"My grandfather on my moms side always told me that we were Nigerian and part Irish too...but he also was like a pathological liar" 😂😂😂😂😂

@poojahazra7000

5 жыл бұрын

Noone else is allowed to like this comment. This is at 666.

@ceedubelu

5 жыл бұрын

@@poojahazra7000 Not today, Satan!

@ur_fav7794

5 жыл бұрын

pooja hazra lolll

@ur_fav7794

5 жыл бұрын

Cedric Winters 😂

@dlcapone

5 жыл бұрын

I’m a Nigerian born in Ireland

“ we lost our names, our languages, the freedom to honor our ancestors...” so sad.

@aviohebshalom3392

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Public Enemy 😁😁😁

@MarkusAudio

4 жыл бұрын

And many of us, by the way we act, even lost our minds.

@darkprince395

4 жыл бұрын

Bra, yall hebrew, descendants of the Israelites, Indians, children of God.. yall stayed in the woods and the plains... reason why we have hell on earth waste desolate places cause we forgot the covenant... yall dont want the truth yall jus cappin.

@rahzikashiharris9539

4 жыл бұрын

@@kaniza1465 prove that?

@hilinakiflewolde1642

4 жыл бұрын

@@rahzikashiharris9539 come and visit the cities

That long text that got replied with “Wakanda” killed me 😂😂

@oh_kay2954

4 жыл бұрын

MSO that’s how you know we got our own little culture, cause black ppl don’t take nothing serious 😭😭 if there’s a chance to make a joke we gon make it. Ctfu 😭😭

@IntuitivelyDriven

3 жыл бұрын

That would've been my dad smh 🤦🏾‍♀️🙄 lol

@yusufbangura612

3 жыл бұрын

Ohh it very sad, you know that you have eliminate the Africa name and now taking the American name that why you don't know you tribe.

@fredschwentafsky2641

2 жыл бұрын

The mzungu tribe.....

@Toywins

2 жыл бұрын

I was laughing so hard!! 😂😂😂💯

I did a DNA test and found out I was 50% Nigerian if there's anyone out there willing to help me learn more about the culture and people hmu

@deborahnwadibie1249

4 жыл бұрын

CocoabutterBabe I’m a Nigerian! Leave me a message with your email I can’t wait to speak with you and show you the beauty of our country.

@Chigo-nr8jg

3 жыл бұрын

Yo! I’m Nigerian too! Igbo, if you need to learn the language you can text me. Did the DNA show ethnic group?

@Ramblingeesha

3 жыл бұрын

I just got mine back and I’m 48% Nigerian. I want to find out more as well.

@chevon1920

3 жыл бұрын

There’s something called google that might be helpful, no shade, 🙂

@Chigo-nr8jg

3 жыл бұрын

MaxineQ what do you want to know? Did they tell you exactly the ethnic group or just Nigeria?

my guy said “you want your kids to look like me” IM CRYING THE CONFIDENCE 😭

@samanthajorgensen3463

5 жыл бұрын

Subbed to you bc u didn't say I'm "frist"

@NotTodaySatan557

5 жыл бұрын

he is so right thooooo

@alannahartman9396

5 жыл бұрын

Lol I mean he isnt wrong tho...

@kaceyk2517

5 жыл бұрын

That guys ego a lil too high lmfaooooo

@yvesfromloona1647

5 жыл бұрын

Kacey Keneally I’m pretty sure he was joking...

"That makes us the original victims of identity theft. We lost our names. We lost our languages. We lost the freedom to honor our ancestors and our families were torn apart." That's a powerful statement because it's true.

@DavidJohnson-dp4vv

5 жыл бұрын

We are all one tribe.

@sierrakamau1510

5 жыл бұрын

So so sad.... indeed extremely SAD and totally unbelievable that a human being can treat another human being like this😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

@vikapitamurangi

5 жыл бұрын

David Johnson nah bro.I’m born African,10000000% Namibian,and I can tell you that there’s way to many tribes outhea in Africa.

@melb29

5 жыл бұрын

When she said that I went "damn son. That's deep." 😂😂😂

@qcsmith2002

5 жыл бұрын

I’ve been saying this for years. That’s why I said if I ever have children he or she would have a Swahili name with meaning and purpose

I love how African American women talk. They always sound like they're singing when they talk. Such melodic voices love it!

@trollzynisaacjohan1793

3 жыл бұрын

No she is just highly educated.

@KB-ny5nl

3 жыл бұрын

🤣

@danielpeart8515

3 жыл бұрын

What🤨

@MindlessVIRUS143

3 жыл бұрын

Trollzyn/Trazyn (Isaac) hater

@chinneynz7861

3 жыл бұрын

What ?

To Every African/Black American reading this,,I want to let you know that we see you, feel you, love and cherish you. Much love from Kenya, Africa.

@d3stello157

Жыл бұрын

🖤❤️💚 Love🇺🇸

@SweetEssie

Жыл бұрын

You're from Kenya. Do you ever do your African ancestry as well so you can know more than Kenya, or is it already known or not important?

@strasbourgeois1

Жыл бұрын

How sweet.

@onemillionpercent

Жыл бұрын

lovely

@Timeisntgood

Жыл бұрын

​​@@SweetEssiemost of you from serra lion and Senegal Nigeria

“This is important to take cause I’m a handsome man” *i wish I had confidence like that*

@AxxLAfriku

5 жыл бұрын

Let me get this straight: You comment something that is unrelated to the fact that I have two DANGEROUSLY beautiful girlfriends? Considering that I am the unprettiest KZreadr ever, having two hot girlfriends is really incredible. Yet you did not mention that at all. I am quite disappointed, dear idshan ali

@hunter3171

5 жыл бұрын

Ishan Ali hey you think you’re cool cuz you vape

@ChristinaMoralesMindfuqed

5 жыл бұрын

Ishan Ali IM LOVE IT LMAO

@hayat927

5 жыл бұрын

Why do I see you EVERYWHERE

@newkid9807

5 жыл бұрын

Ishan Ali you shouldn’t you would fail

African Americans should have this paid for by the US government. They deserve knowledge of their identity

@mplsridah

4 жыл бұрын

Nah, they wuz kangz n shieet

@elijahbeach3834

4 жыл бұрын

Lendita Sallahi they deserve knowledge of there country that they live in besides what black people did

@JavaughnJohnson

4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful thought, but here, the United Corporation of America doesn't feel they should pay our 40 acres and a mule that they promised, let alone reparations. So they can care less about where we came from as long as WE act like them.

@PRHousequake

4 жыл бұрын

Reparations now! We built America for free. It’s time for the USA to cut the check!

@vialsvials7246

4 жыл бұрын

Truth

As an African, I am just so happy to see y'all this excited to know your ancestry. 😁❤️

@jaxthewolf4572

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. 🙂

@Mmesomachii

2 жыл бұрын

Same

@Mmesomachii

2 жыл бұрын

@@jaxthewolf4572 Are u going to find urs?

@jaxthewolf4572

2 жыл бұрын

@@Mmesomachii Some day, particularly when I can get tested. I just know so far that I have a small part of indigenous blood. But I am really curious about which part of africa my ancestors came from and what clan.

@johnwebb2442

8 ай бұрын

Thank you.

Iran here. There are people with dark complexions in southern Iran. Many people still think they're dark because of the "climate" down there (very hot and humid regions next to the Persian Gulf), but they're actually 'Afro-Iranians', which absolutely amazed me the 1st time I heard about it.

''So I send that long text to my uncle and his response? *Wakanda* ''

@anijahnized2903

4 жыл бұрын

émeraude I cried 😭😭😭

@ecwest923

4 жыл бұрын

Bwahaha 😂😂😂

@nurlindafsihotang49

4 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@angelstar2801

4 жыл бұрын

Lol but still sad😭

@mousamousa4706

4 жыл бұрын

Forever

Shoutout to all the African Americans who genuinely want to know where they come from and want to get in touch with their culture

@faheemsheikh8432

3 жыл бұрын

Which tribe you from

@FlowerTower

3 жыл бұрын

Shout out to all the 12 Africans who don't view themselves as the gate keepers of who's African or not. Unfortunately most of you all are hateful and believe that after selling us into slavery, you can tell us that we not African. The ashy audacity...

