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Комментарии : 12 тыс.

@ur_fav7794 5 лет назад

"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 лет назад

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

@ceedubelu 5 лет назад

@@poojahazra7000 Not today, Satan!

@ur_fav7794 5 лет назад

pooja hazra lolll

@ur_fav7794 5 лет назад

Cedric Winters 😂

@dlcapone 5 лет назад

I’m a Nigerian born in Ireland

@lqrose0918 5 лет назад

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

@aviohebshalom3392 4 года назад

Thank you Public Enemy 😁😁😁

@MarkusAudio 4 года назад

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

@darkprince395 4 года назад

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 года назад

@@kaniza1465 prove that?

@hilinakiflewolde1642 4 года назад

@@rahzikashiharris9539 come and visit the cities

@ZenImmortalScribeofAfrica 5 лет назад

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 лет назад

❤️❤️

@mahoganyb.9309 5 лет назад

❤️💛💚🧡💜

@cwhittx2019 5 лет назад

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

@PrincessFaus 5 лет назад

@@cwhittx2019 dude ....

@ZenImmortalScribeofAfrica 5 лет назад

@@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.

@MaliOrMalz 4 года назад

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

@oh_kay2954 4 года назад

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 года назад

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

@yusufbangura612 3 года назад

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 3 года назад

The mzungu tribe.....

@Toywins 2 года назад

I was laughing so hard!! 😂😂😂💯

@faithdawsonhere 5 лет назад

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

@samanthajorgensen3463 5 лет назад

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

@NotTodaySatan557 5 лет назад

he is so right thooooo

@alannahartman9396 5 лет назад

Lol I mean he isnt wrong tho...

@kaceyk2517 5 лет назад

That guys ego a lil too high lmfaooooo

@yvesfromloona1647 5 лет назад

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

@IshanAli 5 лет назад

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

@AxxLAfriku 5 лет назад

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 RU-vidr 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 лет назад

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

@ChristinaMoralesMindfuqed 5 лет назад

Ishan Ali IM LOVE IT LMAO

@hayat927 5 лет назад

Why do I see you EVERYWHERE

@newkid9807 5 лет назад

Ishan Ali you shouldn’t you would fail

@jaypatton217 5 лет назад

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

@yvesfromloona1647 5 лет назад

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

@fandomcake5158 5 лет назад

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

@dj4047 5 лет назад

Ikr. I wanna be from Wakanda.

@fursoniia5751 5 лет назад

Jay Patton aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

@nicolelawrence7722 5 лет назад

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

@MJ-ye7dd 2 года назад

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 2 года назад

🖤❤️💚 Love🇺🇸

@SweetEssie Год назад

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 Год назад

How sweet.

@onemillionpercent Год назад

lovely

@Timeisntgood Год назад

@@SweetEssiemost of you from serra lion and Senegal Nigeria

@eileen66 5 лет назад

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

@kassypele4662 5 лет назад

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

@MZPOETSKYLOVEBLACK 5 лет назад

💯

@makiyahwiggins8992 5 лет назад

I'm from st.l Missouri

@jackiemontrose1279 5 лет назад

Kassy Pele thanks for throwing it in people’s faces

@steveaustin2295 5 лет назад

Leena garbage comment.

@smeralda9707 4 года назад

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

@anijahnized2903 4 года назад

émeraude I cried 😭😭😭

@ecwest923 4 года назад

Bwahaha 😂😂😂

@nurlindafsihotang49 4 года назад

😂😂😂😂

@angelstar2801 4 года назад

Lol but still sad😭

@mousamousa4706 4 года назад

Forever

@LindaMitchell 5 лет назад

"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 лет назад

We are all one tribe.

@sierrakamau1510 5 лет назад

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

@vikapitamurangi 5 лет назад

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 лет назад

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

@qcsmith2002 5 лет назад

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

@ikeman9784 4 года назад

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

@trollzynisaacjohan1793 4 года назад

No she is just highly educated.

