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What's It Like Being a Jamaican Living in Sierra Leone?

In this episode of “Jamaicans to the World,” Jamaicans.com founder Xavier Murphy speaks with Charles "Mark phi" Smart. He is a Jamaican living in Sierra Leone. We discuss the food, culture, customs, the people, things to do and adjusting to living in Sierra Leone. Xavier asks about the must-eat foods and must visit places in Sierra Leone.
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  • @pmzphillips
    @pmzphillips Жыл бұрын

    true I am Jamaican with a child from a lovely Sierra Leonian woman I can understand the spoken word easily .love the peanut chicken too with rice

  • @TheSassiassi

    @TheSassiassi

    Жыл бұрын

    ❤❤❤❤

  • @meldawilliams1636

    @meldawilliams1636

    Жыл бұрын

    A Sierra Leonean wishing you the best. May daughter grow up and be the best in life

  • @pmzphillips

    @pmzphillips

    Жыл бұрын

    @@meldawilliams1636 thank you

  • @pmzphillips

    @pmzphillips

    10 ай бұрын

    one love@@TheSassiassi

  • @pmzphillips

    @pmzphillips

    10 ай бұрын

    you re most welcome

  • @olatunjimason
    @olatunjimason Жыл бұрын

    Xavier! Man this interview was so awesome that me as a proud Sierra Leonean had to like the interviews rewatch over and sharing it with my Salone friends and 👪 world wide. That's for doing this interview!

  • @TheSassiassi

    @TheSassiassi

    Жыл бұрын

    I just did too… shared to all my friends

  • @yvonnegayle4075

    @yvonnegayle4075

    Жыл бұрын

    Good,like it

  • @xmurphy2485

    @xmurphy2485

    Жыл бұрын

    @@TheSassiassi Thank you for watching and sharing.

  • @xmurphy2485

    @xmurphy2485

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for sharing and hope to visit Sierra Leonean one day.

  • @halcyeeanderson5610
    @halcyeeanderson5610 Жыл бұрын

    Kreng kreng in old time Jamaica was a wire basket that was hung over the open fire in the fireside. Always, meat, tripe etc. was placed in it so it would be smoked. Pieces of this smoked 'meat kind' would then be cut and added to what was being cooked to add flavour. The meat kind was from pig, goat etc. that was butchered by individual families. This is the best I can explain.

  • @vividemporium7445
    @vividemporium7445 Жыл бұрын

    Ok. Why are you both so handsome? This interview is such a treat. So yummy and gorgeous and wholesome and has so much meat…history, culture, excitement, education…I didn’t want it to end. Charles, you did Sierra Leone justice with this interview. I am proud of you, I love you and Sierra Leone missed you. Come back already. And bring Xavier with you, mek wi kam show am Swit Salone small nor mor 😂❤️🇸🇱🇯🇲

  • @Tourlou0409
    @Tourlou0409 Жыл бұрын

    I ALWAYS LEARN SOMETHING FROM YOUR JAMAICANS ABROAD SERIES. JUST AWESOME MAN!! 🇯🇲

  • @xmurphy2485

    @xmurphy2485

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for watching. I learn so much doing the show.

  • @donaldstanley3951
    @donaldstanley3951 Жыл бұрын

    God bless you my brother 😂❤ I grew up with one of your sister and I knew your late father very well

  • @tammieupton6257
    @tammieupton625710 ай бұрын

    Thank you Xavier & Charles. I will now add Sierra Leone to my list of African travels. Great Interview as always, keep up the excellent work.

  • @Jonathanellie2

    @Jonathanellie2

    3 ай бұрын

    Sierra Leone is such a beautiful country 🇸🇱

  • @ronnyteekaa2713
    @ronnyteekaa2713 Жыл бұрын

    Charles laugh is so infectious, my face hurt. History class was in full session. I thoroughly enjoyed this episode. This is a must share with friends and fam. Blessings Xavier and the crew

  • @xmurphy2485

    @xmurphy2485

    Жыл бұрын

    Agree...it is infectious. Blessings.

  • @anthonymccauley9101
    @anthonymccauley9101 Жыл бұрын

    Great interview. Charles is an engaging and intelligent young man, and it was nice to hear a positive report about Sierra Leone, the Western media can be very negative. Keep em coming!