@yolandacomito

3 жыл бұрын

I mean they have culture but it’s very separate from african culture since their African culture was destroyed

@FlowerTower

3 жыл бұрын

Tania M. And they stay talking bout somebody don’t got culture then wonder why nobody like them or want to be around them 😹

@sfundomatu361

3 жыл бұрын

Y'all can't disrespect us, call us names and then demand respect. I genuinely love Black American culture but we will not tolerate your disrespect. Africa owes you nothing. Period. And it's the fact that you have the audacity to refer to "Africans" as if Africa is a country. It's a continent. Respect it.

it's so sad and horrible that a lot of black people can't know about their tribe/clan/cultural/ethnical background. :( i'm indonesian and i absolutely cannot imagine my life without knowing my clan, my tribe, my ethnical background from my mother's side and my father's side, and their culture. it's part of who i am and it's so sad to see a lot of black people not having the privilege to know theirs.... being stripped away from your heritage is so so so saddening!!! my country was colonized too and we had a large portion of our culture cut off by the colonizers as well and it's horrible. to all my black brothers and sisters i pray that you guys can find out about your ancestors, tribes, clans, and cultures. 💖

@africanforward4411

3 жыл бұрын

Hello please when will you come to ghana

@toddmaek5436

3 жыл бұрын

My clan, my tribe, my ethical background is African American. We are our own Tribe bro.

@cherishtheday2223

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! A lot of African-Americans are not aware of how being disconnected from our lineage hurts us, as a culture. All we know is this culture which has been surrounded around pain, destruction, and survival. Of course it has elements of beauty, but the negative tends to outweigh the positive, I find.

@jaren2159

3 жыл бұрын

@@toddmaek5436 right I'm a Black American don't want to be anything else

@jaren2159

3 жыл бұрын

@@cherishtheday2223 African know we're they come from and it's disfunction in Africa so all this African culture thinking it's going to help us BS

I love Black people all over the world. Stay strong ❤ love from Algeria

As an African born and raised in Africa, i want my brothers and sisters whose ancestors were taken to know we love you, we would love to have you and we love what you have built despite what they did to you. They stole you, you defied them and you are stronger for it! Mad love from the mother land!

@goodwonderful3189

5 жыл бұрын

❤️❤️

@mahoganyb.9309

5 жыл бұрын

❤️💛💚🧡💜

@cwhittx2019

5 жыл бұрын

They ain’t coming back they love the clean water too much

@PrincessFaus

5 жыл бұрын

@@cwhittx2019 dude ....

@ZenImmortalScribeofAfrica

5 жыл бұрын

@@Bundy6Hunna yeah...so? the fact that black people moved en-mass to the "west" through slavery remains constant. the fact that most of us love our brothers and sisters still remains constant. The fact that they showed great strength in building a new culture is a constant.

“I’m from Kansas City Missouri, at least that’s where my colonizers brought me” 💀😂😂

@kassypele4662

5 жыл бұрын

LOL!!! It must be nice right? 😂😂😂😂😂Atleast I can say I have the best of both world. Nigerian and American 😂😂😂😂

@MZPOETSKYLOVEBLACK

5 жыл бұрын

💯

@makiyahwiggins8992

5 жыл бұрын

I'm from st.l Missouri

@jackiemontrose1279

5 жыл бұрын

Kassy Pele thanks for throwing it in people’s faces

@steveaustin2295

5 жыл бұрын

Leena garbage comment.

"At least that's where the colonizers brought me"😭😭😭😭💀💀💀

@aquarianlove1787

4 жыл бұрын

I was dying 😂😂😂

@cvpete

4 жыл бұрын

Ryan!!!

@Mjlovechild15

4 жыл бұрын

@z man shut yo ugleh ass up

@indiaxlovee

4 жыл бұрын

z man bc white people colonized our home land too

@Mjlovechild15

4 жыл бұрын

@z man I love to watch cringe similar to you. Bless up

Young woman: So unc, where we from as far as outside of the U.S.?? Uncle: Wakanda 😂😂😂😂😂

@yvesfromloona1647

5 жыл бұрын

Jay Patton her name is Key. It says in the beginning

@fandomcake5158

5 жыл бұрын

Dude, I don't blame her Uncle. Wakanda would be a dope country IRL.

@dj4047

5 жыл бұрын

Ikr. I wanna be from Wakanda.

@fursoniia5751

5 жыл бұрын

Jay Patton aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

@nicolelawrence7722

5 жыл бұрын

My answer to that question from now on. 😂✊🏾

"I'm ready to find out where my ancestors were stolen from"😭😭💀💀

@wigsontop

4 жыл бұрын

*Purchased from

@crusaderofthelowlands3750

4 жыл бұрын

@@wigsontop Right? The ignorance is pissing me off. It's almost like they think that all African tribes were living peacefully together and then one day a white guy with a net appeared and dragged them off to the colonies. Slavery was present before they'd ever even see a white person and the only thing that changed is that they were shipped overseas.

@zman9315

4 жыл бұрын

@@crusaderofthelowlands3750 they were still stolen... What is your point?

@crusaderofthelowlands3750

4 жыл бұрын

​@@zman9315 They were bought. So my point is that you're wrong.

@JuniorJuni070

4 жыл бұрын

lol

Dear American Africans. I am from East Africa my people were not enslaved and had limited interactions with Europe and resisted colonization. I always felt hurt that a whole bunch of my African people were robbed and enslaved. Just know i love y'all and Africa will always will love you. Find who you are and Never forget to take pride in our Motherland Africa is the motherland. We had vast empires in every region. Your history never started with slavery just know!

@hellenakinyi4750

5 жыл бұрын

You said it I'm East African too!

@TwistedOnyx369

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for this comment. We here on the N. American continent need to hear this more often than we do. I appreciate you!

@hopenjai8619

5 жыл бұрын

Am from Kenya i know what you mean

@SgtPlmFry

5 жыл бұрын

Olsh Loop, I hope your comment gets thousands of likes. As a Black American, I often see a bitterness between us and Black Africans and vice versa. For instance how most Black Americans are unable to know their roots is frowned upon by Black Africans who know their lineage. I mean, we would know it and honor it if it wasn't stolen from us. Thanks so much for writing this unifying message. 💚

@wacukakamau805

5 жыл бұрын

@@SgtPlmFry great message too! You are welcome to my country Kenya. Much love😍😍

"I'm from Kansas city Missouri... at least that's where the colonizers brought me." 😂😂

@heatherdeitchman1409

5 жыл бұрын

I love that these men and women now have a way to connect to an ancestral Homeland and can explore that further.

@jordanmcgee1293

5 жыл бұрын

Where was this part???

@charlenekabongo9211

5 жыл бұрын

@@jordanmcgee1293 around 0:23 to 0:25

@charlenekabongo9211

5 жыл бұрын

@@jayal5771 sadly that is the reality

@lela3926

5 жыл бұрын

He was never a slave, colonizers never took him anywhere. He was born free, has a great job at Buzzfeed, gets enough food to eat, and has the luxury of having these tests performed. The victim mentality of some people boggles my mind.

"I'm ready to find out... where my ancestors WERE STOLEN FROM" SKSKSKSK WHERE'S THE LIE???

@punchisclap

5 жыл бұрын

They were sold

@ElCap1van

5 жыл бұрын

@@SpitfireMLG some where others were captured

@ElCap1van

5 жыл бұрын

@@SpitfireMLG during the european colonization many tribes that fought back were captured and sold as slaves and theyd do that to make a profit but yes indeed the Europeans did buy them from other africans or traded them in exchange for weapons and other goods

@peeperscreepers6263

5 жыл бұрын

NPC #1837489 North African colonization by Greeks and Macedonians? Portuguese coastal cities in the 14-1500s? Tangier?

@helenezang7845

5 жыл бұрын

@@SpitfireMLG why the hell do you think the will be buying people like a commodity. If they thought they could buy them,the sure as hell will go out of their way to hunt the down like animals. Also for those of you arguing that they were sold by their own type they were forced. Chiefs were publicly beaten to set an example for all those who wanted to resist. Do you think any one will willingly give his brother or sister or even son away? Get informed for Christ sake

LOL Kwesi LOOKS like a Ghanaian!!! He didn't need a dna test to tell him that!!!

@mysticalmysticus7142

4 жыл бұрын

I wonder why someone called called Kwesi would be wondering what his origins are don't Americans sturdy anymore?it's like your name is Vladimir you're white and you wonder if you have Russian roots,or your name is Miguel and you wonder if you got South American roots.

@VMitch-ng7tg

4 жыл бұрын

@@mysticalmysticus7142 This is an ignorant comment. Descendants of slaves in the Americas almost all have European names. Don't you study?

@mysticalmysticus7142

4 жыл бұрын

@@VMitch-ng7tg You're a complete moron!I said why didn't the President revert back to his original African name instead of continuing with colonial names especially surname like late President Mobutu did.

@ciscabortey5594

4 жыл бұрын

Couldn't agree less

@FindirelaYeza

4 жыл бұрын

I’m from Angola but I know that KWESI IS A GHANAIAN NAME LOL

Kwesi is a name given to a male child born on a Sunday here in Ghana.

