Akan/ Ghanaian words in Jamaican Patio

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Nana Yaa Yeboaa

2 жыл бұрын

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@comahsamuel3969
@comahsamuel3969 Жыл бұрын
Surinamese have more Akan words in their language then the rest.
@Philjoe
@Philjoe Жыл бұрын
There is a history to that.
@comahsamuel3969
@comahsamuel3969 Жыл бұрын
@@Philjoe Thank you.👍
@georgeappiah8314
@georgeappiah8314 Жыл бұрын
@@Philjoe JAMAICA USE YANKIPONG AND AKAN ALSO USE ONYANKOPONG WHICH REFERE TO ALMIGTHY GOD
@andromedab902
@andromedab902 Жыл бұрын
@@georgeappiah8314 yep, same. I spelt it using the Asante twi alphabet!!😂
@benjaminawuah7647
@benjaminawuah7647 Жыл бұрын
Your point is also right
@ikhowaka1471
@ikhowaka1471 Жыл бұрын
Babylon can never separate us. my African passport is my black skin
@helenablake480
@helenablake480 3 ай бұрын
Oh my goodness!! I got goosebumps. They took us from Africa, but they can't take Africa out of us. ❤
@healthymab
@healthymab Жыл бұрын
I watched with tears in my eyes. I think most Ghanaians were sent to Jamaican and the Caribbean. See how we all like rice and beans ( waakye)
@davgar4241
@davgar4241 Жыл бұрын
Some nigerians too
@NanaKNOwusu
@NanaKNOwusu Жыл бұрын
@@davgar4241 About 1.3 million Nigerians/Beninois/Cameroonians and 1.2 Ghanaians. The Akans known then as Coromantee were preferred for their work ethic but were feared because they were warriors and organized mutinies.
@Philjoe
@Philjoe 4 ай бұрын
Am glad you enjoyed the video
@Philjoe
@Philjoe 4 ай бұрын
That is right. Many Igbo and Yuroba
@Virtual_Cadence
@Virtual_Cadence Жыл бұрын
As a linguist I listened attentively and amazed how much Akan language is so similar to that of Jamaica. No wonder Rita Marley found Ghana as her home and has been living here for a long time' Much love to Jamaicans ❤😘
@alondrazen9182
@alondrazen9182 Жыл бұрын
I am an elderly Jamaican living abroad and as a child we always used to say: “Mi seh “. I think “Me a seh” is new patois used by younger people in or from Jamaica. It’s the way language evolves, I suppose 😊
@shanicebrown1585
@shanicebrown1585 10 ай бұрын
Mi seh I used in jamaica more when someone say mi a seh . It when someone is repeating their self
@alondrazen9182
@alondrazen9182 9 ай бұрын
@@shanicebrown1585Yes, I agree with you, that is true.
@user-it7tm2iz3k
@user-it7tm2iz3k 4 ай бұрын
So true mi seh means "I said" and mi a seh means "I am saying" ​@@shanicebrown1585
@chapparoots
@chapparoots 2 күн бұрын
Ow yuh mean! Dem time deh a man would a seh, "mi look and mi seh!" Mi seh dey, mi seh deyyo. belefonte kromanti ;)
@kojocornelius
@kojocornelius Жыл бұрын
We love you Jamaica..... (From Ghana)...... It will be great to have the Akan language taught in your schools🙌🙌😊 We are all one people and so shall it be....bless up...! You are always welcome home...
@J.H90
@J.H90 Жыл бұрын
I would have love this growing up!
@rtsoca5560
@rtsoca5560 Жыл бұрын
That is a great idea. It would be good
@rtsoca5560
@rtsoca5560 Жыл бұрын
It would be good if twi was taught in Jamaican schools. It is a lovely language
@davgar4241
@davgar4241 Жыл бұрын
Respec gena
@akwoodesiblings796
@akwoodesiblings796 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for schooling us. "No matter where you come from, as long as you're a Black man, you're African"- Peter Tosh. Nuff love ❤️ from JAMAICA
@ronaldhuur1221
@ronaldhuur1221 Жыл бұрын
As an offspring of enslaved african in Suriname, we have a language speaking in the southern part(countryside) the same phraseologie "poto poto" and the same meaning. mud
@melanieblue2
@melanieblue2 Жыл бұрын
Hello! I am African-American, and did a deeper search for the tribe I belong to. The two highest % Akan & Yoruba people. I want to come there so bad. Saving up for the trip
@simonpure109
@simonpure109 4 ай бұрын
✊🏽do not let anyone rejuvenate you, you do it yourself before the consummation of our time.goodluck with that,all the Best. If not today,then tomorrow ✊🏽
@GHANA-NIJATV-yd5pb
@GHANA-NIJATV-yd5pb 23 күн бұрын
You are welcome, if you need a warm reception let us know
@barbarabrown6315
@barbarabrown6315 Жыл бұрын
I'm Jamaican,my sister knowledge is POWER
@taq1238
@taq1238 Жыл бұрын
I teared up listening to this. I felt the strength of my ancestors through the preservation of these words in our original tongue. I already claimed my ancestral home as my birthright so I will return on behalf of my ancestors who were forcibly removed from everything they knew. It is the one thing that I can do to honor them.😪
@Philjoe
@Philjoe Жыл бұрын
I am glad the video connected with you.
