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@readyforanything35544 жыл бұрын
Love you Lil baby (non romantic) you like a smart ass jurnee smollet. Fw you heavy since your black culture dissertation. Now you touching on something else I've been tuned into.
@jasminemorris7594 жыл бұрын
Guess I've been living under a rock again, but it's okay, respect is high on my list of morals.For others respect is just a word in a song. Im relieved I have a more pescatarian palate. No shade. Your opinions are valuable Jouelzy, all respect.
@mermaidtingzzz4 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣
@TenVeils4 жыл бұрын
Happy Black History Month 2021
@kimandshay4 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣
@NaturallyTiii4 жыл бұрын
Exactly it’s like sushi. You don’t get sushi from just anywhere. It don’t taste the same.
@jouelzy4 жыл бұрын
Great example. Cause I'm hella picky about where I get sushi from.
@rickireign4 жыл бұрын
Good analogy!
@Myaccount9234 жыл бұрын
Exactly and people won’t disrespect sushi like this
@yumiyumitao33244 жыл бұрын
I don't like sushi but I wouldn't write off the whole culture and cuisine because of it. I'm from the Caribbean and I don't even like all of my people's cuisine.
@4pfcarti7924 жыл бұрын
@@jouelzy big facts I go to only ONE place to get sushi because not everywhere knows how to make it
@Baybehho4 жыл бұрын
Honestly, it's like trying Chinese food for the first time but instead of ordering chow mein and some sweet and sour pork you go straight for the century egg and chicken feet. They didn't go in wanting to explore a new cuisine, they just wanted a gross-out challenge. They all knew exactly what they were doing.
@adikaaniedobe63394 жыл бұрын
Exactly! Ppl skipped jollof rice and plantain and flew to fufu
@bossytweed66644 жыл бұрын
Exactly! I always say fufu is not the dish to introduce Nigerian food to someone especially because it's an acquired taste. So many native people are already picky about fufu including myself. I never ate fufu unless my dad made it and now, I don't eat the fufu and instead just the soup but only if it's made vegetarian. This challenge is purely xenophobic. Period.
@EclecticGiraffe4 жыл бұрын
@@adikaaniedobe6339 legit lol I told my dad about the challenge this morning and he was like, “why didn’t they do it with jollof?”
@princessyarkor7304 жыл бұрын
Same
@tonyamd98004 жыл бұрын
Didn't you just insult the Chinese culture by just disrespecting what they eat? Are you saying the egg and chicken feet are disgusting?
@Nico-c3c4 жыл бұрын
Sorry but there is no reason a grown woman/man needs to spit food out on camera. If you don't like it then just explain why and move on.
@SSRIs4 жыл бұрын
I agree. Grown folks Being extra, disrespectful & gross for no reason other than for clicks & views
@QTiye884 жыл бұрын
He said it looked like Dog Food before she pulled the video too like...what yall was expecting? And also, just because he is "Kenyan-American" doesn't mean he is actually ingrained or invested in said culture or West Africa in general. The fact that he kept saying "I'm African" and she kept repeating it let me know what time it was because no real Ghanaian/Nigerian/Kenyan gonna refer to their entire continent. Hell they break it down by tribe even!🤣🤣
@ThatGirlMoi4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, they could've also decided to just not post it too since they're being disrespectful
@AnimeUni-versed4 жыл бұрын
PREACH
@politicomonsoon4 жыл бұрын
with the internet you get the good with the bad. So if someone is going to say that they like it and are very into it, someone is going to basically vomit. That's the part of the internet you cannot get people praising food without people hating it.
@Kluermoi4 жыл бұрын
You literally get prettier with each video ❤️❤️❤️
@jouelzy4 жыл бұрын
oh wow! Thank you!!
@MynameisNOTthepoint4 жыл бұрын
Literally!!!
@graciaxxl88084 жыл бұрын
I thought it was just me😍
@dexterzombiegirl4 жыл бұрын
Facts!!
@SSRIs4 жыл бұрын
Yes, I concur! You’re gorgeous as well. I’ve told you this 1000x’s lol but I LOVE your name 💕
@CoCoFantastique4 жыл бұрын
When I went to Japan a woman bought her young son to experience the tea ceremony. When it came time to try the Green Tea, which looked and tasted like grass puree if I'm honest. The woman said to her son " DO NOT make a face" . Etiquette! it has to be taught. It is ok not to like it. It is not OK to be disrespectful
@effortlesslynj3 жыл бұрын
Exactly! My mom taught me never to call peoples food disgusting/nasty because it’s plain disrespectful. It was a big shocker growing up, and realizing not everyone thought like that, especially Americans.
@CoCoFantastique3 жыл бұрын
@@effortlesslynj Girl! my family is a few generations black Americans from the south..Trust me! In my day if you turn up your nose or made negative comment something someone took the time to prepare for you?you will seriously wish you never had. . African, Black American, Caribbean ALL know better than this! I really think it may be the culture of this social media generation because acting like a rude idiot for attention is acceptable now.
@avonnehuggins21223 жыл бұрын
@@CoCoFantastique true!
@RedisNotaFlavor4 жыл бұрын
yep agree. fufu, even though a staple of Nigerian cuisine, is not an introductory dish. There should be a Rice and Stew or Jollof Rice and plantain challenge.
@MsEricao4 жыл бұрын
I was thinking the same thing
@loulousworld924 жыл бұрын
To be 100% honest fufu is not a staple Nigerian dish at all Iool maybe in a different tribe but for my people our choice of starch is typically pounded yam, eba, amala or ground rice
@aspiring...4 жыл бұрын
I believe they pick that food on purpose knowing they won't like it.
@ajo80754 жыл бұрын
@@loulousworld92 gotta be your people lol definitely a staple for mine, never thought that was something would vary between tribes
@loulousworld924 жыл бұрын
@@ajo8075 I don’t know where you are from but the majority of Nigerians in the UK that I know (that’s including family and friends) don’t eat fufu as much as they eat pounded yam. If you go to weddings the number one thing that they serve with the soups is pounded yam, Amala or Eba, Fufu is at the bottom of list Lool. I think it’s more popular with Ghanaians
@jnyerere4 жыл бұрын
I'm Tanzanian and I have quite a few Nigerian-American friends who've introduced me to various foods. And overtime I've learned that West African and East African cuisines are just vastly different. But I've never disrespected any of my Nigerian friends in the process of trying foods my palate did not agree with. And more importantly, I've found foods that I actually liked in the process. For some, the Egusi Challenge was indeed an opportunity to be xenophobic and disrespectful for views.
@parisz4 жыл бұрын
+1. Btw, I’m Zanzibari/Finnish - karibu kaka!
@gee.kay.47874 жыл бұрын
TZ!
@thewordsmith54404 жыл бұрын
I'ver heard many West Africans call black American foods trash and nasty even before this challege and even call it slave food ironically East Afircans eat suka wiki (collard greens) too but many Africans have tried to instill an inferority complex about our foods saying we are lost and dont know our roots but someone who does not like Nigerian foods hates every single African in the world? Tanzania food looks good though. But not liking Egusi and fufu does not mean you hate all Africans. NIgeria does not represent all of Africa. And many black Americans like jollof rice from Nigerians. That does not make you xenophobic because you dont like certain diishes from someone's culture. My ex didnt like collard greens and macaroni and cheese does that make him a xenophobic west african? He actually was though but thats because he talked about how white americans loved them more and how white americans were superior to black Americans and how africans were hard working and black americans were lazy and thieves even though he did illegal things which he justified by saying he was a struggling immigrant.