@teyemensah7322

4 жыл бұрын

Don't mind them

@foxywaxy

4 жыл бұрын

@@teyemensah7322 hahaha lol chale I just can't stop laughing

@chuweevaliant5930

4 жыл бұрын

Names cannot always tell where you're from

@annaloisgyebi3475

4 жыл бұрын

Lol seeing him though I thought he was Ghanaian 😂😂 but

@marcelacorrea3639

4 жыл бұрын

what about girls born on sunday?

The truth is that the fact that we are alive, descendants of slaves, means that our ancestors were fighters and extremely resilient. We have to honour them with our lives. Peace to us all it is our time now to rise.

@virtuousjewel4904

5 жыл бұрын

Yes!!!!

@MindSetReset

5 жыл бұрын

Amen!

@datsuncrown6614

5 жыл бұрын

Can u dig it!!!

@redeemedharshsw209

5 жыл бұрын

AL OEOPLE FFOM AFRICAN CONTINENT ARR DIFFERENT. AND ALMOST HALF OF THEM HAVE CURLY HAIR AND AND A HIST OF DIFFERENT SKIN COMPLEXION. OF THE AFTICAN WOMEN

@jeffwilliams2828

5 жыл бұрын

Prophet You are wholly incorrect. Most African tribes were still using manual weapons in the 1800s. In fact European colonization was thwarted back in many armed conflicts, the Zulus being the most famous. Slave selling Africans were a very small number of people. But that’s how capitalism works.

“I’m in the business of being black”. 🙌🏾

@optimistic5778

5 жыл бұрын

Go be Black in Africa.

@msgates2596

5 жыл бұрын

@@optimistic5778 hush

@niyah405

5 жыл бұрын

Jacques why not in other Countries or Places? 🤦🏾‍♀️

@dvlo834

5 жыл бұрын

Ok no one cares

@optimistic5778

5 жыл бұрын

@@niyah405 Diversity is the most destructive thing for white nations, there are no benefits when you become a minority. introduction of multiple stakeholders with naturally occuring differing interests which inevitably leads to a fight for power in all spheres and ultimately political. The diversity/multicultural trap. It is a weapon selectively being unilaterally imposed upon European's and European American nations. It is the most powerful weapon, destroying your nation - slowly control is lost.

Just hearing how passionate this woman is about discovering their past and culture is so heart warming. All she wants is for people to know where they came from and their rich history and culture. It would be amazing if they made something like this for Native American people too!!

@BlazingCorpse420

5 жыл бұрын

There is!!! I'm always looking into all my native peoples history, both African and in the Americas! I searched up something about indigenous American DNA testing and they are trying to build up a base from existing indigenous tribes today. They still need help collecting the basis of their study but please look into it! 23andme and other testing that give you broad spectrums are not good for indigenous peoples to use bc they will keep you DNA. But I hope you can find out more about your ancestors and yourself. Also praying to your ancestors for guidance and help never hurt anyone! They are always with us in spirit and always listening!

@missjanedo

5 жыл бұрын

She's an absolute sweetheart

@Xilotl

5 жыл бұрын

I wish for that too!

@alyssaburke3442

5 жыл бұрын

i was just thinking about that too!

@MrRendezvous99

5 жыл бұрын

There is but it's very little, Amerindian people have very similar genetics unlike the people groups in Africa

The Wakanda text had me dying.

@simpleenads8684

5 жыл бұрын

😂

@cutiegurl.k7154

5 жыл бұрын

Rt I was really rolling 💀💀

@consolationcredo6955

5 жыл бұрын

Martin Cooper sammee😂

@okaygworl

5 жыл бұрын

Like is her uncle my dad because that’s something my dad would say 😂

@nermabajramovic8522

5 жыл бұрын

Wakaliwood!

"I'm in the business of being black" Damn, how can I join that business 😂

@citygirl212

5 жыл бұрын

Sandernista well being black is a frequency so ....;)

@thebridge5483

5 жыл бұрын

Drakesden 😂

@pertpesc7058

5 жыл бұрын

Try to be in the business of being white . Next day your Facebook, KZread, Twitter and many other acounts whould have been closed. And you will be named a racist and nazi.

@jacobminor2255

5 жыл бұрын

Sell fake tribe analysis.

@alexandriamartinez5715

5 жыл бұрын

It’s a family business. You have to be born into it

Dear African Americans: Although you might be shot by cops, ostracized , discriminated and hated in America. I want you to know that you we love you,your cries are NOT ignored and your voice is heard in Africa. We Africans feel your shattered hearts and dreams,and cry when you cry. We see your plight and acknowledge the hardships you face. But I want you to know that our hearts go to you,and I especially want you to know that you we appreciate you. Most importantly,I want you to know that you are not alone. Your African roots are impossible to be quit of. We love you From: Your fellow African sister 💖

@queenalaska6499

4 жыл бұрын

Michelle Sithole shutup

@reubenvhengani1446

4 жыл бұрын

Queen jackson you are sick my friend..

@fortunamajor580

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@shifit8931

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@reubenvhengani1446

4 жыл бұрын

When some one says to you I love you.. You must respond by either saying I love you too or thanks. Queen jackson might be divorced this one.

I love how she says "enslaved Africans" to maintain our ancestors humanity. We were never and will never be "slaves". A population of our African people were enslaved. Our ancestors are still people, still human

Kwesi James, your name Kwesi is actually Ghanaian. It is given to boys born on a Sunday largely by the Akan tribe.

@TheMo2ba1

5 жыл бұрын

Right. I don't know why he will come from guinea bissau. That makes me question the results. Everyone from guinea 🇬🇼??

@davidb5205

5 жыл бұрын

There are black Americans named Ashanti, Imani, etc. During the black power movement in the 1970's, many gave their children Afrocentric names. You can give your child any first name you want. It doesn't necessarily indicate heritage.

@itsnita9048

5 жыл бұрын

yeah Kwesi is a Ghanaian name

@WSPC7115

5 жыл бұрын

It's a name very popular for boys in Trinidad and Tobago

@kathykishanto8199

5 жыл бұрын

Felix Offei kwesi is Kenyan too though

That was so funny that she sent such a long text and her uncle just said Wakanda.

@GoodwillCunting

5 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@imsothemanXD

5 жыл бұрын

Really? Seems just like a black uncle tbh

@ovrissa5619

5 жыл бұрын

Ryan Talmadge 🤣🤣🤣🤣.

@dreaminginthewoods7495

4 жыл бұрын

Ryan Talmadge man!!! super petty 😂😂😂 her uncle look at the phone and said wtf, how tf I’m posed to know?!?

Tears are coming to my eyes reading the comments from those that are still living in Africa or just came here to America recently. To say the words that "We in Africa love you - Africa will always love you" breaks my heart. Because they understand that we were kidnapped. We were stolen and abused against our will. It is the same feeling anyone would have if they found out one of their family members has gone missing - no where to be found. To understand that we were made to forget our heritage, culture and language. Thank you for the words and feelings. This video is appreciated.

@hayaglamazonluxe

5 жыл бұрын

Girl we love you all deeply.

@seismicvertigo345

5 жыл бұрын

@@Hypnopotimus27 Notice the buying wasn't happening until your beloved brothers visited us. What does that tell you?

@seismicvertigo345

5 жыл бұрын

@MANIDEEP REDDY The people called gypsies in Europe are said to be from India. Are they also having a good life because they are in Europe and not poor in India?

@seismicvertigo345

5 жыл бұрын

@MANIDEEP REDDY That's bad logic. You have to factor in the reasons they ended up in that foreign country. Proximity to gold doesn't equate to access to it under all conditions. Also, brainwashing of one's worth is a hell of a detriment.

@seismicvertigo345

5 жыл бұрын

@MANIDEEP REDDY In short, the point she's trying to make is there is something to be said of having an independent home to belong to unconditionally, one I believe the Romanis in Europe can also benefit from if they reconnect

This was so cool. Would love to see a follow up video once they all read more about their heritage

@joannasaad298

5 жыл бұрын

Del Templeton did you see when the ladylike girls went to Kenya?

@deltempleton4072

5 жыл бұрын

J Saadati yes i loved it

@MKizzle79

5 жыл бұрын

Del Templeton i want a follow up too with their families etc

@jayfill8762

5 жыл бұрын

Del Templeton this need to happen 💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯😂😂😂

@Victoria_Marie

5 жыл бұрын

@Allison Hunter that would be great!! Hopefully they do!

Now no one knows why this comment has so many likes.

