Black American discovers he's Igbo and visits ancestral land

[JadeB]

From Nairaland:

An African American man from Abia state has said that he's visiting Nigeria next year 2018 after being based in the United States all his life. David Love who is a US citizen, said his ancestors were captured/shipped to America for slavery and worked on a plantation so that he might return to his homeland one day as his relatives have provided him with traditional attire for him to dress like an Igbo man in the US.

Below is what he shared on Facebook;

I am African American but my ancestor was captured and shipped to North America for enslavement. It was here that my ancestor survived on a slave plantation in Virginia so that I might one day return to my homeland. I am descended from the Igbos of Umuahia and my clan is within Umuopara.

My DNA has been connected my distant cousin Obie Uwadineke who is from Umunwanwa. Mazi Ikem C. Eronini has provided me with the clothing so that I can dress as an Igbo man. I am returning 2018 to visit.

Source; https://www.nationalhelm.co/2017/11/i-coming-back-home-says-nigerian-man-based-us-life-photos.html
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Also, from one of the comments: "Which root? What do you know about igbo tradition?
not all slaves were forcefully abducted, some parents sold their stubborn kids, some sold because of poverty, some were sold because they became christians, some committed heinous crimes punitively sold, so what is his root supposed to say?

 

[Hafsa975]

That’s beautiful. Good for him.

Side note is it really possible for African Americans to be fully one ethnic group? I thought they tended to be a mish mash of different black African ethnic groups? And hasn’t it been too long to detect blood relatives from the continent?

 

[UWasntThere]

I have a feeling this is going to get interesting

 

[CodeBlaMeVi]

The Anglo wife and mixed kids makes for great campfire stories.

 

[Anti-Anime]

My smile evaporated scrolling down to see this :

Have respect and curiosity for your African ancestry but be married and have children with the descendants of African slave owners brehs..

I'm out

 

[AB Ziggy]

That’s beautiful. Good for him.

Side note is it really possible for African Americans to be fully one ethnic group? I thought they tended to be a mish mash of different black African ethnic groups? And hasn’t it been too long to detect blood relatives from the continent?

No. It's not possible to be fully one group since slaves came from all over the Western African coast from Senegal to Angola. Dude probably decided to associate with the group the ancestry test results showed the majority percentages from and what he looks like most.

 

[Rawtid]

 

[AB Ziggy]

I'm glad to see people like this guy actively rediscovering their roots.

Spoiler

until I saw the pic with the white wife. Come on man

 

[Objection]

My smile evaporated scrolling down to see this :



Have respect and curiosity for your African ancestry but be married and have children with the ancestors of African slave owners brehs..

I'm out

I felt the same way after seeing this picture. shyt like that normally doesn't bother me but for some reason it just rubbed me the wrong way. I feel like a hater because dude looks happy in that pic too.

 

[Bondye Vodou]

the great joy of pawging in the motherland