How African Americans/Diaspora Can Connect With Africans; Ghana 🇬🇭

[@jimmorel3740]

Sometimes acceptance goes both ways. Some Diasporans want to be accepted by Africans while also retaining all our Western ways. If we really want to fit-in, we may have to embrace African culture, even it means releasing some of our Western adaptations. Eg. Learning an African language and cuisine.

[@SocaCarib]

I have to agree with you. Black Americans have a westernised culture.

[@EkowSimpson]

u are right

[@lesliejackson9929]

I feel like being African American is like being another ethnic group in Africa . We have our own Culture that we created . We created this Unique Culture because our enslaved Ancestor’s Traditional African Cultures were forcefully taken from us . Therefore we blended numerous African Cultures together and also added our own flavor to it.

[@RMurray]

Well stated

[@sos9020]

So perfectly said, sis!!

[@EkowSimpson]

that is it

[@blacsteve]

Could it be that there were so many different ethnic groups from Africa and also the ethnic groups that were already here. This mixture of black ethnic groups created black excellence? 🤔🧐

[@leobvenzen8565]

You created an unique "culture," upon the Afrikan cultural paradigms you came with to this country (we did not get here empty) incorporating the manifestations of our new reality! I see many Afrikan cultural expressions in Afrikans in the Americas (all the Americas, speech, mannerisms, attitude, etc.)! It is an evolution of our Afrikan indigenous culture, not a new culture, but an extension of it. Culture is not static, but dynamic/fluid. Culture adapts to new realities, environments, situations, needs, etc. Singing, dancing, are but expressions of culture, not culture. Culture informs one's reality, world view, identity interaction with others and nature. A peoples culture is their immune system!

[@usharichy]

Thanks for bringing this up brother.... Africans in the Diaspora needs to this !

[@EkowSimpson]

yes we need more odf this and we have to learn from each other

[@lesliejackson9929]

Brother can sing. Great message

[@sos9020]

Yes he can, Ms. Leslie. I am Presbyterian so I know that song well. Goosebumps!

[@EkowSimpson]

@@sos9020 awww aunt u are here , i miss u

[@EkowSimpson]

thanks big sis

[@sos9020]

@@EkowSimpson yes I'm here oooo, I've missed u too. I've been watching your journey thru Canada. Sorry I didn't see your msg sooner, the algorithm is not sending responses to me.

[@talesandtastewithhassy]

We are really nice people. If you want to come to Africa, you're welcome 😊

[@EkowSimpson]

for sure

[@lesliejackson9929]

I love this topic . Keep up the great work.

[@EkowSimpson]

thanks my awesome sister and family,

[@sos9020]

Hi family, please dont forget to like, subscribe, share and comment, more importantly please let the commercials run through because thats the way he is able to be monitized. We need to help our brother out. Thanks

[@EkowSimpson]

medase so much

[@barrypayton2832]

Definitely. I would like to have that conversation with you Brudda Ekow. A discussion about our African American culture compared to an African culture is needed because our histories are intertwined. I can give specifically a unique Afro Creole cultural perspective from the New Orleans, Louisiana viewpoint. There's a lot we have in common as well as a few differences. I am looking forward to connecting with you. Akyirii.

[@Huhn-Bruh]

Yeah ya right! Somehow I hardly ever see Africans connecting to this point

[@barrypayton2832]

@ListwaLanyap1760 Whoa Nah Lanyap. Where Yat. Mostly, the Africans here already and who've been here a good while bring on these conversations. But mainly, I start it every time so I can get a better understanding.

[@EkowSimpson]

pls lets connect asap so we can share the story. pls send me an email or give me urs so we take it from there

[@Huhn-Bruh]

@@EkowSimpson Yes brudda this would be a good conversation and I would love to see you visit one day

[@RMurray]

I would love to talk about the AA culture, past and present as it is ever evolving.

[@EkowSimpson]

that will be great, can i have ur contact or email so we can schedule please

[@RMurray]

@@EkowSimpson I emailed you

[@sylvesterwarsawjr3355]

My brother it all starts with authenticity and our willingness to learn from each other. God has allowed me to visit Nigeria three times and I am forever grateful for Him giving me that experience. From those trips God created loving relationships with brothers and sisters not only from Nigeria but other countries on the Continent. It's been seven years since I've been in Nigeria and my hope is one day God willing He'll give me another opportunity to visit the Motherland once again. Keep doing what you do my brother. Peace

[@EkowSimpson]

medase and er have more to share

[@sylvesterwarsawjr3355]

​@@EkowSimpsonThank you for your response. Thank you for opening up your platform for this much needed conversation because we're connected

[@lilgregbigafrica6601]

My guy Ekow! Much love and respect bro! This is a great topic, we must really get to learn each other through intentional connections. Keep doing all you do to push the culture forward king!