@daniellevaughn4598

5 жыл бұрын

I was drinking when she said that and choked. 😂

@SMCasts

5 жыл бұрын

Only simply... I loved him for that... LMAO 😂

@yudelleanlisatajirikenyana4519

5 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@tlotlisotsalong6937

5 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@SxVaNm345

5 жыл бұрын

That’s the best part of the video

Did anyone think kwesi was Ghanaian already? FYI I’m waiting on the results 😂

@amaagyare2740

5 жыл бұрын

Being Mona J same

@perfectlycreated28

5 жыл бұрын

Ditto

@sweedy3333

5 жыл бұрын

I honestly guessed Senegal or Sierra Leone 😂

@Faith-sr8zw

5 жыл бұрын

YH HIS NAME IS KWESI and I was like what? He's confused but still waiting to find out

@pebscavelli

5 жыл бұрын

FROMMMM THE MINUTE 😭 FROM HIS CONFIDENCE

Really appreciate buzzfeed exploring this topic.

@yaruqadishi8326

5 жыл бұрын

Indeed black people in the USA need this alot.

@alexandriarobinson8521

4 жыл бұрын

Im Canadian I have no say but I'm black to soooo

I’m Nigerian so seeing this is so interesting. I want all African Americans to do this 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 This is more important than people may think

@A-ID-A-M

5 жыл бұрын

Its also more expensive than people may think. its 300+$. Honestly is it worth it? Ancestry and 23&Me are between 50-100 or 200 if u want health info as well. While they dont show specific tribes, they still give countries.

@pseudonym2839

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I want my Father to do this, because he is Afro-Caribbean. My mother is Zimbabwean, so I know one half.

@eb.3764

5 жыл бұрын

I feel like we should distinguish between Black Americans and African Americans

@pseudonym2839

5 жыл бұрын

Delt Bollim What do you mean?

@niafreeman1106

5 жыл бұрын

African Americans shouldn't have to pay to know

I’m from Angola and I just want to say we love you our African Americans brothers and sisters! Africans will always love you! You have a very strong heritage and you can be proud of that! Please never forget that your History doesn’t begin with slavery, you are the descendants of great africans empires and kingdoms. Also I know the language is a barrier, but please try to get interested in other countries like Senegal, Congo, Ivory Coast etc ... there are so many countries in Africa, not only Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya or South Africa. Be blessed. com muito amor de Angola 😊😊❤️

@Erika-be9hq

5 жыл бұрын

Mlle Vsga this is so beautiful. Thank you for saying this. Here in America, we aren’t taught that people in African countries love us; And I hate that. Again, thank you for this message my sister or brother. 😊🥰

@Naturellona

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you😘

@MZPOETSKYLOVEBLACK

5 жыл бұрын

❤

@jeswazwadi7049

5 жыл бұрын

@mlle Vsga awwww that is sooo sweet & you are right they usually think Nigeria because nigeria's population is 190 million so they are very famous amongst all africans but there are many more, I am Congolese and before colonization I believe Congo and Angola was one except belgium colonized and enslaved my people on our land and portugal took angola ,I believe most Angolan slaves were taken to Brazil I am not sure about were Congolese slaves were taken but we angola and congo was one kingdom we are one ! I love black americans too with love from Congo

@veinsofafricanblood7519

5 жыл бұрын

Majority of Africans in Brazil are from Angola...fyi

"My grandfather on my mom's side always told me we were Nigerian & part Irish, but he was also a pathological liar so...." 😂😂😂

@proudamhara6491

5 жыл бұрын

Esh Is that Ur hair?

@prettyparker

5 жыл бұрын

@@proudamhara6491 yes it is!

@urekmazino6800

5 жыл бұрын

Sounds Irish to me

@memkamara2350

5 жыл бұрын

That sounds exactly like an German and Irish 😂😂😂

@mike-su1is

5 жыл бұрын

I'm igbo-Irish hopefully my grand children don't think I'm a pathological liar 😞

I'm Nigerian and I knew instantly that the 'Kwesi' guy would be a Ghanian!

@e-man5654

4 жыл бұрын

I know Kwesi is a Ghanaian name, but you can't necessary judge it by the name. Name can be picked out from anywhere like a book. He does however look Ghanaian.

@e-man5654

4 жыл бұрын

@Adam OG You mad bro?

@e-man5654

4 жыл бұрын

@Adam OG Why? You don't have to be. Relax and enjoy yourself.

@cahawks

3 жыл бұрын

Deadass, I knew Kwesi was Ghanaian even before they showed his name. He has that Ghanaian look. I feel like only africans can tell.

I'm gonna have Kwesi's confidence all 2019!

@joehouston2833

5 жыл бұрын

Too dark

@1SouthernGirl08

5 жыл бұрын

Yes sis!!!

@NotExplicable

5 жыл бұрын

😂

@jeswazwadi7049

5 жыл бұрын

@ darl chocolate i swear i thought kwesi was ghanean its a ghanean name & thats cool of you

@Being.PurpleStar

5 жыл бұрын

@@jeswazwadi7049 *Ghanaian

I've always wanted to do this because as sad as it is when your African American it is very rare you know your African roots. I saw a quote where it was like " African American- African without memory, and american without privilege " and although it doesn't apply to all, it was really deep for me.

@Mzmissy215

5 жыл бұрын

U should go for it!

@thebridge5483

5 жыл бұрын

nah that quote is deep though wow when you really think about it alll

@Hypnopotimus27

5 жыл бұрын

What privileges don't black americans have? name one.

@elmoworld850

5 жыл бұрын

One lady in the comment section said that you could find out what tribe you are from through your white ansestor. The slave masters kept detailed records of their slaves.

@Victoria_Marie

5 жыл бұрын

I just heard that in another result video and I loved it

I just feel fired up when I see African-American proudly talking of Africa.. Just reminds me of Marcus Garvey, 'A people without a knowledge of their past history,origin and culture is like a tree without roots. ' Keep up the good work. You're making us feel confident like anyone else with all these. Deng all the way from South Sudan.🇸🇸🇸🇸

@sdarling6518

5 жыл бұрын

Even though Black people in the Americas with our mixed ancestries may not have social ties to other continents, we have ethnic groups and cultures of our own. I may not know exactly where all of my ancestors came from (which is standard for anyone with a family that has migrated or immigrated) but I know where I came from. I feel incredibly proud to be from the Americas, to be from the US specifically and to be a part of a rich legacy. Black Americans have such a huge global influence for such a small ethnic group. The whole world sings our music, dances our dances and looks up to our athletes.

@orphfinthewizard1774

5 жыл бұрын

Correct, African American! Not Blacks, because we know!

@pcarebear1

5 жыл бұрын

I think this test and the explanation she gave is just a beautiful experience. Everyone should know where they come from, especially African-Americans (from the U.S.) and Hispanics. We see our past with such a hazy blur full of negativity (age of "discovery", colonization, imperialism...).To actually see where our ancestors came from and who they really were would help people figure out who they are as an individual.

@biitchimballin93

5 жыл бұрын

Marcus Garvey wasn't a supporter of Pan-Africanism and like Malcolm X and Martin Luther King he knew blacks as we are called are not from Africa but Aborigines/Natives stripped majorly of our values , history and land. He did support a free state/economy like Liberia

@MariaNI-yf1bz

5 жыл бұрын

No they dont. They are most of the time focused on Egypt=North Africa. They feel ashamed of their real west African ancestry

This was so sad to watch just to imagine that these people and their forefathers were robbed of their identity. At least they get to know where they came from, they should visit these places to learn more.

@jpturner9452

5 жыл бұрын

Sucks they were sold by their own people

@despoinagoddess

5 жыл бұрын

@@jpturner9452 we were NOT sold by our own ppl. Colonizers manipulated other African tribes into petty wars in exchange for guns, money etc. Our ppl lost the fight they were never in control.

@jpturner9452

5 жыл бұрын

@@despoinagoddess Um no. You were sold by your own people.

@despoinagoddess

5 жыл бұрын

@@jpturner9452 No we weren't. Do your own research & stop repeating regurgitated information idiot.

@despoinagoddess

5 жыл бұрын

@@jpturner9452 wow you're truly an uneducated twat. So even the kids were criminals & crazy. Stop making up stuff you foolish idiot & read a history book.

I’m Somalian 🇸🇴 ....Watching this made me bit emotional but at same the time so Proud of each and every one of you for doing this ....We love ❤️ you guys and Mother Africa loves dearly..it’s time to come home even if it’s one day just to experience the Pride, Touch, and Wholesome of being African!!!!!!

@iLuvsIjaee

5 жыл бұрын

@Fola Alli stfu u anti black self hater

@iLuvsIjaee

5 жыл бұрын

@Fola Alli im not somali but i know you are, you're pretending not to be Somali to cause drama between Somalis and the rest of the black community, it wont work. proud black somalis are apart of the community

@iStorm-my5fp

5 жыл бұрын

I don't agree with it but Somali is are homogeneous people. If you don't like us, stop trying to date us. The OP was saying positive things and you took it to a hatred turn.

