I met the INDIAN community in KENYA🇰🇪 

Priya we need a QnA session

As a black Kenyan who studied in Chandigarh in Panjab University, I had a Nigerian friend who married a Punjabi girl but it was not easy for this couple as the parents of the girl were very opposed to it. However, there are several black Africans married to South Indian Christians. That said, I don’t believe that Indians marrying amongst themselves can be termed as racism at all. These people are deeply cultured to the extent that arranged marriages even for the very educated Indians remains part and parcel of their culture. I live in England today and the story is the same that Indians still do make arranged marriages for their children and they don’t care whether you are white or black, they still don’t approve of their children marrying anyone outside their race. The British ruled India for 300 years yet were not able to change their cultures. The British ruled Kenya for 100 years and managed to change much of the African cultures.

Vegetarian you say India the best food..India put a twist on vegetarian food like no other. Namaste Priya 🙏

I like how the video started with a positve conversation concerning the roots and history of the African Indians, ( Indian kenyans is just a words to patriotise their roots) we are our ancestors no matter where we're born. I was born in the caribbean island of St.Vincent and the Grenadines but my roots are african...one love priyah💚💛❤

Amazing video Priya. Thank you for showing us the Indian community in Nairobi. Great content. I enjoyed watching your collaboration with Ivain and Susan. Keep making more videos 👍👍👍

Great Vlog Priya. Very informative, I was hooked all the way through. I can't wait for part 2 💥💥💥❤❤❤

Happy to see you home Kenya 🇰🇪 while I explore India. Hope to meet you when you come back India 🇮🇳

# @priyasharma you are such a wonderful girl Kenya is the best place to be.🇰🇪🇰🇪😊

Very well done. You charmed the Kenyan Indians. You can assimilate well into any culture. Saudi, Thais and now Kenya. As a doctor i know you would have made a great doctor. Kudos to your parents 👏

I have lived in Nairobi all my life,,,had no idea a Indian oikos or community lived in an isolated enclave

Priya this content is very interesting. We have indians in all countries of Africa with the largest concentration of Indians in Durban South Africa. Hope you will find time to visit more counties in Africa. 👍

Indian girl are so friendly if they know you, i was working with an Indian girl so charming kind cute and friendly the funny thing is 😅she follows me everywhere i go at the work place, she is always with smiling face. I feel comfortable working together.

I love how Indians in Kenya practice racism yet pretending they are not racist. I am a Kenyan

Love you Priya. I love traveling the world with you. Experiences I would never have if it wasn't for you. Thank you so much.

I used to live their too, in parklands, and other places In Whole of East Africa. 🎉 🎉 🙏

Beautiful. Nice seeing the Kenyan Indians. My self, Indian origin, born in South America, now living in the US. It was never easy. I experienced much racism, political bigotry and discrimination in my own birth country, which motivated me to migrate. Here in the US, there are many challenges too. But, you have to keep pushing yourself. There are opportunities here but you have to work hard to achieve your goals and aspirations. I am always proud to be of Indian heritage. Indians are the most wealthy and most educated immigrant group in the US. Thank you, Ivan...True. Indians are highly respected here in the US.

I am glad that you and Ivan are having fun.....🎉🎉

Westlands is India city in Nairobi, let me tell you a secret about Indians, they help each other very much ,they borrow money to eachother to start businesses ,And thats how indian community became close and large

Hi Priya! Once again, you have done a fantastic job, turning your vlog into a cultural, educational curriculum in and around Nairobi, Kenya. Keep up the good work, and please always take safety first 🎉❤

Nearly all Kenyan Indians speak Swahili. I wonder why the Kenyan lady pretended to be surprised 😢

Priya great to see you get to know Kenya more and more. There are 2nd 3rd 4th generation Indians who consider themselves Kenyans. They came here long time, along with the Chinese as railway builders and workers, and they stayed. They now own some of the biggest businesses in Kenya. Though the relations with Locals, has been strained from racism, and overworking, and underpaying. but Mostly they have done very well. its true Indians keep to themselves, and its only in Africa, and maybe India that they have these caste systems, and they segregate themselves. In the US its all diverse, and more desegrageted. Great Vlog

