The point about no cousins is very true. I'm from the mende tribe in Sierra Leone and we don't have a word for cousin. Your cousins are considered your siblings

@andrewosei328

3 жыл бұрын

Basically most of West Africa will have this system.

@africaine4889

3 жыл бұрын

@@andrewosei328 not only west Africa. It is the same in Kongo. When i moved back my cousins, uncles and aunts used to be very offended when I will present them as cousins, uncles.and aunts. I learned that in our culture cousins are brothers and sisters and aunts and uncles are mamans and papas

@24POWERS

3 жыл бұрын

Even though I was born in America I feel this was always the case. I feel like the American family was never meant to be a hierarchy. A lot of Afro American family has broken in the past 5 years more than the past 10.

@autobotdiva9268

3 жыл бұрын

really, thats interesting.

@theafricachild5773

3 жыл бұрын

Mi sista kusha ooo

Am from the Caribbean and I can see it alot here every woman as old as your mother is your aunt

@MrAfusensi

3 жыл бұрын

True

@mrcead

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly. Everyone is auntie

@Rafael-br2vh

3 жыл бұрын

in Brazil too, we call older women as "tia", which literally means "aunt"

@apple20sara89

3 жыл бұрын

@@Rafael-br2vh in Africa is not just about calling your mom's friends auntie, but they can talk to you as if you are their child. in some matter they can be decision-making about your life with your parents. especially during marriage

@damarimoland1613

3 жыл бұрын

in India too. I wonder if the Europeeans call the women auntie 🤣 no cultural values

In Africa a child has many mothers including your neighbour's mother or all your aunt can train you because they are viewed as mother in absence of your mother..... I love African family value

@joehouston2833

3 жыл бұрын

Be fruitful and multiply..

@Black_pearl_adrift

2 жыл бұрын

In our communities we call every older woman "auntie" because they have a familial tie in the cultural sense if not a physical sense

@samkelombambo2610

2 жыл бұрын

I didn't Know Africans were so similar and I am starting to think we as Black Africans are connected more than we think we are

@franciscafagerholm9457

2 жыл бұрын

me too Sandra, we welcome strangers too. Gud bless Africa.

@sandramakwikila4392

2 жыл бұрын

@@franciscafagerholm9457 Amen 🙏 Africa is our future

"You cannot overthrow your oppressor if you adopt his values." - Dr Amos N Wilson

@djntu2964

3 жыл бұрын

Asè!

@RighteousFiyah

3 жыл бұрын

Truth. But I see a lot of us adopting mzungu ways

@mariaavalon3730

Жыл бұрын

But Africans have been oppressing other Africans long before non Blacks came in so what do you do then?

Keep shining that light onto every aspect of our culture

The greatest African studies work on KZread hands-down can you do some in depth examination of African presence in India for the sindhus for example

@kocogoddess1423

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, I agree we are extensions of this Planet🌍we explored every creek and cranny of this World it makes sense because we are the first of civilization👸🏿🤴🏿 And Mother Nature🏞🌌☀ will return it back to the Original People "Us"👸🏿🤴🏿✨Harmony✨✊🏾

@africaine4889

3 жыл бұрын

Check out Visual Poet. His I'd an Ivorian America who did several videos on them

@jertdw3646

3 жыл бұрын

@@kocogoddess1423 that sounds pretty imperialistic. How about everyone gets a piece of the pie and no more subjucation

@obiamaka5087

3 жыл бұрын

@@jertdw3646 that's the truth everything eventually gose back to how it was with time

@DarkAngel-cj6sx

3 жыл бұрын

So intriguing indeed.

Beautifully done. Tied to the “extended” family or community-family model is accountability and honour. The phrase “I am my brother’s (sister’s) keeper,” comes to mind and, I’d propose, it can be considered a very African one. Just calling someone your brother wasn’t where it stopped, you were also accountable for their well-being. Especially if you were the eldest around. Also I’d say the concept of orphans as abandoned children (by the community) is quite new. Any child without either parent became the FULL responsibility of the next of kin (and in some cases, neighbours) and it was thought of as shame if you were found to be treating the orphaned child differently than your own. Same with widowed/abandoned women. Their in-laws would continue to be accountable for their wellbeing and would take care of them for life. They’d often join the household of the brother-in-law or perhaps even father-in-law. You touched on single mother’s but it essentially happens the same way even if the woman is childless. #mytwocents

@ladybluelotus

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this comment. Your elaboration on the structure of the family is greatly appreciated.

