HOW AFRICAN WAS MALCOLM X?: Malcolm X's Grenadian-Nigerian-Yoruba Roots

[@montcalmpassee1500]

Yes Malcom X mother is a born Grenadian from St,Andrew Grenada I am a Grenadian my self from Gouyave. Malcom X was a great Revolunist.

[@proudafricansofamerica]

Proud Africans of America approved of this message. Malcolm X along with Kwame Ture are my main inspirations for the P.A.O.A movement!

[@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405]

Thank you for the comment.

[@ProphetessMrsArielFrimpong]

I'm Grenadian 🇬🇩, and I just came across your video. I always have people coming up to me for the past year or two asking me *Am I Nigerian 🇳🇬? And what language do I speak?* Praise God. Thanks so much for this video Lord. I live in the UK. I've always noticed something needed to sit right with me and have always been searching for more because I know that there's more to who I am.

[@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405]

Hello. Thank you for watching. Most Grenadians can trace their history back to the Igbo of Nigeria 🇳🇬 and the Akan of Ghana 🇬🇭.

[@ProphetessMrsArielFrimpong]

@Dr. V's Revolution Will Not Be Pesticides Oh great that's awesome. I'm glad to know this. I'll keep searching as well. Awesome.

[@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405]

@@ProphetessMrsArielFrimpong I have some videos on my page about the Igbo.

[@gloriasimon697]

omg u really do look Nigerian

[@benny.8923]

You really do look Nigerian, sista

[@ancientDna1979]

Proverbs 6:20 My son, keep your father’s command and do not forsake your mother’s teaching. Thank you for not forgetting your mother's teaching ❤️💛💚✊🏾🖤

[@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405]

Thank you for this beautiful comment.

[@tlondonable]

My maternal forefathers are Afro-Cubans from Cuba 🇨🇺. I hv visited slave port and slave quarters called barrack so in Badagary outside Lagos Nigeria. It was so surreal.

[@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405]

Wow. Fascinating. I plan on doing that real soon.

[@altheasherieel3724]

I am glad I found your page. You are bringing new insights to me. My Mother is Afro-Caribbean her father from long Island Bahamas. And most of my connection to West African comes from that connection & culture of the Bahamas. I am still doing some digging now my grandfather has passed on. West Africa in relation to the middle passage is vast. Many tribes & peoples can be in my bloodline.I do practice Hoodoo but that is from my mother's mom side. And Ancestors Veneration. But it's the direct link to a tribe that is the challenge. I have had a spiritual reading that revealed Orisha & Lwa as Spirits to walk with. Peace & love thanks again for sharing...

[@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405]

Thank you for the comment. What part of the states is your mom from? Have you checked out the slave voyages database yet? There is a historian by the name of Joseph Holloway that makes connections between the US black culture and Africa. His book is called Africanisms in American culture.

[@geoscopicmedium8282]

Learned a lot on this one. Keep them coming!

[@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405]

Thank you brother. I thought it was very interesting when I first learned it.

[@thatguyronwaiters6485]

Very smart man that Malcolm was I love him

[@Nducre]

Thank you for introducing this conversation. These are new insights about Malcolm.X. Thank you.

[@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405]

You’re very welcome. Thank you for the comment.

[@rodellwilliams871]

Thank you for that my brother things i already know but it's always good to put it out there I am also from 🇬🇩 🇬🇩 🇬🇩 .. I now reside in the US for the last 27 years history and general knowledge that's my two favorite thing especially our history🙏🏽🌞

[@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405]

Thank you for the comment. History and general knowledge is what I am always seeking as well. 💪🏽

[@rodellwilliams871]

You're most welcome!👍🏾

[@charlesgonzales6719]

The British basically bypassed their own anti-slavery law by taking African slaves that were supposed to be shipped to Cuba and Brazil and bringing them to indentured servitude in their own colonies, which can be argued as "slavery by another name." The connection to this and Malcolm X's mother being raised by her African grandparents is the reason why Malcolm X had a much closer "bridge" to Africa in contrast to other black Americans, particularly those that were descendants of slavery in the United States. You did a fantastic job at explaining this. Perhaps, many other Pan-Africanists with direct allegiance to Marcus Garvey's "Back to Africa" movement may also have this similar background.

[@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405]

Perhaps. That would be interesting to look into about other Pan Africanists.

[@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405]

@@Bander471 I agree with a lot of what you’re saying but at the end of your thesis you seem to do the same exact thing that you accused Charles of doing: “the us and them mentality“ by emphasizing the US over the Caribbean in what made Malcolm and Garvey who they are.