@effortlesslynj3 жыл бұрын
@@thewordsmith5440 go to therapy ❤️
@OsheyBaddest Жыл бұрын
@@thewordsmith5440 shut up satan
@paprikahoney4 жыл бұрын
I personally would have recommended that they start with jollof rice and suya. Because you are right, yall can't go from fried chicken and sweet potato pie to egusi and fufu. Its an acquired taste. Only benefit of this challenge imo is the african restaurants getting more business
@PHlophe4 жыл бұрын
but my thing is at korean and chinese restaurants they woulda been more adventurous with food and i haven't seen hordes of non africans creating whole videos saying chinese food smells fouls, i wanted to have a word with those bitches . And why the hell do we even need to baby sit them. I have never worked hard to please the caucasian friends that came to our house to eat southern african food , and like i appreciate that if someone doesn't like my food; they could drink water and eat the slice of breads on the table because i sure as hell ain't going to please no damned body for fear of upsetting them.
@FukQUMean4 жыл бұрын
Omg that's what I did for my friends in college. Jellof and suya, they only liked the suya. Didn't even liked maltina. It's definitely different and you gotta ease into it.
@tatertot584 жыл бұрын
Idk girl the first time I tried egusi soup I was in love😍. I eat it regularly like at least 2 to 3 times a month. My kids eat it with no problem and we are all black Americans and if they can be respectful so can these grown adults lol. Nigerian food is top tier!
@moood474 жыл бұрын
@@PHlophe chinese food is rice, sauce , seafood, meat, and vegetables. Everybody has had that. You can't compare trying chinese food to egusi. Not happening.
@PHlophe4 жыл бұрын
@@moood47 girl what africa doesn't have seafood and meat and veggies ? What you are eating in those Asian takeaway joints is not actual chinese or KR food its american food branded as asian. people in china do not have those in their menu. The same applies to all the Tandoori means, chicken Korma and the likes. just cos it has kurkumah in it doesn't mean its asian. People i india don't even know what chicken korma is. actual Chinese food is an "acquired taste", and I am being tactful here.
@3ThatGirlSteph24 жыл бұрын
We don't even eat everybody's potato salad...
@keyannab17354 жыл бұрын
OKAY! A whole culture of "Who made it ?!?!?!?"
@cocochanel38124 жыл бұрын
@@keyannab1735 lol I’m guilty asking before I eat ....
@ladybluelotus4 жыл бұрын
Exactly! It's just ignorant people being extra for clicks. People need to grow up.
@ladydiaspora8074 жыл бұрын
Girl,OK
@DowntownMeganBrown4 жыл бұрын
agree. its hypocritical. we stay clowin people foods but when it happens to us
@sashao.15344 жыл бұрын
As a person who is married and has a child with a Nigerian man it definitely took some time for my pallet to become accustomed to certain dishes. The texture alone to certain dishes like the okra soup was very new so hearing people doing the fufu challenge with EGUSI smh why not try Jollof, even the peppery stew with rice to start off. Some of them folks new better (especially the chicken fingers and French fry folks)
@ezinneifechukwunyelundubue25784 жыл бұрын
Exatly jollof rice or white rice and stew is the entry point to Nigerian food. Yeah texture is definately a thing.
@Merrybandoruffians4 жыл бұрын
Okay, I’ve been wondering this for awhile ... Is the slimy texture common in Nigerian food? Or is it just a few dishes that have that texture? I’m really not trying to sound ignorant, just genuinely curious. I’m black American and I have always wanted to learn more about/try more West African food (since, that is our heritage.)
@ajo80754 жыл бұрын
@@Merrybandoruffians the slimy texture is really only in okra soup because okra itself is slimy. Egusi and other soups like bitter leaf soup that go with fufu/farina are not slimy.
@125loopy4 жыл бұрын
@@Merrybandoruffians Okra is really slimy. I'm Jamaican and lots of Jamaicans love okra but I could never 😭 I'm patiently awaiting my first try at jollof rice though. That looks delicious
@Merrybandoruffians4 жыл бұрын
Aj O ah, okay. Thanks for clarifying. My family is from the coast of South Carolina/Georgia and the old folks also eat stewed okra with tomato, which I’ve never been a big fan of because of that texture. The only way I can do okra is fried, lol. But I’m glad there are other dishes I can try. Thanks!
@eatwithafia4 жыл бұрын
As a Ghanaian food blogger, it was so disheartening to see. I posted a reel that Africans were upset and a lot of African Americans were saying that I am starting an African vs African American war. We want African Americans to try West African food; they are the first group of people I would really love to truly experience West African food as a way to connect back to their African roots but if you don’t like it, you don’t have to make theatrics. People should have just gone with plantain and beans or simple jollof rice and suya
@13579hee4 жыл бұрын
Idk....as a Black American I feel I dont have any reason to taste West African food. I just dont feel like I get to claim any of that as "my culture". Centuries have passed........idk why some people think we should be attached to that now
@LadyMahogany4 жыл бұрын
The way some African people don't want anyone to disrespect your culture, food, music and anything that within your culture Black African Americans don't want to be disrespected either. I always hear from certain Africans why don't you African Americans have any culture, and other demeaning things that's hurtful. Maybe we all should respect each other's experiences and cultures and try to get along since we're all supposed to be family. It's certain things that I don't eat but I don't disparage the person or culture that the food is made by. Maybe the person had a off day or It's my tastebuds. Since I'm allergic to a lot of things it could be that.
@Love256484 жыл бұрын
To be honest I don’t care and I’m saying this as a Nigerian. What is the obsession of having them reconnect with so called west African routes (you also forgot to mention the large Central African ancestry). They’ve been in America for 400 years where they have developed their own culture and dynamics. They are Americans and have no obligation to discover so called roots unless they actually want to. You guys need to allow them to be who they are, an independent ethnic group with its own culture and values. As for the challenge, I honestly don’t understand how something like this can make you upset. These people doing it are obviously ignorant and doing it for clout. It also wasn’t just African Americans ns I saw Caribbean and a couple East Africans as well.
@kpopfan2464 жыл бұрын
I wanted to try African food just to say I did and to try new things. I was able to eat jollof rice and it tasted great to me. I never really had a chance to try other dishes tho.
@13579hee4 жыл бұрын
@@Love25648 OMG. THANKYOU. Im a Black American and this is so nice of you to say!!!! Imo my roots are in America, i obviously know I have ancestors that once lived im African but the la at 400+ years in America have shaped my identity. I think people just cant let our culture be what it is because they don't see it as valid which is soooooo fucked up
@angelnypr4 жыл бұрын
Its interesting all these diaspora wars happened, because fufu has several diasporic variations. As an Afro-PRican, mofongo is an obvious one. DR has mangu. Cuba and Haiti have their variations, and the English-speaking caribbean has its own variations as well. And these are commonly sold in a lot of these immigrant destination cities. Anyways, diaspora wars need to stop. They're exhausting.
@Merrybandoruffians4 жыл бұрын
It’s interesting how there are so many cultures in the Americas that have their own little spin on dishes that were brought over from West Africa. Like, I never made the connection between Mofongo and fufu, but now that you mention it, I’m like, duh! My family is from the South Carolina coast (and have some Geechee heritage) and we eat red rice, which I recently learned is just a version of Jollof rice that enslaved people adapted to the ingredients they had here. It’s just cool to me how we all put our own spin on things, but we’re all expressing the cultures of our homeland 🖤
@toyaJM4 жыл бұрын
Thanks my husband introduced me to mofongo and I couldn’t place why it was familiar to me. I grew up with a lot of Nigerians and love fufu it makes so much sense now.