@FreeBorn5683

3 жыл бұрын

@@ladybluelotus You’re very welcome.

@apple20sara89

3 жыл бұрын

I am Ethiopian from Oromo tribe. in our guideline of life call ABBA GADA we believe in adopting or child is give to a woman with childbearing problem. everything else you said we follow it. UNESCO world heritage site already recognized 2 of practice of ABBA GADA. which are Irreecha meaning (thanksgiving day) GADA SYSTEM ( governing system )

@nigerdeltamirrortv9311

3 жыл бұрын

You're right about the orphan issue.....its a new western concept bcos in traditional African society esp where I come from in Nigeria, when a man dies, his children are shared amongst his brothers/sisters to be raised by them. In olden days, the widow is usually inherited by one of the brothers as well though I think widow inheritance tradition is dying out now cos of modernisation.

@Black_pearl_adrift

2 жыл бұрын

It's interesting to be that every ADOS keep this tradition, people still refer to each other ad "my brother", "my sister"

This is one of my favorite channels. The research and facts is on point. Im South African ( Zulu ) in my culture you related to everyone you share a surname with. We may meet in a different country but if we share a surname depending on your age you are my mother, father, brother or sister. Lol the first thing I do when I like a girl is ask what's her surname incase we're related.

@autobotdiva9268

3 жыл бұрын

im nama, i notice that they tend not to marry outside...well not to far outside

@mcamara488

2 жыл бұрын

Lol about the girl... It's true about the surname as we in Guine-Bissau do it but marriage/relationship are allowed as you aren't connected directly.

Your voice is soothing. I love ur intellect and learn so much from this channel. Thanks for all u do!

@leroypowell3

3 жыл бұрын

Homie do got a soothing voice. I thought that on the first video I watched from him.

@g.gg.g4539

3 жыл бұрын

Just wish he had modulation

@QueenBthatsMe777

3 жыл бұрын

My opinion is that it's perfect. I love the fact that he sounds like he's having a natural relaxed and non- rehearsed conversation with his audience. Love the authenticity, @HOMETEAM please don't change a thing!!!! #nomodulationnecessary #FluiditytrumpsStiffscripts #dontconformtoothersopinionsofu #CONTINUE2doYOU

@kenwu7

3 жыл бұрын

Put it on .5 or .25 speed and fall asleep. Thank me later 😄

For us, african, there's nothing more important than family, and for our family, we're capable of doing anything!! Don't mess with my family!!

@marzouk6270

3 жыл бұрын

That's for the whole world.

As an educated man born and raised in Africa - Zambia in particular I always give 110% on your content and this too is on point. There is more to African values than is highlighted by writers. Bottom line is we are a special people that should never imitate other races

@k.c.5426

3 жыл бұрын

Amen & Asé!

Just got fed your channel... bro having been through A LOT of grief dealing with pan African communities and social media, having a brother providing this history without the problematic agendas of other folks trying to separate out black folks that don't fit their worldviews... I cried bro. I can't wait to show these videos to my kids.

This type of video is severely needed bro. Especially for the diaspora. Many Thanks bro.

I am Indian, not African, but I can relate with so many things here. In my native language, all cousins are referred to as brothers/sisters. An identifier of the exact relation can be added if one wants to be specific. As kids, all women were aunties and all men were uncles. Regarding having children, in our cultures, older people would say "Who will offer me Pinda (riceball) after I am dead?" referring to the ritual of ancestor reverence which is to be performed by one's descendants. Very similar.

Honestly I think this is my absolute favorite thus far. Blessings, brother.

You forgot one of the most important values that distinguish African cultures. : hospitality

u do the best work x bless up x

Thank you for delving into this dynamic. It brings depth to how we do things today.

The first one is very true. I'm from South Africa, the Bapedi tribe, it's very normal among my people.