@anaqed8987

5 жыл бұрын

@Fola Alli lol somalis don't even like somalis 🤦🏽‍♀️💀

@khadijag4049

5 жыл бұрын

WellActually exactly thank you ☺️🥰I I won’t choose other than being black Absolutely great full

Dang who would have thought she’d say fulani because people don’t really know about us unless you were from Africa. Proud fulani girl here, speak the language and all😊🖤

@TD-gl8hr

5 жыл бұрын

Guinea 🇬🇳 is one of them but they are usually from West Africa

@fateemamuhammad8592

5 жыл бұрын

We have them in Nigeria, Cameroon etc

@gloria9157

5 жыл бұрын

It’s in multiple West African countries.

@tocc

5 жыл бұрын

me too! mi hofni ma.

@fatimacande5836

5 жыл бұрын

In Senegal 🇸🇳 and Guiné Bissau 🇬🇼as well☺️

White people really take it for granted that we know our ancestry and/or can easily research it. I know where my ancestors lived, what languages they spoke, what religions they followed, etc. I have the privilege of speaking English when I AM English. I know a lot of white Americans scoff at the notion that knowing where you come from is important, considering themselves culturally American and nothing more, but the history of your people influences you today in ways you aren't even aware of. People often try to downplay the transatlantic slave trade by falsely comparing it to slavery that's occurred in the Middle East and ancient Rome, as if it's something every culture has dabbled in at one time or another, but most slavery systems didn't involve forced assimilation via bans on languages, religions, cultural practices, family groups, etc. Slaves in ancient Rome could continue speaking their native languages and worshiping their own gods, and their children weren't automatically slaves. The transatlantic slave trade was built upon intentional cultural genocide. Humans are easier to subdue when you strip them of their identities. It's one of the most tragic things that can happen to a people and it's shameful that the US never made reparations. We can never give back what we stole from the descendants of slaves but as a society we won't even admit the gravity of what we stole.

@Keenasxc

5 жыл бұрын

I wish I could like this a million times

@zacharyss1

5 жыл бұрын

Laith slaves in the Roman Empire COULD NOT appreciate their own cultures and speak their own languages. Try again.

@jbstarkiller4626

5 жыл бұрын

Laith the Arab slave trade was infinitely more brutal than the trans Atlantic slave trade and your wrong about forced assimilation. All cultures practiced slavery at one point, there was slavery going on in Africa thousands of years before the Europeans showed up. Try again

@spaghettiyeti7097

5 жыл бұрын

I’m white, and adopted. So keep in mind thus doesn’t apple to all white people.

@sounds_4177

5 жыл бұрын

This was said so beautifully thank you

Kwesi name is a common name from Ghana west Africa. The Kumasi Ashanti tribe 🇬🇭😊✌🏾

@BeautyAzontoGal

5 жыл бұрын

Mae 🇬🇭🇬🇭 my grandma is from the Fante tribe but I have family from the Ashanti tribe too ❤️

@Magazia1

5 жыл бұрын

Not only Kumasi Ashati but Akans in general

@walter1938

5 жыл бұрын

Exactly what I thought when I saw his name! He looks Ghanaian also.

@citygirl212

5 жыл бұрын

Mae I am descended from the Ashanti tribe...where stolen and traded and brought over to Barbados 🇧🇧 and from Barbados to 🇸🇷 Suriname.. I am proud to know who I am directly 🇬🇭

@BeautyAzontoGal

5 жыл бұрын

Mae ohh yesss ooo I’m always eating good 😂💯

Am proud to be an African and I love it.... love from Eastern Africa was born in Kenya but originated from somalia🇸🇴🇰🇪

@musanoor4841

3 жыл бұрын

😍 much love sis

@trollinape2697

3 жыл бұрын

Im a soninke from the gambia, born in Spain. Man I've seen no soninke online especially from the Gambia (where theres only about 100k people)

@trollinape2697

3 жыл бұрын

@Un Nefer Heru tf is Kamit

@randomdude1407

3 жыл бұрын

@@trollinape2697 Mandinka brother here👏🏿

@trollinape2697

3 жыл бұрын

@@randomdude1407 salaam

Ghana🇬🇭 Kwesi/Kwasi - males born on Sunday Kojo/Kwadjo -males born on Monday Kwabena -Tuesday Kwaku/Kweku -Wednesday Yaw - Thursday Kofi/Fiifi - Friday Kwame -Saturday Esi/ Akosua - females born on Sunday Adjoa - females born on Monday Abena - Tuesday Akua/ Ekua - Wednesday Yaa - Thursday Afia/Efia - Friday Ama - Saturday Those are Akan names,there are other languages but the Akan ones are most popular and common

@livelife7232

4 жыл бұрын

you've to edit the Esi/Akosua cuz you've mistakenly write monday instead of sunday

@queenellarh

4 жыл бұрын

@@livelife7232 thanks for the correction

@jaded8578

3 жыл бұрын

i know a girl irl called akosua she's so nice and funny

@katherinetutschek4757

3 жыл бұрын

Wow cool👍

@unfazedjae2645

3 жыл бұрын

Lots of Akan dudes are born on Saturday lol

I've cried before because I don't know what I am. It was stolen before I even ever understood the intensity that I wanted to know who I am.

@orphfinthewizard1774

5 жыл бұрын

You are the chosen people of God!

@DESSxMONA.

5 жыл бұрын

Im in High School and we had a conversation about our family and I go to school with a lot of latin students. When they were talking about their families and were they were from I broke down because I could not relate.

@jasminepearls1047

5 жыл бұрын

@Sierra go to HomeTeam history channel.

@jonaygray7137

5 жыл бұрын

Destiny Stevens I am so sorry to hear that i pray and hope you found out what you are looking for stay bless my beautiful queen ❤️❤️❤️🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾👑👑👑👑💯💯💯💯

@jasminepearls1047

5 жыл бұрын

@@DESSxMONA.Many Latinos were enslaved also. They are a mix of cultures from indigenous peoplen whites from Spain, Germany, Italy and Portugual even France and black African slaves. They are immigrants so of course they come from somewhere else. Slavery even happened in Mexico.

Im from Zimbabwe and watching this just made me cry, African American brothers and sisters......you are in our hearts and our souls still wail for what our ancestors had to go through. Siyalithanda (We love you).

@NightMare-jb1ft

4 жыл бұрын

Neighbouring country

@NightMare-jb1ft

4 жыл бұрын

South Africa

@KurdeQonya

4 жыл бұрын

apart from the topic... its interesting that almost all of the slaves were from west africa... so kongo zimbabwe uganda zambia tschad kenia hadnt to do with slavery... it was just westafrica as i know..

@elizabethfair7017

4 жыл бұрын

Many black America was here before the colonizers,they lie. We are a people ofmany nations. We put the love in humanity. We areany nation (^._.^)ﾉ

@lauren__2460

3 жыл бұрын

God bless🖤🖤

I like the fact that she addresses the African diversity. I think most people expect to have their ancestry from one country or nation but historically, we were forced to intermingle so we could not communicate. Would love to take a class from this woman. Has she done a TED talk? Written a book?

And Buzzfeed, Show Correct Images of the Places your Speaking Of!! Kwesi is From Trinidad and Tobago, Buzzfeed shows pics of Cuba?!?

@jeuellaloobie8889

5 жыл бұрын

Thee Fashion Freak I was hoping someone noticed this

@DB-ik8hn

5 жыл бұрын

IKR...so annoying. Just Google T&T and they could get pics. All Caribbean countries are not the same.

@xtine187

5 жыл бұрын

Thee Fashion Freak gasp

@sweedy3333

5 жыл бұрын

💀😂😂😂

@EverythingKash

5 жыл бұрын

+Dionne B STRAIGHT Ignorance!

This is so sad. Look at the extreme measure that we have to go through just to figure out who we are.

@blairrobert3438

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah and you can blame Black African Slavers for selling you in the first place instead of hating White people. What happened to black people being sold into slavery was a tragedy but I wish people would learn the real history.

@RY-os9vw

4 жыл бұрын

Blair Robert Umm, you are being disingenuous. Europeans and specific African tribes were complicit in the Transatlantic slave trade. Just stop trying to edit history.

@lorduvaltv274

4 жыл бұрын

"extreme" lol relax

@teemoon5371

4 жыл бұрын

@@blairrobert3438 You mean like the African Queens going to war with the Europeans... not other Africans... during that era. Those queens whooped yall white butts too. That's why it was majority West Africans DNA because you lost against a lot of other Africans and you did steal a lot of slaves. From the other tribes.

@teemoon5371

4 жыл бұрын

@@blairrobert3438 You need to learn African History to avoid embarrassing yourself like you just did.