@angelnypr4 жыл бұрын
The reality is most of our diaspora dishes are attempts our ancestors made to continue cooking in ways familiar to them, with the new ingredients they were presented with in the Americas, whether natural to there, or as a result of Europeans trading it over. Its the same in Africa actually, there's quite a few African dishes that contain ingredients native to the Americas. It shows how interconnected we are, and how despite slavery and colonialism, our relationships to each other across the diaspora are still intact in many ways, we just often don't realize it. Remember these borders are new, and we were considered property, we were easily shipped around different colonies. I have documented and traced black ancestors to Curaçao, Venezuela, Spain. Oral family history/cultural practice tells me I have ancestry from Haiti. We need to see these connections and remember them. They're important to our black history.
@toyaJM4 жыл бұрын
@@angelnypr I guess I’ve just never thought too deeply about the history of the foods I consume. This was a beautiful reminder of the depth of tradition throughout the diaspora.
@BiscuitMCK4 жыл бұрын
Funny in Congo they eat Mangu and mofongo . Even the words sounds congolsese.kongolese are central africans.
@nickjoy63894 жыл бұрын
THIS HAIIRRRRRR!!!!! CMON SZA! TEWSDAY AND WENZDAY!
@houseofbonnets4 жыл бұрын
With a quality bang!
@nickjoy63894 жыл бұрын
@@houseofbonnets TEA! 😭
@CamillaRules8924 жыл бұрын
it’s giving very much I JUS KEEP HIM SATISFIED!
@nickjoy63894 жыл бұрын
@@CamillaRules892 DEADDDDDD 😭😭💕
@nickjoy63894 жыл бұрын
@q She looks stunning!
@makimoments4 жыл бұрын
The Democratic Republic of Congo and the Republic of Congo are part of Central Africa
@brownsugaspark98114 жыл бұрын
🇨🇬🇨🇬🇨🇬🇨🇬🇨🇩 Congo!!
@t_challathagod1724 жыл бұрын
now they are. prior to the colonial times they werent
@t_challathagod1724 жыл бұрын
@Sally Ann do your history and then you can holla at me. Cameroun isnt even west africa, Gabon as well. We were all West Africa till the influence of the francophone. Central africa is abstract and made up
@t_challathagod1724 жыл бұрын
@Sally Annmy mistake arguinh with a dimwit
@childofyah57634 жыл бұрын
@@t_challathagod172 if they say they ain’t west Africans they ain’t west Africans what’s the problem?
@Diamondluv4eva4 жыл бұрын
Ghanaian-American here! I definitely agree on (west) African and Asian cuisine flavors being similar! My mom and I are regulars at the asian market.
@reedkicker4434 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately it takes a level of awareness to realize that its its offensive to show outward disgust at people's cultural food. Versus being able to be diplomatic and say something like "I'm not a huge seafood person so I didn't really enjoy this but not bad" or "you know what Fufu is a communal food and I'm left handed let me sit it out." But shout out to my high school English teacher who use to make us do "Eat With" assignments eating with classmates from a different culture. Filipinos eat chitlins to except their version is deep fried. So I can say they are horrid both the African American way and the Filipino way. 😂
@yams85564 жыл бұрын
EXACTLY
@lachell0713934 жыл бұрын
So it’s expected that you don’t partake in communal meals if you’re left handed ?
@larwuo_k4 жыл бұрын
@@lachell071393 Well I wouldn't say it's not expected to partake in communal meals if you're left handed but in some country in African eating with your left hand is a no go. I think she was just trying to giving some example of what you can say instead of being disrespectful not a great example but I get what she is saying.
@lachell0713934 жыл бұрын
@@larwuo_k Ahhh got you! I was just curious because I’m left handed lol. Thanks for the explanation.
@reedkicker4434 жыл бұрын
@@lachell071393 Actually in a lot of countries the left hand is seen as the one you use to wipe lol. See the videos "Taboos in your country" because it's true for some Asian countries as well. And I am a real left handed person so my friend did tell me no one would eat food I cooked in Ghana lmao. So, if you ever travel you can make a joke out of it because I also had another girl who was Korean try and teach me to use chopsticks and she said she didn't know anyone left handed in SK.
@lyn71274 жыл бұрын
There's an argentinian (and maybe other south american places, I can only speak for my country) bitter alcoholic drink called fernet. It has a lot of herbs and is very very good for the stomach. If you drink a shot of it, it's medicinal. If you mix it (with let's say coke), it's a beverage. If a foreigner just takes a full glass of it, they would absolutely hate it, but they're not doing it right. You're supposed to understand tradition and the way things are done
@TititoDeBologay4 жыл бұрын
I tried Fernet but in Chile. It was special to say the least. It does settle the stomach. It reminded me of Herbal decoction You have in the French side of the alps. Them types that the local pull out of their cupboards and tell you all the herbs except that secret ingredient, you’ll never know.
@andeendrayton12534 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of mauby which is big in the Caribbean. It's made from the bark of the mauby tree and bitter as hell! Yet, it's so refreshing as a cold drink on a hot day. As a kid I hated it but as I grew older, LOVED it!
@tomaitoe3 жыл бұрын
@@andeendrayton1253 True. Mauby is addictive now that I'm an adult.
@sasentaiko3 жыл бұрын
Oh yeah, I remember a decade ago White (non South American) Silicon Valley hipsters kept pressuring everyone to do fernet shots at parties, with the assumption that they’d hate it. Sorry some of the insecure people in my country did that xenophobic thing.
@AuthorLHollingsworth4 жыл бұрын
We Black folks down South eat many dishes with okra. Rather it is fried okra, okra/ tomato soup, black eyes with okra, Gumbo, Collard Greens/Mustards with okra, and the list goes on. Many of our own people dont realize that our ancestors found ways to keep Africa alive within the community, but without the colonizer even having a clue. Also, there is a reason why we love sweet potatoes/ Yams so much, and we can thank Africa for that as well. Love the video, Queen!!!!
@13579hee4 жыл бұрын
Sweet potatoes come from South America 😬 Collard greens were brought to America by Europeans Most of What we eat isnt African
@Utada3794 жыл бұрын
@@13579hee uh, you need to relearn Black American history and I’ll leave it at that
@13579hee4 жыл бұрын
@@Utada379 oh sure
@destiny33544 жыл бұрын
@@13579hee Ummm no they are not that's false history learn your true history
@nia-yl7lq4 жыл бұрын
AAs dont eat yams, that's my problem. You eat sweet potatoes, yams and sweet potatoes are completely different
@_Alimm4 жыл бұрын
I come from a both West Indian and African American family and I definitely see the treatment from ppl when I say which black I am first. Ppl think I'm more fun and cool when I say West Indian. Ppl think I'm uneducated and classless when I say AA. There's a real harmful generalization and zenephobia put on AAs from the rest of the Diaspora. It's a just white supremacist ideas were throwing at each other in the end.
@MissTiffee6194 жыл бұрын
As someone who’s also half West Indian and Half African American, you are 100% right.
@thenerdyelephant10984 жыл бұрын
Same! I'm jamaican and african american, 100% black but eyes light up when i say jamiacan. Eyes go dull when i say im black. Same ting mon same ting
@skylarsky31734 жыл бұрын
Same here!! My mom is AA and may dad was Jamaican(he died). People treat me different( whites, Africans, Indians.....) when they find out I have Jamaican ancestry. It's almost like they totally ignore the fact that I am both and are fascinated mainly by my Jamaican side. It's sad because my parents truly embraced each other's culture. My dad would make grits( almost like porridge) and my mom would make curry chicken with a southern spin...