@ndhunamabunda5444

3 жыл бұрын

Y'all really need to stop throwing the word 'tribe' around like that😐

@okgethilelesley1575

3 жыл бұрын

O make

@khwezi912

3 жыл бұрын

@@ndhunamabunda5444 What's wrong with the word tribe

@chimeremnmaozioko17

3 жыл бұрын

@@ndhunamabunda5444 why?

@theonly6359

3 жыл бұрын

@@ndhunamabunda5444 Exactly! the correct term is ethnic group.

Home team truth the definition of a homeboy.

beautiful History, Thank you for sharing, God Blessing to you all, Amen, Amen💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝

I just love the work you do in educating us I am an African born and raise, and I have learn a lot from your channel. one of the things that hit me hard when i came to the U.S. was foster kids, I never saw that in Liberia, if your parents die you went to live with family, if you had no family which is very rare, one of your parents friends will step in you do not go into foster homes, society don't turn their backs on you. People that live in the interior that wanted their kids to be educated took their kids in the city to family or friends of family so that they could get their education. my personal story Liberia was taken away from the indigenous by free slaves in the early 1800, more like 1822, my mother side of the family are all indigenous, and my father side are both indigenous and Americo Liberians. my grandparents on my mother side had nine kids, they all had to be educated, so when the time came for them to go to family in Monrovia to go to school my grandmother send eight of her kids and decided to keep one with her in the interior so that we could always have a home in the interior. my aunty who was left back home with her parents became all her siblings responsibility so whenever she give birth her kids when to live with one of her siblings. as a result two of my cousins live with us , I'm in America now and I am responsible to help they and their kids. so you get the picture.

@analyticalmindset

3 жыл бұрын

Mama liberia ! That's how we do . We never turn our backs on our family , blood or non blood . I have like 2 aunties that are not blood related but are as real as any of my other aunties

Family matters.

We African our parents chose our spouse for us

Awesome! I learned a lot about our general family history! Thank you!

PRESENT 👋🏽

Even in the America, you see men with wealth have multiple women, its a bastardization of the old practice, as I beileve the main purposs in taking in a widow or unmarried person makes sure no one in the community is left behind and not cared for. Imagine if all the single mothers become a part of a rightly run family unit, how the childern will grow up with more support and guidance. Great vid to ponder on, as we navigate our current reality.

@johannleuckx1625

3 жыл бұрын

Well said 👍and maybe a serious statement sgainst hypocrisy in our modern society? But I'm not sure if the ladies nowadays would like polygamy. Even in Africa I saw a lot of conflict between the wives of polygamous men. A lot of jealousy. And if you read some one like Ayaan Hirsi Ali who grow up in a polygamous family, it wasn't a blessing and a life of distrust, if we have to believe her. I think what ever the solution we're trying, incomplete beings and our solutions are imperfect.

@blackfolkssavior3294

3 жыл бұрын

@@johannleuckx1625 The old system although might not be perfect its still much much better than western societies trash views💯

@michaelanderson3672

3 жыл бұрын

Polygamy is not African

@johannleuckx1625

3 жыл бұрын

@@michaelanderson3672 Most ethnic groups in Africa knew polygamy, especially those who had economies developed around agriculture. They needed more hands for the work on the fields. It was in a certain way a sign of wealth. It's just a historical fact.

@estellamatutinam

2 жыл бұрын

@@johannleuckx1625 not just wealth, it's a way to get as many offsprings and be expand in number. It's been a thing since Abraham

It's quite normal for families to contribute towards events to ensure it is successful. In my community, we all donate towards funerals of every extended family member, ie, siblings, cousins uncles, etc. It doesn't mean the immediate family can't afford it, that's what we know. And outsiders who attend also donate, voluntarily towards all the celebrations. We believe that we're all branches of the same. tree. I still hold the book with list of all familt members, scattered or not. Great sense of belonging, methinks ☺️

@taq1238

3 жыл бұрын

Our family practices that too. It would be mortifying to all if someone from our family set up a GoFundMe to bury a family member. Although, I know for some this is necessary so I'm not knocking anyone. However, this would be seen as an embarrassment to the entire family.

