My both parents are from Carriacou, I was born in Canada. I have been visiting Carriacou very often since a small child. I call it my second home. Nothing can compare to my sweet Carriacou. I’m glad you took a trip. Our home is life changing. Nothing on earth can feel like it ❤ 🇬🇩

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

Жыл бұрын

I agree. I love going there.

Thanks very much my brother for this beautiful message.

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

Жыл бұрын

You’re very welcome.

This video made me so excited to go back to Carriacou soon! Those ceremonies and my fam just make me feel at home 🇬🇩

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

Жыл бұрын

Yaaay. That’s great.

Writing my PhD on Grenadians Audre Lordes life - your documentation helped me a lot! Thanks!

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

10 ай бұрын

That’s great. Good luck with your research.

@lilyofthevalley2248

2 ай бұрын

Audre was a Grenadian?👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

@SchwarzRund

2 ай бұрын

@@lilyofthevalley2248 yess she wrote about the invasion "An Interim Report" and a protest letter to the republican state senetor. She also gave some very great interviews about it!

Am really happy to hear you finding the root,the name cudjoe is Akan name especially fanties in Ghana 🇬🇭. Greetings from Ghana 🇬🇭

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

Жыл бұрын

Thank you. One of these days I’ll make it all the way to Ghana 🇬🇭 to meet my long lost family.

As someone with Grandparents from Carriacou 🇬🇩 i am proud of my roots both in the Caribbean and Africa.

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

Жыл бұрын

Yes. Same here. Thanks for the comment.

@richieperry6129

Жыл бұрын

@@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405 if you or anyone wants more information on the Big Drum Dance, let me know. I have been recording and keeping a lot of information on it

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

Жыл бұрын

@@richieperry6129 here’s my email: neilvaz1103@yahoo.com. That would be great.

@droptophitta

Жыл бұрын

Same here am in London 👌🏿

So Beautiful Cultural & peaceful Place Carriacou..Great Story adventure Narration Voice Mr Clouden ❤ ✌

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

7 ай бұрын

Thank you. I appreciate it.

I myself have parents both from Mountpleasant Carriacou. I was born in London and Migrated to Florida USA. I am really happy you did documentary on the Island. It helped fill some gaps in the Oral history my parents told me about the Island. I visited the Island of Grenada and Carriacou, back in 2004, to bury my Grandmother and It was life changing actually and Spiritually Grounding for me. Keep up the Good work.

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the comment. I’m living in Florida as well. I’m right outside of Orlando.

😮 I never knew *Cudjoe & Quashie* were African names..😮 There was a Dr Quashie I knew from Carriacou 😮 Wow.. Great info 👍 Love Interviewee & Interviewer❤😊😊

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

Жыл бұрын

Yes. When I first learned about it I was surprised.

@marcellemcdonald7762

Жыл бұрын

​@Dr. V's Revolution Will Not Be Pesticides well *Put together* documentary. 👏 TY.

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

Жыл бұрын

@@marcellemcdonald7762 thank you so much.

@paz8179

7 ай бұрын

I know someone with the first name Kudjo he was half Ghanaian

This video is giving me inspiration to document my lineage when I go home with my granny before she passes. Our heritage must be cherished. BTW you resemble Malcolm X a lot. Great documentary 👍

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

Жыл бұрын

That’s great. I’m pleased this gives you inspiration. I’ve been getting that lately that I look a little like Malcolm X. 😂 who knows. Maybe we’re related. He’s Grenadian too. Lol

Glad you went HOME. Next time ill gladly show you more of our history. Bless up on yuh journey

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

2 жыл бұрын

Oh snap. Dylan. I haven’t heard from you in years. You still making music? I will be in Carriacou next year. Your people are from Carriacou too?

We have kojo, kwadjo, kwadwo which are day names for males born on mondays for the Akans. But cudjoe or codjoe are surnames among the fantes, Gas and ewes.

My love and respect more power More Strength more Love keep on Shining the light on the truth and the history story bless up

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for the comment. It’s encouraging.

Thank u for sharing this!!!! So Powerful!!!!

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the kind words.

Well done my brother great video

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, brother. I appreciate the comment.

Fantastic Journey....Soo interesting. Thanks for sharing !

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

Жыл бұрын

I had a great time doing this. 🙏 thank you 😊.

New supporter here. Watching from Barbados🇧🇧

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much.

