We in the Diaspora are not children of “African slaves” point of correction to that narrative is that we are descendants of “children of free Africans who were enslaved. Our Ancestors were free people who were forcibly captured and enslaved against their will. That is why for all of their time from the beginning to the end of the period of enslavement they rebelled and fought to regain their freedom. Thus the Maroons in the various countries of the Caribbean and South America. One of the first Rebellion in the New World led by the enslaved leader Cuffy (Kofi) was in Guiana (Guyana) in 1763 against the Dutch in the county of Berbice, it was successful for 1 year before they were defeated when they the Dutch got re-enforcement. This took place before the successful Haitian Revolution against the French and the American Revolution against the British. Point to note is that most if not all of the leaders of the revolts by the enslaved Africans were from the Gold Coast after a while some of the Europeans did not want peoples from the Gold Coast because they were deemed a thorn in their sides ,too troublesome and hard to maintain.
Toussaint L'Ouverture's came from Ouidah/Aladah/Whydah/Kingdom of Judah. His grandfather was King Guinou Ganou. Duty Boukman from Jamaica was Senegambian born. The Haitian enslaved females came from the Dahomey region.. There were black Indigenous people on the island along with the Tainos, etc.. These folks were likely Africans who came before and remained. When Colombus traveled in 1492, he went with Luis De Torre. De Torre was a polyglot who spoke Hebrew (not Yiddish). The polyglot was needed to speak to the native black people who spoke Hebrew. Google the 1747 map of Africa, which was comissioned by the Crown/England.
@@JB-kf3bl I am aware of that but we as a people and at best most people are in habit of saying that we are descendants of Slaves which is totally incorrect. We have to change and modify the narrative and speak truth to power it gives one much more sense of pride and a new and refreshed understanding of self and those from whom we came.
Thank you brother Maya. Bridge the gap. We have so much in common with the diaspora. History should be told from our perspective. The curriculum has to be written from an Afrocentric view. More love from 🇿🇼.
I’m Gambian and what this mama is saying is so true . All black people are the same. There’s so much similarity. We must embrace each other no matter where we come from.
We are the children of the Africans who were survivors. We are survivors and God gave us the Caribbean for our own as our reward. Proud black West Indian
Just amazing....I met a lot of Trini and Tobagonians in the 70s and 80s as young man in UK and fell in love with their beautiful calypso and kaiso lyrics. They can praise..insult..tell stories while singing their beautiful songs.Try their Maniku meat (Akrantie)while you are there. We are the same people. wonderful and beautiful people, Maya listen to the great Lord kitchenas song (Birth of a nation) that he sang for GHANA when it gained its independence in 1957.
Sending my love to grandma. She’s African through and through with love and humour. Her singing reminds me of my late grandma who passed away at the age of 102 years. Love from Namibia 🇳🇦
Wode Maya,thank you for introducing us to this wonderful Elder. I would love to sit at her feet and listen to her stories. Our elders are so important to us, they hold the history of our people and have so much wisdom to impart on us. Put down the technology and talk to, record,take pictures, put the stories in a book for your family to pass down, believe me, you won’t regret it. Peace and love to all.
Not all of our elders lead us to our true Africanness, some have a weird and dangerous to adopt European pagan propaganda and lead us down to follow this Jesus nonsense and European pagan Christianity. I don't trust them 😢
Mama's songs are full of message and fun.... Healing Music Wode Maya you have the majic to bring the History and messages from people's stomach.... You are some patient and interesting and so that makes the interviewee want to speak more .. You connect with everything African and other cultures elsewhere too. You are an international person Following from Cameroon Central Africa
in Jamaica here. Nyam is it eat that mean go Nyam the food i always tell my grand children the slaves that came from Africa to work in the west indes plantation or our ancestors and we or there descendants looks looks very youngshe is very intelligent happy new year when it come viewing from Jamaica
It's also important to remember that when the European enslaved our ancestors they took people from different countries and tribes all over Africa and put them together in one group, so our dialects contain words from different places in Africa.
They mixed up Africas so that they couldn’t communicate properly from the dungeons, ships , plantations. They robbed us our language and tradition and culture. Colonists took Africans from north, south, west and east Africa with a sole reason to delete our native languages and caused confusion. Love from Namibia 🇳🇦
@@lilacer6841 Namibia is breath taking country with beautiful people and landscapes. Our ocean meet the desert the only place in the world you can get that. We have big 5 animals, we have lodges in the desert with extravagant architecture. There is plenty to see canyon, air balloons, highest sand dunes to climb. The list is endless. You will enjoy it.
Thank you so much my young brother, your love for my birth Island Tobago. I am so happy you are also visiting my Grandma's birth Island Barbados. Please take your wife, mum and the entire family next visit. God bless you and your family. Happy you met this wonderful lady. I pray more Africans, visit the Caribbean to connect with their brothers and sisters. I am hoping to visit the Motherland also, especially Ghana.
I can see Ibo in that lady and I’m from Guyana but I live in the US and have many Ibo friends. These topics are so interesting to me. I’ve always longed to know more about my direct ancestors and those who came hundreds of years ago.