@alfredthornhill8726
@alfredthornhill8726 Жыл бұрын
All them words used in Montserrat 🇲🇸 big up Africa.
@adugyamfigodfred7564
@adugyamfigodfred7564 Жыл бұрын
Really?
@kuntri4389
@kuntri4389 Жыл бұрын
Ok you've got my attention with this video I am also a Jamaican and what you have stated here I have known along time because I have Ghanaian friends also with which we have had conversations regarding the cultural similarities.. I must say the video was well presented aunty thank you 🇯🇲🇬🇭
@Philjoe
@Philjoe Жыл бұрын
Thank you my dear
@mbrowne8166
@mbrowne8166 Жыл бұрын
Dukunu means help to you all in the igbo peoples Language. Related to working In the farms. Strength.
@davgar4241
@davgar4241 Жыл бұрын
​@@mbrowne8166here in jamaica we nyam dukunu
@paulinehenry1020
@paulinehenry1020 Жыл бұрын
I loved our childhood brother Ananse and brother Tucuma stories on 'Bird Cherry Island'. I've always wondered where these names came from, as most of us had English names. Over the years, I know it's from Ghana. Jamaica should welcome this language to being taught in our educational system.
@RTruth-el3ub
@RTruth-el3ub Жыл бұрын
Actually it's kweku Ananse and Ntekuma.(Tucuma).just my one cent .
@franklinchinquee8762
@franklinchinquee8762 Жыл бұрын
I was born in Jamaica, and my grandmother was a black complexion woman. I knew of all these stories told to me as a child. There is one that you failed to mention. I'm aged 70 years, but i can recall in the stories a bull called "Gashawnio."
@WayneDawkinsThePartyMan
@WayneDawkinsThePartyMan Жыл бұрын
I can’t say tears are in my eyes but this is heartwarming to know. I was taught patois is a mixture of African languages because divide and rule was the order of the day so a language had to be created to communicate even to where one word in a sentence would convey the meaning. Very nice to hear this.
@janettewest309
@janettewest309 Жыл бұрын
In Jamaica the Maroons maintain a language that is quite different from English or Patios. They also continue with some of the same traditions and cultural practices of Ghana. That is amazing.
@Dorett1498
@Dorett1498 Жыл бұрын
Its Twi - Ashanti language
@hphinn
@hphinn Жыл бұрын
The Spaniards kidnapped Nigerians for slavery. They spoke a different language than the Ghanian slaves that were brought to the Caribbean by the English. When the English arrived in Jamaica the Spaniards fled to Cuba and the Maroons fled to the mountains of Jamaica. The Nigerian-influenced vernacular remain remain to some extent with the Maroons. The Ghanaian influenced patois became the dominant England kidnapped the slaves from Ghana. What we are experiencing today in Jamaica is the merger of different languages and culture.
@whoodakablakablak
@whoodakablakablak 2 ай бұрын
"Kromanti" language
@MEDIA.AFRICA
@MEDIA.AFRICA 2 ай бұрын
Yes thats kromate language is the Akan language from central religion
@Tanniab09
@Tanniab09 Жыл бұрын
No history lesson here I'm Jamaican born but I've always had a deep knowing that our Patwa comes from African tongues. How else would we communicate without the slave drivers understanding us. I used to love "Bredda Anansi" stories.
