How Dutch and British Slavery created this South African People

The Cape Malay community is one of the most unique in the world. They were brought to Cape Town as slaves by the Dutch from Indonesia, Malaysia and Madagascar. After centuries of intermixing, influences from East and West and Islam, the Cape Malay community created a new bright identity, culture and community from a dark past. Salem learns about the history of the Cape Malay community through exploring their cuisine and cooking butter bean curry with Salwa and Sherif.
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[@Aques89]

I'm from Malaysia and I don't know that there are Malay community in South Africa, thanks for sharing.. Free Palestine.

[@aaadin7257]

Descendant from Nusantara,since dutch were the first colonizer prior to the brits ofcourse probably using malay language,the dutch teaching the dutch language in the beggining of 20th century

[@imran5490]

Their 100% is ! I recently went to Indonesia and was so amazed to see how similar our cultures are.

[@Salem.Barahmeh]

Watching this made me smile...and I was there.

[@HaziqHusaini-kn8cf]

As a Malaysian Muslim Malay, I can confirm that we still eat that roti here..

[@saraswati5370]

Brilliant video! I would say that it was how the Dutch colonial worked, it's the same in Indonesia, they didn't force the use of their language, instead they use Malay language to increase their competitiveness in an already established trade market here. Moreover, they also use this as one of their weapon and to differentiate themselves from the oppressed. They only allowed the rich and powerful Indonesians (usually of royal descendants) to go to school, where they would learn Dutch language. Therefore, only the colonials and rich Indonesian could speak Dutch language. This created classes among Indonesian people that served well into their Devide et Impera politics (divide and conquer).

[@gamaisk]

mantabs...

[@ya7yalubnan]

Thanks for sharing.

[@nowonderle]

That makes sense.

[@altGoolam]

The Cape Malay identity exposes the failure of racial identity. Malay people are simply Muslims of diverse ethnicities living in one place. The racialisation of people is a crime against our humanity.

[@guccina00]

I seriously love your videos! From a fellow falastinye ❤️

[@Mae-hx2ml]

Watching this during a break from reading the South Africa genocide case against Israel.

[@bilkees8151]

Same!

[@imran5490]

Thank you for this videos. I am also a Cape Malay from Cape Town and really appreciate this video and share your love for Boontjie Curry! I think your guest also represented us well.

[@idrisyunusa5317]

Are we just going to ignore the vibing while carelessly kneading that dough?… some of us notice rare moments. I hope the audience get updates for the next visit to Cape town. 😅

[@adrevanderwesthuizen7262]

9:58 This is called code-switching. We code-switch because our spoken Afrikaans was always depicted as a marker of low intelligence, laziness, and "not decent". However, the tide is slowly turning as former slang terminology ("aweh masekin") has become popularised across South Africa.

[@rochellesantos4618]

I love all your videos. Your genuiness always shines through. But please, when rolling dough, roll in one direction until the dough is fairly flat otherwise you will build up the gluten and make it rubbery.

[@Salem.Barahmeh]

I really do need to work on rolling my dough.

[@rochellesantos4618]

@@Salem.Barahmeh Try getting a French rolling pin, which is basically a tapered stick. It lets you get more even pressure. the ones that spin have less exacting pressure

[@sorayajacobs8467]

What a beautiful lady Salwa is🎉🎉🎉

[@ferabie]

Proud of my baby daughter Salwah. Our family's history is intimately connected to the Malays of Cape Town. I also love cooking our food especially now that I live overseas.

[@JacobCloete]

Brilliant episode!! I love it!! It made me feel good.

[@robertlavita1061]

This is biased comment. We saw you eating at the table.

[@JacobCloete]

@@robertlavita1061 of course I am biased! I was in the episode. But Dala and Salem did a great job in telling the story!! 😀 I am just amazed how well the captured the story! They made me feel like I was experiencing all over again.

[@Moqbelsaggar]

I hate the colonial history but maybe that has to be so we are who we are. The people of the world please Unite! You have nothing to lose. So much love to SA people and free Palestine. Love to you all from Riyadh.

[@user1tariq]

This video made me lus for suiker boentjie kos. I phoned my mother in-law to make some :)

[@traaaaadders666]

i love your videos

[@Moqbelsaggar]

I had to get back to this ❤️🇿🇦❤️🇵🇸❤️

[@Fabianbarahmeh]

fire

[@muzammilriyaz]

You need to make more and more videos... Very good content but why less views can't understand

[@nimhu]

TO be clear a huge part of the South African is Pro Palestine not just certain races.

[@taahirahinaballoon]

❤❤

[@Nihari993]

Please change the typo orgins from your thumbnail

[@fizo007]

🇵🇸🇿🇦💪

[@GeorgeGhines]

Why is it haram to close on Sundays?