Keep searching for all our Africans ancestors scattered all over the world this is so amazing on your counting journey.🙏👍

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

Жыл бұрын

Thank you. I will keep pushing.

Love this ❤ Both of my parents are from Belvedere, Carriacou too.

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

7 ай бұрын

Nice. Thank you for the comment.

If you research the string instruments did not came from European for the guitar was made by a Black American slave the banjo is an African instrument and the violin is also an instrument from the Moors which are the real Israelites of the Bible

What an amazing genealogical project. So much history that needs to be uncovered connecting the African gulf peoples with the people in America and the Caribbean. Amazing. What's the most incredible is that Africans themselves sold other Africans to the Europeans to be taken to the islands and the American colonies. How are all these links put together with today's proples in Ghana, Cote D'Ivoire, Nigeria etc ?? Have you traveled to Africa yet? Any videos about this?

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. I have never been to Africa, but I have been planning on going to Ghana some time soon. When I do travel to Africa I will definitely do a documentary on it.

@dovygoodguy1296

Жыл бұрын

@@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405 It's such an interesting project! Keep up the good work!

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

Жыл бұрын

@@dovygoodguy1296 Thank you.

@dovygoodguy1296

Жыл бұрын

@@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405 Has anyone done a genetic or genealogical study identifying the exact origins of different communities in North America and the Caribbean? For instance, did Africans in Jamaica come from Place X while Africans in Mississippi came from Place Y, in Virginia from Place Z, and St. Lucia from Place T? And can it be identified WHO arranged to bring them here from each of those areas in association with particular elements in Africa? From what I understand we're talking about communities from Senegal, Gambia, all the way down to Biafra? So it might be easy to pinpoint who did what where. This is also interesting because of the differing physical features among African American and Caribbean communities.

@dovygoodguy1296

Жыл бұрын

@@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405 I have started watching the video about Maurice Bishop. Wow, it's fascinating. I vaguely remember the events then I was in college. I am Jewish myself and read that today there are about 500 Jewish medical students in Grenada. The school must be very high quality for them all to go there. I'm trying to convince my wife to go to the Caribbean next winter, either Grenada, Jamaica or St. Lucia.

Thank you very much. I thoroughly enjoyed your documentary. I was born in Grenada, my grandfather was from Carriacou. I never had a chance to meet him. He passed away before I was born. The information you presented was very enlightening. I would love to know more about our history.

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

Жыл бұрын

I’m so happy that you enjoyed the documentary. Thank you for the kind words. I’m going back to Carriacou in the summer to document more.

@doylestlouis7446

Жыл бұрын

@@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405 I’ll be visiting Grenada in August.

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

Жыл бұрын

@@doylestlouis7446 I’m going to be there in June.

Neil I love this!!!!!

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you cuz

Good job on your research. Anansi (Ananse) in the "Anansi-O Sari Baba" is an Akan folk hero. Sari Baba could be corrupted Akan word Sabarima, meaning hero.

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for the information. This is why I’m interested in learning Twi.

Hey brother, I live in Dar Es Salama Tanzania and their biggest market is called Carriacoo. You can find everything that you need there. Very interesting. I did not know that there was a Carriacoo Grenada

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

Жыл бұрын

Hello. That is very interesting. I didn’t know that. My sister in law is from Tanzania 🇹🇿. She has also visited Carriacou Grenada 🇬🇩 with us. I wonder if she knows about the market.

@neillomarispringle4860

Жыл бұрын

Carriacou means "Land of Reefs". It came from the Amerindians of South America. There is a "Kariacou" (If I spelt it right) in one of the South American countries.

Thanks for making this Bro

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

10 ай бұрын

You’re welcome. Thank you for the comment.

My grandfather came from carriacou and I’ve always been fascinated about my culture and heritage . My family’s name is Matheson and I’ve always wanted to know where this name came from . I’ve always been told it came from a slave master but was unsure . In my hometown Huddersfield, England a lot of immigrants from Grenada and carriacou came here in rhe 1950s and 1960s and I found it amazing that we have cudjoe and quarshie and fleary family’s here who came from the island . I really need to take the trip back home and meet some people myself to find my roots . Thankyou for this video .

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

Жыл бұрын

Metheson is Neal’s last name, the guy I interviewed in the red shirt. Fleary was a popular Carriacou historian. Those are all familiar names you mentioned. You should definitely visit. Thank you for the comment.