@sandraosborne3004
@sandraosborne3004 Жыл бұрын
I have been to ghana twice and I didn't want my stay to end mi luv it like bluedrawers aka dokunu 😁❤🙏 nufff luv sista jamaican in di house
@rockywalkie626
@rockywalkie626 Жыл бұрын
*5:48* my grandmother from st elizabeth always says "Me Seh" like the Akan... the older generations use older patois which is even closer to Akan
@alondrazen9182
@alondrazen9182 Жыл бұрын
As one of the not so older generation from JA I agree. The patois spoken by the younger generation in Jamaica today is a simpler version of the patois spoken by my generation, and it is even more simpler than the patois that my parents and grandparents used.
@yawantwi-frimpong1574
@yawantwi-frimpong1574 Жыл бұрын
I think it is about time some of us volunteered to go back to our brothers and sisters to teach them the their true language. This could even bring us closer.
@marviathomas8776
@marviathomas8776 Жыл бұрын
We would love and appreciate your teachings
@taq1238
@taq1238 Жыл бұрын
It would be appreciated. Thank you.
@davgar4241
@davgar4241 Жыл бұрын
Yes but we jamaicans still hold grudges as Africans sold our ancestors in slavery. We would have been in our west africa today had that never happened
@taq1238
@taq1238 Жыл бұрын
@Dav Gar Where you get that from? Speak for yourself and stop mix people with something you hear Black Americans with. KMFT You're probably not even come from Jamaica. In fact you're definitely not Jamaican. Your profile pic says it all.
@alexandermensah314
@alexandermensah314 Жыл бұрын
Jamaicans we ❤️ you, you are truly our brethren, well come home 🏡. All the translation is true, I'm both from the Akan, fanti and Ga lineage.
@MrRacecourser
@MrRacecourser Жыл бұрын
Bless you, my cousin 🇯🇲🇬🇭
@michellepalmer924
@michellepalmer924 Жыл бұрын
🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲❤️❤️❤️you my Ghana 🇬🇭 family
@keneilrichards
@keneilrichards Жыл бұрын
Jamaicans can infact speak Akan if they push this is by elimination of the English words it's a bit hard but I've done it to stop English speakers from picking up on what I'm saying
@keneilrichards
@keneilrichards Жыл бұрын
Ther is also something I learned is social studies that the reason we usually use iEE for both him and her is because it's from the mother land but those words from the mother land are fading from the younger generation.
@sankofanyame
@sankofanyame 4 ай бұрын
​@@keneilrichards❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥🔥🔥 I'd love to learn to do dis
@MyRadiantMorning
@MyRadiantMorning Жыл бұрын
I have always wanted to see visa free travel for Ghanaians to Jamaica. They could help us recover much of our lost African culture.
@harrellisrael1204
@harrellisrael1204 Жыл бұрын
if you have a jamaican passport its visa free for ghana,gambia,kenya, zimbabwe,south africa,egypt, ethiopia...........
@paulinehenry1020
@paulinehenry1020 Жыл бұрын
Me Seh. I love the way our ancestors held unto their language along 400 years. I've heard the old folks with even more. God bless our strong people. They couldn't beat out language out of us. Dem seh to change people, you change the language, and apatite. Nuf blessings. Thanks for this. 🇬🇭 🇯🇲
@djkhalifa4285
@djkhalifa4285 Жыл бұрын
The comments section is teary and full of goosebumps 😢.. Ghana 🇬🇭 Jamaica 🇯🇲 are one people indeed 👏
@MrRacecourser
@MrRacecourser Жыл бұрын
Indeed, we a one people.
@shakkamusa2366
@shakkamusa2366 Жыл бұрын
Sister, you have no idea how much this helps to fill this empty place in my soul. We use a lot of African words but we don't know their origin. I am of Vincentian background and some of the words such as obeah, dukunu, naam, kenkey, fufu, and many more are used there. I am honoured that our ancestors passed these down to us, which kept us connected to our wonderful motherland, Africa, even while we don't even know it. Thank you so much. We need more of this because we are one people. The descendants of the enslaved Africans are like children who were adopted and are looking for their blood relatives. Now that we have found each other, we need to bridge the various cultural gaps.
@Philjoe
@Philjoe Жыл бұрын
I am glad this is of help. Share what you know. It's about learning about each other and bridging the gap.
@michaeledembuagbe6652
@michaeledembuagbe6652 Жыл бұрын
So happy to hear from you too sister. You don't know how most of us also get worried about you our long lost kin. Ever since I found out about the transatlantic slave trade. I just cant help wonder how you and all my cousins scatteted all over the world are doing. Thank God for technology. Now we can catch up on lost time.