Great video and quite informative. I noticed she is interviewing recent migrants. Interviewing Kenyan-Indians would provide another dynamic. Very rare to find building blocks like this and seems to be a caste of recent migrants. I grew up in Nairobi and went to mixed schools and lived in mixed neighborhoods with Kenyan Indians. They are spread throughout Kenya, speak local languages (for example, Kenyan Indians in Kisumu speak fluent Dholuo, which is native to western Kenya) and blend in with locals. About marriage, other than in the West Indies, there is not much intermarriage because this also quite strictly followed in India due to caste and religion. But still, there are a quite a few cases of intermarriage in Kenya especially between Goans and black Kenyans. Such discussions always require nuance and some historical and cultural knowledge. If you haven’t traveled to Eastern and Southern Africa, the West Indies, India etc or even conducted research on scholarship on this, better to ask questions than make assumptions in the comment section.

My uncle married an Indian-Pakistani they lived in Kisumu for many years. The girls' parents were initially very opposed to it, they had to go into hiding in a different town within the county. I also have a couple of cousins in Kisumu around kisian who have Indian heritage. Let me just say, it wasn't easy for them.

Hi Priya!! Beautiful vlog very very nice. Please keep coming out with more vlogs!!

Hi Priya, how are you? In Trinidad and Tobago, we have Indians marrying any other races and we have mixed culture over here. Sometimes the families don't approve but eventually, they'll come along. Mostly we love each other.

I love what priya is doing ,I'm a content creator but content Creation is very involving, I must say.Kudos team priya.

Ghaint , sira vlog 👍👍👍👌👌

😊 Priya I love your interaction with the people you met and I love your videos..

This is your best video Priya. I love it ❤. Intermarriage with indigenous Kenyans is not common, but there have been several cases. The caste system also creates an excuse for discrimination, and there is a lot of discrimination by Kenyan-Indians against indigenous Kenyans. Some Kenyan-Indian employers tend to mistreat their indigenous Kenyan employees, but not all. Most of the Kenyan-Indian community are second and third generation born in Kenya. But there have been increased recent migration from India. I think you got the whole picture. In America you cannot see segregated living because it unconstitutional and segregated housing is illegal. In the US I have seen a few of my former Indian-American classmates marry Caucasians. So definitely some will rebel against the arranged marriages or marriage just within the caste. All in all, I love the video very much.

Priya, your videos are so informative. Thank you so very much❣

I've really enjoyed the video and your interaction with the community was per excellence

Congratulations to Madam Priya well come to Kenya Nairobi South B sana sana gethure drive House 868 mama Amina

Beautiful priya❤❤🇰🇪🇰🇪

Well in the Caribbean Indians and Africans mixed allot. Love from trinidad

welcome to Kenya Priya

Priya you're dicent girl very. Thanks for sharing your experience.

Great to see you always❤

Priya is awesome ❤

We all need everyone in this world as human beings and we got no room for racism in whatever way. If anything,it can only be stupid,an civilized and damaging ignorance for Indian Kenyans to practice racism in a host country(kenya) if so,they got no business being kenyan or claiming to be Kenyan citizens. Break the barriers of racism and stupid cultures I don’t care wether Indian,white,black,yellow whatever color they are we all need love, respect and understanding.

Interesting travels Priya, Very nice seeing your videos from Toronto 🇨🇦❤

I enjoyed the video.priya.nice tym in Kenya 🇰🇪

When I’m home and I get coffee the Indian Ladies and owner show me so much love! They also believe in Hiring Black employees which I like!

Also the reason why there's a huge population of Indians is because they were brought to build railways and..the British didn't want Africans doing white collar jobs so they created a middle class for Indians in Kenya and then a lower class for Africans..also the British segragetad homes in that way .. Europeans for surbubs Indians in middle class homes and Africans in slums basically

i feel happy that you met many indians in nairobi today. as youknow i have lived in nairobi for 20 years and now for 18 years in america. contact travel agency and join tour on high bed open truck for half day nairobi national park safari. from whole world tourist come to see wildlife in masai mara forest. join tour 4/5 days mention you are indian vegetarian food and you will get delicious punjabi/north indian food

Great content

Hi @priyasharma_ I think what @Ivainture and @The Traveling Miss should be telling you is that in their own experience, they do not know of Indians in the USA or Kenyans married to East Indians. It is a matter of individual experiences and association. I, too, live in the US. In my own experience, I have encountered others and several Nigerians in the US and Nigeria who are married to East Indians. And a couple of them with Indian espouses are family friends. There is even a couple of them who are RU-vidrs.