Isn't it obvious that this Kwesi guy is Ghanaian thoughhhh? He even looks like he's from Ghana lol

@sister7559

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly his name is Kwesi and looks like he came straight from Ghana

@kristalfisher7304

4 жыл бұрын

I thought I was the only one when I first saw him I was like "I bet he's from Ghana" I don't even know why I thought that

@gabbye.5314

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly my thoughts! Kwesi is a Ghanaian name

@patiencekuma2574

4 жыл бұрын

Every Ghanaian boy child born on Sunday is Kwesi Monday - kwadjo Tuesday - kwabena Wednesday - kwaku Thursday - Yaw Friday - Kofi Saturday - kwame

@Melb321

4 жыл бұрын

Abbienaija he wasn’t from Ghana... dumbie

this was so hurtful to watch can't believe africans identity were stripped away smh

@tjyvng5130

5 жыл бұрын

This is my fuckin land right here aka Turtle Island copper colored races black people are the real Native American of this land

@tjyvng5130

5 жыл бұрын

Not all us didn't come on a ship called Jesus

@nitatohbi9596

5 жыл бұрын

native americans in us. can relate too. ceremonies were even illegal for 100 yeats

@tjyvng8014

5 жыл бұрын

@@tjyvng5130 you see how these motherfua just keep skipping over your post I Know they see it shh Truth do hurts

@tjyvng8014

5 жыл бұрын

@@tjyvng5130 alot of these motherfua knows who we are we been here

im mexican american but im glad they found out what tribes they come from. that must be so exciting and liberating to know where your FROM FROM as some people like to ask people of color

@coughpillbox748

5 жыл бұрын

Lol everybody asks everybody where they are from. It isn't a question just for poc

@moniqueflorez1974

5 жыл бұрын

cough pillbox I was meaning for people who looked mixed. Like Afro Latinos or someone else mixed raced. Or someone who has a headscarf and looks like from another country than where the religion is mainly practiced cause it isn’t just about skin tone. I’m assuming from your statement your white. Don’t mean it in a rude way. But I don’t think you have gotten the question where are you from from. Like if you were to ask my cousin who is mixed and he tells you he’s from New York some people go deeper and ask no like where are you from from assuming he’s not American because he’s not white. Get it?

@nicorealizt505

5 жыл бұрын

@@moniqueflorez1974 americans arent white. They are indian. White people ONLY come from europe.

@moniqueflorez1974

5 жыл бұрын

Joanna Hayles I’m not even ganna attempt to understand this answer since it’s filled with idiocy. Do you mean Native Americans?

@ladygrace7585

5 жыл бұрын

@@moniqueflorez1974 the "where are you from" question is always so difficult to answer because we're all extremely mixed from colonization. Mexican-Americans represent 🇲🇽

1. I loooove that she mentioned how resistant the different African groups were! History makes it seem like Africans just went on slave ships without putting up a fight! 2. I'm from Charleston, SC so as soon as she started mentioning rice farmers and the Gullah Geechee culture I knew right what she was talking about! I do believe I have ancestors from Sierra Leone.

@melissasmith6762

5 жыл бұрын

She should also mention how Africans sold slaves to whites.

@trendeous4070

5 жыл бұрын

@@melissasmith6762 more slaves were forcefully captured and besides it's not like those who stayed in Africa were not enslaved,all our ancestors were enslaved but the only difference is,those enslaved in Africa were not deprived of their identity.

@melissasmith6762

5 жыл бұрын

@@trendeous4070 Yeah, forcefully captured. By Africans. You don't think it isn't a bit crummy that I didn't find that out until recent, because it violates the evil white guy narrative?

@zenarashid4422

5 жыл бұрын

I'm glad she mentioned it. Africans suffered back home too. I encourage people to read books (eg African Writers Series) It will be eye-opening

@seismicvertigo345

5 жыл бұрын

@@melissasmith6762 At whose beckon and call? Germans also killed Russians under Hitler's ideology and those weren't world wars, they were EUROPEAN wars

It really hurts me that these people had their whole being stolen from them and a whole new one pushed upon them. I was born and bred in Africa so I have no problem retracing my roots but this is really unfair that they don't even know where their from💔

@thabilesempe9264

4 жыл бұрын

Dude ethnicity is one of the most important things in Africa it's so sad😭

@elijahbeach3834

4 жыл бұрын

They know were there from they told us . I don’t know were I’m from but i don’t really care because I’m blessed to be in a country were I’m allowed to do things that I want

@elijahbeach3834

4 жыл бұрын

Justin Walker no it’s the African kings and Muslims who sold them to Europeans

@mariahcraig7298

4 жыл бұрын

@z man if you buy a human being, you are just as bad if not worse than the one selling the human. Where there is demand, desperate people will meet that demand. Imagine purchasing a human in today's world and trying to justify it by saying you bought the human from their own family so the blame is really on them. Anyone buying or selling humans is scum.

@mariahcraig7298

4 жыл бұрын

@z man You think "white christians" aren't still involved in slave trade? Sadly the slave trade still exists all over and is commited by all sorts of people. And all sorts of people are sold.

*please make a video series of these 3 going to their ancestral african country / region and learning about their history / culture.* *if you can send Ryan and shane overseas for food, you can certainly do this for these guys*

@hopscotch39

5 жыл бұрын

Good suggestion

@BeckiiCruelFan

5 жыл бұрын

Agree!

@sekhmet2011

5 жыл бұрын

@Mø Nälayé I'm sure Buzzfeed can fork over the $2k each it costs to send these people to one of their ancestral countries.

@RandomxEmpress

5 жыл бұрын

I hope they do this for them

@niyahpia

5 жыл бұрын

Yes🙌🏽

I'm a Cameroonian🇨🇲🇨🇲. I just want to say we lovvvve you guys our African-American brothers and sisters, distance would never be a barrier to the love we feel for you❣️

@michellesingleton8344

5 жыл бұрын

I love you too💞💞

@gladitsnotme

5 жыл бұрын

All this afro love is making me cry. WE ARE ONE! AFRICA FOREVER!

@sharronking

5 жыл бұрын

I love you too!!!

@vexillonerd

5 жыл бұрын

@@gladitsnotme no, africa isthe worst ever in everything

@mirabel2834

5 жыл бұрын

Mb Doxa I am also From Cameroon 🇨🇲

As a Uganda we love all our brothers and sister in America love from Bantu.

@jeswazwadi7049

5 жыл бұрын

and congo

@vidahpaz5921

5 жыл бұрын

What Bantu tribe from Uganda?...Asks another Bantu from Uganda😍

@vy9720

5 жыл бұрын

But africanamericans are usually not bantus cuz most of them have heritage from West african and there are not many bantu in West african

@jesusisjerryallahistom

5 жыл бұрын

@@vy9720 originally bantu speaking people were from west-africa. documentation is there, just research

@vy9720

5 жыл бұрын

@@jesusisjerryallahistom no bantus are original from central (congo /Cameron) not West africa

The name Kwesi - is Kwasi a boy born on Sunday in Ghana 🇬🇭 West Africa.

@chatng

5 жыл бұрын

any one can be named kwesi . . its a global world

@jewellelisborn3358

5 жыл бұрын

Not anyone dear, kwesi is a name given to guys born on Sunday only in Ghana

@giftyakowuah2628

5 жыл бұрын

@@jewellelisborn3358 unless you were named after someone but then is a first name for a male born on Sunday. You must be a Ghanaian to have that name. I am Abena . A female born on Tuesday. Ghanaian traditional names are unique.

@tanishalavri3278

5 жыл бұрын

not only in ghana. in ivory coast it's Kouassi.

@Michelle-fz4px

5 жыл бұрын

Harriet I said the same thing... I'm Nigerian and we're technically country neighbor (hahahaha) so immediately I heard the name, I just said "he's Ghanaian".. was surprised about the results... But I also think it could be that they use the name for African roots connection. There are African-Americans I know that bear Amara(an ibo name in Nigeria) and they're given the name like it's a regular English name but it's actually a tribal name but they do not know. It's sad to not have an identity.. I'm glad they're doing this.

Knowing your ancestral history is empowering in my opinion. I didn't know they had this DNA test, that's really awesome that folks can do this and learn their family's histories beyond the nightmare of slavery. I'd love one like this for Native American tribes too. Native children were stolen from their tribes to be civilized and christianized. I knew my dad's family is native but my dna test showed I am also native on my mom's side and I'd love to know more.

@13579hee

5 жыл бұрын

The sad reality is that test like this are misleading. They look at autosomal DNA and can only tell you about the DNA you carry. That means they do not look at all of your ancestors. And if they look at Y chromosomes they can only tell you about your father's father's father's father's father so many generations back and the same goes for looking at mitochondrial DNA only being able to show you your mother's mother's mother so many generations back. Given the forced migration of African people on the African continent to West Africa's Coast during the days of the transatlantic slave trade, it's virtually impossible to trace any modern-day African-American to one African tribe. And because modern-day Africa is a byproduct of its Colonial past, African Americans could not lay claim today in being descendants of any modern-day countries even if they wanted to. There was no country called Ghana or Nigeria or Senegal or the Democratic Republic of Congo or any other modern African nation when our ancestors lived on that continent

@kaam..

