I love this because I'm Jamaican too, I've notice that whenever I meet up with a Ghanaian it becomes very easy to communicate with, and its because we are similar in many ways. When the Ghanaian were kidnapped, and arrived in Jamaica as slaves. Our great, great, great, great, grand mother and father came with the wonderful culture of Ghana, and have passed it on to us. Long live Ghana and Jamaica. My favorite football team in the world is the Black Star. 1❤
Have you ever hung out at a Ghanaian party? Nothing but good clean fun. Great People. Hope that the Milki or Hali l would love to retire in Ghana. Hope my Swahili is good. 1❤️ from Jamaica 🇯🇲 🇬🇭
I am a Trinidadian and I absolutely love what you had to say about the separatist mindset that a lot of our Afro- Caribbean people have. We are one people, just as Ghanaians, Nigerians, Gambians, Congolese etc are one people. You are so, so right about so many of the points you made about the similarities between Ghana and the Caribbean! I visited Ghana two years ago and everything felt so familiar to me. It was so easy for me to connect with people and blend in with the culture. I have NEVER, EVER felt that way living here in the US. There are so many ways that the Ghanaian women gesture, or some of the expressions they would say that remind me of my own aunties in Trinidad. I have seen so many people that look sooo much like people I knew back home too. Another thing I love about Ghana was the accessibility to coconut vendors on the streets! OMG! I can't tell you how much I miss that! I remember when my friend and I used to go exercising back in Trinidad, we would always stop for coconut water from the street vendors afterward and sometimes even for roast corn, or corn soup. OMG, I need to stop because I'm salivating right now, lol. You are also right about the school uniforms. Children (both primary and secondary/high school) absolutely wear school uniforms in Trinidad, which I really like. I don't like the way that children are allowed to wear any old thing they want here in the US. Many of them look WAY too grown and it also creates a hierarchy in those early years based on the clothes that their parents can afford to buy them. Children should not be exposed to that sort of thing that young. I feel that it is very damaging to their developing self worth. That being said, I think you are giving your child an amazing gift by raising her in Ghana! Thank you so much for making this video🙏🏽. I really enjoyed it.😊
You are so right! We really are all one. Thank you so much for watching and were so happy you were able to connect with us through this video. Yah bless ❤💚💛
You must be careful because Ghana is not a diverse country, it is fully indoctrinated into extreme forms of the slave masters religion. The people are nosey, compliant, and boring.
I'm a Ghanaian living in the USA. I lived in Brooklyn for many years and worked with Jamaicans. The speech pattern of Jamaicans is very similar to the Akan Twi language of Ghana. For example, in Akan Twi, we say "me se" meaning "I say" and the Jamaicans would say "me say". Also, I heard my Jamaican friends talked about "Ananse" just as the Akan folklore "Anansesem". The similarities of our people are incredibly fascinating. By the way, according to historical records, most of the ships that sailed from the Cape Coast castle with African captives ended up in Jamaica before sailing on the mainland USA (American colonies in those days). And, I'm not sure if it's historically accurate that the name Jamaica was coined by the Akan captives that ended up on the island of Jamaica by saying in Akan Twi, "gya ma ya ka ha" meaning, "we are stuck here" and won't be shipped to the other islands or the mainland USA.
I went to Nigeria 5 years ago, and must tell you everything said in this video the similarities with Nigeria and Jamaica are mind blowing, especially the Calabar area and Igbo lands. West Africa is just our ancestors homelands.
The actual name for Jamaica is the Twi word, "Gyama yaka," which our Asante ancestors said to themselves when they couldn't escape during slavery. In English, it means "we are (probably) stuck." The Whites couldn't pronounce it that's why it's now Jamaica. You can check out the similarities between the flags of the Asante Kingdom and Jamaica. Blessings😊
For your number 10, an African American who’s lived in Ghana for over 20yrs explained it very well for me. He said, the reason why Africans don’t usually adhere to time is because, we have the sun ☀️is up everyday throughout the year, unlike the western world where they have the sun for just 3 months in a year. For us if we can’t do something today, we can do it tomorrow or the day after or next or next month. It’s a stress free climate. Unlike in the west where there’s darkness and cold and so people have to do things at specific times
You are absolutely right on. I have been visiting Jamaica since 2001 and it is my second home. I recently celebrated my 60th birthday in Negril. Respect and guidance!