@Kirsten567 4 года назад

🤣

@danielpeart8515 4 года назад

What🤨

@MindlessVIRUS143 4 года назад

Trollzyn/Trazyn (Isaac) hater

@chinneynz7861 4 года назад

What ?

@charlenekabongo9211 5 лет назад

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

@heatherdeitchman1409 5 лет назад

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

@jordanmcgee1293 5 лет назад

Where was this part???

@charlenekabongo9211 5 лет назад

@@jordanmcgee1293 around 0:23 to 0:25

@charlenekabongo9211 5 лет назад

@@jayal5771 sadly that is the reality

@lela3926 5 лет назад

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.

@timothysichone4109 4 года назад

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 4 года назад

Which tribe you from

@FlowerTower 4 года назад

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 4 года назад

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

@FlowerTower 4 года назад

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 4 года назад

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.

@hazelr4794 5 лет назад

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

@aquarianlove1787 5 лет назад

I was dying 😂😂😂

@cvpete 5 лет назад

Ryan!!!

@Mjlovechild15 5 лет назад

@z man shut yo ugleh ass up

@indiaxlovee 5 лет назад

z man bc white people colonized our home land too

@Mjlovechild15 5 лет назад

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

@MyLostLove21 4 года назад

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 года назад

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 4 года назад

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

@Ramblingeesha 4 года назад

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

@chevon1920 4 года назад

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

@Chigo-nr8jg 4 года назад

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

@mian7293 5 лет назад

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 лет назад

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 лет назад

She's an absolute sweetheart

@Xilotl 5 лет назад

I wish for that too!

@alyssaburke3442 5 лет назад

i was just thinking about that too!

@MrRendezvous99 5 лет назад

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

@chinchin-dn6kw 4 года назад

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

@wigsontop 4 года назад

*Purchased from

@crusaderofthelowlands3750 4 года назад

@@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 года назад

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

@crusaderofthelowlands3750 4 года назад

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

@JuniorJuni070 4 года назад

lol

@Itsclaireasday 4 года назад

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

@mysticalmysticus7142 4 года назад

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 года назад

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

@mysticalmysticus7142 4 года назад

@@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 года назад

Couldn't agree less

@FindirelaYeza 4 года назад

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

@JordanMwesiga 4 года назад

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

@jaxthewolf4572 2 года назад

Thank you. 🙂

@Mmesomachii 2 года назад

Same

@Mmesomachii 2 года назад

@@jaxthewolf4572 Are u going to find urs?

@jaxthewolf4572 2 года назад

@@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 11 месяцев назад

Thank you.

@SaraH-ct7fe 5 лет назад

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

@punchisclap 5 лет назад

They were sold

@ElCap1van 5 лет назад

@@SpitfireMLG some where others were captured

@ElCap1van 5 лет назад

@@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 лет назад

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

@helenezang7845 5 лет назад

@@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

@sandernista6499 5 лет назад

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

@citygirl212 5 лет назад

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

@thebridge5483 5 лет назад

Drakesden 😂

@pertpesc7058 5 лет назад

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

@JacobKenyanLove 5 лет назад

Sell fake tribe analysis.

@alexandriamartinez5715 5 лет назад

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

@troxloop8591 5 лет назад

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 лет назад

You said it I'm East African too!

@TwistedOnyx369 5 лет назад

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 лет назад

Am from Kenya i know what you mean

@SgtPlmFry 5 лет назад

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 лет назад

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

@NarsFromMars 2 года назад

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.

@lenditasallahi7199 5 лет назад

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

@mplsridah 5 лет назад

Nah, they wuz kangz n shieet

@elijahbeach3834 5 лет назад

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

@SpirituallySpoken722 5 лет назад

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 5 лет назад

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

@vialsvials7246 5 лет назад

Truth

@quofi_sugar2917 4 года назад

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

@teyemensah7322 4 года назад

Don't mind them

@foxywaxy 4 года назад

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

@chuweevaliant5930 4 года назад

Names cannot always tell where you're from

@annaloisgyebi3475 4 года назад

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

@marcelacorrea3639 4 года назад

what about girls born on sunday?