@maralena137123
@maralena137123 Жыл бұрын
I am extremely happy for your I formation. I as an African who was born in Jamaica considers your information as part of my journey back to the mother land. This could be in the physical form or just mental and cultural. I vaguely remember a book that was associated with the university of the west indies, which had either tried to or did show many common words to Africa and Jamaica. If you know of any literature that have that information, would you please add it to your blog. I would love that and if I may speak for my St. Vincentian and other African people outside of our homeland, may you be further enlightened and able to pass on your knowledge to all of us at home and abroad.
@vernastawhyte9047
@vernastawhyte9047 Жыл бұрын
I love what I am hearing. Grew up with those words in Jamaica 🇯🇲 as we say one love ❤
@lornadavis5896
@lornadavis5896 Жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for enlightening me. I was born in Jamaica and very familiar to the words that you mentioned which helps me to make the connection to the Akan tribe in Ghana where clearly I originated from prior to the slave Atlantic slave trade. Fantastic to know that language my fore-parents spoke which makes me want to relearn this language. As Jamaicans we were told that we speak broken English but this is not exactly the case its just that we managed to retain some of our original dialect despite the slaveowners attempts to eradicate our African language. Its so good to hear that we managed to maintain our original language which we blended with the slavers language.
@biggasmelly
@biggasmelly Жыл бұрын
In Gambia they say Nyam also. Meaning to eat. In Gambia they also say Buf Buf which means an big overweight person. In Jamaica they say Bufu Bufu. As my Gambian friend Binta said, we are all the same people. But the Colonialists took us from all over West Africa and split us up, then despatched us far and wide. Keep up the good work 👏
@myztroogeegibson3568
@myztroogeegibson3568 Жыл бұрын
True the Akan use it as an adjective to discribe something extremely large... *Bafuuu*
@biggasmelly
@biggasmelly Жыл бұрын
@@myztroogeegibson3568 Thank you Sir 😊
@nikkirichards6272
@nikkirichards6272 Жыл бұрын
I am 🇯🇲. This is true... One love
@biggasmelly
@biggasmelly Жыл бұрын
@@nikkirichards6272 Blessings 🙌
@Seriously742
@Seriously742 13 күн бұрын
True 🇹🇹
@verlyn2000
@verlyn2000 Жыл бұрын
This was a joy to watch. We are one people indeed. I am a proud African born in the Caribbean and living in Canada
@NanaKNOwusu
@NanaKNOwusu Жыл бұрын
The Maroons call God Nyankipong. It is Nyankopong in Akan. Jamaicans have Sensen fowl. We call it Asensen in Ghana.
@alondrazen9182
@alondrazen9182 Жыл бұрын
My aunt in Jamaica kept senseh fowls. Forgive the spelling 😊
@gadgoatsospek
@gadgoatsospek Ай бұрын
We still say mi seh.......i was speaking with on Nigerian brother once i could not believe words coming out the brothers mouth, i heard same words we use here and there i was numb struck 😂😂❤❤this brother did not know what i was experiencing ❤❤😂
@paulkelly873
@paulkelly873 Жыл бұрын
"Chaka Chaka", (rough and unsightly) is another phrase shared in Akan language and Jamaica speak. Medase Paa
@Xtjiggzs
@Xtjiggzs Жыл бұрын
Nigeria (Yoruba) will say “Shaka Shaka”
@reyex9545
@reyex9545 Жыл бұрын
In Nigeria this is jaga jaga
@kofisam4106
@kofisam4106 Жыл бұрын
Chaka Chaka is ga language, the indigenous people of Accra!
@patrickagyei6547
@patrickagyei6547 Жыл бұрын
No wonder Ghanaian musicians have most of their music in patois eg, Stone boy.
@missbabyloved7531
@missbabyloved7531 Жыл бұрын
No that’s called copying rather than making my own unique sound 😊
@meekmill8042
@meekmill8042 Жыл бұрын
@@missbabyloved7531 copy ? We are brothers and sisters.. smh
@Nononsense090
@Nononsense090 Жыл бұрын
@@missbabyloved7531 copying what exactly be happy for ur own self
@missbabyloved7531
@missbabyloved7531 Жыл бұрын
@@Nononsense090 is dancehall and patois a Ghanaian origin or it has been forced on Ghanaians?
@jaskeburker6318
@jaskeburker6318 Жыл бұрын
That's why England Royalties wanted to convince us in the islands that it is broken English and wanted to make sure we speak only English and no other. To get rid of the African connection in us. Puff it could never work and I am so glad it didn't.