  • @merlenepryce1263
    @merlenepryce1263 Жыл бұрын

    Xavier this interview with Charles was so great. It was pleasure hearing from a Jamaican whose father a a Sierra Leonian and was able to connect with other members of his has family. He has such a rich family history. I have shared this interview with several Jamaican friends and I hope they will also share it with others. Charles I wish you all the best

  • @charmainerobinsona.8947
    @charmainerobinsona.8947 Жыл бұрын

    Very educational interview .. This young man is well rounded in various cultures and it gives him the ability to see and appreciate things in many perspectives. Kreng kreng is old time Jamaican basket used for smoking meat!! 👍🏼

  • @jeannetteplunkett1155
    @jeannetteplunkett1155 Жыл бұрын

    Awesome interview. Great info. I learned so much. Appreciate how he embraced both of his cultures. Continue to stay true to yourself. May God continue to bless you both.

  • @TheSassiassi
    @TheSassiassi Жыл бұрын

    Krain Krain and granat soup , and we also eat callaloo, which we call Green.

  • @meldawilliams1636
    @meldawilliams1636 Жыл бұрын

    My first time to stumble on this and am amazed. Happy to see our brother. Its such a small world and because he is open minded he fits in easily. We Africans have always looked to Jamaicans as family I reside in Canada and have great Jamaican friends and even travelled to Jamaica. Well done to both of you

  • @theresanichols5556
    @theresanichols5556 Жыл бұрын

    Love love this interview one of the best.

  • @JcanDuke
    @JcanDuke Жыл бұрын

    Always love watching these!!!

  • @jelliot1409
    @jelliot1409 Жыл бұрын

    What a fantastic interview, big brother! Loved it. Joyce

  • @merlenepryce1181
    @merlenepryce1181 Жыл бұрын

    Xavier this interview with Charles was 👍 great and to know Sierra Leone has such a great history and to hear it from a Jamaican whose father was from Sierra Leone and he has family in Sierra Leone “The Smart Family” Such😊 a rich Heritage. Such history which is so informative and we all should know more about our African history. Wishing Charles all the best in his different projects.

  • @leroythompson325
    @leroythompson325 Жыл бұрын

    Excellent interview

  • @xmurphy2485

    @xmurphy2485

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks. Charles provided some great info

  • @kenricwalters3424
    @kenricwalters3424 Жыл бұрын

    SIR YOU AND MARK, DOING A GOOD JOB, MAN HE WENT TO WEST AFRICA, AND HE IS SUTCH A YOUNG YOUTH, THAT'S WONDERFUL HE IS BLESS UP THE MAN IN TIMES, HE IS SUTCH A GOOD YOUTHS , HE WILL GET THERE IN TIMES BLESSING,

  • @devonlewis3242
    @devonlewis3242 Жыл бұрын

    Awesome, i recently visited Kenaya and Tanzania.

  • @xmurphy2485

    @xmurphy2485

    Жыл бұрын

    Awesome. Hope to visit those countries one day

  • @GreaterEthio

    @GreaterEthio

    6 ай бұрын

    Same with Kenya and Ethiopia amazing time

  • @Jazzyboobooo
    @Jazzyboobooo Жыл бұрын

    What a wonderful, lively and informative interview! All the best Charles and "audibadii"

  • @jmorgan3835
    @jmorgan3835 Жыл бұрын

    Great interview, so informative

  • @nestacrooks8212
    @nestacrooks8212 Жыл бұрын

    Great conversation!❤

  • @marcyjeremiah7867
    @marcyjeremiah78677 ай бұрын

    WONDERFUL...during my research on Queen Nanny of the Maroons of Jamaica I learnt that once there were a Ship loaded with captives from Sierra Leone and the ship got wrecked in Jamaica and the captured took the opportunity to join the Maroons in the hills. This is what I learnt, probably you all can do some research on this. BLESSINGS from GRENADA.

  • @meldawilliams1636
    @meldawilliams1636 Жыл бұрын

    No Xavier we Sierra Leoneans are very tolerant especially to strangers and we love and admire them. We do not get angry if you do not pronounce properly because we are aware of other people's languages.

  • @markhaye9377
    @markhaye9377 Жыл бұрын

    Amazing interview.