5 жыл бұрын

@Ant Nam that's real Africans took war prisoners and enslaved them. Arabs also enslaved Africans. The transatlantic slave trade was pretty lucrative for crooked African slave traders.

@ayomajey7383

5 жыл бұрын

@100k Subs Without Any Videos? from what i'd gathered it seemed like when africans enslaved others it was more like indentured servitude

@viola7052

5 жыл бұрын

Africans enslaving each other was not the same as chattel slavery in the US. It wasn’t race-based, it was possible to buy your freedom, slaves could marry into a family etc

@SgtPlmFry

5 жыл бұрын

It really is a beautiful thing for descendants of enslaved Black Americans to trace their roots. I was recently at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, and remember having the same feeling I got after watching this video. As a side note, it's nice how you mentioned that you hope for a Native American DNA test in the near future without commandeering the video. You got your point across without being disrespectful to Black people by hijacking the point of this video like many commenters here did. So many people are putting the onus on Black people to fix every race's/culture's problems. Whenever Black people get something or do something, some foolish POC is like "But why don't you help us instead?" like Black people don't already help other POC to get no help in return. I wish more of those people would be like you who want to work with Black people and not have Black people work for you. 💛

As a first generation American who knows exactly where they come from, I find this incredibly beautiful. All black Americans deserve this kind of information about their ancestry should they have the desire to know. And shoutout to Ryann who ended up having common ancestry with the Mende people of Sierra Leone. Welcome brother lol

@jpat989

5 жыл бұрын

Hali Kay

@chessisalive4582

5 жыл бұрын

They might turn out wrong

I AM PROUDLY IGBO!! 🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬so glad these individuals are starting to discover their ancestral roots!

@ngoziroot2353

4 жыл бұрын

@Jared Ford congrats brother, if you want to know more about your people kindly reply me, then I will help to put you through. Peace!!!

@michaeluche8691

4 жыл бұрын

Yesssss. You're family 💙

@alterego8124

4 жыл бұрын

IGBO KWENU

@sulaimaanahmad

4 жыл бұрын

i'm yoruba... we're country men! i'm actually of nigerian and ghanaian background.🇳🇬🇬🇭

@osagiejoy8571

4 жыл бұрын

I'm from edo state

Being Dominican we have African roots& I couldn’t be more proud to be Yoruba

@sea7544

4 жыл бұрын

that's Nigerian, i'm Nigerian...how you doing sister

@KingLeonidus007

4 жыл бұрын

Oh so you're the people of the bible too.👌👌

@Itsclaireasday

4 жыл бұрын

Eyyyyy ma Yoruba sis! Love you x

@Itsclaireasday

4 жыл бұрын

@@goodnessmirikwe6595 Be gone with your tribalistic ways... ya'll so annoying asf

@Itsclaireasday

4 жыл бұрын

@@goodnessmirikwe6595 stop lying. If anyone oppresses the igbos it is the Hausa Fulani people and you should know this. Leave the rest of us out of your grievances and stop bringing your negativity here.

I was straight turning up with a man swabbing his mouth🤦🏼‍♀️😂

Very emotional. Beautiful. Thank you.

@africanforward4411

3 жыл бұрын

Hello please when will you come to ghana

@deqagalaal1669

3 жыл бұрын

Why are you here tho this shouldn’t even concern you

@raphrobe-9896

3 жыл бұрын

@@deqagalaal1669 Yo chill sis, not all white people are racist and just coz they hate us doesn't mean they gon enslave us again 😭😂😂😂

@ehisbuilds6175

3 жыл бұрын

@@deqagalaal1669 girl calm down she has the right to watch what she wants she can be here if she wants

@lenoralol9962

3 жыл бұрын

@GhostGirl Tears who knows and that shouldn’t be any of your business.

Dear African Americans we love you guys ❤ and I can teach you guys some basic Swahili words and you are most welcome to Kenya :)

@penne4107

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I’d love to come one day!

@brookelynn1376

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I love y'all! I can't wait to find out for me and my kids

@jaxthewolf4572

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! That would be most kind of you

@AfroAmerican8499

Жыл бұрын

Thank you ❤️

It hurts to only be to identify as “Black” don’t get me wrong but imagine if we african americans knew our true background. Seeing how proud people are to rep their flags I always feel i’m on the outside

@iammilorex

5 жыл бұрын

Tribalism has its own problems too. In countries where there are mostly black people, tribalism can often replace racism (Thanks Colonialism). Like in a lot of African countries, identifying as black means nothing, 'cause we're all black, but we're not all the same tribe, so that takes precedence.

@ebonymay7906

5 жыл бұрын

Well at least I’m black lol I feel so proud to be black out african American culture and history our accomplishments like we are so dope I see other race groups wishing they were even half black and I’m like lol sorry bro we too cool but I deff feel u I wish I had a flag to represent us I feel lost as well not knowing exactly where my roots come from

@El-RaShahzad

5 жыл бұрын

Black is just a general term of all the African Diaspora and due to the Europeans not caring nor keeping proper records and many Europeans destroying their familial ways of knowledge by slavery

@princeofdreams5526

5 жыл бұрын

Hmm, Have you read the Holy Bible?

@El-RaShahzad

5 жыл бұрын

Son Of Judah Absolam No blacks did not come from Israel, yes the Hebrews were a mixed group( Africans and Semitics), humans originate in East Africa, and a lot black people have diverse ancestry

I really appreciate the fact that I was born in Africa and that I have extensive knowledge of my country and who we are. I used to hate admitting that I was Nigerian but now that I’m older, I wear it on my chest 😂

@cornelia8616

5 жыл бұрын

Michael Jordan damn, imagine having ignorance of this degree. Even if you’re just joking, not really the time or place 😂.

@charliehmmm9400

5 жыл бұрын

Ummmm we have extensive knowledge and know who we are too. TF?

@kerenoparaugo6724

5 жыл бұрын

Michael Jordan I found the racist!!!

@saakmalo8273

5 жыл бұрын

@@charliehmmm9400 who said you didn't lol

@natashaa7879

5 жыл бұрын

Cornelia Eboh hi I’m 🇬🇭

AA’s and carribean history is so sad

@elisabethfanfan9560

3 жыл бұрын

My momma is Caribbean so is my dad i knkw the ugky truth along the one of my ansestors were molested or raped which is pary the reason why i have light skin but i never took a a dna test so idk where im really from

@FlowerTower

3 жыл бұрын

Our history is not sad. You - the descendants of people who sold your own into slavery - want us to be sad. Y'all still sad to this day because instead of being defeated we have a richer culture than y'all do.

@FlowerTower

3 жыл бұрын

Inconnu .d And? You don’t have a GDP cuz it all goes to France in colonial taxes. Trust me, AAs And caribbeans are doing just fine.

@toddmaek5436

3 жыл бұрын

@@elisabethfanfan9560 Did you parents immigrate to the carribean? Did their parents immigrate to the carribean, dod their parents (your great grandparents) immigrate to the carribean?

@penne4107

3 жыл бұрын

@@FlowerTower Can you stop? Seriously, stop. As an African American, I’m not gonna let you sit over here and try to say that our culture is “richer” because you’re mad that their ancestors sold ours into slavery. That’s not what they did, it was their ancestors. And no our culture is not richer, it’s just different. There is no one African culture, there are multiple. And to not think that our history is sad, you seem to be in a whole lot of these comment thread straight up attacking Africans and their culture. Clearly this video makes you upset. Don’t watch it.

That's some beautiful work this lady is doing. I cried a couple of tears. So happy for all of those who get to reclaim their ancestry 🥺

The one thing colonists couldn’t steal from Africans was there dna. This is so amazing.

@doxholiday1372

4 жыл бұрын

Who stole something? Those people were enslaved by their own people and sold to merchants who then transported them to various places where they were purchased. Try speaking the truth for a change.

@Chowanoc222

4 жыл бұрын

hrikw clearly you’ve never heard of melanin shots they’ve been doing it for centuries

@Chowanoc222

4 жыл бұрын

Dox Holiday lies lies and more lies and most of the slaves came from Israel and were Hebrews who fled to Africa the Roman emperors Pompey and his father burned down Jerusalem and the Africans didn’t like the Hebrews!!!! The prince of Egypt shows Egyptians and Hebrews living together but are different people

@001islandprincess

4 жыл бұрын

Dox Holiday By your reasoning the Irish were also oppressed by their *own people* the English, for centuries right? Since when is capturing and holding in bondage your rival ethnic group who have nothing to do with you *your own people*? Africans throughout the continent were never “one people” as you posit. It was Europeans who stripped Africans of diverse ethnic origins (e.g., Fang, Ewe, Hausa etc) and lumped them into *one* for social, economic and political gain. The European enslavers deliberately grouped together diverse ethnic groups so that they could not communicate with each other and cause an uprising. Also, the same applies to the indigenous people throughout the Americas, they were falsely lumped together as *one* and the false label *Indian* was imposed on them. But we all know that the “In group” has to use DECEPTION among other strategies about the “out group”.

