African Americans who can pass as West Africans.
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But there's even diversity among AA's in their looks so cant you say that AA's reflect the diversity in west Africa?
Oceanicpuppy
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I'm not understanding, what do you mean by this statement?But there's even diversity among AA's in their looks so cant you say that AA's reflect the diversity in west Africa?
Oceanicpuppy
Superstar
From SlaveVoyages
Saint- Domingue had a high percentage. Not Angola per say but very close.
Premeditated
MANDE KANG
what tribe are u breh? Im part Liberian and my mother is fulanis. But theres not as much of them in Liberia as there are in Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Cameroon, Mali and Senegal.
Breh, u ever had other heads call you Pekeen(don't know how to spell it)?
I'm Gio. And yes that's what you call someone that is young.
Premeditated
MANDE KANG
no they don't. you stay posting outlandish lies.
Very enlightening thread 
newworldafro
DeeperThanRapBiggerThanHH
Powerful and humbling video........
Definitely puts the gene test in perspective....so before I go claiming a "Mende from Sierra Leone"....check with a different company and they'll tell me i'm an "Ibo from Nigeria"....if anybody is mixed up genetically its AAs ...hmmmm.........
Slavery in the U.S. or in the New World is just one aspect of where our DNA has been, its not the full story...and that is why the search for our African heritage is such a big deal...and why these companies exist to take advantage of that search of "Who
we are".......
This is why Kwanzaa exists....this is why all the unique AAs names that hit the scene in the late 70s/early 80s exists........its a search for our African identity, but its literally hundreds of years back to get back to those African forebearers.....
Trying to specifically pinpoint one tribe is going to be hella difficult, since they was taking people from all over West Africa ... so ...
Its almost like..............................................................we're .................................... American
With that said, I love being black or Afram and I have no problem being proud of that distinction within this society. History is a trip.
Definitely puts the gene test in perspective....so before I go claiming a "Mende from Sierra Leone"....check with a different company and they'll tell me i'm an "Ibo from Nigeria"....if anybody is mixed up genetically its AAs ...hmmmm.........
Slavery in the U.S. or in the New World is just one aspect of where our DNA has been, its not the full story...and that is why the search for our African heritage is such a big deal...and why these companies exist to take advantage of that search of "Who
we are".......This is why Kwanzaa exists....this is why all the unique AAs names that hit the scene in the late 70s/early 80s exists........its a search for our African identity, but its literally hundreds of years back to get back to those African forebearers.....
Trying to specifically pinpoint one tribe is going to be hella difficult, since they was taking people from all over West Africa ... so ...
Its almost like..............................................................we're .................................... American
With that said, I love being black or Afram and I have no problem being proud of that distinction within this society. History is a trip.
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Powerful and humbling video........
Definitely puts the gene test in perspective....so before I go claiming a "Mende from Sierra Leone"....check with a different company and they'll tell me i'm an "Ibo from Nigeria"....if anybody is mixed up genetically its AAs ...hmmmm.........
Slavery in the U.S. or in the New World is just one aspect of where our DNA has been, its not the full story...and that is why the search for our African heritage is such a big deal...and why these companies exist to take advantage of that search of "Who
This is why Kwanzaa exists....this is why all the unique AAs names that hit the scene in the late 70s/early 80s exists........its a search for our African identity, but its literally hundreds of years back to get back to those African forebearers.....
Trying to specifically pinpoint one tribe is going to be hella difficult, since they was taking people from all over West Africa ... so ...
Its almost like..............................................................we're .................................... American
With that said, I love being black or Afram and I have no problem being proud of that distinction within this society. History is a trip.
Yea a lot of his videos are interesting and provide a different perspective regarding our history....
Oceanicpuppy
Superstar
Powerful and humbling video........
Definitely puts the gene test in perspective....so before I go claiming a "Mende from Sierra Leone"....check with a different company and they'll tell me i'm an "Ibo from Nigeria"....if anybody is mixed up genetically its AAs ...hmmmm.........
Slavery in the U.S. or in the New World is just one aspect of where our DNA has been, its not the full story...and that is why the search for our African heritage is such a big deal...and why these companies exist to take advantage of that search of "Who
This is why Kwanzaa exists....this is why all the unique AAs names that hit the scene in the late 70s/early 80s exists........its a search for our African identity, but its literally hundreds of years back to get back to those African forebearers.....
Trying to specifically pinpoint one tribe is going to be hella difficult, since they was taking people from all over West Africa ... so ...
Its almost like..............................................................we're .................................... American
With that said, I love being black or Afram and I have no problem being proud of that distinction within this society. History is a trip.
Well don't get discouraged, The African Ancestry isn't incorrect it just a small piece of what you wouldn't have had known before. Their are other DNA test that are more extensive.
Many african americans are mixed up but not that mixed. When you think about it, Depending on when your family arrived to America's. Slavery started around like the mid 1600's and ended mid to late 1800s. The number of slaves from Africa peaked around mid 1700s - early 1800s.
There were slave ships coming from Africa up until 1860ish.
If you count back the generations depending how old you are
Your grandparents and great grandparent can range from the years of late 1800's(1880,1890ish -1940 being the latest)
Your next generation will be your Great Great grandparents range from ( early 1800- late 1900's)
^^(If you look enough you can find documents for these generations this is the case for tons of Aframs if you're willing to do the paper trail work)
Then finally your 3rd or 4th great grandparents can range from (early/mid -1700s - early 1800's) correlating the time tons of Africans got shipped to the America's.
When you break it down it's not that distant.
now if you're ancestors came around the 1600's ..ehh yeah
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GreatestLaker
#FirePelinka
The first two look like New World Blacks and the 3rd and 5th one look African. I'm not sure about the 4th one. Leaning towards New World black.
"New World Black" be more precise
I thought u could tell the difference between Jamaican, AA etc.