[@akwaabasyibom]

Africans are the roots and the center of the world's

[@charlesgonzales6719]

@@Bander471 I made this comment four months ago, so I honestly forgot my thought process (maybe I was just trying to explain what I learned from the video?). However, you make some good points about those who descend from the African diaspora and their connection with Africa. I'll take your word for it and concede whatever argument I may have had.

[@xtraprebel6274]

@@Bander471 we have no connections to Africa speak for yourself. Only a tiny tiny tiny percentage of Carribbeans came to America before 1965 just stop it already. african culture is not in American society at all our culture is completely different from Africans we eat different foods, behavior is different, Skin color and texture of the skin is different, hair texture is also different sometimes and we have been removed from that place for hundreds and thousands of years.

[@langstonmorrison1850]

Thank you for this video. It was very insightful and I learned a lot. Bless!

[@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405]

Thank you for the kind words. I am glad that you were able to learn something. I thought this information was fascinating when I first heard about it.

[@langstonmorrison1850]

@@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405 it was very fascinating. I read some books on Louise Little and her ancestry but you took some of it a step further which I really appreciate.

[@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405]

@@langstonmorrison1850 thank you. I read some on her as well but then put that information together with the knowledge I have on the transatlantic slave trade.

[@omggiiirl2077]

A lot of us in the USA have not just Yoruba ancestry, but also Ibibio and Igbo ancestry among other tribes found in Nigeria and other surrounding countries. I researched and found i have all three lineages. I also found to that my family also has connections with the Carribean as many slaves were weathered and seasoned in the Carribean before being brought into the various ports into the USA. If your ancestors came through a southern port, you most likely have some connections to the Carribean as well. It's a great presentation!

[@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405]

Yes. Very true. Thank you for the comment.

[@badgyalc3436]

I’m Grenadian and I love this so much 🇬🇩 big up 473

[@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405]

Thanks for watching. Like, share, and subscribe. :)

[@WalterCRobinsonJr]

I just learned something new!

[@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405]

Nice 👍

[@dinglelawrence8890]

High regards and respect!

[@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405]

Thank you so much.

[@louisepierre6388]

Loving your page. Thank you

[@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405]

Thank you so much. I just came back from Grenada this morning and I met one of Malcolm X's Grenadian relatives and I was supposed to get an interview with his elderly aunt, but I ran out of time. I have so other cool footage on the way from Grenada, however.

[@louisepierre6388]

@@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405 amazing. I was just watching something that mentioned the Grenadian affair. I want to learn more once I have finished uni. Your page is so interesting. Keep spreading your knowledge and wisdom ❤

[@ByronOdenShabazz]

Peace Bro. Dr. Neil, looking forward to working with you. Thank you for your work and this golden opportunity!!!

[@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405]

Bro. Shabazz. I’m excited about working with you as well.

[@metmikumii1219]

This is more interesting we need part 2 if the story

[@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405]

Thank you. I will see what I can put together.

[@BishopZoneTV]

Good info my Brotha!

[@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405]

Thank you, sir. I appreciate it.

[@papistan1498]

GreatVid! I am proud to be of Grenadian Heritage although I have not been back since 96' lol---Malcolm X tied to Grenada is so Awesome!!!! Many people do not know this!

[@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405]

Grenada is a special place.

[@adams6798]

Even if I didn’t hear this story, looking at Malcolm X you see that he looks very Nigerian, I would guess that he is Ibho.

[@livefromplanetearth]

✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾

[@fitawrarifitness6842]

My grand parents were also Grenadian born. My maternal grand father's grandmother was from Africa, they called her "Dada" .

[@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405]

Interesting. Do you know what part of Africa?

[@fitawrarifitness6842]

@@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405 no i dont. "Dada" is a Yoruba name though. On my fathers mother side her Grandfather was from Africa also. She was born in Carriacou.

[@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405]

@@fitawrarifitness6842 Cool. My grandfather was from Carriacou as well. My great great grandmother wan't born in Africa but she retained an African name as her last name Kodjoe. I think her father or Grandfather may have been from Africa.

[@fitawrarifitness6842]

@@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405 Really!!?? my great grandmother was Victoria Cudjoe

[@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405]

@@fitawrarifitness6842 wow. Mine was Theresa Codjoe.

[@joseseijo4746]

Malcom was a mixed black man. His mother was very light skinned.