@kyrathedestroyer_4 жыл бұрын
Facts. When I talk about my dad being trini people think it’s so cool but when I talk about being AA there’s a certain “eh” expression I get from others.
@Liiinda44 жыл бұрын
I'm half Dominican, half Black American. You think people care that I'm Dominican when I go to the DR? No, they care about my Americaness. This is human nature, considering when you are in the country of origin.
@bolaogunbayode61434 жыл бұрын
We love this whole look
@13579hee4 жыл бұрын
I was told that the vast majority of the people who started that challenge on Tik Tok were Black people from Canada many of whom are of Caribbean immigrant descent.... but people still came out and complained about Black Americans which I think is the shotgun reaction. Anytime someone see the black person on the internet doing something that seems disrespectful, offensive or problematic they are always assumed to be a Black American person. There have been multiple times where Ive literally seen continental Africans saying problematic things about Africa and when people take notice of what offense of things they've said they start her holding anti-Black American attacks against them calling them "slave babies" and saying they have "no culture"... even though that individuals were Continental Africans and not descendants of enslaved people. When are we gonna have a conversation about the diaspora as a whole having an anti-Black American ethnophobic attitude and how anytime of black person online seemed to do something perceived as "wrong" it's assumed to be black American doing it
@blkblack8284 жыл бұрын
Honestly its not a conversation worth having. Its been suggested several times that I go get shot by police due to this one sided diaspora war. We don't tie our existence to our food. We understand its not that deep. The attacks against us and our culture is projection. The anger stems from something beyond our control.
@13579hee4 жыл бұрын
@@blkblack828 the Africand who do that need someone to feel superior to and so they put us down to feel better about themselves because they know globally they are looked down upon. Looking down on us finally gives them people to feel better than
@effortlesslynj3 жыл бұрын
I’m not discrediting their ignorance one bit, but you do realize a good chunk of us don’t speak like that? A lot of us have had similar insults/xenophobia thrown at us from black Americans, but have grown to realize that it’s ignorance. Like I said, I am not going to discredit your hurt/trauma, but I think it’s time to heal my dear. From an African to a black American, heal my love! Anywho sending you good vibes, peace and solidarity
@13579hee3 жыл бұрын
@@effortlesslynj I have nothing person to "heal" from. I just think that Africans coming to America need to be aware of the issues over here that Black Americans deal with and watch their mouths.....you cant come into our house and start rearranging furniture. If a Black American went to Africa, Africans would UNDERSTANDABLY put then in their place if they started calling Africans "backwards", "lazy" & "ignorant" in THEIR own African countries and blaming them for their lack of infrastructure.
@opeyemiadegoke3613 жыл бұрын
@@13579hee see? That's exactly our issues as Africans with you AA ...this other commentor is trying to reach out to you and meet you in the middle ,you are talking about Africans watching their mouths when they come to the states it's the unecessary need to feel superior to Africans for me .. I hope you know in the eyes of this colonizers we are seen as the same , and we need to stick to together ...there is a saying in my place that says " accept your fault when it's been pointed out ,so everyone can let go and move on together ". In this case no African was waiting to attach any AA for no reason did you see all the videos and what was said in them if you don't want to be biased am sure you know 80percent of these videos were made here in the United States .so it very understandable to address this issue pointing fingers at AAs as it was said earlier heal from the hurt cos you clearly are harbouring some hate towards Africans which is not healthy for you as an individual or for you as a part of the black race .
@bigdezol4 жыл бұрын
Egusi is definitely not a starter food, but we have to be mindful to participate in and not exploit other people's food and foodways.
@mam94754 жыл бұрын
A woman with a Jamaican flag in her bio literally said “African food is trash” on Twitter a month ago and everyone came for Black Americans, very confusing.
@trinajame52084 жыл бұрын
Quite confusing indeed. This should not be a reason to hate on any group. If she was black American still no reason to come for black Americans. Nigerians have our own ignorant people we do not like when people come for us when the ignorant ones decide to share their ignorance with the world.
@trinajame52084 жыл бұрын
If I am not mistaken Joulezy is black American and look at what she is saying here
@monzorella13 жыл бұрын
100% confusing
@violetblu14 жыл бұрын
The problem is that these are reaction videos as opposed to people trying an unfamiliar cuisine because they have a genuine interest.
@marlak42034 жыл бұрын
Yep. A lot if things are said and done purposefully for reaction. But others fall for it.
@JustEJayOk4 жыл бұрын
That part! Getting a reaction for likes, views and shares!
@122459508564 жыл бұрын
I agree.
@mf40684 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this- I am British-Nigerian and wouldn’t choose Egusi soup for somebody new to cuisine. I also am used to non Nigerian black people using our food to insult us, terms such as “dirty” is hurtful and blatantly offensive
@ezinneifechukwunyelundubue25784 жыл бұрын
You are absolutely right....egusi and fufu is not the entry point for Nigerian food. There is no food to compare it with in the american cuisine. There is even ways to eat the food that makes it a little more complex. E.g for fufu you cant chew it coz its fermented cassava and will feel a little acidic as opposed to garri which will be ok to chew( which for some weird reason people are calling fufu too) I noticed people chewing fufu and i was like they are going to hate it. My sister doesnt eat fufu coz she chews it. Fufu is supposed to be swallowed as little balls with soup.
@JasOli114 жыл бұрын
Interesting.....never heard of a food dish that isn’t supposed to be chewed.
@ezinneifechukwunyelundubue25784 жыл бұрын
@@JasOli11 Yeah....its just coz of the processes involved in making it. I mean people chew it but not without the weird acidic feeling in their mouth. One will have to get used to that to be able to eat it. This is why in Nigeria all the food that we eat this way(garri, amala, pounded yam) are generally refered to as swallow
@SSRIs4 жыл бұрын
@@JasOli11 a lot of people say you’re suppose to & prefer to swallow raw oysters rather than chew them. Similar for a few other foods but I can’t recall which ones atm. I was surprised there are foods that aren’t supposed to be chewed too. It’s kinda weird lol
@JasOli114 жыл бұрын
@@ezinneifechukwunyelundubue2578 Thank you for the information
@YourMajesty1433 жыл бұрын
@@JasOli11 - Mashed potatoes don't get chewed. Jello isn't really chewed. Pudding or Ice cream isn't chewed. There's plenty of foods that aren't chewed.
@tamaracharese4 жыл бұрын
I’m Afro-Caribbean American and I remember growing up we “didn’t like soul food”, turns out, where we went to eat was just horrible. I love soul food. Shout out to Melba’s, Chocolat, and Blvd Bistro in Harlem.
@anony15964 жыл бұрын
I love soul food. My favorite thing is visiting my southern American boyfriend's family. Especially his grandmother, she always does the most when she knows she's getting company. And I love inviting his family over for Jamaican or Guyanese food. I feel like we spend more time fantasizing about what our wedding menu would be than the average couple 😂
@thewordsmith54404 жыл бұрын
As a black American its your choice not to like Soul Food. Soul food isnt even the only food that black Americans eat. Lousiana and Geeechee eat gumbo and seafood and crawfish and different seafood stews. Plus many of us just eat basic American foods liek baked chicken, with rice and green beans or broccli. Or mashed potatoes with hamberger and gravy and onions. Or chicken and dumplings which idk if that is soul food or not.
@tamaracharese4 жыл бұрын
@@thewordsmith5440 all of it is actually
@22PinkAmber4 жыл бұрын
@@thewordsmith5440 That's all soul food.