Familial, platonic, romantic, acquaintance, and associate values

This is how I was raised and some people find it strange and some find it endearing. I call men my age brother, even on the job and women are my sisters and I treat them as if. Not everyone is worthy of it tho so be careful with this way to think, it's a very foreign concept for many

I wish black men/women of today would continue this treasured legacy. Too many of our sistas are single mothers, and for what? We have and can do better for our continued future I pray🙏

@luvingg

3 жыл бұрын

I doubt they’re purposely single. In the same breath there is many happily married.

@taq1238

3 жыл бұрын

@@luvinggCasual sex and no protection often leads to pregnancies and to being a single mother/father. For anyone to not expect those results are fooling themselves.

@tailsthefox6568

Жыл бұрын

@@taq1238 am a single mother and also a divorcee. Do not use one concept to judge everyone. People are single parents for many various reasons other than just casual sex.

@taq1238

Жыл бұрын

@@tailsthefox6568t. I was not making a judgment call. I was stating a fact. Casual sex without protection CAN lead to and OFTEN does lead to pregnancies and single parenting. My use of the word OFTEN instead of ALL THE TIME left room for other possibilities.

I celebrate you My Brother for your constant research for our people to further knowing "Themselves"!✊🏾💯💜👁💪🏾👑 Honoring 365 Days of Celebration of our Black History💜

Caribbean-American here and I saw many of these values in my own life. Aunts, Uncles, and Cousins were always in our house to the point where I felt like I had twelve siblings total rather than the two siblings I had. Every elder is "auntie" or "uncle" even if they are not directly related by blood and there is a familiarity among strangers all the time. My girlfriend who is Black American had this in her family also. She's an only child but was so close to her cousins that she calls them her sisters anyway. We were both out at the store one time and we saw a Black father with his child searching for books. We're both book nerds so we started helping the guy out and recommending good books for him to read to his son. By the time our conversation ended, the gentleman's child was calling my girlfriend and I, "auntie" and "uncle". So it's very incredible and empowering to know that these values live on. Thank you for all your videos.

This channel is the gift that keeps on giving

Know thy soul. Nice job my friend😁👍🏿👍🏿

Thank you so much for the upload! Keep doing what you’re doing! You are making such a difference😃

Beautiful and informative video 💓 thanks for sharing

This is so fascinating and such a well done video, thank you so much for creating and posting this video! It is amazing

This is a beautiful piece of content💟 This is what need to taught to our children ‼️ Much Love❤

Thank you, my brother 😊! I learned a lot from this video, and I will seek to apply this African family concepts and valued in my own entire family.

I'm East Africa, when my brother died, I was told I was effectively the father of his child, even if she was a few years older than me. LOL

Thanks for sharing this gift

Absolutely fascinating and on point. As you were narrating, I was drawing comparisons with my family structure and how my parents relate to their cousins and nieces and nephews. It’s so so so true. And how marriage is really a cultural thing like a right of passage (almost like graduating from high school or college). For us it’s so natural we don’t pay attention to those things or draw parallels. Even though modernization is very rampant. A lot of core values too are still very relevant.

As always, beautiful segment my brother!

Great episode thank you

One of da best History Channel❤️💯✊🏽

Thank you so much for providing informative videos❣ I don't think you guys have done a segment on fashion. I'd love to know the history of types of fabrics and garments we wore before interruption❣

I remeber my father explaining that's a "age cohort" in his tribe just meant the boys he grew up with in the same agre group as him, these were his brothers sometimes moreso than his blood brothers of different cohorts.

Thanks for sharing

Good video. Much appreciated.

Wonderful video, Brother!

Be fruitful and multiply ASE 🙌🏽🙌🏽

Thank You Brother, You hit it out of the park.

I listen in on Dr. Asants’s zoom lectures that he has now. And wow to see him on your channel!!!! Amazing!!!!!

Strong sense of community is a must! 🙌🏾

The title alone deserves a thumbs up. Support our people!

THANKS for this Great work..

Very unique indeed. Thank you for the video.

Thank you for your teaching..