@DJ-TALKS

Жыл бұрын

My family are Mathesons and they’re from Huddersfield

@viraltopic5656

Жыл бұрын

@@DJ-TALKS who ? We are definitely family . I probably know you 😂😂

@DJ-TALKS

Жыл бұрын

@@viraltopic5656 my cousins are Darius, Jordan and Niall Matheson - parents Beverley Cummings and Mitcham Matheson

Yooo bro this is crazy. My grandfather use to be in big drum, Renalph Gebon!!!!

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

2 жыл бұрын

That’s cool. You should try to learn and keep the tradition going.

I know that your grandpa Cosnel Clouden would be very proud of you for undertaking this research and for producing this video. He loved his homeland Carriacou and his ancestry so much. In fact, he's looking down on you proudly now smiling and saying "that's my boy". What a great job you're doing for your family now and for many, many years to come.

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for the kind words. My mission is to make the ancestors proud 🥹 😊 thank you 🙏.

@leahclouden6134

2 жыл бұрын

I stumbled upon this video while doing research on my family. I'm A CLOUDEN too.

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

2 жыл бұрын

@@leahclouden6134 Hello cousin. Where do you reside?

@leahclouden6134

2 жыл бұрын

@@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405 🙋🏾‍♀Hi Cousin.🤗 We're the CLOUDEN(s) of Philadelphia PA. My father is third generation of Horace CLOUDEN. The only information we have is of my great grandfather is that he lived in Savannah Georgia and Pottstown PA. In POTTSTOWN he was an inventor who invention was stolen and they had that information in their paper. We are still researching and that's how I found you. I started reading your dissertation while visiting Savannah today. I went to Facebook and I stumbled upon your video on KZread. Thank you for responding.

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

2 жыл бұрын

@@leahclouden6134 Very interesting. I never met a Clouden outside of the ones that come from either Grenada, Carriacou, or Trinidad, who are all most likely relatively closely related. I live in Florida, but there are a lot of us in New York and Toronto.

Great vid...Luv the tracing of family trees. It's safe to say if the ancestors lived non alcohol life, they would certainly become alcoholics.

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙏. That’s hilarious 😂 the ancestors are definitely inebriated 😂

More of us need to do this work‼️‼️✅💯

@lilyofthevalley2248

2 ай бұрын

I hv, that’s why I just came from Grenada, my DNA results points there. I am from a different Caribbean Island but my DNA is All over the Caribbean and even in The Americas due to the HEINOUS slave trade‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️😡😡😡😡😡

👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾Love this💯I just did my DNA, I knew Most of my maternal and paternal Caribbean Roots, but it revealed Nigeria almost half the rest Benin and Togo👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾U hv been blessed to be able to experience the knowledge.👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Yes. A lot of us in Grenada are made up of the regions between Nigeria and Ghana. Thank you for the comment. I always like to hear the results of the DNA.

@africanlastborn7776

Жыл бұрын

Togo,Benin and Nigeria are the same people don't worry about the fake colonial borders.

@lilyofthevalley2248

Жыл бұрын

@@africanlastborn7776 Tks👏🏾💪🏾

This is pretty outta the blue and cool. But I think I'm related to you. Just watchin this video with my parents right now. Very intrigued .

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

Жыл бұрын

Thank you. If you’re from Carriacou we’re probably related. Lol

Love your videos

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

Жыл бұрын

I really appreciate that. Thank you 🙏.

Oh my your video touched me

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Your words motivate me.

Yes it's time. More and more of us are finding our way to our African peoples. When all of us do it will be a beautiful awesome thing.

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely. Thank you for watching.

Powerful!!!!

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

Enjoy!!!

Well researched.

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

Жыл бұрын

Thank you.

It’s crazy how people from Grenada except their African roots roots but a lot of Jamaican’s deny it. My girlfriend is from Grenada and showed me jab jab during carnival. I showed it to my Jamaican co worker and he said what the hell is this ? when I explain it to him based on what she told me he said why would anybody celebrate slavery and how it looked like something to do with duppy business.

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

Жыл бұрын

Every country has those that deny their African roots. Some more than others. There are a lot of Jamaicans that embrace it as well.