@GAZAMAN93X

4 жыл бұрын

@@doxholiday1372 no. No they didn't. That rarely happened. Slaves were usually people who were POWS from a different ethnicity

I always thought Kwesi was Ghanaian or Ivorian for real

@ariellek28

5 жыл бұрын

Lois Karimu when I first saw him I was just like GHANIAN

@xoxobadgyal

5 жыл бұрын

Frrr but he’s Jamaican or from the carribean

@rxash

5 жыл бұрын

Sameer

@ceceelizabeth527

5 жыл бұрын

@@xoxobadgyal Hi, his family is from the Caribbean. He said that his mom is from Trinidad and Tobago.

@jasmine-fw4yq

5 жыл бұрын

Right same bc Kwesi is a Ghanaian name

"Do White People have to trace back their Family because of brutal slave trade?" *Eastern European Music Intensifies*

@daddygravely4673

3 жыл бұрын

To be fair American schools only teaches about black People slavery

@MrHotBagel

3 жыл бұрын

As if no other race was ever enslaved, ever =\.

@justanordinarywriter6540

3 жыл бұрын

Plus, orphaned children and adoptees, people who's ancestors migrated from their land and aren't as close to their native countries, or don't even know what it is, etc.

@daniylo3721

3 жыл бұрын

my people were enslaved by ottomans for 500 years but no one talks about that cuz only african slavery matters

@ceced8147

2 жыл бұрын

@@daniylo3721 What are you doing here then? leave.

Wow! I just found out through a dna test that I'm 26 % Sierra Leonese. So hearing about the Temne, Mende and Balanta people makes me very proud. This is very interesting. Now I want to take this African Heritage test too.

@FreedomBiafra

Жыл бұрын

What test did you take?

I like this but question... who was NOT resistant to slavery? 🤣 that's kinda the point of being a slave didn't nobody volunteer

@sekhmet2011

5 жыл бұрын

Exactly!

@Ferrist1

5 жыл бұрын

I think she means they weren't as heavily captured because they had good fighting and survival skills. A lot of tribes brought over didn't even eat meat. Many were nonviolent passive tribes.

@mimikamanda4346

5 жыл бұрын

Hi! so I live in Kenya and as part of our education we learn about colonization around some parts of Africa and among different tribes specifically (obviously not all but among the three major groups the Nilotes, Cushites and the Bantu). There were some communities in Africa who were assimilated (i.e their colonizers tried to mix or integrate their culture with Africans) other tribes were offered gifts and even bribed is exchange for their people being sold into slavery while others were tricked into thinking their land and other possessions which were grabbed would be given back to them if they agreed to side with their colonizers. Basically not all African countries and/or tribes resisted it really really varied. Personally those are only examples from East and Central Africa

@marov7933

5 жыл бұрын

some people are more rebellious in history than others like the Berbers it has hard to enslave them ..they have rebellious personalities also.. free mentality

@lindsayd6962

5 жыл бұрын

The ones who were convinced by religion. They were tricked by thinking they were there as friends then converted to Christ.

Yooo why is no one addressing the fact that Kwesi is absolutely hilarious? He has such a great personality!

@PinkTipzByTutt

5 жыл бұрын

Derpatron731 yeeeeeees because I CRIED when he did his swab dance 😂😂😂😂😂

@AjieA

5 жыл бұрын

Derpatron731 Fr 😂😂

@AjieA

5 жыл бұрын

TuTTIEda10 sameeeee

@abeiku.M

5 жыл бұрын

Then He is a Ghanaian and a Fanti for sure

So glad this is available. Ive watched too many "find your roots" that stop short of connecting people of color to Africa and/or specific peoples in Africa. This was cool & all of these buzzfeed employees that have been doing various dna tests - i find are such awesome people that i forget the reason i started watching the video haha like id just hang out & listen to them talk & be...about anything.

This made me cry. Wow! This is so important.

Kwesi's teeth whiter than the clouds ☁✨

@mercymuraya4569

5 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂I had to go back and look ☁️👀

@mplsridah

5 жыл бұрын

But that hairline and forehead though

I'm an African-American with 98% West African DNA. I'm from Savannah, Georgia and most of us here has a high percentage of West African DNA from various West African countries. ❤

@MsObsidianReloaded

4 жыл бұрын

My ancestry on my father's side go back to Statesboro, GA

@avalonsignoraalmas6150

3 жыл бұрын

I’m from Madison, Georgia, but idk my ancestry. I really wanna look into it.

@has892

3 жыл бұрын

Proud Gullah- geechee

@TC-ot8oq

3 жыл бұрын

I'm from Georgia too. I want to take a DNA test to find out what part of West African my ancestors came from.

@TC-ot8oq

3 жыл бұрын

@@avalonsignoraalmas6150 I'm from Jones County( Gray, GA) and I definitely want to find out too. Maybe learning these results when give me more meaning and pride that I need in my life.

"Balanta" truly means resistance. It is a Mandinka term and one fiercest resistance Mande expansion faced in Senegambia was mounted by people they referred to Balanta, means resiaters...

This is powerful! Great segment. Would love to see more.

this made me cry ughh so beautiful. She's right. Y'all were the 1st victims of identity theft. That's so so sad, u guys deserve so much. I'm glad this lady can give some of it back 2 u.

@alextroy9202

5 жыл бұрын

Kat Jean take your pity elsewhere

@katjean7270

5 жыл бұрын

@@alextroy9202 take that bad attitude elsewhere n leave it there

@miahughes9122

5 жыл бұрын

i appreciate your nice words. far better than racism

@katjean7270

5 жыл бұрын

@@miahughes9122 Thank u Xxxx .. well, u kno it was not my intention to really express pity.. it's more to express joy in justice... reclaiming what is so rightfully yours.

@willchen9426

5 жыл бұрын

Socialists playing the victim once again.

11:19 when she says "Balanta" in Setswana, the tribes name roughly translates to "Ba lwa ntwa"....means to quarrel or resist....all Africans are truly connected....God bless Africa

@phodisophatshwane3711

5 жыл бұрын

Yo ke Motswana yo. Molwantwa ko Sikwane.

@nonoseobakeng1424

5 жыл бұрын

Ke nnete (That's true) 🇧🇼

@yaruqadishi8326

5 жыл бұрын

God Shango Orisas All High Bless. Áse Black Power

Learning that family can be traced back over 2,000 years made me tear up.

This is so important and so awesome - every reveal moved me.

I'm Nigerian British so it's weird for me that most black Americans can't get in the jollof rice war 😂😂😂

@ulfricstorrmcloak160

5 жыл бұрын

Ghana 🇬🇭 got the best jollof

@uzotheeangel

5 жыл бұрын

Ulfric StorrmCloak oh honey keep telling ur self that 😂😂😂 jk

@collachflames

5 жыл бұрын

We all know Ghana jollof is the best

@ebeweleglory1450

5 жыл бұрын

X.Uzo.X Highlight Nigerian jollof is heaven

@amisinyan1556

5 жыл бұрын

So like Jollof rice origins are from Senegambia and we obviously do it best.

The part where he says he grandfather was a pathological liar 😂😂😂😅

@leviticusburrell-cook9843

4 жыл бұрын

Quazanne Smart black people in America 😭

@lmazibuko7099

4 жыл бұрын

I died😂😂😂😂😂

@Roselyndavour

4 жыл бұрын

Quazanne Smart 😹😹😹

We need more this💪🏿🇬🇭🌍

This was so beautiful. Everyone deserves to know their history and ancestry. Be blessed, you all ❤❤

Beautiful video. To avoid bias and promote accuracy perhaps at 1:22 revise the text “slaves” and “African slaves” to “enslaved Africans.” Our ancestors were PEOPLE that were enslaved.

@KarbonStar

5 жыл бұрын

Exactly, our ppl were prisoners of war

@BreeDarcel

4 жыл бұрын

I always say this! So important! Our ancestors were whole ass human beings with whole lives before being kidnapped and enslaved. Put some respect on their name I say! Slaves my ass.

@richetta110

4 жыл бұрын

👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

@doxholiday1372

4 жыл бұрын

Right, because no one would figure out that they're people unless you constantly bring it up. :eyeroll:

@richetta110

4 жыл бұрын

Dox Holiday actually no. America didn’t figure out “slaves” were people until centuries later. Yes I will remind any and everyone that White men kidnapped and enslaved a race of people!