Africans accuse African Americans of "appropriating" their culture (legitimate criticism?)

[GrindtooFilthy]

Did you read my last post? I said that igbos are atypical and dont represent your average nigerian

this is the most foolish post i have read so far in this thread. tufiakwa


also hausas/fulanis and the akan ethnic group from ghana present the same melanin diversity

 

[IllmaticDelta]

and it's not AA culture either

I'm sure if somebody does some research they would find blues to have African influence. But it's not African culture.

You can find more Afram influence globally on other people more than you can the other way around.

Afram music is more influential throughout all of Africa and it's been historically there since the 1800's when Afram performance groups traveled there back in the day. Just take a look at some of the top Afro-pop genres where they combine their own music with outside sources

Afrobeat--- Funk and Jazz
Cape Jazz - Jazz
Ethio-Jazz - Jazz Funk
Marabi- Jazz and ragtime
Rai music- jazz funk
makossa- funk and disco
kaduro - house and techno
kwaito- house music
highlife- jazz
desert blues - Blues

..and many more

That's just a little taste of the music inside Africa. Are we also gonna act like the Afram natural hair movt hasn't been picked up on/appropriated by Afrodescendants around the world, Africa included?



This same thing happened in the 1960's

African view on natural hair back in the 1960's

 

[Samori Toure]

pretty sure igbos were the ones that made the first runaway slave safe haven, i can't remember the exact location but word was once a slave set foot there before boarding they were free.

There is no dispute with a that statement. It was probably under the Nri Kingdom. However, only about 1/3 of the Igbo were apart of that Kingdom.

" The kingdom was a safe haven for all those who had been rejected in their communities and also a place where slaves were set free from their bondage. Nri expanded through converts gaining neighboring communities' allegiance, not by force. Nri's royal founder, Eri, is said to be a 'sky being' that came down to earth and then established civilization. One of the better-known remnants of the Nri civilization is its art, as manifested in the Igbo Ukwu bronze items.

Nri's culture had permanently influenced the Northern and Western Igbo, especially through religion and taboos. British colonialism, the Atlantic slave trade and the rise of Bini and Igala kingdoms, contributed to the decline of the Nri Kingdom. The Nri Kingdom is going through a cultural revival... ."

Kingdom of Nri - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Identity in the Shadow of Slavery


The Aro Confederacy were real as well and they are probably responsible for most of the Igbo's being in slavery as well as the Tikar people of Western Cameroon.

Aro Confederacy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[IllmaticDelta]

You mean the whites you claim as black to prop up your accomplishments?

You still on that

 

[Yup]

You still on that

Gotta stay consistent

 

[714562]

And if simply living in America makes your culture visible then why isn't Asian, Arab and Hispanic American culture the dominant culture for those races

This is actually made me "hmmm" a little bit. My gut instinct would be to say there is less of a difference between those cultures and their root culture, because they were allowed to retain it after immigration.

EDIT: So really, in a way, African-American culture is the most influential "African" culture in the world precisely because it is not African. In fact, it's uniquely American.

 

[Kitsch]

Did you read my last post? I said that igbos are atypical and dont represent your average nigerian

Doesn't make any sense, they're one of the largest ethnic groups in Nigeria. Nigeria is pretty diverse...

 

[DabbinSauce]

You mean the whites you claim as black to prop up your accomplishments?

Now see, what is it about your inferior african mind that leads you to believe that black Americans with admixture somehow "prop up our accomplishments" as African Americans?

And how do you know that i'm not one of these blacks that would be considered "white" in Africa?Why automatically assume I am some low self-esteemed dark person that needs to "prop" up on the lighter blacks to make myself feel better? I'll tell you why you do itout of jealousy and projecting your feelings of african inferiority onto us

 

[DabbinSauce]

Now here come the pictures of the finest in Nigerian skin bleaching

 

[IllmaticDelta]

This is actually made me "hmmm" a little bit. My gut instinct would be to say there is less of a difference between those cultures and their root culture, because they were allowed to retain it after immigration.

Nuyorican and Chicano/Texano culture is distinct from their root culture. Asians and Arabs didn't/don't really create anything new in America.

 

[IllmaticDelta]

Gotta stay consistent

Some more great Aframs for ya

 

[IllmaticDelta]

Despite your insecurity and feelings of inferiority, House music will always be recognized as music that came from and was crafted in the ghettos of African Americans.

...also the Jersey garage sound from the early 90's

 

[IllmaticDelta]

lol you know its funny cuz, There are way more brehs on the continent who wear fitted baseball caps and blue than AA's who rock kente cloth and dashikis and kufi's on a daily basis so who is really appropriating who???

 

[GrindtooFilthy]

Fulanis arent even native to West Africa

Again , light skinned west africans without any admixture are rare.

africa has the most diversified genetic content on the planet, also there are west african fulanis. stop yapping

 

[IllmaticDelta]

Igbo are often lighter than Sudanic West Africans because they're semi-bantu not because they have admx.