@garthyahudahandrews8504

4 ай бұрын

Colonization is the answer

I'm from New Orleans. I see so many similarities in Carricou to New Orleans, culture. Very informative. Thank you.

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

Жыл бұрын

Thank you. I’ve been to New Orleans a couple of times and noticed the same thing. African/French roots.

@quasalone4755

5 ай бұрын

I was born in Louisiana my mom was born in Grenada my great grandmother was from Carriacou. Mom was born in Gouyave

@Nducre

5 ай бұрын

@@quasalone4755 were you born in New Orleans?

@quasalone4755

5 ай бұрын

Shreveport actually!

Thank you @Neil, Dr. V's Revolution Will Not Be Pesticides; for fanning my embers to a massive blaze in tracing my ancestors who I believe might have been from the Igbo or Yoruba tribes of Nigeria. I just received my Ancestory DNA kit in the post, and will certainly be exploring my heritage. You're blessed to have a family member leave names for you to research and build upon. I have practically nothing, but I'll get there. Also, your ancestors were very blessed to have missed the renaming era of slaves on the Tri-Island. The Alexis wasn't so blessed. Don't mind if I take some notes from your research on the names of the ships and the dates of their journey from Africa to Grenada.

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

2 жыл бұрын

I’m pleased that this video was able to help you. There are a couple of ships that came from Yorubaland in the 1830s on the slave voyage database. Possibly some undocumented ships from there that came later. I have a video on Malcolm X’s Grenada 🇬🇩 African connection on my page that talks about the Yoruba connection.

@spiceegalexisg5500

2 жыл бұрын

@@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405 I have been viewing them almost all night last night. (the Malcolm X videos) Thank you 🙏🏿💯❣️

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

2 жыл бұрын

@@spiceegalexisg5500 You're welcome :)

#1 fan

My maternal great grandfather was named Kompany Jack and traveled between Trinidad,Grenada& St Vincent living for periods in all places.

@plugg999

Жыл бұрын

Didn't realize Kompany was an African name until Vincent Kompany started playing for Man City

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

Жыл бұрын

@@plugg999 where is the name Kompany from?

@plugg999

Жыл бұрын

@@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405 Congo it seems

Bro we have the same roots my father tole me we were from Ghana. My great grand is from carriacou as well

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

Жыл бұрын

Nice. We’re probably related.

This is brilliant….My father was born in carriacou…

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I hear that I’m related to Quashie’s as well.

@cececoleman5469

Жыл бұрын

Dear Matthew's that's a Ghanaian name. It means a male child born on Sunday.

@DJ-TALKS

Жыл бұрын

Where most of my kyak relatives live in the UK- there are a lot of Quashie’s a large family

I guess you're related to the Cudjoe's of Bellevidere. My sister is also married to Isaac Cudjoe and they currently returned there from England.

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

2 жыл бұрын

Yes. That’s what they were telling me. My 2nd great grandmother Cudjoe was from Bellevidere.

I'm researching Granada as a place to settle. I love the African influence. It would feel like home.

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

Жыл бұрын

That’s great. You would love it. It is a very relaxed place. Carriacou has much more African influence than the mainland Grenada. I’ll be there next year for a family reunion.

@Nducre

Жыл бұрын

Will probably plan a summer trip. I'm a teacher. Got wait till school closes. I lived in Dominica during the pandemic

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

Жыл бұрын

@@Nducre so cool. I’m a teacher too. I wrote my dissertation on Dominica. I’m writing a book about the history of Dominica’s maroon community now. I will be in Grenada next summer as well. Maybe I will see you there. 😊

@Nducre

Жыл бұрын

@@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405 Wow, that's great. I'm discovering these islands for the first time. Traveled throughout Africa for a long time. My name is Nassera.

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

Жыл бұрын

@@Nducre wonderful. Believe or not I’ve never been to Africa yet. I will get there soon. My name is Neil. Here is my email. neilvaz1103@yahoo.com

You are very honest on your video

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

Жыл бұрын

Thank you. I try to be as objective as possible.

Just to add, if you or your subscribers are interested, there's about Big Drum: "The Big Drum Ritual of Carriacou" by Lorna McDaniel"

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

Жыл бұрын

Yes. I’ve read that book in graduate school. Very well researched. Thank you.