@jamierocke 5 лет назад

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

@optimistic5778 5 лет назад

Go be Black in Africa.

@msgates2596 5 лет назад

@@optimistic5778 hush

@niyah405 5 лет назад

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

@dvlo834 5 лет назад

Ok no one cares

@optimistic5778 5 лет назад

@@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.

@user-bj3nc4xi7i 4 года назад

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 года назад

Hello please when will you come to ghana

@toddmaek5436 3 года назад

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

@cherishtheday2223 3 года назад

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 года назад

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

@jaren2159 3 года назад

@@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

@MartinCooperFilms 5 лет назад

The Wakanda text had me dying.

@simpleenads8684 5 лет назад

😂

@cutiegurl.k7154 5 лет назад

Rt I was really rolling 💀💀

@consolationcredo6955 5 лет назад

Martin Cooper sammee😂

@okaygworl 5 лет назад

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

@nermabajramovic8522 5 лет назад

Wakaliwood!

@yivmaiden 5 лет назад

Really appreciate buzzfeed exploring this topic.

@yaruqadishi8326 5 лет назад

Indeed black people in the USA need this alot.

@alexandriarobinson8521 5 лет назад

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

@thepearlswirl 5 лет назад

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 лет назад

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 лет назад

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 лет назад

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

@pseudonym2839 5 лет назад

Delt Bollim What do you mean?

@niafreeman1106 5 лет назад

African Americans shouldn't have to pay to know

@lydiab6072 4 года назад

This made me cry! I love our people and we deserve to know our roots PRIOR to the south!

@deltempleton4072 5 лет назад

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

@joannasaad298 5 лет назад

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

@deltempleton4072 5 лет назад

J Saadati yes i loved it

@MKizzle79 5 лет назад

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

@jayfill8762 5 лет назад

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

@Victoria_Marie 5 лет назад

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

@jessicablack6473 5 лет назад

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 лет назад

Yes!!!!

@MindSetReset 5 лет назад

Amen!

@datsuncrown6614 5 лет назад

Can u dig it!!!

@redeemedharshsw209 5 лет назад

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 лет назад

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.

@onlyonemitch5049 5 лет назад

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 5 лет назад

Michelle Sithole shutup

@reubenvhengani1446 5 лет назад

Queen jackson you are sick my friend..

@fortunamajor580 5 лет назад

Thank you!

@shifit8931 5 лет назад

Thank you

@reubenvhengani1446 5 лет назад

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.

@mxrzilna1060 4 года назад

Girl: were r we from? Uncle: Wakanda Bruh i just cant lol (R.I.P. Black panther/ Chadwick Boseman 1976-2020)

@faristurjman2134 3 года назад

Pog

@pickledtoejams5250 5 лет назад

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 лет назад

Girl we love you all deeply.

@seismicvertigo345 5 лет назад

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

@seismicvertigo345 5 лет назад

@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 лет назад

@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 лет назад

@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

@daisyyenou4324 5 лет назад

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 лет назад

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 лет назад

Thank you😘

@MZPOETSKYLOVEBLACK 5 лет назад

❤

@jeswazwadi7049 5 лет назад

@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 лет назад

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

@BeingMona 5 лет назад

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

@amaagyare2740 5 лет назад

Being Mona J same

@perfectlycreated28 5 лет назад

Ditto

@sweedy3333 5 лет назад

I honestly guessed Senegal or Sierra Leone 😂

@Faith-sr8zw 5 лет назад

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

@pebscavelli 5 лет назад

FROMMMM THE MINUTE 😭 FROM HIS CONFIDENCE

@tropicalstormxox9444 4 года назад

AA’s and carribean history is so sad

@elisabethfanfan9560 4 года назад

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 4 года назад

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 года назад

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 года назад

@@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 года назад

@@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.

