Aliyatou💖
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thegoddessemani :
Because we are AFRICAN American. And I love that for us. 🥰🥰🥰🥰
2025-08-23 06:07:53
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wisecivilizedali :
We are not Africans, don't have African culture, not part of the African diaspora
2025-08-23 18:12:09
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elithornton73 :
Not inspiration, retention
2025-08-23 14:46:22
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Sniper_Z :
First time I head blues and Banjo I told my American friend this sounds and instruments are definitely inspired by our Gambian Mande culture he said I’m crazy
2025-08-23 12:10:36
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Sìmáno ߛߌ߭ߡߊߣߏ :
We preserved the habitual be from maninka as well.
2025-08-23 17:52:41
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S. Hughes :
YES!!! African American here with a HEAVY emphasis on the AFRICAN part. I ❤️this series!!!
2025-08-25 23:27:15
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RizzaTravels :
This is a good video sis👌🏾the origin of our music and culture as Black Americans is in our DNA,we are everything all of our ancestors were plus who we became. We never received music lessons from our African brethren,the transatlantic slave trade stripped the African from most of who and what they were prior to being enslaved. I am very familiar with Senegambia,Guinea and Mali MashaAllah🙏🏾my sheikh(godfather)is a Mandinka Djeliba from “Bansang,Gambia” and yes I do see elements of West African morays in our culture but not because it was taught to us,rather because it’s in our DNA and we tapped into that part of our “being”. Ali Farka Toure,Boubacar Traore were the kings of African blues and there is definitely a connection. Toumani Diabate(RIP) was my sheikhs nephew, I met him in ‘07 on tour in Boston. I was raised with West Africans and am deeply intertwined with them,although we Black Americans had an “ethnogenisis”, I see how we are connected to West Africa because I know the culture and local history. My 4th great grandfather was a “Diallo” from Guinea MashaAllah,he was a Fula. During the era of the “Fula Jihads” from “1725-1860’s” in West Africa, a lot of Fulas and Mandinkas were sold into slavery as “war captives/prisoners of war”. My 4th great grandfather was sold into slavery during this period. Being a Muslim and having been raised around “Fulas,Mandinkas,Jolas,Yorubas,Igbos, Sussos,etc”, I have always been told that I resemble Fulas in phenotype as well as in certain behavioral characteristics that I have.
2025-08-24 20:54:13
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carolinanaiel :
what Slim say in the movie Sinners. " We brought this with us".
2025-08-23 13:08:24
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Maestro ☠️ :
I’m mandingue ❤️
2025-08-23 03:02:52
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jibydidlob🇧🇫 :
One thing out of many other things I admire about African Americans is the resilience and defiance to hold on to their roots in the face of 💀 MAD respect 🫡 one love family
2025-08-24 02:14:28
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jfitz_life :
💯💯💯💯 We are still african although we are in the western hemisphere. Salute
2025-08-23 20:02:24
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Rinder :
I love being African American ❤️
2025-08-23 23:54:36
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Tyethevirgo :
Also in Louisiana Creole we have folklore that survived slavery originating from Sene-Gambian region, Bouki (hyena in Wollof) and Lapin. We still practice the earring traditions from the Fulani, we have congonsquare were we still dance the Bamboula and Calinda. We have Adinkra symbols in the ironworks around the city. We still eat west African derived foods jambalaya/jollof, gumbo/okra stew, courtbullion/ fish stew… we’re very connected contrary to belief.
2025-08-24 19:55:48
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BLESS THE ROADS :
Sometimes, when I come across these videos my initial response is “Yes, we know this” but then I’m reminded that not all people, let alone Black people understand how deep our connections are.
2025-08-23 15:23:38
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Ogoun1010 :
Pulaar(Poulard) is still a surname in Louisiana/Mississippi where I am from...we REMEMBER Cousin!
2025-08-23 12:29:19
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Eartingg :
Thank you for speaking on this
2025-08-23 01:34:31
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MesoBug :
speaking of surnames. My family surname is Buggage. This name only comes from Louisiana and only Black people have it, and we all related. My cousin think it comes from the French name "Bocage" and was Anglicized. Coincidentally, just searching variations of the surname, I found people in Burkina Faso with the surname Bogage, and they are also a former French territory. Makes me wonder.
2025-08-23 16:00:14
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TrendingTopic💋 :
The kora and the akonting are the mothers of the banjo ❤️
2025-08-23 17:39:26
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SirForde :
Love that you’re doing the work! Bridging the gap… thank you ! 🙏
2025-08-22 22:58:39
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BAMARA :
Talk to em!!
2025-08-25 02:18:59
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sisisdoingherbest 🦜🌴 :
please make a YouTube channel 😍
2025-08-23 01:21:58
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Hawaaaa :
I love this conversation 🥰
2025-08-23 00:07:02
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