As a white person who came to this video purely curious about visiting Carriacou, I came away with a fascinating education in history. Thank you so much for this video

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for the kind words. If you end up going, I hope you enjoy. I will be there next summer. Carriacou is such a small island, maybe I will see you there if we're there at the same time...lol.

@FTF96

Жыл бұрын

@@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405 Awesome, let’s keep in touch and perhaps we can make that happen!

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

Жыл бұрын

@@FTF96 My email is neilvaz1103@yahoo.com

@FTF96

Жыл бұрын

@@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405 Awesome thank you! I have emailed you

I love the fact no crosses on these graves.

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

Жыл бұрын

I saw a few.

Kojo is Akan Quarshie is Ewe both in Ghana

I will love to get in touch with the professor/narrator

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

2 жыл бұрын

Hi. My email is neilvaz1103@yahoo.com

@nickcox1206

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a million.

@nickcox1206

2 жыл бұрын

Email sent.

Its nice that you went there to see your grampa grave

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I go whenever I get a chance.

Your uncle anslem clouden is one of the top lawyers in grenada

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I heard. 🙏

That's incredible how their lesser antillean french creole accent is so strong, btw since the reportage pretty long, did you talk about the language inside ?

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

Жыл бұрын

I didn’t talk about the language here. I should have though.

@Yehmanu

Жыл бұрын

@@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405 By the way i have a question, what is the french creole name for the local drumming style ? Gwotanbou, Nasyon maybe ?

@richieperry6129

Жыл бұрын

@@Yehmanu Gwa Tambu is what Big Drum used to be called back when we spoke French Patoid

Sincerely i spent 2 months on this island and it was one of the worth stay i had. What a nightmare ! How dirty the island is ! Empty beer bottles every where, lot of garbage everywhere, people insulting you when simply walking, poor annoyed Retired people, nothing to do, music speakers late in the night, expensive restaurants with very average food, and so on and so forth. I lived on my boat, and i left quickly this place. Iike most of french people.

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

9 ай бұрын

I’m sorry that energy followed you there.

@paulthierry510

9 ай бұрын

@@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405 This is one of the dirtiest island i visited Even in some brasilian islands its cleaner Garbage everywhere and poor lazy fat people without future

This is a hundred percent Igbo culture

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

8 ай бұрын

A large number of Igbo arrived there as well.

I suffer very badly with travel sickness on everything that moves except when I’m driving myself. To combat this, I use Stugeron 15, (an over the counter travel sick medication) which helps me no end. In fact, I take one tablet two hours before travelling and that’s it for the day; then one tablet every day until the trip is over. I went from Vancouver to Hawaii, we were on the big blue ocean for five solid days, no land in sight. I was able to enjoy all of the entertainment, eat and drink all meals including alcohol, walkabout the ship’s decks and did everything going without being seriously ill. Seriously ill means I cannot eat and drink, move about or do anything at all, but lie down for the duration of the trip groaning after puking my guts out. Sorry if I upset your tummy. One thing I do to cover myself when carrying this tablet is to have a doctor’s letter, just in case the port authorities have concerns with it. I understand how feel because travelling for me used to be so awful. But now it's a very great experience and I'm no longer a bane in my friends life.

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

Жыл бұрын

Wow. I have it pretty bad but it sounds like you have it worse than I do. I usually only struggle on the boat ride to Carriacou. On the way back it’s much smoother and I usually learn from mistakes made on the way there.

@neillomarispringle4860

Жыл бұрын

@@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405 Also... try and keep your eyes on the horizon. Loof further out. Not on a tablet, cellphone or otherwise. LOL. It helps your brain calibrate the motion of the boat along with your eyes.

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

Жыл бұрын

@@neillomarispringle4860 yes. Good point. That’s what my mom was telling me.

winston fleary is my grandma first cousin.

Hi Neil, You've done an awesome job with your research!!! I was in Carriacou at the time that you did most of your interviews. I wish I would have met you. On your paper with the notes that your grandfather left (I called him Cousin Cosnel) my grandmother is listed as Mercy. My name is Cheryl and I would love to get in touch with you. I am always in Carriacou and most times when I am in Grenada I stay by Anslem. I would like to DM you. Can you please provide me with some info to contact you. Thank you.

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. I will be back in Carriacou next summer. Hopefully, I can meet you then. My email is neilvaz1103@yahoo.com. Send me an email and I will give you my number there.

My mother is a Clouden as well …from Carriacou do you have any knowledge on where the name Clouden name comes from?