@AdNG1
@AdNG1 5 ай бұрын
We say both: mi ah say/mi say...in Jamaica 🇯🇲
@afrog3569
@afrog3569 Жыл бұрын
Same in Guyana, as a matter of fact, our national hero is an Akan. Kofi or cuffs.
@frankosei9726
@frankosei9726 Жыл бұрын
really, if he is or was called Kofi then he was born on Friday. You know everyone in Ghana has a week name followed by the surname, both girls and boys when they are born.
@afrog3569
@afrog3569 Жыл бұрын
@Frank Osei yes, I have taken the name Kojo Addo. I was born on a monday, and my father's grandmother mother's was called Nana Addo in guyana.
@Philjoe
@Philjoe Жыл бұрын
That's right.
@frankosei9726
@frankosei9726 Жыл бұрын
@@afrog3569 oh really, beautiful. The present president of Ghana is called Nana Addo. The name Nana is the title of the Chiefs in Ghana. So when a child is called in Ghana after birth, the child becomes somewhat special. Both boys and girls can be called Nana.
@afrog3569
@afrog3569 Жыл бұрын
The first rebellion in guyana was lea by Kofi in 1763. The second was led in 1823 which is considered one of the largest rebellions in British colonies. It was led by John Gladstone and his father, Quamina Gladstone . They were Akan.
@Alex-kg6cj
@Alex-kg6cj Жыл бұрын
You will surely make it one day bro/sis I am a Ghanaian and I’m looking forward to see you visit Ghana, meet your akan family in Kumasi 🙏🏽🙏🏽
@Philjoe
@Philjoe Жыл бұрын
I hope so too
@yerocdiamond5147
@yerocdiamond5147 Жыл бұрын
Me a seh and me sey...we use both in Jamaica
@queenb660
@queenb660 Жыл бұрын
Thank you my Sister, I'm crying but happy that we Jamaicans still have a little of Ghana with us❤️
@kirkbryan399
@kirkbryan399 Жыл бұрын
I love you my sister good teaching 🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲
@summerbounce706
@summerbounce706 Жыл бұрын
I smiled all through this video. I wish it was longer. This is brilliant. I definitely want to know where my ancestors are from and hearing the strong connect with Ghana is just so fascinating and refreshing. Thank you!
@Philjoe
@Philjoe Жыл бұрын
I am glad it helped you connect.
@wiltonmcdonald2399
@wiltonmcdonald2399 Жыл бұрын
I am more settled in my spirit having listened to you and others who confirmed that most Jamaicans are from the West Coast of Africa I am Jamaican but lived most of my adult life in the UK 🇬🇧 I have often felt a certain kinship with my school friends from Nigeria 🇳🇬 and Ghana 🇬🇭 now I know why. William Buah my Ghanaian friend sadly past away earlier this year. R. I. P my friend. ❤
@Philjoe
@Philjoe Жыл бұрын
Sorry for your loss.
@kemigishanebra7988
@kemigishanebra7988 Жыл бұрын
I was also born in JA. Spent the majority of my life in UK. Now live in Ghana since January.
@lilacer6841
@lilacer6841 Жыл бұрын
@@Philjoe Jamaicans are taught history of slave trade from an early age so we know we are from West Africa.
@lilacer6841
@lilacer6841 Жыл бұрын
@@kemigishanebra7988 where in Ghana do you live? I am building a house in Ghana now but still in UK
@coleenswaby-lawes2234
@coleenswaby-lawes2234 Жыл бұрын
Miss Lou (the late Louise Bennet Coverley), who made us proud and confident in our dialect, did a talk on this, almost the same content. Shows that her research was solid.
@MrRacecourser
@MrRacecourser Жыл бұрын
Bere smile pon mi face. What a wonderful and informative video. Language really is the root that ties us all together. Blessings and love from 🇯🇲
@patrickopare1959
@patrickopare1959 Жыл бұрын
@tyrone what the meaning of the "Bere smile" please ?
@MrRacecourser
@MrRacecourser Жыл бұрын
@@patrickopare1959 All smiles. 😀
@patrickopare1959
@patrickopare1959 Жыл бұрын
@@MrRacecourser nice, i asked because in Akan/ Ghanaian language we have "Bebere" which means "alot"....so if i was to also write " bebere smiles" it will mean " alot of smiles" too
@MrRacecourser
@MrRacecourser Жыл бұрын
@@patrickopare1959 brother, this is amazing. It's just more proof that we are tied together deeper than geography. Patois is definitely from the same language base as Akan. This is so awesome.