  • @andriabrown8872
    @andriabrown8872 Жыл бұрын

    Enjoying the show

  • @xmurphy2485

    @xmurphy2485

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for watching

  • @jannettmyrie5326
    @jannettmyrie5326 Жыл бұрын

    Thoroughly enjoyed this conversation! I love Charles’ laugh😻

  • @claudiamyers4605
    @claudiamyers4605 Жыл бұрын

    Awesome interview.. Charles, you are so knowledgeable,welcome information. All the best in your endeavors (artwork is so beautiful ). Thank you Xavier, continue to bring these wonderful interview ❤️ 😊❤🎉

  • @sophiemclarke6556
    @sophiemclarke6556 Жыл бұрын

    I loved this interview. Sierra Leone is definitely worth a visit.

  • @andrewhall6695
    @andrewhall6695 Жыл бұрын

    The Windrush came about by the recommendation of a Sierra Leonean

  • @Clamior521

    @Clamior521

    11 ай бұрын

    Really? Do you know who the person is? As in what their name is and any documentations about them?

  • @andrewhall6695

    @andrewhall6695

    11 ай бұрын

    There is

  • @Clamior521

    @Clamior521

    16 күн бұрын

    Ivor Cummings and John Henry Clavell Smyth

  • @MC-dd8ls
    @MC-dd8ls Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for an amazing interview! Just what I needed!

  • @xmurphy2485

    @xmurphy2485

    Жыл бұрын

    🙏🏾 Thank you for watching.

  • @maggiehalloway4862
    @maggiehalloway4862 Жыл бұрын

    Your father was a great man

  • @LeroyColeman-kq1np
    @LeroyColeman-kq1np Жыл бұрын

    Sanside is Port Maria direction.

  • @olatunjimason

    @olatunjimason

    Жыл бұрын

    Best interviews. As a Sierra Leonean who has been to 🇯🇲 . I am proud to know the strong connection to Sierra Leone

  • @TheKarenmonique
    @TheKarenmonique2 ай бұрын

    Hi Mark. I've been planning to visit Sierra Leone since 2020, but COVID and other challenges have disrupted my plans. One day, one day...

  • @anthonytobi9773
    @anthonytobi9773Ай бұрын

    Palm oil is used all over Nigeria for cooking most of our foods.

  • @cosmicviewer477
    @cosmicviewer4775 ай бұрын

    My late father is from Brenard, St. Mary.

  • @dragonmatmat
    @dragonmatmat Жыл бұрын

    Hi Xaviier, Sandside is nearer to Port Maria

  • @xmurphy2485

    @xmurphy2485

    Жыл бұрын

    True

  • @doreendavis6831
    @doreendavis6831 Жыл бұрын

    Very interesting!!

  • @xmurphy2485

    @xmurphy2485

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for watching

  • @barbararobinson8007
    @barbararobinson8007 Жыл бұрын

    Wow some people are so bless why couldn’t i have this kind of background i love Africa so so much i would love to live there.❤Palm oil is the best and most healthy of oil.

  • @andrewhall6695
    @andrewhall669511 ай бұрын

    Nobody mentioned what the Windrush was doing in the Caribbean.

  • @marciabrown8330
    @marciabrown8330 Жыл бұрын

    Kerng kerng is a mesh used to cure meat in Jamaica.

  • @xmurphy2485

    @xmurphy2485

    Жыл бұрын

    So much shared culture

  • @craiggarrickfr4fgz877
    @craiggarrickfr4fgz877 Жыл бұрын

    In Jamaica kerng kreng (spelling?) is mesh place high above a wood fire to cure meat by heat and smoke!!!

  • @xmurphy2485

    @xmurphy2485

    Жыл бұрын

    Shared language

  • @kolenten
    @kolenten Жыл бұрын

    😂😂😂 “Poto” you are talking about my people the Temene people. Lovely people uses caused words like Jamaicas. In fact one particular caused word Jamaicans used is from the Temene language .

  • @bubakay8956

    @bubakay8956

    Жыл бұрын

    😀😀😀bomb*

  • @xmurphy2485

    @xmurphy2485

    Жыл бұрын

    Ooh wow. So much shared history

  • @TheSassiassi
    @TheSassiassi Жыл бұрын

    😂😂😂😂😂the Office… owned by my brother, Tunku !! Damn, you na REAL Salone Borbor 😂😂❤❤❤❤

  • @TheSassiassi
    @TheSassiassi Жыл бұрын

    You come from a prominent family too. Love your artwork too. Do you exhibit your pieces as Hawa Bangura does ..