@shazzari4 жыл бұрын
“OUTRAGE IS A SOCIAL CURRENCY.”
@wahabodusola64843 жыл бұрын
What a profound statement!
@serenity68314 жыл бұрын
Thank you for being this up, this is the disrespect that pisses me off and as a Nigerian, it hurt to see some of those comments. If you don't like it that's fine but wtf is with the drama?? Edit: that being said, we Nigerians need to chill with the straight up antiblackness, it only perpetuates nonsense and divides us.
@candyboayue1124 жыл бұрын
I feel the same way. Much support from a fellow west African, Liberia’s. I could eat fufu any day before chicken fingers and French fries, but you don’t see me spitting it out and acting disrespectful.
@indomie74 жыл бұрын
@@candyboayue112 from EA same too, thank god we grew up with real food and not fast food,
@Social_Pugatory4 жыл бұрын
@@indomie7 Unnecessary slights like this are the problem. Cut it out.
@jprime0074 жыл бұрын
@@Social_Pugatory 💯
@joyclarke3354 жыл бұрын
@@indomie7 You're statement is no different than the behavior exhibited in the fufu challenge videos you complain about. Just say hate African Americans.
@justinphillip4034 жыл бұрын
I'm not a mean person in general but as a Caribbean person, I love Goat meat, Lamb, and all seafood. Food is so integral in how we celebrate holidays, there are specific dishes that we at along with certain meats. I remember cooking fish with the head on it for one of my American friends and they were disgusted. They didn't understand with I would eat the meat in the head of the fish or suck the juices out. It was like they saw me as savage instead of asking about why or how it was related to my cultural experience.
@thewordsmith54404 жыл бұрын
That not unamerican our grandparents did that but most people today dont like to see the fish still looking like it did when it was alive its creepy its like you are reminding them that it was killed for you to eat.
@84tahlia4 жыл бұрын
Lol People in Louisiana suck the juice out the head of crawfish. Everything is relevant to location.
@nicolette23474 жыл бұрын
I went to highschool here.I remember Jamaicans being shamed by Americas for eating goat.
@thewordsmith54404 жыл бұрын
@@nicolette2347 Most of the people with these stories are in the north ironically those same people's grandparents 9/10 came from the south where they probably ate rabbits, deer, lamb etc. My grandad had to even eat squirrel meat.
@thewordsmith54404 жыл бұрын
@@84tahlia And many dry the shrimp and seafood like West Africans. I not from louisiana but I love shrimp in the shell. It is so sweet and juicy.
@esonomangueestefania-oyana65384 жыл бұрын
Anyone's culture shouldn't be a trend or a challenge, I'm sorry, cause now people don't do things because they actually enjoy doing it , they do it for clout and views.
@jessicacantu33944 жыл бұрын
It's disappointing to see grown adults disrespect culture via food. If you don't like it, just say it, but don't be rude. 🤦♀️
@kittyskid14 жыл бұрын
This type of conversation is why I learned to not unsubscribe when you take a long hiatus. You always deliver.
@Nadeensbeat4 жыл бұрын
When my friend tried Cook up Rice (Guyanese Dish) she was like,”This Hoppin John!!” Her family is from South Carolina. We have so much diversity and similarities throughout the diaspora. Jouelzy, I appreciated your honesty and approach!
@ladydiaspora8074 жыл бұрын
Yes girl I love hoppin john
@Joy-hk9ho4 жыл бұрын
Yes south Carolina grandparents
@thewordsmith54404 жыл бұрын
@Lanette Am They didn't try it was what they preserved naturally. They outnumbered whites and lived on islands where whites were not typically around they had black overseers. They lived in different circumstances than the rest of black America except those in Louisiana where the French liked African music and foods so they implemented it into the culture. Please beware of your words when talking about black Americans. Slaves lived how they were allowed to live and used the resources they had it had nothing to do with trying. If you lived someone where thery mixed up African tribes on purpose so they coiuldn't bond or communicate than it's harder to preserve the culture.
@jprime0074 жыл бұрын
I love the balance in your critique. I def saw disrespect coming from all sides as well. This is why I love me some Jouelzy! Lemme mosey on over to Patreon.
@octaviaeguabor95164 жыл бұрын
I said the same thing! How do you know everybody is African American? They could be anything other.... It’s getting on my nerves!
@sake93054 жыл бұрын
The “local Ghanaian “ food at Mövenpick is trash. They do foreign cuisines better. That’s partly why you didn’t enjoy the buffet. Next time you’re in Ghana, after covid, I’ll hook you up with some authentic Ghanaian food cooked by some grandmas who can throw down. I don’t eat seafood either so you can eat with me.
@Whatshaname4 жыл бұрын
I’m glad this convo is coming back around. The ish was extremely triggering when I first saw it a few months ago. Dude in the Elmo bib did it for me! He’s a straight up buffoon! I’m going to assume these same mofos hold problematic beliefs about the continent, Afrikan people and their connection to them as American of Afrikan descent. I’m a black American btw, if that matters.
@dearlyanna11214 жыл бұрын
Jouelzy!! I missed you girl! Happy black history month. I love the way you educate yourself about these topics. I am originally from Congo DRC 🇨🇩 and it is part of Central Africa. Fufu is also a dish there. This is actually a dish that is found in multiple countries in Africa. Food in Africa is complex because dishes can vary dipending on the location (even inside a given country). I guess this is the same for other types of cuisine around the world, but this is something that we have to keep in mind in these conversations as well ( I am referring to what Jouelzy talked about concerning her experience at the Nigerian restaurant). Love from France
@doctorofletters84124 жыл бұрын
Those tiktoks made me re-experience the shame I had about being African in my teens. Thank God for growth.
@redGingema4 жыл бұрын
Dishes such as fufu or other national food appeared at a very different time, when people could afford to eat once a day. For many people even now, these dishes are part of their culture and part of good childhood memories. No one is forcing this bloggers to eat such dishes, but it's silly to make fun of the food. I tasted fufu with meat stew just once in a restaurant in Moscow. My colleagues from Ghana knew a place where they cooked the real national food. It was delicious. Thank you very much for the enlightening video. Now I want to try the Egusi soup.
@kea7683 жыл бұрын
The xenophobia you described in this video was in the opposite direction. Africans were just minding their merry fufu business 1 day when a trend popped up. Also...”grits” to me (not mashed potatoes) is the American version/adaptation of fufu/pap.
@Mickeii6174 жыл бұрын
You look so pretty 💞💞 I agree you have to have the range to know what you're ordering. I've never eaten African cuisine before. However, I have eaten Korean and if you don't know what your order like with anything. You're probably not going to like it. I feel like there's just certain things if you're not used to it you should go with someone who knows what the food should taste like
@imtime224 жыл бұрын
The diaspora wars are real. On twitter someone said fufu is nasty, and someone responded you’re a kidnapped african and I snapped.
@MrOu834 жыл бұрын
Attribute it to self-loathing among Black people across the diaspora. Sad.
