Am I the only one who didnt know Africa was named by European explorers? ...original name bushed

[Laidbackman]

Depends on what you're asking..

These are my beliefs.

In my area of Virginia where I've traced my ancestors back to the 1700s..

I know that I am a descendent of people called American Negros on my maternal line at least back to my great-grandmother, on my maternal line.

I also know that I am a descendent of people called American Negros at least back to my great-grandfather, who was a white man that was also a distant descendent of "East Indians" that settled in North Carolina back in the early 1800s, all on my paternal line.

I also know that my area of the country called Virginia today, had a large slice of land named "Igboland", called that by New World settlers before colonialism, that was home to and ran by a majority of people from the "Igbo tribe."

What does it mean to be from a group of people in 2021, unless at least your last 3 lines of generations all come from that tribe?

If you're what's considered as an American black person today, you're mixed with blood from people that practiced all types of cultures over the course of history.

Reason why we're so open to everybody else's cultures.

Do you know your paternal DNA?

 

[tuckgod]

Do you know your paternal DNA?

Not really.

I just know that line is FBA back to my great-grandfather, as far as my paternal line.

On my grandmother's side, on my paternal line, I don't know anyone past my grandmother, but she was jet black.

 

[King]

It's not about translation.

Nippon directly translates from Japanese to English as "sunrise".

Reason why Japan's flag is a rising sun.

If the West was respectful, they would refer to that nation as Sunrise.

It's called Japan by white folks because that's how the early remedial Europeans heard Nippon, and it's been transliterated from Nippon to Jipon or Japan.

That would be too comical for us to say seriously. Why not just call it Nippan or something

 

[CW_1991]

Blacks of America having the last names of their slave master is a myth. We had the names already from our European origin.

That last name shyt is just more white superiority programming.

 

[Budda]

False.

Roman generals gave themselves surnames and titles dependent on the lands/people they conquered.

They had more than one title.

Scipio's most famous title just happens to be famous because some people have narrowed that title down to the origin of the name Africa, due to lazy research.

By the time of Scipio, some of the land called "Africa" today was already being called that by some Romans, due to their interactions with the people they named the Afri tribe.

When Scipio conquered a very small part of what's called Africa today, a small part mostly populated by the "Afri tribe", he named himself Scipio Africanus, meaning, "Scipio, conquerer of the Afri people and ruler of their land".

The Afri people was one tribe, not the entire population of the land mass called Africa today.

Afri - Wikipedia.

"The etymology of the term for the country remains uncertain. It may derive from a Punic (Roman) term for an indigenous population of the area surrounding Carthage."

Even that probably wasn't their name, another name given to them by Europeans.

The more I research, I don't think there was ever any one name for that land mass, or any one for what we consider tribes today, that was widely accepted.

Ethiopian, Egyptian, Nigerian, South African, Igbo, Yoruba, Jamaican, Haitian... most of that shyt is based in names that white people gave to whoever they wanted to.

We don't know who we are at all.

I used to think it was just us, FBA/ADOS, but these proudly African and Caribbean nikkas have no idea either.

All we have is the names white folks gave us, and whatever cultures we created directly in relation to our interactions with them.

Some groups have just been able to record and remember those names and cultures better than others, since the war began, but we're all out here living a culture that we didn't create naturally before any interactions with the white man.

Before getting in your feelings and debating me, every group of black people, research the name of your nation, the origin of your tribe, the origins of the foods you think are native to your people, your religion, your tribal dances, your tribal marks, hairstyles, every single aspect of your culture, and if you research correctly, what you will find is all of the information you find will start with whatever group you identify with's interactions with white people or other foreign invaders.

Sad...

True.

 

[tuckgod]

That would be too comical for us to say seriously. Why not just call it Nippan or something

I mean, it’s their name, but calling them Nippon/Nippan would be more respectful.

But yeah, that’s the point I’m making.

We have people from that land proudly calling themselves “Japanese”, a b*stardized version of their own name.

It’s pretty impressive when you sit back and look at what white folks was able to accomplish from an unbiased perspective.

 

[King]

I mean, it’s there name.

But yeah, that’s the point I’m making.

We have people from that land proudly calling themselves “Japanese” a b*stardized version of their name.

It’s pretty impressive when you sit back and look at what white folks was able to accomplish from an unbiased perspective.

I think it’s how they conflated a global culture with white supremacy - mainly though colonization and slavery.

Essentially, their view of the world is god. Everything else is based off of that. When shyt got too complex they just redefined everything to make it simpler with social Darwinism (white, black, Asian, etc.)

Then they were able to maintain it through imperialism and global propaganda.

Then even that shyt got too complex and they started calling shyt “western” and dividing the world up into “1st, 2nd, and 3rd world countries” based on the severity of economic exploration within neoliberalism. Creating massive universities and learning institutions to indoctrinate educated individuals into their white supremest view in pretty every subject ever created. Meanwhile culturally exporting propaganda to the masses through technology and “pop culture” in order to affirm their worldview.

 

[KingDanz]

Blacks of America having the last names of their slave master is a myth. We had the names already from our European origin.

That last name shyt is just more white superiority programming.

 

[tuckgod]

I think it’s how they conflated a global culture with white supremacy - mainly though colonization and slavery.

Essentially, their view of the world is god. Everything else is based off of that. When shyt got too complex they just redefined everything to make it simpler with social Darwinism (white, black, Asian, etc.)

Then they were able to maintain it through imperialism and global propaganda.

Then even that shyt got too complex and they started calling shyt “western” and dividing the world up into “1st, 2nd, and 3rd world countries” based on the severity of economic exploration within neoliberalism. Creating massive universities and learning institutions to indoctrinate educated individuals into their white supremest view in pretty every subject ever created. Meanwhile culturally exporting propaganda to the masses through technology and “pop culture” in order to affirm their worldview.

You got it.

1000%

 

[CW_1991]

If you know, you know.



The majority of cacs here today are descendants of poor white trash who immigrated from Europe.

The tens of millions of blacks here today were not all brought over here from the west coast of africa on ships.

You do thorough enough research you'll understand where our surnames come from.

 

[tuckgod]

If you know, you know.



The majority of cacs here today are descendants of poor white trash who immigrated from Europe.

The tens of millions of blacks here today were not all brought over here from the west coast of africa on ships.

You do thorough enough research you'll understand where our surnames come from.

Point me in the direction of this info breh

 

[KingDanz]

If you know, you know.



The majority of cacs here today are descendants of poor white trash who immigrated from Europe.

The tens of millions of blacks here today were not all brought over here from the west coast of africa on ships.

You do thorough enough research you'll understand where our surnames come from.

you mean black irish? i've read before names like Mcgregor/Mcdonald and others i forgot come from Moors. You saying the Black nobility of Europe was enslaved?

 

[Budda]

If you know, you know.



The majority of cacs here today are descendants of poor white trash who immigrated from Europe.

The tens of millions of blacks here today were not all brought over here from the west coast of africa on ships.

You do thorough enough research you'll understand where our surnames come from.

I don’t think you know what you’re even talking about.

 

[Will Ross]

You know how big Africa is I'm sure that people had different names for it that you don't even know because to won't written down

 

[GrindtooFilthy]

Alkebu-lan is the oldest name for Africa. In Arabic, it means “The Land of the Blacks.”

This is false the name of the land of blacks is Sudan

do we have any arab speakers on this board that can put an end to this misinformation.

To this day no one can find the origin of alkebulan the closed I’ve heard is that it’s ancient Nubian and even that is false