just glad to be further put up on game so I know who and where to avoid. Learning Fela Kuti's story and seeing how big the Nigerian community is in Houston speaks volumes. I'm just glad to be put up on game! Great video, lol!!!!
It's not derogatory, it simply means black Americans diff from white Americans
Wow!!!!🇺🇸
The second female knew what you were saying. She played it off
it means panther in yoruba and stronger in igbo my receipts Akata isi ebu e - He that when one remembers one becomes strong annieejioforwrites.wordpress.com/2017/07/30/god-is/ www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=akata&page=2 The Ibos introduced the word "akata," which means literarily "to become stronger, to be emancipated" books.google.com › books
Dictionary of the Yoruba Language - Page 103
1913
Found inside - Page 103
Panther, n. amotekun, akata.
No gtfo how do you know
"akata" is a yoruba term for someone who is very difficult to deal with. its more like a slang name for a very difficult person. not just black americans.
Yes it's a Yoruba language but you don't know the meaning. It's just like a slang to call black American. A black man who's not from Nigeria born in America
I’m a black American and I never heard of that word and heard that Africans called us that.
Sitting around in a circle calling us Akata? I started rolling....
😂😂😂😂
Like we have nothing to do.👍😅😅
To me it was not very funny,just stupid,someone trying to stir up some fuss.
What the hell doest mean, AKATA?
@Willi Collins I know it wasn't for Black Panther Party but for African Americans as a whole. But yes I heard it means 'wild cat'
lol I am Nigerian and people In the UK use the word a lot, i've lived in Maryland & DC (dmv) and ALL West Africans say Akata there, and then my people in Nigeria also say d word.... it means stray cat in Yoruba! I am Yoruba and I can say all my family and friends use it for Black americans 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
lol
What’s wrong with Akata? It simply means “stray cat” in Yoruba, and is a sweet way for Nigerians to express their wish for the lost brothers and sisters to be able to finally come home.
Google the word "Akatarian " and the truth about the word Akata will great you.lol. Google and research it and you will see for yourself that Nigerians from Benin city have been using that word for a very long time and still use it today to refer to ourselves our brothers and sisters living abroad and in the case of America the Nigerian here chose to call the African American Akata..you can call me Akatarian or Akata I will gladly answer you lol.cause it's our slangs.
Thanks for clearing that up,my nephew is mixed blood,Yoruba and African American,Never heard his dad use that word.
IS ONLY GOD WHO KNOWS WHERE THIS NAME CAME FROM..........,IN FACT I DON'T BELIEVE THIS NAME AKAKA CAME FROM AFRICANS .
Anthony Boateng it’s a Yoruba word meaning a wild cat. Like an Undomesticated cat. So I guess they use for Americans because they are not home but out in the wild? I guess. Me I just don’t know why Ghanaians copying others language they know nothing about. What I don’t get is why Caribbean’s aren’t called akata.
@@asanteakan70 Don't write about what you don't understand.
Asante Akan It is in reference to the Black Panthers in the 60s and that is why it does not apply to people in the Carribean. Akata in Yoruba is a general word for cats that are can not be tamed, domesticated etc. Lions, cheetahs, panthers etc fall under the category though they have individual names in Yoruba. All in all I think it is better not to refer to anyone as akata since it has taken on a new meaning and is rubbing people the wrong way.
Akata is a word we use to describe those of us Nigerians that travelled oversea, and it's never use as a derogatory word for black Americans.
Wesley Snipes character in the movie Sugar Hill back in 1994, he played a drug dealer (of course a script for the world to stereotype) who beat on some Nigerians who called him AKATA (of course we don’t know the origin, but Hollywood set this ACT in motion over 20 years ago). In the movie his character learned it meant cotton picker from the Nigerians hence why he laid hands on them (the character in the movie). Many say there is no Yoruba word for cotton, but if this was a way to say cotton picker then you know the drill. The scene from Sugar Hill (1994) is on UA-cam.