[@EkowSimpson]

salute my guy...

[@kwabenajacques4735]

Ekow, another amazing topic that’s very needful.

[@EkowSimpson]

thanks a lot my uncle

[@CaleXperienceNGhana]

Ideally, the one that was kidnapped would be welcomed back home. Any cultural differences would be expected.

[@EkowSimpson]

okay

[@lesliejackson9929]

It’s going to take time and plenty of effort on both our parts . Let’s throw away with being judgmental and learn to appreciate the similarities and also the differences . We are family and sometimes families fight . I feel positive that we shall overcome . No more divide and conquer.

[@EkowSimpson]

we will surely overcome this and that will take time but we will make it work

[@duodusamuel3627]

Thanks for your education bro I'm watching you from Cape -Coast Ghana

[@EkowSimpson]

thanks bro for the support

[@blessedAfrikan217]

Keep up the good work bro.

[@EkowSimpson]

thanks family

[@sandial2282]

Ekow if speaking about the negative lights a spark of positivity we will receive the admonishing. I ❤ Ghana! I have met both good and bad people there. That is a worldwide issue! It is not just Ghana. Pray, learn, love and conquer in the name of Yah!

[@EkowSimpson]

much love

[@judywilson210]

Let’s do it; count me in. Great idea. This will be big

[@EkowSimpson]

this is big , can we pls share contact so that we plan the time for this convo- [e-mail]

[@MinahClusq]

Nice educational piece 👌

[@EkowSimpson]

medase sis

[@milliefynnjackson6813]

Watching

[@EkowSimpson]

thanks dear

[@OdotJdot]

This is a good idea. I follow a lot of Ghanaians and Nigerians on twitter and ive learned a lot about ghana and nigeria. I found out that my roots trace back to the Yoruba people through African ancestry and they tell me about yoruba culture all the time. This is also a good idea because thats how I ended up out there in 2019. Wode maya did a live chat and i asked him the best time to come out there, he said December. Then i heard about the year of return and flew out there by myself. A lot of people knew i was going and i ended up hooking up with a group of girls that went on a tour of cape coast and the slave monuments out there. While I was out there I actually ran into wode maya while i was at one of the castles. Hes a pretty cool guy. So that was dope. Every since then ive felt super connected just from following people from there and reading what they talk about. I would have hung out with you, but you told me you were in Accra at the time. So.. next time lol

[@EkowSimpson]

we surely gonna hang out the next time u are here lol

[@sos9020]

We never said and dont say I LOVE U, we showed /show it more, and i think its ok, thats the differences in CULTURES like u said, we dont all universally have to have the same uniform cultures/traditions, otherwise, what will be the purpose of having a culture to make you who u become, or proudly explain to another curious mind...otherwise there will not be history of a people.

[@EkowSimpson]

yes we show the love than we say , thats true

[@millionairemaine8901]

Black-American culture ---> Food? African-Americans have 'soul-food'. Music? We created jazz, hip-hop, blues, r&b, southern gospel, funk, house, rock & roll and more...Educational Institutions? We have HBCU's (historically black colleges). Kwame Nkrumah even attended an HBCU for college. Language? We have Ebonics. Religions? Nation of Islam, Hoodoo, 5 percent, Hebrew Isrealite. Dance? Too many to name Lol. Holidays? Juneteenth, Kwanzaa. Games? You can even go down to the micro-level of Black American hand-games we played as children. You'll have to ask the women about this one. Organizations? Jack & Jill, Divine 9 etc... These things aren't a part of American POP-Culture which is why people seem to forget what African-American really is. Like you're saying, you have to get to know people. Keep building bridges my brother. It means a lot.

[@EkowSimpson]

thanks a lot for the insight and the motivation

[@donpot.]

Voice aaii

[@EkowSimpson]

eiiii

[@donpot.]

@@EkowSimpson such voice they need it to do praises and worship for church

[@mgeorge162]

You should write a song

[@sos9020]

Why?

[@EkowSimpson]

i will give it a try , i need a song writer

[@sos9020]

Uncle, I so loved it when the Fanti fell out of your mouth and u decided to go with it, so perfect! Every now and then, it happens to us like that. I loved it! Sometimes it's good for us to communicate with our brothers and sisters, then mix it up kakra with the home lingo and translate it right away, makes it fun and interesting. 😅😅

[@Huhn-Bruh]

All of this is cool BUT we in America have cultural events and Africans don't come there trying to connect with us

[@sos9020]

@@Huhn-Bruh please stop this!! Did u invite any African and was turned down?? This sounds so childish!