@felixoffei7179 5 лет назад

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

@TheMo2ba1 5 лет назад

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

@davidb5205 5 лет назад

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 лет назад

yeah Kwesi is a Ghanaian name

@WSPC7115 5 лет назад

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

@kathykishanto8199 5 лет назад

Felix Offei kwesi is Kenyan too though

@josephinedevore8124 5 лет назад

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

@GoodwillCunting 5 лет назад

Agreed

@imsothemanXD 5 лет назад

Really? Seems just like a black uncle tbh

@ovrissa5619 5 лет назад

Ryan Talmadge 🤣🤣🤣🤣.

@dreaminginthewoods7495 4 года назад

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

@prettyparker 5 лет назад

"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 лет назад

Esh Is that Ur hair?

@prettyparker 5 лет назад

@@proudamhara6491 yes it is!

@urekmazino6800 5 лет назад

Sounds Irish to me

@memkamara2350 5 лет назад

That sounds exactly like an German and Irish 😂😂😂

@mike-su1is 5 лет назад

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

@xyxy8229 4 года назад

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 года назад

Thank you! I’d love to come one day!

@Flossyyy7 3 года назад

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

@jaxthewolf4572 2 года назад

Thank you! That would be most kind of you

@BlackAmerican-u8e Год назад

Thank you ❤️

@atemdeng6786 5 лет назад

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 лет назад

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 лет назад

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

@pcarebear1 5 лет назад

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 лет назад

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 лет назад

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

@DarkChococolateCreature 5 лет назад

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

@joehouston2833 5 лет назад

Too dark

@1SouthernGirl08 5 лет назад

Yes sis!!!

@NotExplicable 5 лет назад

😂

@jeswazwadi7049 5 лет назад

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

@Being.PurpleStar 5 лет назад

@@jeswazwadi7049 *Ghanaian

@queenellarh 5 лет назад

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 года назад

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

@queenellarh 4 года назад

@@livelife7232 thanks for the correction

@jaded8578 4 года назад

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

@katherinetutschek4757 3 года назад

Wow cool👍

@unfazedjae2645 3 года назад

Lots of Akan dudes are born on Saturday lol

@paulghencea9037 4 года назад

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

@daddygravely4673 3 года назад

To be fair American schools only teaches about black People slavery

@MrHotBagel 3 года назад

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

@justanordinarywriter6540 3 года назад

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 года назад

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

@ceced8147 3 года назад

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

@ladyjm8134 5 лет назад

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

@Litcott 5 лет назад

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 лет назад

I wish I could like this a million times

@zacharyss1 5 лет назад

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

@jbstarkiller4626 5 лет назад

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 лет назад

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

@sounds_4177 5 лет назад

This was said so beautifully thank you

@julzeebub5642 5 лет назад

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 лет назад

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

@fateemamuhammad8592 5 лет назад

We have them in Nigeria, Cameroon etc

@gloria9157 5 лет назад

It’s in multiple West African countries.

@tocc 5 лет назад

me too! mi hofni ma.

@fatimacande5836 5 лет назад

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

@brixandblooms 2 года назад

Nigeria- Yoruba tribe Nigeria- Esan tribe Sierra Leone- Mende tribe Kenya- Luhya tribe The test I took showed my lienage travel and timeline of their travel. We journeyed from Kenya to Sudan, through Republic of Congo to Sierre Leone and finally to Nigeria.

@kudjoeadkins-battle2502 Год назад

that is how you interpreted that information? You do know you descend from various different people

@JemimaNta Год назад

@@kudjoeadkins-battle2502it can be shown in the results

@inmythoughts718 2 месяца назад

wondering how accurate this is..

@rahmahassan3495 4 года назад

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

@musanoor4841 3 года назад

😍 much love sis

@trollinape2697 3 года назад

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 года назад

@Un Nefer Heru tf is Kamit

@randomdude1407 3 года назад

@@trollinape2697 Mandinka brother here👏🏿

@trollinape2697 3 года назад

@@randomdude1407 salaam

@oreoluwas.a1039 4 года назад

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

@e-man5654 4 года назад

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 года назад

@Adam OG You mad bro?

