@blackonbuzz: Suriname may be in South America, but its African roots run deep. Suriname’s Ambassador to Ghana, Fidelia Graand-Galon, highlights the remarkable cultural connections that have survived between her country and West Africa. During the transatlantic slave trade, enslaved Africans were forcibly taken to Suriname, carrying with them languages, traditions, food, spirituality and cultural practices from their homelands. Centuries later, traces of that heritage remain visible, including connections to Akan-speaking communities in present-day Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire. Separated by an ocean and generations of history, some cultural ties endured. Africa and its diaspora are connected in more ways than we sometimes realise. 🇬🇭🇨🇮 Video credits (YouTube): MFA Ghana Lost in Context @DanielOchuko WODE MAYA #Suriname #Ghana #AfricanDiaspora #Akan #Africanhistory
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Thursday 10 September 2026 17:40:56 GMT
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Caribbean Abeng :
Despite Suriname has strong African roots Afro-Surinamese people are not African.
2026-09-19 22:41:48
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teejay :
Suriname is sounding very much like an extension of Ghana 🇬🇭
Kaba Kaba is from my local dialect "Anlo"
2026-09-11 11:40:43
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Stephen :
kabakaba is an ewe it means fast fast
2026-11-06 19:43:40
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Bennymens :
Suriname is Ghana Original
2026-09-11 16:16:59
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user522547016209 :
chamba is a tribe in Ghana
2026-09-11 10:32:32
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hausofghkennels :
She even speaks like a typical Ghanaian. one day, you will all get justice you deserve because Ghana will stop at nothing to fight beside you
2026-09-11 08:20:58
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Richard Ra ♊ :
what we should do is slowly include these countries to tournaments like the Africa cup of nations. Then we bring them in the AU. Then they get visa free travel to African countries. Make Africa expand
2026-09-11 05:08:27
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Edison Cabaye :
D AFRICAN BLOOD IS SOO STRONG.. DISTANCE CANT WATER IT DOWN
2026-09-11 10:57:54
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cocord :
this woman want to make me cry because Ga maan means Ga town, agidi is a food ,yaw is boy born on Monday in Ghana 🇬🇭
2026-09-11 12:50:40
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Meche :
The food she counted are Igbo Nigerian food and "eye" means yes in an Igbo dialect.
2026-09-11 06:27:37
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p_Idun :
The best groundnut soup dierr madam, it’s made in Ghana🇬🇭.
2026-09-13 12:21:43
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Aida yah :
Im from Suriname and my grandmom is from senegal and yes this woman is rigth we are part of alkebuhlan
2026-09-11 15:25:19
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Se Dem :
The people are Ghanaians by Origen 🇬🇭
2026-09-12 15:32:57
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castro_van :
Agidi is Nigeria food
2026-09-11 12:00:10
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gnaddy :
Suriname 🇸🇷 is many ways as “ African “ as Ghana 🇬🇭
2026-09-11 04:37:09
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DoseOfJenn :
Tamba is a Sierra Leonean name, I knew the ladies singing and dancing looked and sounded familiar
2026-09-17 20:20:50
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Geoffrey Vifah :
Ghanaian extension 💯💯💯💯💯✌️
2026-09-11 11:24:46
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lion 🦁🦁 of Juda :
yes mama oe alla mala na african nigre 🥰 Suriname
2026-11-05 02:15:33
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TITAN TRUST CAPITAL ACCESS :
THESE FOLKS SOUND MORE OF PEOPLE OF GHANA AND IVORY COAST THAN ANY OTHER. IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL TO HAVE PRESERVED THE CULTURE. GOD BLESS AND PROTECT THEM.
2026-09-11 15:15:57
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Luo Nilotic ambassador :
Agidi is a LUO name too for a girl child in northern UGANDA here
2026-09-11 07:37:41
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skini fresh Boy🇹🇬❤️🔹 :
tchamba is clan of Togo 🇹🇬,
kaba kaba is quicly in my langage
2026-09-12 10:16:29
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Aron :
Ive seen a documentary where a guy from Ghana travels to Suriname to meet the maroons. The maroons were the runaway rebellious slaves who fought and built enclaves retaining their culture. He cried when he realised they could still communicate and understand each other. These same people still found in Jamaica and othet places blowing a engine and partly speaking West African dialects.
2026-09-12 21:10:40
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percyjuliannaleboue :
Tamba is a town in 🇸🇳 Senegal
2026-09-11 15:22:32
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Echobe ondondong :
chamba is a clan in cameroon and adamawa in Nigeria
2026-09-11 08:49:17
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j4m4lko3p3n1c :
these are our people our blood
2026-09-11 14:13:54
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