Nice things to know. Thank God you have seen so many similarities between Ghana and Jamaica. Now you can feel free to come back home and contribute to the building of Africa for the respect of our race.
MY FIRST TIME HERE AND I'M ENJOYING IT. I WOULD REALLY LOVE A PART 2 ON THIS, AND ESPECIALLY BECAUSE I WANT TO HEAR MORE ABOUT FRUITS WE HAVE THAT THEY DON'T. I DO WATCH A LOT OF THEIR MOVIES AND SEE A LOT OF FRUITS THAT SIMILAR TO OURS
Blessings family!!!, you two not easy at all, learning the language is amazing!!!, love the idea of bigging up Volta.!!!😂❤ you may want to speak and show more of Volta Region, sell its beauty to us., tell us how you feel about business possibilities for Diasporans coming in to the area
The Akan/Twi words : Me se . Jamaicans say Me say. Same words: Bese (cola nut); Dorkonu; Sensen Fowl; Foods: Fried dumplings; Banana Fritters; hard dough bread; plantains; yams; porridge etc.
Abofra -child Ananse- spider And they also say pikini just like Nigerians say pikin for child Also just like the Portuguese people say pickaninny for child as well
The reason why we embrace Ghana a lot is not only because of nanny but because Ghanaians are naturally laid back . Jamaicans and Nigerians have similarities in attitude, behaviour and don’t lack tenacity. “ Thief don’t like to see thief with long bag “
True, here is the only difference between Ghana 🇬🇭 and Jamaica 🇯🇲 : Ghana: Peaceful, laid back, hypocrites, liars. Jamaica: Fearless, truthful, aggressive, violent. God bless Ghana 🇬🇭 and Jamaica 🇯🇲.
@@georgeappiah8314 If you know both set of people properly outside social media then you will know it’s a fact . Jamaicans and Nigerians are no pushovers .,
You must be joking: laid back 😂😂😂 Ghanaians are know for provincial minding other people business, stuffy British colonial attitude, and superiority complex within the West African region. 😂. And extreme slave master religiousity. Like off the chart indoctrination into all western things, Babylon redux.
❤❤❤welldone beautiful family..keep it up and continue preaching to our brothers and sisters to come down to Ghana and Africa as whole.its about time now we all come together .
Hey my brother and sister I a loving your videos. Be remembered that the jamaican slongs were use by our African unsisters to communicate to each other by not allowing the slave masters to ever understand what they are saying so I think it still lives on today
I love it am Ghanaian🇬🇭 but live in the States🇺🇸and you guys are absolutely right all my Jamaican friends say Jamaicans are Ghanaians for real good job guys
@lightofafrica777 I was there last Oct for 10 days. I really loved visiting, coming again this October for a month, then looking a living eventually. You cheered me up this morning from the gloom of uk. Thank you. New subscriber.
Wow that's awesome ! It's a blessing from The Most High God to be able to inspire and excite people. We will be putting out more content in the future to encourage Ghanaians abroad and people from the diaspora to come to the continent and build. Thanks for your subscription 🙏🏾 ❤💚💛
This is the largest list I have seen thanks but most of this list we do not use in general Jamaican Patois but in regional Patios among some maroon but the Fulani influence is stronger.
@@kwakuakonto8942If you don't know or haven't heard it, please don't say there's nothing like that. Acheampong is different from Accompong. In Ghana the Twi name Akyeampong is usually found in Ashanti Region while the name Akompong is usually found at Assin in Central Region. They also have different meaning. 1. Akyeampong - Great Spokesman ( From the word Akyeame) Spokesman 2. Akompong - Great Warrior ( From the word Ako) War
Patio is a combination of West African, Portuguese, and English!! People from the west, like Sav or Mobay like to say deh! Like “ one pair a shoes deh sell.
The word ginnal is from the twi word gyinaa and it means trickster or some say silly person or a con man. These are the meanings i have found. You can ask a Ghanaian what gyinaa means to be sure.