@paulgabbidon8350
@paulgabbidon8350 Жыл бұрын
@@patrickopare1959 you are right because when I used that word around regular English speaking people they give me what is saying look!
@NourDette
@NourDette Жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing. In Jamaica Ackee is a fruit, We say dukunoo, booyo, or blue draws. Anansi stories is used the same way in Jamaican. My Ghanaian friend told me Bro Tokuma was the only thing we Jamaicans got wrong. She said the word is Etokuma which means Anansi's wife. Moomu or Bhobo means fool or idiot in Jamaica. Yes potu potu also means soft in Jamaica. Also plaka plaka means messy it refers mostly to Jamaican food presentation. 💛💛💛💛
@Philjoe
@Philjoe Жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing 👍.
@missbabyloved7531
@missbabyloved7531 Жыл бұрын
That sweet dokono version of Jamaica is called Abooloo or Fomfom in Ghana. In Ghana callalou is called Effae leaves
@missbabyloved7531
@missbabyloved7531 Жыл бұрын
That sweet dokono version of Jamaica is called Abooloo or Fomfom in Ghana. In Ghana callalou is called Effae leaves
@deeclem2191
@deeclem2191 Жыл бұрын
And in Ghana here too it's fruit also
@kofiamoah795
@kofiamoah795 Жыл бұрын
Etokuma is supposed to be Ananse's son instead. And Okonore Yaa is the wife.
@joanmartin7425
@joanmartin7425 Жыл бұрын
This was a true blessing. Will pass on to my grandchildren. Much love❤️❤️🙏🏾😢
@hensonorr4319
@hensonorr4319 4 ай бұрын
We. In. Tobago. Grew using those words hearing my parents using them never knew they were african in origin. Wow
@Philjoe
@Philjoe 4 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing.
@helenekquaynor
@helenekquaynor Жыл бұрын
Thank you for this video, I have always known that Jamaicans and Ghanaians are one and the same and we share so many similarities including our foods. Growing up in London it was such a them against us fight between the Jamaicans and the Africans so I am so happy to see many years later the comments section which shows so many of us willing and ready to be recognised as one people because we truly are one. Love you all
@Philjoe
@Philjoe Жыл бұрын
You are most welcome
@Shola475
@Shola475 Жыл бұрын
Enjoyed your research and understanding of patios and Ghanaian languages as a British born Caribbean of Jamaican parentage I love my heritage. Well Done 👍🏿 👍🏿
@davidboamah6679
@davidboamah6679 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for bringing this to us. Owl is patu in both Akan and Patois. A Maroon town is Akompong, very similar to Acheampong (Akan name). In Akompong town flute/horn is aben, which is the same in Akan. Toku toku refers to an obese person in Akan and I believe toku in Patois refers to the same. On a side note palm fruit is abe in Akan and obe in Suriname
@davido2285
@davido2285 Жыл бұрын
There is a major town called Mampong in Ghana. There's also Akropong. And many names ending with the ..mong sound. Surely, your word is connected to Ghana. Amazing❤️
@wojaffochicago6591
@wojaffochicago6591 Жыл бұрын
Dave, the Maroon town Akompong is a direct derivative of Akropong. A town in the akwapim range of the eastern region.
@davidboamah6679
@davidboamah6679 Жыл бұрын
@@wojaffochicago6591 thanks for that
@kofiamoah795
@kofiamoah795 Жыл бұрын
Akompong is similar to Akropong in Akan meaning " A big town or community"
@kwasimorgan8162
@kwasimorgan8162 Жыл бұрын
Akompong is an Akan name
@tashnahtv6098
@tashnahtv6098 Жыл бұрын
This was so wholesome. I figured out the connection but it's much more than I thought... and I'm happy about it. Thank you ma'am.
@florenceledgister7327
@florenceledgister7327 3 ай бұрын
Thank you Nans Yaa. How sweet to hear the origins of some of our Patois words. You are a garacious lady, I look forward to learning more. Thank you!! Fr; the African diaspora, peace. 👍🤗😊🌴🇯🇲
@Philjoe
@Philjoe 3 ай бұрын
Thank you. Please like, share, and subscribe to the channel 🙏.
@glenroylowe6053
@glenroylowe6053 Жыл бұрын
Thank you my beautiful African queen, continue to educate and inspire us to find our true self.