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

10 ай бұрын

Hello cousin. I believe the name is Irish.

Thank you for this, I'm currently in the middle of doing all of this research. A lot of my family names came up Quashie, Corion, Cudjoe. Where you have 'Teresa' I have 'Eva' 😅

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

2 жыл бұрын

Wow. That’s great. You’re very connected to the Akan culture then. I wonder if Theresa and Eva were sisters or something 🤔

@DynamicMP

2 жыл бұрын

@@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405 Yes! I was surprised by the links! They could be, greetings family if so 😂✊🏾so far I always struggle to find the links to the Cudjoe's, the women were married into the family so not sure on their parents (My 3x Great Grandmother - Mary Cudjoe, Born 1831) George Fitz-Samuel (the first grave) is also my Grandfather's brother but there were so many of them 😅

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

2 жыл бұрын

@@DynamicMP nice to meet you family. 😂

@dianacharles9307

2 жыл бұрын

Some of the Quashies are in Bellevidere and Mt. Pleasant. Some of them live in Brooklyn. You should try to look them up. One of my aunt was married to a Quashie and they moved to Grenada.

@DJ-TALKS

Жыл бұрын

I’m related to corions as well a few live in the UK it’s amazing to see how many bloodlines are interlinked in Grenada and Carricou

Neil do you still have the video where we were dancing at granpas funeral?

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

2 жыл бұрын

I lost it. I think it’s somewhere at my dad’s house but I would have to do some digging.

@GoldenGoddess369

2 жыл бұрын

Oh ok. I think we should keep the culture/ traditions going and pass it down to our children.

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

2 жыл бұрын

@@GoldenGoddess369 definitely. I’m sending mine to learn the drumming next summer.

@GoldenGoddess369

2 жыл бұрын

Nice!!! They're going to love it

Keep up the good work.can you say my name in one of your videos my name is Jeremiah higgins

I ❤ Carriacou

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

3 ай бұрын

Me too.

Are you kidding me they sound of the drums and the singing is typical to Ashanti my goodness

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

2 жыл бұрын

Oh really? Wow. Are you from Ghana?

Codjoe, Ghanaian name, mostly a surname among the fantes, Gas and the ewes in Ghana.

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the information.

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

2 жыл бұрын

Is it still commonly used as a first name among the Asante?

@niiadu1983

2 жыл бұрын

@@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405 the Asantes are Akans, the Akan comprises( Asantes, fantes, Akwapims, Akyems)

@niiadu1983

2 жыл бұрын

@@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405 Yes still being used, you need a vac in Ghana to explore, you will be amazed.

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

2 жыл бұрын

@@niiadu1983 I will be there one of these days really soon.

my dads from carriacou, were probably related haha

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah. Probably. 😂

🇬🇭🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

Meda wo ase ( I thank you), for this video. Do you have an instagram page? I would like to follow you on there.

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

8 ай бұрын

Hello. I don’t have an Instagram page but I’ll let you know when I get one. By the way my son’s name is Kwaku.

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

8 ай бұрын

Medasi 🙂

The banjo is actually African

My famliy are from both Carriacou & Grenada 🇬🇩 and two of my siblings are half Ghanaian 🇬🇭 which my bother's name is Kojo 👍🏾 My surname (Lawrence) speaks for itself on the island.

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

Жыл бұрын

So you and your siblings Akan blood 🩸 running all through your veins. 👍

@mitchelllawrence2798

Жыл бұрын

@@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405 Pretty much 👍🏾

#Maroons

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

Жыл бұрын

You know it. 🙏

Interesting mine is mostly Ashanti according to 23 and me. 78% west African the othere European.

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

Жыл бұрын

Interesting. Where are you from?

@msjade3467

Жыл бұрын

O.5 Scandinavian, which gave autoimmune gastritis. How you like that

jammincanna.com/?sld=neilvaz

The man in the red is my first cousins (Mathesons) cousin

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

Жыл бұрын

Neal

@DJ-TALKS

Жыл бұрын

Yes ask him if he remembers Jordan Matheson from Huddersfield UK

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

Жыл бұрын

@@DJ-TALKS ok. I will.

I’m am garifuna

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

Жыл бұрын

Nice. I was just in Honduras visiting the Garifuna there. Have you seen my video on my page yet?