@e-man5654 4 года назад

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

@cahawks 3 года назад

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

@sacdiyoaden8315 5 лет назад

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 лет назад

@Fola Alli stfu u anti black self hater

@iLuvsIjaee 5 лет назад

@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 лет назад

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 лет назад

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

@khadijag4049 5 лет назад

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

@franceallemagne3491 4 года назад

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

@justicetoofly 5 лет назад

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 лет назад

U should go for it!

@thebridge5483 5 лет назад

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

@Hypnopotimus27 5 лет назад

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

@elmoworld850 5 лет назад

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 лет назад

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

@Jonathan-mm5zx 5 лет назад

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 лет назад

Sucks they were sold by their own people

@despoinagoddess 5 лет назад

@@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 лет назад

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

@despoinagoddess 5 лет назад

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

@despoinagoddess 5 лет назад

@@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.

@Mae-bu2wu 5 лет назад

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

@BeautyAzontoGal 5 лет назад

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

@Magazia1 5 лет назад

Not only Kumasi Ashati but Akans in general

@walter1938 5 лет назад

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

@citygirl212 5 лет назад

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 лет назад

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

@hightidemidafternoon 3 года назад

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 🥺

@Abbienaija16 5 лет назад

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

@sister7559 5 лет назад

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

@kristalfisher7304 5 лет назад

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 5 лет назад

Exactly my thoughts! Kwesi is a Ghanaian name

@patiencekuma2574 5 лет назад

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

@Melb321 5 лет назад

Abbienaija he wasn’t from Ghana... dumbie

@EverythingKash 5 лет назад

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

@jeuellaloobie8889 5 лет назад

Thee Fashion Freak I was hoping someone noticed this

@DB-ik8hn 5 лет назад

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

@xtine187 5 лет назад

Thee Fashion Freak gasp

@sweedy3333 5 лет назад

💀😂😂😂

@EverythingKash 5 лет назад

+Dionne B STRAIGHT Ignorance!

@b2h316 5 лет назад

Back in the late 1600s my family were slave owners in Virginia. There's not much nowadays that I can do to make up for that, but I am so so sorry to anyone who lost their cultural identity and heritage because of my ancestors.

@Obstone0 5 лет назад

That Sunflower Babe shut up. Why would she donate money to black people just because of slavery which had nothing to do with her. She doesn’t even have to say sorry because she didn’t partake in slavery nor does she agree with slavery. You sound like someone who’s just desperate for money.

@b2h316 5 лет назад

@That Sunflower Babe you don't know me, you don't know my job, you don't know my philanthropy. You know literally nothing about me.

@slimchica1 5 лет назад

Girl you are amazing!

@slimchica1 5 лет назад

@That Sunflower Babe Girl what is your problem...you need help.

@angelprincess818 5 лет назад

Wow, 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

@kaydenpat 4 года назад

This was so beautiful. I need to get a DNA test as well. I’m of Jamaican descent so I assume my roots are Ghana or Nigeria.

@kennedynelson4870 5 лет назад

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

@TheFeather47 5 лет назад

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 лет назад

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 лет назад

@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.

@MajeDoom 5 лет назад

@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 лет назад

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 лет назад

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. 💛

@ayosia7139 5 лет назад

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 5 лет назад

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

@elijahbeach3834 5 лет назад

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 5 лет назад

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

@mariahcraig7298 5 лет назад

@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 5 лет назад

@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.

@TrinityGal71 4 года назад

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 Год назад

What test did you take?

@deetleskeet 5 лет назад

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?

@mitchellmhlanga4414 5 лет назад

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 года назад

Neighbouring country

@NightMare-jb1ft 4 года назад

South Africa

@KurdeQonya 4 года назад

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 года назад

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 4 года назад

God bless🖤🖤

@qas9546 5 лет назад

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

@leviticusburrell-cook9843 4 года назад

Quazanne Smart black people in America 😭

@lmazibuko7099 4 года назад

I died😂😂😂😂😂

@Roselyndavour 4 года назад

Quazanne Smart 😹😹😹

@warzonenature3370 4 года назад

The name “Kwesi” is a Ghanaian name, meaning a person born on Sunday

@hrhprincessfifymo9037 4 года назад

True, my partner is from Ghana 🇬🇭 and his name is Kwesi, oh and I'm from South African 🇿🇦

@MondragonChiropractic 4 года назад

Very emotional. Beautiful. Thank you.