Just from this 10 minute video I got a sense of understanding about myself I’m 28 years old no kid but I often do wonder about when I’m going to start a family ... while other continues to say don’t rush it

We African when your brother big or small brother pass away a mean died your are responsible to married his wife for financial reasons

@busarimaleek1907

3 жыл бұрын

NO! HELL NO!

@hushpupilavish5115

3 жыл бұрын

@@busarimaleek1907 it's more to take care of her and the kids but it's not compulsory

@teetee6366

3 жыл бұрын

@T BEAT You’re NOT OBLIGED to marry her. But you are expected to assist with her responsibilities. And I’m from Africa too.

Interesting. Adding to the concept of polygamy I heard an ifa priest explain that for a priest to have multiple wifes was mainly a matter of social function since his public duties required the presence of a wife, but a woman in seen as taboo when she is in her period, which means during this periods she cannot fullfill her public duties as the wife of the priest, hence 2 or 3 wifes where necessary for any high ranking official. A woman in her period was not really seen as unclean in the sence of dirty but as too potent energetically since she is channeling powerfull forces when she menstruates!

I am curious as to how ancient Africans viewed women in a general sense. I've often read, from old European scholars or "race experts", about the "soft" african man and "hard" african woman. Was this just a way to paint Africans as backward in contrast to European man vs woman view points? Was there something about African culture and the gender dynamic that seemed peculiar to them? I'd image if Africans worshipped both male and female deities they would develop a different sense of the male female relationship as opposed to Europeans who, some believe, erased the divine feminine from they know as God in order to maintain male dominated societies

Bless you, this is our most powerful tool. The loved family 💯🤎 Asé

Man!!!!! Dr. Troy Allen was my professor at SU. He introduced me to Dr. Bobby E . Wright, Dr. John H. Clarke, and all of the giants of Independent African History Scholars.

Love it thank you for this ❤💛💚

Deeply Rooted my Brother

Great video

@joehouston2833

3 жыл бұрын

Be fruitful and multiply

Interesting 💙

@blackstarmedia1410

3 жыл бұрын

Very

Here in the U.S., we used to enfold struggling families or at least mothers raising kids alone (doesn't mean they were unwed) into more stable families. Community mothers, mostly, would take charge and their husbands would follow suit. So, you'd wind up with "cousins", "aunties", "uncle's", "granny", etc. In this way neighborhoods were stabilized. I grew up this way. My mother moved across the street from a family with 4 daughters when she was pregnant with me - the result of a date rape. She was 18 or so. Instead of leaving her to herself, the mother took my mom under her wing and the daughters accepted her as their sister. 56 years later the relationship remains the same and was passed down from generation to generation. LORD, help us to return to this mindset.

I loved the good message of this video! I like that you addressed polygamy at some point, it cant just be ignored. Still practiced today.

Nice

Wow. You are the Best

Yes very true. We refer to each other in family orientated names even as strangers. Any other woman I meet i refer to as usisi ( sister) umama (mother) ubhuti wami ( my brother) and it is how we greet each other even as strangers on the street. We are taught to treat everyone like family. That is how we are brought up. It is also regarded as disrespectful to walk into a room and not Greet even if we don't know each other. Respect for Zulus is of the out most importance. You grow up humble. And when we get married down here, we don't send invites, the community automatically gets involved it's a community event. I'm Zulu, love your channel!

Hi, Subscriber here , I would like to know what statue/picture is that from in the thumb nail of this video?

Let me list a few more; Newly weds would be given a kid be given a kid upon marriage as both as a learning experience to be better parents. A couple that didn't have a child would be given one or two permanently by either family to raise as their own. Incase of death, children would be shared amongst the surviving relatives just so they could have parental figures. Sometimes a widow would be married off to one of the siblings to keep the family lineage. Marital conflicts were more of a crisis cross: a man would not complain to his family but the wife's family and vice versa - that preserved home conflicts reaching outsiders. It should be noted that families never broke up, till the missionary came with his white Jesus, White God, White God and White Heaven then slowly "Things fell apart" We are so unique to destroy our beliefs in the name of progress which is so white aligned. Now living in America i see less humanity here and it tells me we as black people have God in our souls naturally

Wow this is deep what an interesting view of this topic

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A well documented video!👍 But, and I think you will agree, you could even go deeper on the complexity and diversity of African family structures. Maybe an idea for an other video?😉

Africa also has regions where polyandry (one woman with many husbands) was common, usually where women were the landholders. It was Islam that reversed that in some places.