Thr only way you can find out about your history is for you to get to Africa in Ghana.

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

Жыл бұрын

I will be there one of these days.

I am a descendant of Mary Cudjoe

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

Жыл бұрын

Hello cousin. Do you know the year she was born? Roughly.

@nubianking1976t

Жыл бұрын

She was born around 1831 and died 14 Aug 1915. If you can tell me how to contact you, I can share my family tree with you, perhaps through a zoom meeting.

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

Жыл бұрын

@@nubianking1976t my email is neilvaz1103@yahoo.com

…u say dey circle dance ‘evn’ in da States! Lik we bhind da cultural curve… 🌸🍯🐝🇺🇸 whil u al present urslves wit Stateside swag! Hm n public hv lil diff… da statemnt is a pathway 4 purity superiority n ‘mete’ retention o ethnicity 😒🖐🏽m jus sayn! StatesBorn r imitated, usurpd n defamed by ‘evrybdy’… fam not excluded😮!

Yet ur stepdad cals USA; America… n u kno dat u r frm da Americas!?!🌸🍯🐝🇺🇸 so it’s important 2 acknowledge da way island peo sho dere disconnec wit StatesBorn o blackbirdn remnants🖐🏽🌚none o which recognize da originees existn 2day! Same reasons ethnics usurp varieties o diaspora based on dere momentary gains n sense o pride. Whether erroneous o no?🔑 ea arm is important n need chronographs lik ur vid proj! Thx agn!

I throw up all the time lol

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah. That boat ride is no joke. On the way back I stood up and looked at the water and it was better.

@GoldenGoddess369

2 жыл бұрын

Yes ot does help and going back down is way better.

While it is admirable for us to trace our ancestry, your video with interviews only highlights how difficult the whole process is, given the lack of commitment to record keeping of people who did not even view our ancestors as human beings. For one thing, the gentleman stating that Siles (I hope I spelt that name correctly) was born in Africa, and your calculation of her birth being around 1850/60, when the last slave ship arrived in the island about 1803, leaves us to wonder how someone born in Africa would have made the trip in 1850-1860. Makes no sense, right? The unfortunate thing is that as African descents our desperation for connection often leaves us making up stories in order to complete the void we feel. We make up what tribes we are descended from; we make up what country our ancestors originated in; and in some cases we even make up names to separate ourselves from our current countries in order to feel more African. We shouldn’t stop searching, but we should be smart enough to not make up stuff as we go along. It makes us look like fools when simple questions can be asked of our assertions.

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

11 ай бұрын

I agree

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

11 ай бұрын

I must say this, however. Just because the record shows that the last slave ship from Africa arrived in the early 1800s, though there are records to Grenada in 1837, that does not take into consideration transshipments from neighboring islands. I’m not saying that man’s evidence is conclusive in the video but it can’t be out right rejected based on one source (Slave trade database) or whatever else. There are explanations for African born people ending up in islands by way of other islands. One of the problems we also have as people is putting more credence in what the slave owner jotted down vs what the ancestors orally passed down.

If you really intend to find your Afrikan roots, you need to go to the SOURCE. Grenada, Jamaica, Barbados etc are branches, you need to find the real ROOT. Get a DNA test and establish where your ancestors are REALLY from, then go there with your family.

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

8 ай бұрын

Thank you for the comment. I would rather not get a DNA test though. With enough good research one can find out more about their roots than a swab can tell you.

This is fascinating. What the ignoarant(propagandist fed) west have not been told is that the Asante kingdo were master gold-smiths - their metal casting techniques (like Benin) were light years ahead of the rest of the world. Also;- Starting in the late 17th century, the Ashanti king Osei Tutu (c.  1695 - 1717) and his adviser Okomfo Anokye established the Ashanti Kingdom, with the Golden Stool of Asante as a sole unifying symbol.[6][10] Osei Tutu oversaw a massive Ashanti territorial expansion, building up the army by introducing new organisation and turning a disciplined royal and paramilitary army into an effective fighting machine.[8] In 1701, the Ashanti army conquered Denkyira, giving the Ashanti access to the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean coastal trade with Europeans, notably the Dutch.[8] The economy of the Ashanti Empire was mainly based on the trade of gold and agricultural exports [11] as well as Slave Trading, craft work and trade with markets up North.[5]

@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the information. Fascinating history.