AFRO NETHERLANDS: The African Diaspora In The Netherlands

[@FlowersgirlJ]

Love love love your work!!!! Thanks for sharing these snippets of black history around the world!!

[@MalePietje]

You missed the islands of Saba and Sint Eustatius as part of the Dutch Antilles. Also maybe worth mentioning is that Jan Schenkman (who wrote the 1850 kids book 'Sinterklaas en zijn Knecht') was also a prominent member of 'Maatschappij tot Nut van 't Algemeen'. An association which, among other things, fought for the abolition of slavery. Schenkman's inspiration for his book came from a German book published a couple years earlier in which Saint Nicholas punishes 3 white kids who were bullying a black kid by putting them in a pot of black ink. His aim was to introduce black people to children in a fun way and show that these are not people to be afraid of. Black population in the Netherlands at the time was still well below 1% so most people had never seen a black person, but Schenkman knew this was eventually going to change. I didn't know about Ashanti and Akan soldiers being inlisted in the army. Quite interesting. Thanks for giving me a new piece of our history to study. Great video overal.

[@FreedomIsMineOfficial]

Thank you for watching and for the info!

[@bakuman61]

This is crazyyyy!! As a dutch black man, our school history classes never told us this side about the VOC or the Golden Age. They were all positive and proud facts of the history which brought this country its wealth. But the true workforce behind it was never really mentioned. Even the colonialism that was mentioned was only the information about the East Indies. I was always a little upset how fast they skimmed through slavery as if it didnt happen primarily due to this country

[@bakuman61]

@Gogu Chelu damn ok

[@janelleflagg7154]

@goguchelu9018 yeah it's weird that there's blk's in the Netherlands! But what I did know the Dutch is in Africa South Africa!

[@gregoryjones9546]

​@@janelleflagg7154 In Fact,The Netherlands(Dutch) Were The First Colonizers=INVADERS Of South Africa,Were Do Think The Afrikaners Came From,Descendants Of Dutch Colonists Who Invaded South Africa In The 1600's-1700's. "White Africans" My Ass,The Afrikaners Are Descendants Of Dutch INVADERS!!! After The Napoleonic Wars,In Order For The Dutch Realm Which Included Belgium To Be Elevated To The Kingdom Of The Netherlands,They Gave Up South Africa And The United Kingdom=The British Took Over South Africa.

[@ahillbey9225]

Wow, I never knew anything about blacks in the Netherlands until now. We are spread across the 4 corners of the earth. My take about the black face is not only is the face black, but their hair is wooly. How do the explain that?

[@FreedomIsMineOfficial]

Thanks for watching! I hope you liked the video 🤗 yes, there is so much fascinating black history in the Netherlands!

[@ahillbey9225]

@@FreedomIsMineOfficial Nicole Bus brought me to looking up the Netherlands, she has a amazing voice.

[@janelleflagg7154]

Right! I actually found out about Africans living in the Netherlands by watching my favorite thing to do African weddings! A couple did a traditional Ghana wedding. I was shocked they said they're from the Netherlands

[@abrahamisaacmuciusiii691]

Do you have a video on the African Diaspora in France?

[@FreedomIsMineOfficial]

Not yet but it's on the way! I will probably do a video on France in the next couple of months.

[@abrahamisaacmuciusiii691]

@bastia Mars Yep it shows that we of the African diaspora are strong. 💪💪💪💪💪💪

[@abrahamisaacmuciusiii691]

@@FreedomIsMineOfficial Thank you, I really like your videos, speaking of which, do you have a video on Afro Puerto Ricans?

[@FreedomIsMineOfficial]

Thank you! My Puerto Rico video comes out on Monday 13th, keep an eye out!

[@abrahamisaacmuciusiii691]

@@FreedomIsMineOfficial Thank you very much.

[@Cello21777]

AHHH Your channel is amazing. wow. Do you think you could share some of your sources with us?

[@FreedomIsMineOfficial]

Thank you so much 🙏🏽 and of course! What in particular were you interested in reading more about?

[@abrahamisaacmuciusiii691]

The painting on the golden carriage is white sumpremacy in showcase form along with Black Pete.

[@kevinanderson63]

I like your channel, just a point of correction. Kwasi is pronounced Kwa-esi and not Kwazi. The A and the E are expressed separately but because of the dominant E sound the A is almost silent. A native speaker of Twi can however pick up the difference between Kwasi (how most Akans spell the name) and Kwesi (how the Fante spell the name) .

[@FreedomIsMineOfficial]

Great, thank you for the correction! 😊

[@bigsouth010]

@@FreedomIsMineOfficial you are the most polite and respectful person in the comments. I want my daughter grow up and be just like you!!!