[@thomasj4370]

As a white privileged old man your videos make my cry in shame. And urge me to use my privileges for my fellow humans stripped of identity and dignity. Agitating against all the brutal ways my ruling class is engaging to ensure the infinite continuation of fascism and apartheid. Trying to transform my wish to die of shame and guilt¹ in actions agains such suppression. ¹ Being a German citizen I know we build our ridiculous obscene wealth on atrocities. Being part of the Global North’s remorseless Value Chain framework to pile up money and the power therein. In being a fully fledged German native, I am profiting off this endlessly powerful global superstructures of white supremacy and neoliberalism. Gaining profits off the war against not only the most vulnerable and least defensive (bc we are cowards) people, but also against the complete ecosphere all humanity depends on. Having to recognize my participation in a perpetuating monstrosity of ruthless exploitation and merciless destruction is very painful.

[@thomasj4370]

@@11235but not to mention all the the profit we took in the past during the colonial engagement from South West Africa (modern-day Namibia) to German East Africa.

[@thomasj4370]

@@11235but I see we differ in our views of the world. To me Germany is a relevant part of the capitalist machinery which is destroying the world. Since decades.

[@thomasj4370]

@@11235but btw my country expanded the military exports to Israel by ten times since November. And guess who also is responsible for the patent on the corona vaccine.

[@thomasj4370]

@@11235but being a sausage myself I never felt being overrated.

[@artair70]

Eww a self loathing D'wight lib..Shame on you. And GERMAN? Yikes

[@aaadin7257]

The dutch just start teaching dutch language to nusantaran in the beginning of 20th century Malay is lingua franca in nusantaran archipelago before the dutch start teaching dutch language, at the time the Brit colonize malaysia and the Dutch colonize what do we call Indonesia Syekh Yusuf al Makassari the mufti of Banten sultanate exiled to south Africa Kind of confusion since the Brits just colonized South Africa in the end of 19th century,so it Indonesian or Malaysian descendant ?

[@derss3283]

The British colonised South Africa from 1780… not the end of the 1890s. You are misinformed ! The first Malayu people were banished to Cape Town in the 1500 under Portuguese colonisation in Asia and South Africa.. …that was the sultan of Melaka or the son of the sultan of Melaka … the place of capture was Sumatra or West Java …

[@derss3283]

In 1690 the son of the sultan of Sulwesi - makassar was banished to Cape Town!

[@derss3283]

In the early 1800s the British banished many political prisoners to cape town … from the Asian counties that they colonized … China, Malaysia, India ,

[@aaadin7257]

@@derss3283 Syekh Yusuf Abul Mahasin Tajul Khalwati Al-Makasari Al-Bantani adalah salah seorang pahlawan nasional Indonesia. Ia juga digelari Tuanta Salamaka ri Gowa oleh pendukungnya di kalangan rakyat Sulawesi Selatan. Wikipedia Kelahiran: 3 Juli 1626, Makassar Meninggal: 23 Mei 1699, Macassar, Cape Town, Afrika Selatan Buku: Zubdat Al-Asrār: The Essence of Secrets Orang tua: I Tubiani Sitti Aminah Daeng Kunjung Kebangsaan: Indonesia Tempat pemakaman: Kramat Of Sheikh Yusuf Al-Makassari, Cape Town, Afrika Selatan

[@aaadin7257]

@@derss3283 The two European countries who occupied the land were the Netherlands (1652-1795 and 1803-1806) and Great Britain (1795-1803 and 1806-1961). Although South Africa became a Union with its own white people government in 1910, the country was still regarded as a colony of Britain till 1961.

[@111111111611]

Please make a video on how the arab world in the maghreb was the main exporter of slaves to the west and how it only abolished slavery many years after the west

[@octavianova1300]

man not only are the colorful houses a whole vibe, but everyone there has absolutely top shelf taste in colors, that neighborhood alone had like, all the best shades good shit 😩🤌

[@francoiswilliams]

When and where was the slavery btw?

[@mkay187]

South Africa, Cape Town, circa 1652+ or whenever the Dutch began bringing in slaves, until approx 1830 when slavery was abolished. The iziko museum, slave lodge, and cape town castle address and showcase slave history in the region. The slaves hailed from indonesia, malaysia, west africa, sri lanka, and so on, and traces of this diversity can still be seen in the culture or in the features of locals.

[@mnmeskc848]

​@@mkay187 you hear it in the surnames of slave descendants too: Adonis, Jephta, Ontong, Balie (as in the island), Moses, April, Malgas (from Madagascar), Manuel, Fortune, Africa- all names given to enslaved people by their enslavers

[@danimears5398]

Your series and content should be a publicly broadcast series 💕 I wish your work more exposure and success in accessing people 🫶🏻💪🏼🙌🏼🇵🇸💕

[@gdavids9829]

I Soema luss now mmmmmm mmm can’t get those unique butterbeans in Oz 🥲🥲🥲