@childofyah57634 жыл бұрын
We’re not Africans check out the book Africans and native Americans by jack Forbes also check out the documentary tracking the first Americans and look up paper genocide of American Indians
@opeyemiadegoke3614 жыл бұрын
@@childofyah5763 nobody wanted you to be African the largest group of melanated people is in Africa so it's understandable to say the vast majority of AA are traced to Africa ...so miss me with the unecessary Anti Africaness
@childofyah57634 жыл бұрын
@@opeyemiadegoke361 I’m not anti African for saying we’re aren’t Africans. shit y’all hate us more than we hate y’all. only geneology records can trace somebody back somewhere, ancestry DNA tests can’t, it has been proven to be inaccurate. many people have taken a ancestry dna test numerous times from different companies and they all had drastically different results. theres even an African man who took the test and it didn’t even trace him to the right country in Africa, also on the box and the websites it says for entertainment purposes only.the lead scientist will tell you the same thing. Someone also submitted there dogs saliva and then ended up gettting back results but it’s human ancestry DNA tests how is that possible lol. these are the same tests that say Egyptians were white lol and a lot of african know we were already in the America’s pre Colombus.
@opeyemiadegoke3613 жыл бұрын
@@childofyah5763 Africans don't hate you that's what the gentrified western media has made you see about Africans more like we want to connect with you AAs but the division is so deep that we don't even see that in the guys of oppressors we are viewed as the same enough of all this unecessary bashing and segregation...
@urielleumutoni4 жыл бұрын
We, Congolese people, are considered Central African
@ldsmissionarygear86774 жыл бұрын
Effectivement
@ayenayaa39584 жыл бұрын
What????? I’m not Nigerian but Nigerian food is so so good. I love how diverse and complex Nigerian food is.
@GalaxyGirlie4 жыл бұрын
Jouelzy I must say, the hair, the face and the enthusiasm was EVERYTHING in this video! In my head, I feel like we BFF lol! I always feel smarter watching you!
@TinaMbachu4 жыл бұрын
Egusi and fufu is also a staple in Cameroon. I lived in Swaziland for two years working and would randomly have cravings for it, lol. Found a small Nigerian community, and discovered a restaurant where I could get some of my west and Central African staples. I’m a bit biased but I’ll say anyone who doesn’t like egusi soup needs to work on their palate 🤣
@adaezekeziaonuchukwu8884 жыл бұрын
Word! I don't understand what could possibly make anyone have that kind of extreme reaction to egusi and fufu
@TheGreenlove873 жыл бұрын
I am Cameroonian and fufu and egusi is not a staple for Cameroonian. Maybe fufu and eru.
@TinaMbachu3 жыл бұрын
@@TheGreenlove87 lol I was born and raised in Kumba and that was a regular meal for me so yeah.
@TheGreenlove873 жыл бұрын
@@TinaMbachu I am from Limbe and I did not know about egusi soup until I moved to the US and hung around Nigerians. Kumba is known to have a lot of Nigerians so maybe that is why you were exposed to it. We used egusi for egusi pudding and miondo.
@AllysseMarie4 жыл бұрын
Had to turn my brightness down on my phone, sis is glowing✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ you look so beautiful Jouelzy!
@SoftSpoken284 жыл бұрын
Egusi refers to the melon seed it is made from so you can use any type of leaf to make it - depending on your preference, being spinach or bitterleaf or ugwu (pumpkin leaves). It just depends on how you make it
@reasc20714 жыл бұрын
So from her video with her friend who said it wasn't Egusi, are you saying that it was Egusi and that it was made with bitterleaf?
@SoftSpoken284 жыл бұрын
@@reasc2071 exactly
@brookesmith69984 жыл бұрын
Definitely agree that many of the people doing the challenge were being unnecessarily disrespectful, but making generalizations about Black Americans were wrong as well. Cuz just as you said, they have no idea about the background of the people in those videos besides the fact that they are black in America. There was ignorance on both sides. If I don't go to any old restaurant for macaroni and cheese, I'm surely not gonna do that for fufu and egusi. If you wouldn't spit out someone's food like that if you were trying it in front of them, then I can't imagine posting such a reaction online. I need to head on over to your Patreon!
@natashadesirae88954 жыл бұрын
This!
@13579hee4 жыл бұрын
But see, it is deeper than "disrespect on both sides". There was no "both sides" argument. We have no clear-cut knowledge of who those people were and what their ethnic backgrounds were (and from what I was told by someone who uses Tik Tok a lot of the people who started it were black Canadians who were probably up Caribbean descent) however, when Africans felt the need to defend themselves they instantly started attacking Black Americans. This isnt a "both sides" argument, this is a *they don't like us* argument, this is a * the vast majority of them signed the American social contract that says Whites on top, Black Americans on the bottom* argument, this is a *they want to intentionally draw a a contrasting images between us and them and make us look like the a only uncivilized black people in the world* argument, This is a *they get to dress up like us and be Invasion of the Body Snatchers when they want to but then turn around and try to stick their noses up towards us* argument.
@mkszaq1xsw24 жыл бұрын
@@13579hee oooooooohhhh, you came with a flame thrower. I can't disagree with you either. It's the initial false assumption that the person being disrespectful was African American for me.
@13579hee4 жыл бұрын
@@mkszaq1xsw2 yes I did come with the flame thrower! Im SICK of these people hating us. I knew they hated us when I was watching an episode of the Grapevine and they were in the United Kingdom talking to a bunch of Black Brits and one of the black BRITISH guys was saying something about how Black people are ignorant about serious issues and when he went to give an example of the type of ignorant type of things Black people say about serious issues, he started speaking in a mock Black American accent....and EVERYONE laughed (A WHOLE ROOM OF BLACK CARIBBEANS AND AFRICANS). They found it funny because to them the mere speak patterns of Black Americans = symbol of stupidity
@mkszaq1xsw24 жыл бұрын
@@13579hee WOOOOOWWWWWWW!
@8ThatUp24 жыл бұрын
Hey joulzey!!! Love your hair and the entire look!!💟 I'm excited to watch this video to hear what you have to say. Parasitology work can wait for a little while longer😅😅 I don't know why people didn't do research before doing the challenge. Even over here in NC pork bbq isn't the same at every resteraunt and it is a part of our culture. I'd try an african dish if I had an african friend who could break everything down to me. Honestly I don't even like most soul food due to how picky I am so I would never jump to eating something from another culture. I agree that a lot of the AA who did this challenge are ignorant but a lot of the hatred towards AA was unwarranted. I'm glad you are speaking out about it.
@lalad.75374 жыл бұрын
The good sis always giving us contextual depth to every conversation allowing us to really think before we do things & before we react & to top off she does it while looking effortlessly pretty my fave since ‘15.
@tenaciousmaytaurus24 жыл бұрын
The Nigerian restaurants in Houston I’ve tried have been disappointing, the taste and prices don’t match. I’ll take the 3 hours drive to get my dad’s cooking or cook myself lol
@11crystaln4 жыл бұрын
I went to Houston recently and had suya and fried plantain. Suya is basically a meat kebab with spicy seasoning. Very delicious! I’d definitely urge you to try other, less foreign Nigerian dishes to start because we have some nice ones. That’s if you’re still interested to try 😊
@harmonyae70334 жыл бұрын
@@11crystaln I think this person is Nigerian, sis. She said she or her dad can cook Nigerian foods.
@11crystaln4 жыл бұрын
@@harmonyae7033 my bad! Just realized that. But I agree, the home cooked stuff is better if you go to the right person.
@MsBrwnBunni4 жыл бұрын
You hit the nail right on the head Jouelzy. Even though I'm originally from Alabama and moved Midwest; I never grew up eating other southern cuisine like "TexMex" or typical Midwestern dishes. It just wasn't a thing in my household. My family cooked very traditional southern dishes. However, the older I get the more willing I am to step outside of that but, I WILL NOT do that without doing proper research about it or asking someone who's familiar with the dish how does it taste, what's in it, how it's suppose to be made and how can I make it at home. It's just not a fair game when you don't do research on things; especially when it comes to food.