Hey priya wen u meet Kenyans tell them your from india people might think your kenyan...indians in Kenya are kenyans....people will tok 2 you in swahili knowing your from here...❤❤❤ and THE LUHYA tribe love and av married indian ladies ...I went 2 school with indians will never 4get...

Good one priyaaaaaa

Priya things are changing in Kenya the younger generation is changing mindsets about diversity and race

Very interesting *INTRO* Love from Arunachal ❤

Good morning from Papua New Guinea. I enjoyed watching your contents

You did well Priya,that was amazing keep up the good work and guess what You have a new subscriber!

@21.08, telling!!! 💯Ivan and Priya have done it

About Marriage between Indian and kenyan is possible in Nairobi, l saw Pastor Nathasa married Indian guy in Nairobi.

I used to have an indian woman till i got married to her she did respected my culture and i did respected her culture and also the parents were born in kenya unfortunatelly she died 😢😢😢 3years back so i love indians alot

U are stunning !!!!!!

Reading these comments (as well as generally noticing the same pattern of comments coming from African Americans and other African diaspora groups), I wonder the following: Why are so many people offended that Indians want to stick to their own? For a people that have protected their culture, their religion and even their names for 5000 years - it would be elementary to assume that they are not interested in losing their identity. Various powers (Muslims from Central Asia and Christians from Europe) have been trying to make Indians into something else for over 1000 years, yet there are over a billion Indians who still follow the traditions of their ancestors from the Indus Valley. Furthermore, to those crying fowl, let me ask you this - how many of you would be willing to give up your culture to assimilate into Indian culture? From the previous paragraph we’ve made it clear that an Indian is not going to let go of their culture, so the onus would be on the other person to assimilate into Indian society… which is why I’m asking this question. How many Africans or African Americans etc. would be willing to give up their traditions in order to ‘mix’ with Indians. Also, how many Africans or Black Americans etc. find Indian culture interesting enough to even initiate a cultural exchange with them? The answer that we all know (but are unwilling to admit - because victimhood is a currency these days) is that it is a negligible amount. This is why Indians stick to their own. As to the question of why the Indians living in African countries live ‘segregated’ - the answer would be for the exact same reason that Africans or Middle Easterns etc live in their own ‘communities’ in European cities like Paris or London etc. To feel safe and to feel a sense of community. The difference here is that these ‘immigrants’ are living in well off societies and not in ghettos - but the principle remains the same.

Go ahead priya👍🏻

Also Priya you should know about pio Gama pinto an Indian who fought for our independence..Him and the famous Malcom X an American died almost at the same time..it is said that Malcom X was giving information to Pio and pio was giving it to the freedom fighters the mau mau and because of that they were killed by the British

Come to the USA we would love you to visit ❤

Thank you Priya for your vidéo,I like 👍❤️❤️❤️🌹

Nice video, as usual, Priya!❤❤❤

Indians are in saint lucia jamaica trinidad grenada san vincent guyana

Great video, tackled some controversial issues head on. That Indian community practice segregation is not the fault of the Indians but the fault of the Kenyan government for allowing it if they are not in favour of it . After all segregation is a deeply ingrained part of Indian culture through their traditional caste system.

Priya, I love ❤️ this content keep up the good work 👏.

Our Kenyan girl is so open-minded

katchh is not a caste, it is a geographical area in gujarat, but indians do like to stay among themselves, wherever they go....i found that in jews too,...most ancient cultures r such

Didn't he say don't come unless she says YES to him? Or something similar to that.