@africanforward4411 3 года назад

Hello please when will you come to ghana

@deqagalaal1669 3 года назад

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

@raphrobe-9896 3 года назад

@@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 года назад

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

@lenoralol9962 3 года назад

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

@bluedevils2015 5 лет назад

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 лет назад

You are the chosen people of God!

@DESSxMONA. 5 лет назад

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 лет назад

@Sierra go to HomeTeam history channel.

@jonaygray7137 5 лет назад

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 лет назад

@@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.

@jonesnj07 5 лет назад

*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 лет назад

Good suggestion

@BeckiiCruelFan 5 лет назад

Agree!

@sekhmet2011 5 лет назад

@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 лет назад

I hope they do this for them

@niyahpia 5 лет назад

Yes🙌🏽

@dalilamott2084 2 года назад

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

@moniqueflorez1974 5 лет назад

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 лет назад

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

@moniqueflorez1974 5 лет назад

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 лет назад

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

@moniqueflorez1974 5 лет назад

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 лет назад

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

@cornelia8616 5 лет назад

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 лет назад

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

@charliehmmm9400 5 лет назад

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

@kerenoparaugo6724 5 лет назад

Michael Jordan I found the racist!!!

@saakmalo8273 5 лет назад

@@charliehmmm9400 who said you didn't lol

@natashaa7879 5 лет назад

Cornelia Eboh hi I’m 🇬🇭

@LadyK007 5 лет назад

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

@ngoziroot2353 5 лет назад

@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 года назад

Yesssss. You're family 💙

@alterego8124 4 года назад

IGBO KWENU

@sulaimaanahmad 4 года назад

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

@osagiejoy8571 4 года назад

I'm from edo state

@JC-zk2bc 2 года назад

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.

@dreashalynn0806 5 лет назад

“I’m From Kansas City, Missouri. At Least That’s Where The Colonizers Brought Me.” Lmaoooo

@Mrk3lly 5 лет назад

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

@blairrobert3438 4 года назад

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 года назад

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 года назад

"extreme" lol relax

@teemoon5371 4 года назад

@@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 года назад

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

@eg461 5 лет назад

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

@sea7544 5 лет назад

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

@KingLeonidus007 4 года назад

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

@Itsclaireasday 4 года назад

Eyyyyy ma Yoruba sis! Love you x

@Itsclaireasday 4 года назад

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

@Itsclaireasday 4 года назад

@@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.

@pniccia3211 Год назад

I’m Filipino, I relate to them being stripped away of your culture and freedom. As a Filipino who’s country is been conquered by the Spain, Japan and America. Our now culture is based and mixed on those countries. Like our last names are spanish, our religion are spanish, Women in the pre-colonial Philippines enjoyed nearly equal status with men. But the spaniards introduced Patriarchy. And they called us “Negritos” because we are dark It makes me think about what is our real culture before we were conquered. To all my African Americans brothers and sisters. My respect to you. I pray that you can all know your ancestry so that you can get in touch with your roots ❤ Its fun learning about world history but its also eye opening and saddening that its so brutal. As cliche as it sounds, I pray that we can have world peace in this 20th century.

@allsmilez13 5 лет назад

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 лет назад

She should also mention how Africans sold slaves to whites.

@trendeous4070 5 лет назад

@@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 лет назад

@@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 лет назад

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 лет назад

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

@waynejohnson9636 5 лет назад

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

@tjyvng5130 5 лет назад

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 лет назад

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

@nitatohbi9596 5 лет назад

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

@tjyvng8014 5 лет назад

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

@tjyvng8014 5 лет назад

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

@vooes 5 лет назад

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

@jeswazwadi7049 5 лет назад

and congo

@vidahpaz5921 5 лет назад

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

@vy9720 5 лет назад

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 лет назад

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

@vy9720 5 лет назад

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

@jxp2003 4 года назад

i know they didn’t use pictures of Guatemala for Trinidad 😭🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️

@jerdomjor 4 года назад

Hear nah!