@WhoCares30013 жыл бұрын
Growing up in nyc and eating so many different cuisines this whole thing yhriws me for a loop.
@MynameisNOTthepoint4 жыл бұрын
You look amazing. It’s that black girl glow for me!
@thaddeusvlb4 жыл бұрын
NEVER KNEW, I NEEDED U'RE CHANNEL THANK U.
@SuperMariposa914 жыл бұрын
I did find that people from Asian countries eg Koreans appreciated the food more.
@jhene193 жыл бұрын
I have seen Caucasian people enjoy it also so its slightly an excuse
@fireflowersfruit4 жыл бұрын
thank you for always providing context with your videos. everyone wanna talk about stuff without ever explaining what the hell they talking about and I'm always lost. 🥲
@MimiMoments4 жыл бұрын
Gambian - American here and you hit the nail on the head! I too do not like crayfish/dry shrimp seasoning so I’m more partial to foods from Senegal, Ivory Coast, and Mali.
@josephinebournes82124 жыл бұрын
As a Haitian-American, I'm partial to the Caribbean / Latin American flavors. When I can't get Haitian food, Jamaican, Cuban, Puerto Rican, etc., tend to be decent substitutes.
@MimiMoments4 жыл бұрын
@@josephinebournes8212 Jamaican food and Dominican food hitssssss too. I went a Haitian party one time and I ate everything that wasn't pork. AMAZING.
@ChezzaOuttaNowhere4 жыл бұрын
Ughhhh i love your nuance!!! I swear you are a full on queen. I do love egusi and fufu. I usually get chicken or goat. It is made differently around Houston than in Brooklyn in terms if Nigerian American restaurants. The first time i tried Nigerian food I didn’t like it and I got sick. Then i started eating Ethiopian food ALOT then also a lot of Korean food, then i went back to Nigerian food and it was so bomb to me. And was the exact same restaurant i went to the first time. So you’re right, its not the best entry point when you’re getting used to the spice palette.
@Kinksgalore4 жыл бұрын
I just thought AaliyahJ went to the wrong Nigerian restaurant. Can't eat everybody's cookin. African or not that's why Yelp was created.
@annlamptey96504 жыл бұрын
Right I will always eat my mothers fufu but not anybody else’s 🙅🏾♀️
@ajo80754 жыл бұрын
Eh even if she did go to a restaurant that didn't make egusi well, her reaction was just messed up. Same if she just doesn't like egusi it's messed up. Half my immediate family doesn't like it and half does, it's not for everyone lol But I don't think it was a bad restaurant because her bf was saying it tasted bad while licking his fingers lmao... I think they were playing it up for the cameras smh she very well may not have liked it but I don't think it was as extremely disgusting to her as she acted like
@Kinksgalore4 жыл бұрын
@@ajo8075 Most of you didn't see her first reaction before it got edited out. You don't know the name of the restaurant but say it wasn't the restaurant. Your friends and family opinion on want she ate has no bearing on her experience.
@ajo80754 жыл бұрын
@@Kinksgalore why are you treating my comment like an attack? It wasn't. But if you want to go there, no shit my family members experience has no bearing on hers, where did I ever say that? What I did say was that even within my family people don't like egusi, because it is just is not for everyone. So especially when it comes to Americans, even if it was good egusi someone very easily may not like it. I said nothing about knowing the restaurant, lmao literally said *I think* it wasn't a bad restaurant because her boyfriend licking the egusi off his fingers indicates it likely was actually good egusi. But once again like my point before even if it was good egusi someone could easily dislike it. Whether it was well made or not it may have tasted terrible to her, but regardless of how it tasted to her, her reaction (the reaction she decided to film, edit, and upload publicly online) was uncalled for and disrespectful af.
@Kinksgalore4 жыл бұрын
@@ajo8075 I'm not reading your response but you are doing to much.
@pepperAnge_4 жыл бұрын
This video was SO necessary Jouelzy, thanks. And ,not just cause of your organized thoughtful points, but also because you've explored these cultures yourself.
@lillola93074 жыл бұрын
She said “chicken nuggets and French fries dudes” 😆 😂. Your right though, I personally have tasted at least a little bit of every cultures food because NY is just so multicultural but not everybody makes the dishes correctly. Like I won’t go to the Italian owned Indian spot, I’ll go to the Indian, Indian spot for authentic food. And btw chitlins are banging, but they have to be properly cleaned, and cooked by someone who’s made a well before, as well as being an acquired taste. IMO
@leahh.62774 жыл бұрын
I didn't even know about this challenge.. but I agree with you 100%. I've traveled around the world and work with a variety of cultures (Asian, African, Mexican, Gernan, French, Dutch, etc) who have brought dishes into the office from their homeland and have learned to be tactful if I don't like. Most of the ppl in the US, especially black people, haven't been anywhere or tried anything outside of Americanized Chinese food and Jamaican food.. Ppl really need to travel more and stop being so rude in their descriptions of things they don't care for. It's ok to not like something, but you don't have to degrade it, in your description.
@belle41484 жыл бұрын
None of the people involved were black Americans
@13579hee4 жыл бұрын
@@belle4148 EXACTLY...... most of them were black Canadians
@13579hee4 жыл бұрын
And I'm sure the majority of the 41 people who liked your original comment are probably not ethnically Black American and only like you're coming because you're peddling the narrative that Black Americans are ignorant 🤦🏿 you're a whole ass clown
@Monaedeezy4 жыл бұрын
I wish people can travel the USA more and realize that we’ve mf diverse in this country for like centuries! It helps that the ones outside of the USA really educate themselves too!
@Monaedeezy4 жыл бұрын
Chile! When y’all gone learn?!
@AKTangelo4 жыл бұрын
Congo is central 🇨🇩 , shout to the fam !!
@AdeolaSpeaks4 жыл бұрын
Congolease are considered Central African 🇨🇩🇨🇬 love the breakdown Jouelzy!🤗
@ninagolgi31324 жыл бұрын
Yes, everyone's palate is developed differently, but at the end of the day this speaks more to their home training. No reasonable people act that way about food, especially someone else's cultural food. It's shameful.
@MR-xx3mc4 жыл бұрын
Thoughtful points, compelling delivery, beautiful look! Proud to be a subscriber.
@BrooklyntoBrixton4 жыл бұрын
British Nigerians are always going off on Twitter. If they're not insulting British Jamaicans they're posting pics of people from Love and Hip Hop and saying all Black Americans can't dress. The challenge was rude and ignorant but British Naijas were gonna hate Africans Americans regardless.
@dreski95914 жыл бұрын
Funny fact aaliyah jay Trinidad and her BF is kenya
@Poetess1164 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this video. I really appreciate how thoughtful this discussion is.
@dscwisdom4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the Carolina shout outs in Black American culture
@LUX_84 жыл бұрын
Your comments on flavor profiles is spot-on! I wasn't aware of this fufu challenge. I am both offended and disgusted by those over-the-top reactions! And I'm not EVEN Nigerian! Nevertheless, even within Asian, East Indian, Latin cuisine are dishes that the causal diner COULD/WOULD NOT EAT! Respect and being open-minded goes a long way!
@MelitaRichardson4 жыл бұрын
You are giving me 1960’s GLOW! YASSSSSSSS!
@indigoace2614 жыл бұрын
Preach Jouelzy! Always delivering a well researched and insightful message with flavor. This Georgia girl gets it! Thanks for sharing. Chicken fingers & French fries...haha so right!