[@reneedennis2011]

Thanks for this video 🙂!

[@Angelsangels1969]

Whether or not NETHERLAND, want to admit it, it's TRUE, it's written in the HISTORY BOOKS

[@deeal9817]

There is so much more information (slave hero's) that we do not really know about the countries in South America, in this case Surinam. Could you please make also vids of black history in Guyana, Paraguay, Uruguay, French Guiana and Chile? Also ABC island and 3 S islands have much information. Such as Tula who was a great leader!

[@marvenhyppolite6517]

Awesome content! You are my new favorite channel, keep up the great work.

[@FreedomIsMineOfficial]

Wow, what a compliment! Thank you so much! 🥳✊🏽

[@denacook7033]

Fabulous

[@charlesmartin2888]

Question. What is the biggest black festival in Holland?

[@hunchbackaudio]

That will be Kwaku Summerfestival. The why is simple, black people like to party.

[@charlesmartin2888]

So basically, it’s the Dutch version of the Caribbean carnival. Thanks!

[@hunchbackaudio]

@@charlesmartin2888 It’s not really like carnival, it’s a Surinamese festival with lots of food and kaseko music over several weekends. There is a Caribbean style carnival festival in Rotterdam yearly with a parade.

[@fcassmann]

Not only black people. Kwaku started as a voetbal(soccer)tournament . I'm a old Bemre Amsterdammer. ​@@hunchbackaudio

[@SamanthaLarbi]

great video!

[@butywbrainz]

Enjoyed the video 🤩👏🏽

[@richardgaya3965]

Interesting and informative

[@MrBLACKWORLD33]

you should do one on sicily italy

[@FreedomIsMineOfficial]

I have a video on Italy in which Sicily is mentioned 🤗

[@raspectras9972]

Knowledge wisdom and overstanding! Talk about man know thyself! You can be my teachet any day!!!!!!!!!!

[@docterryates340]

What's left out is that the Dutch Colonized Guiana before the British defeated the Dutch and renaned Dutch Guiana as British Guiana. The well k-nown (the letter k is not silent, why should it be and by whom?) AhFreeKan Emperor Kofi (Cuffy) of Dutch Guiana (Guyana) was the twin Brother of a Ghanaian Warrior. It was Emperor Kofi of Dutch Guiana who started the first Slave rebellion and revolt in the Americas before Hai-Ti not Hate-he as Americans and British English talkers 🦜🦜 do often say.

[@Tom-qd3cs]

The Portuguese abolished slavery in Brazil in 1888. No doubt Brazil was indepedent in 1822. Period.

[@FreedomIsMineOfficial]

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[@DenUitvreter]

Do you want to make black history content or black fiction? You got almost every fact wrong. Let me guess, your British and with that typical British colonial sense of entitlement you believe the British version of history and the British perspective on foreign cultures is the right one, because you can't read any other langue or understand any foreign culture. Sorry, the Dutch got rich, filthy rich, from fair trade with other Europeans. Well before they gave up on their objections to slavery in 1638, till then slaves were freed. They were actually one of the earlier countries to end the slave trade, that didn't bring them much financially. The Dutch overestimate the Dutch part in the slavetrade hugely, which was very small, just like they overestimate the wealth colonialism brought. Schenkman was an abolitionist, minstrel shows and blackface are Anglo traditions unknown by the Dutch. Zwarte Piet is a young black man, the soot story is for the benefit of children not mixing him up with black Dutch. The golden carriage is obviously post slavery to anyone who actually takes a look. I guess if people have to make this much stuff up to make the Dutch look racist, they aren't racist at all. Which is of course what the Dutch have known all along by simply watching how terribly backward the Americans and the British are.

[@FreedomIsMineOfficial]

Thank you for watching and for your feedback Lynott

[@yourprimitivehome9732]

You are beautiful. 👀👀

[@marlonberend8041]

Afro Netherlands that's a stupid label, because there's no such nation on the map....You are either Dutch or Surinamese you can't label some one because of their ethnicity. It's the same thing with African American or anyone other ethnic classification.....

[@FreedomIsMineOfficial]

Hi Marlon, thanks for watching and sharing your perspective. That's just the way I chose to title the series, I put 'Afro' and then the name of the country, so it's obvious what the video is about. You will see all other videos in the series are titled the same way. I don't ever refer to the country or the people by that title, or encourage anyone else to. Thank you for watching.

[@chocoMyCoco]

Not al black people the live in the Netherland are Surinamese.

[@chocoMyCoco]

Not al black people the live in the Netherland are Surinamese.

[@afrobridgetotheword46]

if you disagree please don't make it in issue.