The Majority Of African Americans Are Descended From - Igbo/Yoruba Tribes

[phcitywarrior]

Not surprising really. Nigeria exported a lot of slaves. The Yorubas especially, particularly in the West Indies and Brazil. A lot of that voodoo and juju originates from Yoruba practices. That NOLA/Haitain voodoo is a fusion of Yoruba and Igbo ancient practices. Same thing with Brazilian Candomble.

 

[The Odum of Ala Igbo]

A few ethnic groups disappeared because of the slave trade. I mean, it'll be impossible to ever truly know - I think.

 

[Yehuda]

My dad took a DNA test and he didn't have any West African in him! My dad was always a funny looking light bright (he light but not yellow. Got like a white ppl skin tone. Look kinda Cuban/Arab). The test said virtually all his blackness came from Sudan. But we just humble Mississippi folks. Could this really be true or didn't they fukk up his results?

Sudan?

 

[The Odum of Ala Igbo]

Yup. His results were from Sudan, Iran, and a lil drop of New Zeland. Do you think the company fukked up?

Most of the slave-trading that went on in Sudan either went North towards the Maghreb/Egypt/Levant etc. or East to Ethiopia/Arabia/Persia etc.

 

[Apollo Creed]

Yup. His results were from Sudan, Iran, and a lil drop of New Zeland. Do you think the company fukked up?

Maybe he is a Moor.

@BlackPearl

 

[IllmaticDelta]

Damn. Y'all tryin to tell me my ancestors were slave traders or some shyt?

prob some lower mississippi/louisianna influence

 

[™BlackPearl The Empress™]

Maybe he is a Moor.

@BlackPearl

Maybe

 

[JahFocus CS]

prob some lower mississippi/louisianna influence

When was the last time the Congo wasn't catching hell?

 

[Poitier]

I feel like the topic of descent for diasporic populations is too speculative.

Going forward, I'd be much more interested in literature about how the interaction between diasporic populations (AAs, Islanders, Africans) is changing the gene pool. I've come across some people with some pretty interesting blends that wouldn't have existed prior to the modern era.

 

[IllmaticDelta]

I willing to admit when I don't know what I'm looking at. Can you break this down for me?

different tribes and the amount imported into louisianna during said time span. Louisiana and Mississippi shared alot of the same african stocks.

 

[Yehuda]

Yup. His results were from Sudan, Iran, and a lil drop of New Zeland. Do you think the company fukked up?

Do you know what kind of test did he take, like was it autosomal, was it Y-DNA

 

[generic-username]

A few yrs a ago my mom and I were discussing the slave trade and she mentioned a man from igboland who was notorious for kidnapping people from other villages and selling them to the British back in the the day. She said he even kidnapped some people from our village. Keep in mind this story was passed down to my mother for generations so I do not know how accurate it is.

She claimed a curse was placed on him and his family and this is why other Igbos were forbidden from marrying from that village. When my mom returns from Nigeria I am gonna have to ask her about the name of the man and the village he was from.

 

[Bawon Samedi]

The genetic African makeup of AAs imo is up for grabs and no one can say AAs are one group.

However Sahalian/Muslim West Africans definitely influenced our culture and even are powerful singing.




Vs.

 

[The Odum of Ala Igbo]

 

[Lil' Kartwheel]

Why are the other regions so hell bent on stopping Igbo independence?