Dashing,dazzling.shanim🤝👨‍👩‍👧‍👧🌟🤝👬

My grandfather came from India 1916 to Trinidad my father were born in Trinidad in 1917 my father and mother had 9 children I am the 5th child born in 1951 in Trinidad 🇹🇹 came to the US in 1981 in Trinidad we all lived like one family, African, Indian Chinese, Labenes some European, from Bellrose NY

Priya love your videos❤❤❤

Yes duchesstryra.Also a lot of Indian stuff available in Durban and reasonably priced that's not so in other parts of SA.The climate ,the vegetables,Indian traditional clothing etc.We also have institutions to teach Indian languages. I taught hindi in schools and paid by the education department .Movie houses etc.VERY INDIAN.

Indian in the USA all stick and live together in the same neighborhoods mostly eg in Dallas the Indians find an area like coppell TX and they all live close by each other but other people live in these neighborhoods too but Indians avoid certain neighborhoods that are hostile and not so Indian friendly in the USA so it's like they all recommend to each other where it's safer to stay as Indians but we don't have a secluded neighborhood just for Indians but we've an Indian majority neighborhood.

Very loving 🤩

Thank you ❤

There's Indian community Loudoun county Virginia, big,

Good Job Priya

In Kenya and most African countries, we have nothing like African or Kenyan meaning the black colour. Kenyan means having the nationality of a country called Kenya. African means coming from Africa not having a black skin colour. We have Kenyans of all colours and shades. We have black, white, brown, etc Kenyans, some of whose ancestors trace their origin to India and Europe. A good video overall.

Kenya without indians = Uganda economy.

Great video

Please go and visit Mombasa on the coast, it’s a lovely place

Love u priya you are so good i am telugu state watching Andhrapradesh❤💜💖🇮🇳

Hi Priya your unique perspective and insights make your channel stand out. I've noticed that sometimes you seem a bit less comfortable expressing yourself in English, and I completely understand how language can be a barrier. I wanted to suggest something that might enhance your connection with your audience even more have you considered shooting your videos in Hindi? I believe that expressing yourself in your native language can make a significant difference. It might provide you with the comfort and ease to convey your thoughts and emotions more fluidly. Your audience will likely appreciate this change as well as it creates a more personal and relatable connection this is just a suggestion and I understand if you have your reasons for sticking to English. Either way keep up the good work and I look forward to your future content!

You need to travel to the West Indian island Saint Lucia Jamaica, Trinidad grenadas and Vincent.

My Member of Parliament in Meru is an Indian.

Hi Priya Have you been to South Africa, it has the most Indians outside India Particularly KwaZulu Natal Province

I like how Ivan, a Cameroonian who came to kenya the other day, can say who is and who is not a Kenyan.

This was a very interesting video. The issues involving Kenyan Indians are old, interesting, complex, some are very sensitive, and so on. For instance, if I recall correctly, the Kenya cricket team, during its golden years, used to be made up of Kenyan Indians, I think entirely. Nothing wrong with that. But what is the quality of the sport today? Another thing: Do arranged marriages involve finding mates in India? Many young Kenyan Indians, like Black Kenyans, migrated to the West for studies and work. Roughly what percentage returned, if any? These are complex question which I do not expect you to tackle, given your short time frame. I'm simply mentioning them to give you a taste of the Kenyan Indian context. This is a fascinating group to observe. Anyway, thanks for sharing!

God bless all..FEMALES😗😗😗..in.foreign...!citys,.alllrbounded by beautiful.mashaalah kanguagd cuisine(*!:/E food..religionaswwll,RACE..sss As ..the INDIAN..CULTURES ACROSS OUR GLOBE....

Hello Priya, hope you have realized change in your viewership coz Kenyans support RU-vidrs a lot.

Excellent content 😂😂😂

Come to Nakuru city.

How did you enjoyed the presence of the Indian community in Kenya

I am an Indian and we are some of the most racist people on the planet. I have experienced racism from my own countrymen due to the color of my skin. But Indian are also very good actors and can fake politeness especially in front of a camera.

हे विप्र कन्या अपने परमपरा का ध्यान रखना

So they have there own Community in Kenya and that's everywhere even in UK WOW so how can they learn if they keep doing this

Priya will you do a video on Indians in the Caribbean? So different to the Caribbean because there is a lot of interracial marriage in the Caribbean. The mixed children of Indians and Africans are called 'douglahs'.

Indians describe their racism as strong cultural values.

The African videos blowing her up

wow❤❤❤