@maralena137123
@maralena137123 Жыл бұрын
You have started a revolution in the African diaspora. I as an African who was born in Jamaica knows of my African roots but with your information I can make a concrete connection Thanks for the information and continue to educate all Africans of the connection between those of us on the continent and those of us outside of the continent. What is the African name of the fruit that Jamaicans refered to as Ache? I heard you give the origin of the word, but what about the fruit, is it the same as the root of the word as you explained?
@DjBay-rf1tt
@DjBay-rf1tt Жыл бұрын
One❤ love form Jamaica 🇯🇲 to the motherland Africa.
@aelliott1326
@aelliott1326 Жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed this video plz more more more it is really insightful, interesting and informative for a African born in Jamaica living in the UK one love auntie.
@Philjoe
@Philjoe Жыл бұрын
I will definitely be putting outthe second portion of the video very soon.🩶
@VWApachey
@VWApachey Жыл бұрын
Fantastic education , keep them coming .My face is full of smiles. Admittedly I never heard the mummu and putto putto before though. looking forward to more and cant wait to visit Ghana one day. I just wished that the land buying process was a bit easier and straightforward.
@mavoungoukelanou8045
@mavoungoukelanou8045 Жыл бұрын
We also say poto-poto in Congo and it means mud. We also use it to say puree
@johnstephens6378
@johnstephens6378 Жыл бұрын
Same here in Ghana
@LGS65
@LGS65 28 күн бұрын
While visiting Ghana last year . We ate a a dish called poto-poto made with sweet potato and dried fish mushed together with spices. It was very tasty
@ew3711
@ew3711 9 ай бұрын
Please continue this program ..
@Blackjudean.1
@Blackjudean.1 3 ай бұрын
YHWH WILL BRING US TO TOGETHER ONE'S AGAIN 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
@terrellsimmo.s7271
@terrellsimmo.s7271 11 ай бұрын
I grew up in South Carolina and I understand some of that
@CamoyaTheVeganQueen
@CamoyaTheVeganQueen Жыл бұрын
Thank you for Sharimg ❤ As a Jamaican 🇯🇲 I Really appreciate the knowledge
@imonlineshopper
@imonlineshopper Жыл бұрын
I'm so, so happy to have found this video
@goddessgoddess6790
@goddessgoddess6790 Жыл бұрын
😊😊😊 💙 I have to take a few for 🇹🇹 obeah and Braanancy, moomoo 💙 and a few more Black 😍 history so many miles away and it's in true acceptance on the other . end across the Miles. So TRUE and Thank You. 😍💙💙💙🙏🏾💙
@truthhurts7469
@truthhurts7469 Жыл бұрын
We were not born in Africa. Africa was born in us. 🇯🇲
@moniquelee9808
@moniquelee9808 Жыл бұрын
🌷Bless you beloved sista ! You are most welcome ! 🙏🏾❤💚💛🙏🏾
@davgar4241
@davgar4241 Жыл бұрын
Am jamaican and I know my ancestors came from Jamaica. I love dukunu. Its prepared in green banana leaf and madw with cornmeal. Anansi story is a common folklore here in jamaica. Obeah came survived because our ancestors brought it from some where in west africa. Its a kind of witchcraft. Nyam here in jamaica means to eat. One love mamma Africa.
@devreauxwilliams893
@devreauxwilliams893 2 жыл бұрын
I feel like an akan. Love
@simonpure109
@simonpure109 4 ай бұрын
You are blood✊🏽
@denniswray2055
@denniswray2055 7 ай бұрын
Amazing...thank you
@maggiewills1776
@maggiewills1776 Жыл бұрын
I’m from St.Kitts and we use words like obeah, nyam and mummu also
@a.r1832
@a.r1832 Жыл бұрын
Yes sista. Mi a sey di same ting. Mi would a nyam some a dah ackee and, saltfish deh right now and listen to some Anancy story bout Breda Tocuma. Bout di "obeah"? No sista. Mi fraid a di obeah.
@musaabdullhawright1307
@musaabdullhawright1307 Жыл бұрын
We still say mi seh in jamaica
@thekidsvillage
@thekidsvillage Жыл бұрын
The maroons in Jamaica use the Abeng which mean whistle also. Great video🇯🇲🇬🇭
@Uncle-Basil
@Uncle-Basil Жыл бұрын
Thank you my sister for sharing this...
@enosger
@enosger Жыл бұрын
Thank you for your teachings Nan, more power.