[@herwaldmckay5789]

We know that.

[@Carolina_girl86]

🙄 , most blacks in America are mixed.

[@danteduruisseau6854]

It would be nice if one of Malcolm's daughters would be willing to do a DNA analysis.

[@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405]

The results would be interesting.

[@latanyatemple9184]

Thanks for the historical fact

[@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405]

You’re welcome. Thank you for watching.

[@Juninzone]

This is very interesting.

[@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405]

Thank you 🙏

[@wanderer4568]

Never even knew he had red hair until I saw a picture of him in colour

[@mistadontplay3721]

I don't care where a man is from or the color of his skin but his message and what's lies with in !!!

[@FreedomBiafra]

Correct me if I'm wrong brother, the vast majority of Yoruba slaves that were shipped to north america came from Oyo State?

[@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405]

From what I read, only after the collapse of the Oyo state in the 1790s. But by that time the transatlantic slave trade was coming to a close and the majority of them were arriving in the United States illegally or through Cuba.

[@isiomaamma9869]

Also lots of Igbo was brought to Grenada too ,there is lots of people with Langdon Surname in Grenada

[@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405]

Yep. The transatlantic slave trade database says 36 percent of ships to Grenada from Africa came from the bight of Biafra, mostly Igboland.

[@antnam4406]

Some of those Yoruba people they took away found their ways back home to Yorubalands in Nigeria in places like Lagos and Abeokuta. Also it wasn't Cuba and Brazilians, it was Spanish (colonised Cuba) and the Portuguese (colonised Brazil).

[@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405]

No, it was Brazil. Brazil was independent since 1822. I specified Cuba because that was the only colony receiving such large imports by the Spanish.

[@olatunbosunsaheed7155]

There are some family who came back home to lagos Nigeria like Pedro Oskar. Even with Brazilian architecture buildings and there have associations

[@knowledgeberakah1728]

His dad had african roots too

[@thewordsmith5440]

I always thought this rhetoric was weird. Black people in the caribbeans were also Africans who were kidnapped and brought to the greater Americas but they are still allowed to claim to be from Grenada, Bahamas, Trinidad, St. Vincent, St. Lucia.

[@ernstvanstangl1048]

His grandfather was Scottish..

[@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405]

Yes, he was.

[@indamix8221]

There we're a lot of Scottish immigrants sent to Grenada wheter they liked it or not and became land owners and mingled with the Africans of the island

[@fungames1594]

Great

[@nycg801]

It’s sad that it takes shit like KZbin for our people to realize their history. All this info and then some has always been around. S/O to those who been had the knowledge.

[@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405]

True. It’s never too late to learn though.

[@nycg801]

@@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405 you’re right

[@fitawrarifitness6842]

Have you covered the story of Muhammad Bath and Sesei Muhammad? They were Gambian bornAfricans who ended up in Trinidad. They petitioned the british for repatriation.

[@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405]

I have not, but that would be a good video to do.

[@rouskeycarpel1436]

I just read another article that said it was Louise Little’s grandparents(whom she was raised by) that were Yoruba Nigerians.Those grandparents were Jupiter and Mary Jane Langdon her maternal grandparents who were kidnapped and then free by the Royal Navy and resettled in Grenada.Louise was raised by her maternal grandparents most likely since her mother had her at a young age,with the rapist father vanishing and saw it was best to have the children raised by her parents.Louise was raised in an African home but by her maternal grandparents not by her mother. Should’ve watched the whole vid before commentating;you said everything I wrote.

[@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405]

Absolutely.

[@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405]

Lol. I figured you didn’t finish watching it yet.

[@carrington2949]

There were many Malcolms in America that you never heard about in this country’s history. They were always fighting and building no matter how many times they were attacked or diminished. That is the story we need to tell - that distinct spirit in Americans of African descent. We all have some eventual connection to Africa. That is the story of all African Americans or whatever name you choose these days. The point is that we are not Africans AND THAT IS OK. There is a spirit in us that helped us survive and thrive in this nation no matter what eventual connections you find. That is our culture. Why can we not build and be proud of the distinct spirit that runs through the blood on this soil. . I can visit but they are nothing more than percentages on an ancestry DNA test. Those are not our tribes and that is ok.

[@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405]

We can do both.

[@Pflower20]

The only dispute I have is, could an 11 year old have a child, may be in other nationalities but not african. Interesting, good history for our people to know

[@shantelgeorge5087]

Excellent video. You will not find liberated African Voyages on the database for Grenada after 1837.