@kamaria47514 жыл бұрын
Obviously with COVID it’s harder. But it’s best to try these foods in someone’s home or an African party event . The experience has always been wonderful having my black American friends try my or my moms food. Ive honestly never had West African food that was done well at a restaurant.
@kellydramos60653 жыл бұрын
Loved this video! im from Mozambique, in east africa, and we have a dish similar to fufu, but its called Xima. So cool to see such great cultural similarities across african people
@LetsTalkAboutLaMode4 жыл бұрын
I'm from cameroonian descent and growing up I *HATED* (dried) fish in the dishes. It's only now that I started to appreciate it.
@tmitch76464 жыл бұрын
Jouelzy, you FINE FINE! Love this topic! So many places outside of the US uses many herbs, spices, seasoning.. that we (US) don’t/don’t have access to/never even heard of. Like you said some people only eat French fries and chicken fingers... they will struggle with food that has a strong/diverse flavor profile.. we have to remember that we often times don’t like potato salad (just an example) from the around the corner but the love our grandmama’s.
@auroraborealis21874 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your exploration of this challenge. Egusi is an acquired taste, and understanding the proper way to cook it is dependent on the region. There needs to be a level of respect whenever a person is exploring culture engagement especially through food.
@missmaam7114 жыл бұрын
I’ve been missing you talk. I could listen to you all day lol.
@RichRootz4 жыл бұрын
Texture will get me every time. I love fish, but if I hit a bone 😳 I don’t want it NO MO😳 🍅 love them raw, can’t stand them cooked. So weird , right. 👍🏾✌🏾
@LovelyLoveTV3 жыл бұрын
My mother is Liberian and I’ve been eating fufu and pepper soup, Palm Butter, Jollof Rice, and Potato Greens since I was a baby. I get so upset when people spit it out on camera. It’s so disrespectful. My mom wouldn’t even let me say food was nasty in front of other people. It’s really rude. I wish our people would’ve been curious about fufu before it was trendy.
@trinajame52084 жыл бұрын
Black peoples need to start respecting each other all around. Black Americans to Africans and vice versa. Was it not last month Black British and Black Americans were quarreling on Twitter? We must stop fighting amongst ourselves and disrespecting each other, we only lose when this happens, it is foolish. When someone calls you a slur are you going to say "wait no I am African"? When the US police stop you for no reason are you going to say "wait no I'm black British"? When they yell "go back to Africa" will you say "wait no I am black American"‽ I can guarantee you they do not care, so why do you? They will insult us all and we turn around and spend our energy insulting each other, arguing about who which one of us deserves to be insulted or why it is okay for one of us to insult the other. This infighting and desire to prove one group is better than the other is foolish. No we are not all the same but we are not enemies either.
@spokenkorkor14 жыл бұрын
You give us hope that not everyone on social media is ignorant. Thanks sis
@glimpseofj51844 жыл бұрын
Loved this because a lot of Africans used this to really say how they felt about Black Americans
@13579hee4 жыл бұрын
I find it really interesting that when people trying to say to Black Americans "people might not like your food too" they always name chitterlings & pigs feet. The reason I find that to be interesting is because it signals to me that those are the only two standout foods in Black American Cuisine that are probably deem "nasty" to most people who are not black American. The truth is, most of what we eat this either already liked by the general public in America (regardless of peoples ethnic backgrounds) or food is too personal to our ethnic group and so people who outside of our ethnic group know nothing of it. Our food and rather common in America and so it's really difficult for most people to even part their lips and attempt to say that they live in America and don't eat black American food. That's the gag
@KK-pu8tr4 жыл бұрын
Congolese people are considered Central african. That’s why we aren’t necessarily familiar with every kind of west african food. We do eat fufu too but we cook it differently. I think congolese food is a mixture of west African food and carribean food 🥘
@jmoney201063 жыл бұрын
Yeah they should of brought Congolese perspective on this Congo is a very diverse and big country so our dishes, depending on the region, would be a mix of west African, East African, South African, Sudanic with some Caribbean something like that.
@MsCouve4 жыл бұрын
I saw these videos trending and I was not interested in watching because I began to notice a negative connotation. I did see accidental snippets here and there. In on video I thought, wait is that yucca?? 😊 Also, people, mind your manners you don’t “eeewwww” someone’s food!!! 😐 😬 Like you said, you can say you dislike like something respectfully. I actually came across an article (after my post) in the “Eating Well” magazine for Jan/Feb 2021 titled, “Don’t Yuk My Yum”. It was a good read, especially if you have kids. I absolutely love your take on this trend.... and yes you look absolutely beautiful!!!!
@smilergal894 жыл бұрын
I am tired of these diaspora, ADOS, African arguments. Proof that ignorance doesn’t have a colour, neither does bigotry. A damn shame. Our ancestors (across the board) are weeping. They suffered so much for all this mess
@suncoco64954 жыл бұрын
Same here 🤦🏾♀️
@shopwithleslie4 жыл бұрын
Very thoughtful commentary. I hope people listen, remember, and act accordingly.
@19Hollisterchick904 жыл бұрын
I've only tried fufu once. It was a show and tell item from a classmate in first grade. I remember everyone liking it. I have wondered if it's one of those things that tastes better homemade vs store bought like many foods. Anyhow, it's a weird trend. People eating food not having a clue what's in it, already knowing they won't like it is just weird. Theyll do anything to go viral.
@kweenz6004 жыл бұрын
Love the video! It made me think about what food I would use to introduce my friends to Nigerian food. Probably fufu + okra soup - the soup texture and flavor is similar to some gumbo I’ve had here in the US. My personal fave!
@kimberley35774 жыл бұрын
You look pretty 😍😍 Also, I'm Ghanaian. I like fufu. I don't love it. It's ayt. But it is a staple in many Ghanaian households and I would never go to someone's house in Kumasi for example, ASK for fufu (because if you bought it, you asked for it), taste it and spit it out. That would be rude, crass and unnecessary. You don't HAVE to like it but you don't have to disrespect it. "This isn't for me/I don't enjoy it" would have sufficed
@syckindahead4 жыл бұрын
Dang, they make a challenge for everything! Now I'm hungry😟 The clips!!!😄I always learn about someone/something new on your channel. Thanks Jouelzy.
@NaturallyTiii4 жыл бұрын
Hey Jouelzy. I grew up with a Nigerian step parent. Fufu is delicious but with stew. You can also substitute fufu with green plantain. I don’t know why they did it with egusi (I probably spelled that wrong) I think egusi is an acquired taste to be honest. Try again with stew y’all. Especially fresh shrimp or chicken stew.
@Multilovinglove4 жыл бұрын
you'd most likely get videos of people asking why they're eating bananas with a stew? the combination of sweet plantains and. stew is another flavor profile that people have to get used to.
@NaturallyTiii4 жыл бұрын
@@Multilovinglove a lot of black people put sugar or honey In their spaghetti sauce. We definitely do sweet and sour, sweet and spicy and sweet and tangy. But I understand where you’re coming from
@Myaccount9234 жыл бұрын
So in Nigeria we do eat it with soups like egusi as well. I think it’s different in different cultures but I’ve tried it with stew too all delicious!
@hersupreme33484 жыл бұрын
Love the commentary & this lewk✨
@Belihoney4 жыл бұрын
I didn't grow up with African countries food but I love egusi soup and poundedyam lol
@TraceTrace254 жыл бұрын
Same! Licking my fingers and all. SO damn good.
@SweetGaBrownin4 жыл бұрын
Its always a pleasure to see when you upload 🤗💙 I loved how you articulated this conversation around food and briefly mentioned the influence/impact of the origins and region of such.