[@Huhn-Bruh]

@@sos9020 Why they need invitations? We have PUBLIC events OFTEN and never Africans there trying to connect with our culture with us. I don't mean musicians/dancers or chefs, I'm talking about average regular Africans who have immigrated. Africans will travel to the Caribbean specifically for culture but will live in the USA and do their best to stay away from Black American culture, Caribbean people do the same

[@Huhn-Bruh]

@@sos9020 And how is it childish when an American says it but the Ghanaian is telling Americans to do the exact same thing

[@EkowSimpson]

@@sos9020 i wonder

[@EkowSimpson]

@@Huhn-Bruh lets get time to share more from ur side brother

[@thehouseofstrength]

There are things we dont want to talk about. Why dont Ghanaians not talk about ithe history of their involvement in our slavery. Be honest and truth. No excuses.

[@sos9020]

@@thehouseofstrength where and how did u know all this??!!

[@EkowSimpson]

u are not making any headway y brother , u still trying to be negative here

[@thehouseofstrength]

It's really the truth you must be running from because that is the mentality that still exists in Ghana when you lie. Why do you think we should all forget, the guilty as charged. Your own historians in I" indigenous Slavery of Ghana"have written the truth but do school teach it. So clearly you are not talking about the hard truths of how we got to dungeons. Most Ghanaians have never been inside the dungeons. We had to face it when we went through the door of no return. 'm saying why not face the truth. Ghana suffered and is still suffering because they sold away the best to America's. When you see America the slaves build it. One way or another we will have to eventually address that elephant in the room.

[@thehouseofstrength]

@@sos9020 Be curious enough and search the information is free. Read and learn your own History. Education you've heard of before.

[@thehouseofstrength]

@@EkowSimpson Just answer the question intelligently. If you can!

[@nattypthegeneral2450]

Strong up Ekow, I never met you in person, But hi think you're a good person, And are also doing a great job connecting our People back to the motherland, Respect, Tell That Chinese Gal Moy, the so call Queen that hi Leon Said, she is an [ Thief, Extortionist and a liar, As for you Ekow, Am not telling you how to live your life, But that Gal Moy is only using you to get people into her place, She will play nice to you because you're playing a very important role into her life, As for me, and am pretty sure all who rented her place is all about extorting us, it is all about the money for that so call Queen and hustler, That gal and hi have a very good Relationship on youtube before we met, So hi think, until hi got there, On my preparations coming to Ghana, She ask me to bring some expensive Liquor and salt fish for her, I bought them except for one of the liquor which was more expensive then the other two put together, She is the one hat arrange with a guy to come and pick me up, and also tell me the price to pay him, So when hi got to her place hi pay the guy before hi even go into her house, While i was inside she realize that hi paid the guy, She immediately telling me that she told me not to give him the money, which is a lie, She then shout out very loud to the guy telling him to bring the money come, That Gal and hi never have any conversation about me not paying the guy, That was a blatant lie to my face, Right away hi pay her for my time that hi would be there, right away, her actions tells me that it was just about the money, She even want me to go on the road to change money even though it was getting dark, She give me rice and calalloo with salt fish, two bottle of water, A cup of tea which hi did thank her for, Hi then Give her the liquor while the salt fish was still rap up inside the same bag with her stuff, Some how she did not see the salt fish, By than hi went up steers and after a short while she came up there saying Leon, You didn't hear me shouting loud, hi said no, She said when she see the salt fish she shout very loud and think hi hear her, She then said she was so happy to see the salt fish, Then turn to me and said, Leon hi don't know what am going to do to show you some appreciations, I did not respond, Hi was expecting her to make some kind of adjustment in the payment of the rent, She charging me 40USD per night and expecting me to bring all that stuff for free, Hell no, The short time am there staying in my room, Hi beginning to realize that it was all about the money for her, She never come one day and ask me how am doing, Base on our connection on youtube, My plan was to spent some time there, go to the Gambia then come back there, At that point hi decided that when hi left hi wasn't going back there, Then hi text her telling that hi need my money for the stuff that she ask me to buy, Her reply was, Hi taught it was Gift, Hi said, Am not that financial stable to give you all that stuff, So she ask me how much was it was, Hi told her that the receipts are all on the stuff, Then after a while she told me to come and collect my money, So after my time up hi left, On my way back to Ghana, from the Gambia Hi spent the rest of my tine in Accra, Paying the same 40USD in Accra, Getting room Service, Getting breakfast every morning, Plus security, It cost me 15 Ghana CD from the Airport to the hotel, As to paying 70 UDS to her place and Back, But if you ask loser so call Queen Gal moy what is her role in been That so call Queen, Her answer would be Am helping the Diasporan to integrate, Oh yes that damn loser and criminal, All the best King

[@EkowSimpson]

wow blessed and we will have time to deal with the other issue too bro

[@nattypthegeneral2450]

Seen King