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

[Poitier]

Do these Nollywood films about AAs have American accents? Heck do they even try?

 

[Red Shield]

Wish I had that gif of that one chick crying but also rooting. That's right clap back my people.

 

[IllmaticDelta]

These fakkits are at it again Black America, please stop appropriating African clothing and tribal marks. — THOSE PEOPLE

"Black Twitter" has been AA vs Africans the past two days over dashikis and henna


@IllmaticDelta you need to write an article listing all the shyt we've had appropriated from us

 

[Poitier]

They created Jazz too

 

[Insensitive]

Im sorry man, but not if you aren't doing it today..

If a big African American Rock&roll star was to appear next year, do you know what they are going to say?

"Wow this guy is a phenomenom" .. "This is the biggest AA rock star since Jimi Hendrix!" etc etc

It will NOT be looked upon as business as usual

These are the facts my friend.. But keep living in whatever fantasy world you and 'pointer' want to put yourselves in, but its not reality.

The problem with this is Americans only really seem to know "Rock Music" extensively and with the advent of Hip Hop, you'd think Black music started with
MPC's and Emcee's, so when they see a black guitarist they don't think "Oh B.B. King","Oh George Benson",
"Oh Rick James", "Oh Ernie Isley", "Oh Eddie Hazel" or "Oh Prince" they immediately say "Oh Jimi Hendrix".

Jimi Hendrix had a huge impact on rock music and is thus immortalized while other Black Musicians fall to the wayside despite their own contributions to what is largely deemed "Black Music". Black Music isn't given the respect it deserves but it's happily pilfered by other people for their own music, it's how you get these weird situations where people perform Jazz, Blues, Soul, Hip Hop, Funk etc. and are still somehow racists.

Oh and if we're talking modern "Rock stars" Tosin Abasi fits the fukking bill to a T.
Though idiots usually say "oh my ! A modern Jimi Hendrix", like a black person didn't fukking touch a guitar before Jimi touched down.

 

[Poitier]

Waiting for "AAs stole collard greens"

 

[IllmaticDelta]

They created Jazz too

That chick simphiwedana is losing her mind.....she's jacking from jazz and neo soul from Aframs and is now trying to claim they (Africans) created Jazz

 

[Poitier]

That chick simphiwedana is losing her mind.....she's jacking from jazz and neo soul from Aframs and is now trying to claim they (Africans) created Jazz

Its not just her....my timeline is FILLED with this nonsense...

Black historians need to a much better job of tracing cultural migration within the diaspora.

We are one step away from "they stole our features and skin color"

 

[Insensitive]

This africansoul chick is an idiot breh.
Y'all should read her tweets
"

bytch said "Bossa Nova" is AA while trying to school people.
Didn't know "Bossa Nova" comes from Brazil.
Should've known she didn't know shyt about jazz.

 

[Amphibious]

We Africans are far superior to you stupid ass American nikkas.

@Kane you weren't even born in Africa, you can't call yourself black

@SuperCoolP_Cal What up tri-cac? How's your 66% African genetics workin for ya?

 

[IllmaticDelta]

Its not just her....my timeline is FILLED with this nonsense...

Black historians need to a much better job of tracing cultural migration within the diaspora.

The pantsula dance she's talking about is also influenced by Aframs

Pantsula is a syncopated, quick-stepping, low to the ground form of dance which evokes the urban street culture of which it is a part. It is performed by groups of dancers who practice together for many hours each week. It provides a powerful, stylized form of expression for those who dance it. As one pantsula dancer describes it “we have drive, we are one, we have power, we are young, strong and quick, we have our own style and we are competitive.”[1] For pantsula, the group is very important to the dance.

It developed from the Sotho dances Mqaquanga and Marabi with influence by 1930's American jazz.[3] Later evolutions of pantsula dancing in the 1980s were influenced by American hiphop and breakdance.[2] Quick, darting steps in geometric lines with an uneven rhythmic quality characterize this form of movement. The Charleston, a knock-kneed manoeuvre from American jazz, as well as popping and locking found in American hiphop are also found in this form of dance. The word itself, pantsula, is Zulu and refers to “waddling like a duck.” This flat-footed move with buttocks sticking out behind the body is commonplace in the dance form.[4]

Pantsula is divided into three distinct styles: Western Style, Slow Poison, and Futhuza. Western Style is the most typically found form, and it is highly rigorous. Arms remain wrapped around an upright torso while the feet move in extremely fast and particular shuffling and jumping movements as groups of dancers move in and out of geometric formations. This form requires good physical command of the body. Slow Poison is like Western style in form—mostly stationary arms with intricate lower body movements but it is performed in a slow, steady fashion with a constant beat. Futhuza is infused with elements of American breakdancing and hiphop. This form utilizes the somewhat disjointed, sometimes fluid, robotic motion of popping and locking

Pantsula - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

We are one step away from "they stole our features and skin color"

 

[Elle Driver]

I swear Will sounds like my professor Uncle who's Eritrean. There's no such thing as mildly East African however, Sudanis, Somalis, Kenyas, etc. DO NOT sound anything like Ethiopians (particularly Habesha/Oromo).

And if they're going to abuse the term appropriation, why weren't they up in arms about Idris Elba playing a South African?

 

[IllmaticDelta]

This africansoul chick is an idiot breh.
Y'all should read her tweets
"

bytch said "Bossa Nova" is AA while trying to school people.
Didn't know "Bossa Nova" comes from Brazil.
I knew she didn't know shyt about jazz.

I don't have a twitter account but I make one just to school this chick

 

[Elle Driver]

Its not just her....my timeline is FILLED with this nonsense...

Black historians need to a much better job of tracing cultural migration within the diaspora.

We are one step away from "they stole our features and skin color"

They're uneducated buffoons is what they are. I oughta throw a book at they heads.

 

[Birnin Zana]

These fakkits are at it again Black America, please stop appropriating African clothing and tribal marks. — THOSE PEOPLE

Man that was a wack ass article woooow. She never even been in the US.

These divisive people need to seriously stfu already