[@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405]

Thank you. Yes. That’s the part that doesn’t add up.

[@thefiqster]

The simple fact was that Malcolm was a lost black man that was looking for himself. So he found the nation. And please dont get it twisted, it is a racist organization. But once he went on his pillage, he learned the true meaning of Islam…brotherhood. The nation wasn’t having that because it didn’t fit into their agenda, thus the assassination. So it really doesn’t matter where he came from, it matters what he truly stood for. Salaam ! But appreciate your research.

[@akorfaaisha7562]

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405]

Thank you. :)

[@sulaimaanahmad]

o tayọ...i'm also yoruba! 🇳🇬

[@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405]

👍

[@carralumsden8853]

My great GGGG grandparents. Bantu O. P.E.A.C.E

[@brandyvaughn1]

Jesus brought me here today

[@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405]

Nice 😊

[@virtualbabe9171]

Did you read THE LIFE OF LOUSIE NORTON LITTLE ??

[@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405]

No, I have not. Have you? Is it good?

[@virtualbabe9171]

@@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405 it’s about his mother and her background it’s deep it’s good I’m on chapter 8 now

[@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405]

@@virtualbabe9171 I’m going to buy it now. Thank you.

[@virtualbabe9171]

@@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405 it is free on kindle and sorry I’m on chapter 10 I mean. I did recently my ancestral tree and dna I share a relative with Malcolm X on the little side that was a slave. I wanted to know more and decided to read about his mom first. Just wanted to share lol I am pretty excited yet it’s hard to take in that I actually share a relative with Malcolm.

[@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405]

@@virtualbabe9171 that’s so cool.

[@alfredbaxter1061]

Is it true black people been here before slavery I be hearing that to and I hear people we are the indians

[@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405]

As far as I know African people were here before slavery. To what extent, I am not sure. However, I don't subscribe to the pseudo history that has been found online as of recently when it comes to the black indigenous movement that claims they have no African ancestry. I usually ask them for evidence of their assertions and usually get nothing.

[@alfredbaxter1061]

@@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405 i brought it up really I don’t believe that either I believe we came off them slaves ships and I do believe slave could of went much longer before but all that sudo history I don’t believe

[@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405]

@@alfredbaxter1061 yeah. All evidence for most of my ancestors points towards them coming from Africa during the transatlantic slave trade. To me there is nothing to be ashamed of, in which a lot of the people believing the pseudo history feel shame of the true history so they invent history. I also think much of the promotion comes from bots. It is to create division between so called black people.

[@alfredbaxter1061]

@@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405 right that’s true

[@alfredbaxter1061]

@@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405 But back in that time with native Americans indigenous people I did some research on google don’t get me wrong yes the native Americans was dark skin people at the time but I notice they lightened up now because of a lot of mixing with Europeans came over here raping the women I do believe that part but them people claim they was black no I don’t believe it but back in ancient time yes dark people was everywhere but it don’t mean they dark look at the them people up in Australia they very dark people too them aborigines people

[@adams6798]

Even you presenting, you look Nigerian

[@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405]

Yeah. People tell me I look Igbo.

[@adams6798]

@@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405 Very true you are actually Ibyo, I have Ibyo friends, they exactly look like you.

[@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405]

@@adams6798 I knew an Igbo guy in Maryland that kind of looked like me. Lol

[@antnam4406]

@@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405 Igbo people tell everyone they look like them. I'm Yoruba and they tell me I look like them. They are fond of doing this.

[@Itsclaireasday]

@@antnam4406 Exactly 😂😂😂

[@MythDetect]

So there’s no evidence his grandmother was from Nigeria just speculation. You didn’t say where you got the source from of his great grandparents names, story seems highly speculative on top of Malcoms sister Ella Collins saying their family was Watutsi…. Which is a group of people from East Africa who were never slaves in the trans Atlantic. Also any ship coming from Bifht of Biafra wouldn’t have been Yaruba since they controlled the ports it would more than likely be slaves from a neighboring group subdued by the yaruba’s.