Hi Home Team, awesome video! Is there a database or a source from where you get your photos for the art used in these videos? I am an artist and run a page about showcasing black art and subjects and Id love to learn more abihtbthe pieces you use!

@joehouston2833

3 жыл бұрын

Be fruitful and multiply

Amazing,Amazing Amazing💝💝💝

this was amazingly beautiful and needs to discuss on bigger platform .we have to take care of own .this european society has turned our true nature

Hey, It's Qeliah, aka Jiji. Can you do something on Africville, Nova Scotia?

I like your intro song, where can I get it?

Can you do one about the history of five fine art and traditional art?

Sometimes I learn a thing here and it feels like I always knew

..”Remember your ancestors”..🩸🤞🏽

Do more videos about Nubia.

@havealook3316

3 жыл бұрын

For sure there is alot that need to be done about Nubia. The cradle of civilization

The practice of Egyptian Pharaohs marrying their sisters should have, at least, been mentioned and given a brief explanation.

@TheBLACKboard65

3 жыл бұрын

Resulted in some insanity as well as deformities. Same thing happening today in places like Pakistan.

@jkhhahahhdkakkdh

3 жыл бұрын

Definitely, because that would have helped some who are obsessed with Ancient Egypt, understanding that Egypt far from perfect

Wow that’s is very true, and growing up if an elder died RIGHT before a newborn was born that means his spirit shows within the baby, my family would always talk about it and growing up I believed it and still do, didn’t think twice

I'm here to know more about my people

Beautifully said. In Barbados we are experiencing an unprecedented rise in crime. In my view the only way we are going to eliminate this surge is by pursuing an unconditional return to our traditional African family values. For decades I have been impressing this philosophical perspective in the classroom, spiritual assembly and in the community. Many people are not as receptive to the idea. However, unless we as an African people unhesitatingly, unconditionally and unapologetically return to our the veneration of our ancestors and traditional African family values and philosophy, especially our ethical/morality we were forever in bandage to other ethnic groups. Hence, if we are to free ourselves from the debauchery of Western 'Civilization', we must jettison Western 'values' and return to our cultural register/s and value systems. Such return is the only solution to our status and condition in this postmodern, sybaritic dispensation.

I like the idea of a male relative caring for single mother. I think if we as a community support single parents ( whether male/female) instead of shame them. Society will be better. I think the Carribbean kept some of these African family practices. My family any older relative (same age group as parents) is a aunt/uncle regardless of blood relation or not.

I remember being taught some of these things by my elders and downplaying its importance...now looking at how much we lost in the modern world its said...I am however greatful to have retained some of my family's oral history and origins

Interesting stuff and I got told a long time ago cousins are considered as brother or sister

its funny when we have these community discipline of eachothers kids, like I got when I was younger and things like all around coming together in commune in our communities its seen as bad and demonized or infiltrated. Indeed we always look out for eachother naturally, but things have gotten complicated over the years. 09:15 the belt they have on is dope, I never seen anything like that with the diaspora flags on it.

(White/European American) Wish I had this video and even channel when I was in a relationship with someone from Guinea .

"Takes a village to raise a child." Is a proverb.

Some of these ideas are shared in Iberian Spain. How much passed through the Sahara to the Moors into Spain is beyond me. While there is a distinction of extended and nuclear family it isn't thought about much. Family was family. You treated then well regardless. Also Medieval European marriage was a communal thing as well as a religious one. Some marriages would not even be consecrated by priests until later. Some marriages were just implied as well. I wish I had the sources but they're on youtube somewhere talking about Medieval European marriage. In the end family is good no matter how you express the concept.

@jbrown8601

3 жыл бұрын

The modern family is an Anglo, mostly USA invention. It was spread across the world. Traditionally family ties essential and necessary for survival.