@Shenables
@Shenables Жыл бұрын
Thank you for the background knowledge.
@NanaKNOwusu
@NanaKNOwusu Жыл бұрын
Food : Sweet Bad in Ghana is called Dumpling in Jamaica. Banana Fritters are Kaklo in Ghana. Rice and peas is Waakye in Ghana. Breakfast is porridge same as Ghana or Plantain with Spinach or in Jamaica - green things and Calaloo.
@johnstephens6378
@johnstephens6378 Жыл бұрын
Plantain with pepper ginger garlic fried call calawola
@NanaKNOwusu
@NanaKNOwusu Жыл бұрын
@@johnstephens6378 Really? We call it Kelewele in Ghana. Sounds like same pronunciation.
@cd5516
@cd5516 Жыл бұрын
Very nice job! Thank for your effort!
@bigupasempee
@bigupasempee Жыл бұрын
Bless up Nana👊🏼
@lilyo.9802
@lilyo.9802 Жыл бұрын
I have done so much research in this topic and I’m thrilled to have come across this video. I noticed some similarities in the words and went through pronouncing them with as many Akan dialects as I could. I found them so close to the Fante and Akuapim dialects. I’m convinced they are of Akan descent. Lemme settle down and watch.
@dukenbrinnetteamarh-kwantr5447
@dukenbrinnetteamarh-kwantr5447 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely AMAZING!! MEDASE PAAA! Now i get de connection. Gwaaan sister u truly put tings togeda.
@karenashmeade9634
@karenashmeade9634 6 күн бұрын
So enlightening.
@adriantaylor1724
@adriantaylor1724 5 ай бұрын
Big up well done guys, I love it.❤
@isaacrbennett8094
@isaacrbennett8094 Жыл бұрын
Beautifull ' thank you.
@user-tn2rz7co1j
@user-tn2rz7co1j 2 ай бұрын
Greetings Empress Nana u gain a follower today I know that our ancestors were rooted also in Ghana for the Last 4 yrs I'm yearning to step foot in Ghana haven't yet but will soon love & light 🖤🌹🖤🇯🇲 Suh di tin set, that is it Big up all Kenyan Vloggers & all ALKEBULAN
@Philjoe
@Philjoe 2 ай бұрын
Welcome and thank you
@nycg801
@nycg801 Жыл бұрын
Blessed sister,thank you for this ❤️💛💚
@lindolphmurray9480
@lindolphmurray9480 Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for this. Proud of my Ghanaian ancestry
@beverleyhayden3952
@beverleyhayden3952 11 ай бұрын
Thx u..from jamaicA
@Philjoe
@Philjoe 11 ай бұрын
U most welcome
@oduroemmanuel7470
@oduroemmanuel7470 Жыл бұрын
God bless you
@PhyahEgzitMusic
@PhyahEgzitMusic 2 жыл бұрын
Love this
@Philjoe
@Philjoe 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@fromGhetto2Goddess
@fromGhetto2Goddess Жыл бұрын
Amazing info medase paaa 🇬🇭🇯🇲
@yvettebrown9126
@yvettebrown9126 Жыл бұрын
I grew up in Jamaica with Bro Anancy and bro Tukuma stories told orally by grandad. Sadly with technology these traditional things are fading.
@millietullochsinghs2483
@millietullochsinghs2483 Жыл бұрын
Quite interesting. Thanks for sharing
@effeo9962
@effeo9962 Жыл бұрын
This is lovely and you are a charming host!
@Philjoe
@Philjoe Жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@ss5482yy
@ss5482yy Жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing.😊
@Philjoe
@Philjoe Жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@normahamilton2985
@normahamilton2985 Жыл бұрын
Thanks. Very interesting.🤗
@Philjoe
@Philjoe Жыл бұрын
You’re welcome 😊
@jerrykyei1698
@jerrykyei1698 Жыл бұрын
Good teaching paao
@shernahricketts4130
@shernahricketts4130 Жыл бұрын
Wow🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲❤️❤️❤️
@mortolegbahdavid7780
@mortolegbahdavid7780 Жыл бұрын
Yeah Jamaica patoi is made of different AFRICAN languages
@linettejenkins8600
@linettejenkins8600 11 ай бұрын
Thank you my cousin.
@dianpowell6416
@dianpowell6416 Жыл бұрын
Thank you my sister, be I know my true origin. It brings race to my soul. God bless you.
@kernijaharris9466
@kernijaharris9466 Жыл бұрын
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