[@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405]

Hello. Thank you for the comment. There is an article by historian Erik McDuffie called the "The Diasporic Journeys of Louise Little" that talks about this. He gets his information from an interview with Terrence Wilson, who is the grandson of Gertrude Langdon. This information has recently been popularized in Grenada with an article written by Keisha Blaine through her interview with Erik McDuffie. Malcolm's sister Ella, is his half sister, and has no relation to Malcolm's mother, so I'm not sure what you're saying pertaining to her family's origins. Lastly, I never said the ships were coming from the Bight of Biafra at that time. They were coming from the Bight of Benin. The Aro Igbo merchants controlled the ports of the Bight of Biafra. I think you have your regions confused. If you read the historian Paul Lovejoy, as well as others, you'll find that the collapse of the Oyo Empire led to the YORUBA being sold into slavery in large numbers throughout the diaspora in the 19th century. This is evident with the religion of Ifa found in many 19th century slave trading countries.

[@MythDetect]

@@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405 so there’s speculation but no actual written records that would have stated their names or them being Yoruba. You mention ships coming from Nigeria and bight of Benin then said the last ship they more than likely came in was from Nigeria. Even after the collapse of the Oyo empire those states were still in control by yarubas and had trading relations with shady European slave smugglers secretly exporting against the British so still any ship leaving Nigeria would not be filled with too many yarubas but instead rival groups. Also Ella Collins mentioned their family being watutsi was speaking of there father because she mentioned Malcom being seventh born of his father not mother but We know their father was not watutsi. Malcom and his family were garvyites which is the reason they gravitated towards Africa so much not because his mother taught him the yaruba way. It’s a reach to say but anything’s possible. I would never say for certainty. But still great video.

[@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405]

@@MythDetect Absolutely. History is all speculation. Even if the white man writes it down, it doesn't absolutely make it true. Even if Terrence Wilson, Gertrude Langdon or Ella Collins make claims, it doesn't make it an absolute truth. All you can do is gather what is being told and form your own conclusions. Thank you for challenging the information. That's how we all learn and grow.

[@johnjackissorryinfrench7777]

The term 'Yoruba' is a relatively recent one from about late 19th century. It used to be an exonym, having been coined by other Northern tribes and popularised in Nigeria by returning recaptive slaves from Sierra Leone. Prior to this Yorubas are referred to as Anago or Nago in the slave records and I am not sure they had a name to refer to themselves as a group. Also Yorubaland was made up of many kingdoms that had a common link through the Ifa tradition and originating from Ile-Ife. The period of the civil wars was really turbulent especially during the collapse of the Oyo empire. 'Yorubas' fought each other, Egbas fought Ibadans, who fought Ijeshas and Ijebus, Ekiti, Yagbas etc. This all resulted in thousands of prisoners that were sold as slaves to buy more weaponry to conquer or defend territory. In addition to this, states like Dahomey that had been ruled by Oyo, seized the opportunity to rise up and started raiding Yoruba territory seizing thousands of prisoners as slaves. This is described in great detail in the story of the Clotilda, the last slave ship to America. Many of the enslaved were 'rescued' from slave ships by intercepting Royal Navy ships and sent to places like Sierra Leone, Trinidad, Jamaica and Grenada etc as indentured servants and forced to work for some more time before being truly freed.

[@solomoncarpenter6523]

YOU ARE FROM GHANA AND YOUR ANCESTORS ARE GHANAIAN

[@carralumsden8853]

My papi. This comment is profound. P.E.A.C.E

[@vanessad410]

That's why his nickname was red his grandfather is Esau but his Father is Jacob and that's makes him Israel

[@FreedomBiafra]

Please be quiet with that Israel nonsense

[@juniormiles6773]

Stop lying his mother was half white and she hated herself. She was very red skinned Grenadian woman. Grenada was once a under the france umbrella same as Saint Lucia, Dominica ect. France never mixed well with the British empire. So how did Nigerians come to play with Grenada. When most of the France slaves came from Benin/ Ghana

[@juniormiles6773]

France even helped black people to fight against the english. Look up the Garifuna war in Saint Vincent and Grenadines

[@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405]

I’m guessing you didn’t watch the video.

[@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405]

@@juniormiles6773 more like black people helped France fight against the British.

[@juniormiles6773]

@@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405 Nah the Garifuna defeated the British they fought the British for 300 years. When the British beat them. They sent all the Garifuna too Honduras. Brought in new slaves to saint Vincent

[@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405]

@@juniormiles6773 thank you for the comment.

[@ahmedeensaeed991]

wacko PHD

[@immasoxfanbaby]

We know ayeee 😅😅

[@michaelphillips7756]

I thought Malcolm X was Muslim?

[@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405]

He was.

[@dajuice6349]

Stop the nonsense tell the truth

[@Nducre]

Thank you for introducing this conversation. These are new insights about Malcolm.X. Thank you.