@truebornafrican9213 also here in U.S. , the Gullah & Geechie people of the sea islands, the Carolinas, Georgia, etc. say "unu" or "hunnah" in the same way. Plus many other African word sound... we all family ✊🏾
Yes them yams are my favorite I’m coming love yellow and Renta and St vencent . Everything is just like we say and do in Jamaica we find we ppl . I noticed Johnkonoos dancing over there with the same music .
Hey hey I'm Jamaican to and I really love to meet you guys honestly I want to come to Ghana to meet you guys personally ASAP trust me my name is Kenny and I live in Toronto Canada so I would really like to meet you guys I'm thinking of relocating to Ghana
First time here and i like the comparisons...as a Ghanaian who have lived in mobay some years ago, i can confirm that we have more varieties of white yam than in jamaica...we do have yellow yam and different varieties of it.. Also the white yam in Ghana especially "puna and labrekor"are very tasty and better than the regular white yam in Jamaica..theres no comparison and i would like you to try it...the white yams most people eat in Ghana is different from the ones in jamaica....also we dont cook green bananas in Ghana, rather its green plantains called "apim" or "apentum" that looks like the jamaican green bananas but they are plantains not bananas. dukunu in jamaica actually came from Ghana, Ananse stories also came from Ghana.l Nanny of the maroons whos portrait is on the $500 jamaican bill also came from Ghana...We are one people thats why when you go to maroon town you will see names of maroon ancestors such as kwame, kofi, Quafie Cudjoe, etc...The culture is the same as you said...we are one race and one people...i wish Ghanaians learn how to prepare and eat breadfruit and ackee with salt fish which i love dearly.....great content and hope you enjoy your stay...bigup n blessings from NY.
Just like unu is a word from the Ibo tribe of Nigeria. Our history tells it all that our brothers and sisters are mostly from the western coast of Africa …
"Etso, mia dogo" is Ewe for "Tomorrow, we will meet" so in that sense it is not the same as Patois usage of "go" which you were right is similar to Pidgin English usage of "go". Good video and I pray you guys thrive in Ghana.
Wooow am from East Africa and you just reminded me when I was a kid my grandmother mother used to tell us not to pour water outside at night because of some weird beliefs also she would slap the shit out of you if you were caught sweeping the house at night because of similar beliefs
Well well guys if you think you love Ghana then just wait till hopefully end of the year cos my ancestors are calling me to come home and most definitely coming by grace of Most High YAHUAH willing. You may wish to know I was born in Cape Coast which makes me a F ante and came to London age 19 years, Let the record show the bulk of slavery which took place involving Cape Coast, Elmina and Os u castle were mainly place called Kromantin , English and Dutch Komenda, Anomabu, Salt pond, Assin Manso , Northern plains and Salaga not to mention local wars between the Ga and Ashanti, Fantes and Ashanti s which took the slave trade to next level. There's lots to tell you guys but time is limited. The Maroons whether in Suriname or Jamaica are mainly Fantes from Kromantin in Central region. The people from Guyana are predominantly Fantes from Anomabu/ Salt pond again in Central region, Love to talk to you guys while you are touring Ghana. This is Nash from London.
Believe it or not. I think our ancestor in Africa and all over the world, where they took the slave are beckoning us to african or to think about Africa. .
Great information! We a Jamaican in the USA thinking were to relocate, to Ghana or Jamaica. I love the mangoes, ackee and the food. I am actually thinking about visiting the volta region to see if I will like it there. I am still doing my research on Ghana. Do you have information about available land lfor sale for farming in the volta region. My family and I will be there soon. We are trying to connect with other Jamaicans.
Love this! oh my God! I alway want to know what tribe am from in previous african. The most bless and spiritual place on earth. My ancestor spirit burns in me for african. The slave used to sing in the islands, Cum by YAH mi Lord, cum by YAH, oh lord cum by YAH. In proper English. It means come by YAH my Lord come by Lord.
I think you should pray about it but I say definitely visit Ghana/Africa if you're called by the spirit to do so. It's great to come back and connect with your roots. ❤💚💛
So where did Trinidadians, Barbadians, Guyanese Vincentians, St Lucians enslaved people arrived from in Africa. Before the Europeans carved up Africa there was no place called Ghana so all the things some Jamaicans are boasting that they share with Ghana can be found amongst all black people in all Caribbean Islands.