  • @andrewhall6695
    @andrewhall669511 ай бұрын

    John Henry Smythe is the man u can Google One of the first defeats Jamaican troops in Sierra Leone suffered was at the hands of the Ashanti The British West India regiment had a base in that country for years it was made up of mainly Jamaican slaves.jamaicans also fought in Africa after emancipation There were many conflicts after the first Sierra Leone defeat

  • @rubyberylgarraway634
    @rubyberylgarraway634 Жыл бұрын

    I love it

  • @xmurphy2485

    @xmurphy2485

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for watching

  • @malcolmx7813
    @malcolmx78139 ай бұрын

    Wow so amazing we are one family Is fantastic listening interviews Jamaica 🇯🇲 Sierra Leone is visa 💳 free you just have to get tickets 🎟 $500 to $ 1000 dollars you can spend that money with you for very long time

  • @jahwaine9584
    @jahwaine9584 Жыл бұрын

    Respect Charles, where in Sierra Leone is your family from? Bo, Kenema, Kono, Freetown, and from which tribe? I am looking forward to visiting by the end of this year. Great interview as usual, Xavier. 🙏🏿

  • @maggiehalloway4862

    @maggiehalloway4862

    Жыл бұрын

    Freetown

  • @GreaterEthio

    @GreaterEthio

    6 ай бұрын

    Which tribe I wonder

  • @InfiniteNaturalMystic
    @InfiniteNaturalMystic Жыл бұрын

    Sierra Leone people need to wise up please don't let being poor oppress These politrician need to look out for their own people. China would never let you mine in their country

  • @user-jl4cg5sx9t
    @user-jl4cg5sx9t Жыл бұрын

    He looks so much like the host; their smiles are so similar;could they be related?

  • @mabintykargbo2353
    @mabintykargbo2353 Жыл бұрын

    Are u do? Susu from Kambia. Thanks guys.

  • @xmurphy2485

    @xmurphy2485

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for tuning in. Blessings

  • @theandrewgreen
    @theandrewgreen Жыл бұрын

    Blue Strong JC

  • @xmurphy2485

    @xmurphy2485

    Жыл бұрын

    #fervet #Trueblue

  • @JoAnnRichardsGoffe
    @JoAnnRichardsGoffe Жыл бұрын

    How is the body! I think that's what that greeting is.

  • @olatunjimason

    @olatunjimason

    Жыл бұрын

    Yo are right Joann! That is how Sierra Leoneans greet each other.

  • @Bevsmith6548

    @Bevsmith6548

    Жыл бұрын

    Di body fine oh

  • @xmurphy2485

    @xmurphy2485

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for sharing the greeting 👍🏾

  • @annawilkinson1712
    @annawilkinson1712 Жыл бұрын

  • @donaldstanley3951
    @donaldstanley3951 Жыл бұрын

    Do you tknowh that there is a church in freetown called the maroon church

  • @xmurphy2485

    @xmurphy2485

    Жыл бұрын

    So much shared history

  • @TheSassiassi
    @TheSassiassi Жыл бұрын

    Orpotho, meaning White man!! Love your narrative ❤

  • @talijahtalijah1258

    @talijahtalijah1258

    6 ай бұрын

    Orpotho is a Temne word meaning Whiteman. The Krio word is Wateman.

  • @elfredawright
    @elfredawright6 ай бұрын

    Bob Marley wrote his song Zimbabwe as a tribute to the people of Zimbabwe in their struggle to gain independence from their colonizers. Of course Africa loves Bob Marley.

  • @sandralevy9839
    @sandralevy9839 Жыл бұрын

    👌👌👌💞🇯🇲🇨🇦

  • @andrewhall6695
    @andrewhall66956 ай бұрын

    I went to Kingston Parish Church and saw the Jamaicans killed there in the rebellion.in the 1890's They rebelled more than once

  • @avanellebrowne6306
    @avanellebrowne6306 Жыл бұрын

    Jamaica is a working passport in America to and the Caribbean let me no lol

  • @andrewhall6695
    @andrewhall66957 ай бұрын

    Why Jamaicans are called colonisers the repressed the people many times and the British West India regiment was stationed there Jamaican were the majority

  • @andrewhall6695
    @andrewhall6695 Жыл бұрын

    He does not know the history between Jamaica and Sierra Leone There is a reason why he was Puta colonizer .The British West India regiment was stationed there .The regiment were mainly Jamaican slaves and were defeated by the Ashanti in the early nineteenth century .The Jamaicans fought all over Africa before and after emancipation.