@ajamocampbell9143 4 года назад

Boi lets hope they didn’t do that and use a proper beach from Trinidad or Tobago

@EWURA-empire 5 лет назад

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

@chatng 5 лет назад

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

@jewellelisborn3358 5 лет назад

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

@giftyakowuah2628 5 лет назад

@@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 лет назад

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

@Michelle-fz4px 5 лет назад

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.

@lshardy1up 5 лет назад

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 лет назад

Exactly!

@Ferrist1 5 лет назад

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 лет назад

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 лет назад

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 лет назад

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

@kiritugeorge4684 5 лет назад

Even though many slaves didn't originate from Kenya, please feel welcome to call Kenya your home. 🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪

@thebridge5483 5 лет назад

🙌🏿🇭🇹

@emmanuelabiola1871 5 лет назад

Kenya wasent THIER main target.... Nigeria and other natural reaosuces counties sting laborers,warriors was their target cause they need those stuffs in THIER countries and wanna take over.... They enslaved labourers to work in their county different sections of work

@kiritugeorge4684 5 лет назад

@@emmanuelabiola1871 I know. Thats why i said even if many slaves didn't originate from Kenya, they should feel free to call Kenya home. I already knew the backstory to the Atlantic slave trade which East Africa wasn't involved in. I already knew East Africa was involved in th Indian ocean trade, which only resulted in way fewer slaves in Middle East and India.

@emmanuelabiola1871 5 лет назад

Kiritu George yh

@Miss-Ann-Thrope 5 лет назад

I like all of the Kenyan people I have ever met. I am excited to visit.

@ngalahansel6066 3 года назад

I'm a Cameroonian and while I'm not Fulani, it was kind of cool to hear her mention a group I know

@christinecalhon472 4 года назад

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 года назад

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

@avalonsignoraalmas6150 4 года назад

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

@has892 4 года назад

Proud Gullah- geechee

@TC-ot8oq 3 года назад

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 года назад

@@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.

@beanfresh09 5 лет назад

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 лет назад

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 лет назад

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 лет назад

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 лет назад

Hmm, Have you read the Holy Bible?

@El-RaShahzad 5 лет назад

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

@jjf3161 5 лет назад

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

@daniellevaughn4598 5 лет назад

I was drinking when she said that and choked. 😂

@SMCasts 5 лет назад

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

@yudelleanlisatajirikenyana4519 5 лет назад

🤣🤣🤣

@tlotlisotsalong6937 5 лет назад

😂😂😂😂

@SxVaNm345 5 лет назад

That’s the best part of the video

@prettyhollypolly7553 4 года назад

I’m impressed with this host! The way she explains stuff.

@halikay640 5 лет назад

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 лет назад

Hali Kay

@chessisalive4582 5 лет назад

They might turn out wrong

@tupperkenna 5 лет назад

“At least that’s where the colonizers brought me” IM SCREAMING😂😂

@tupperkenna 5 лет назад

Benjamin Shepherd uhhh bc it was funny??

@nungacynderilla5095 5 лет назад

My dream is to travel round Africa.. And am starting next year 2020

@queencessj7891 5 лет назад

Yaaaasssss gyal... Goodluck😊

@kendomartins 5 лет назад

Come to Lagos Nigeria.

@nabachwakiv 5 лет назад

Come to Uganda. I will show you around

@kenvolt173 5 лет назад

Ur welcome in Kenya

@fmfdocbotl4358 5 лет назад

I hope you have fun. I been to a few countries in Africa and will get to a few more one day. Good luck

@mwangikimani3059 4 года назад

They lost everything, really SAD bt, out hre @ home "AFRICA" you always welcome back in any sub-saharan country cz we are ONE as africans, shout outs from KENYA 🇰🇪