How Modern Language Corrupts African Culture

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[@DerazerN]

One of the main issues us of the Diaspora have is thinking with a Western mind set about Africa. Some of us will be forever lost to Western culture (which in many ways was developed by us also.). The best thing to do is let the people who have adopted to that stay where they are and if you gain the have sight and desire to return to Africa then learn the people and the culture and go back.

[@youngblackandgifted]

Yup u summed it up perfectly💯💯

[@78vette11]

Beautifully stated

[@iamheeeem]

Imma steal what you said. But before I do 👏 👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@olivekomba-kono]

I agree with you totally. In Africa, we tend to understand the world through the lenses f our colonial masters. What a shame. We also have a lot to the world but because we don't value ourselves, we try to be like other cultures. We dress like them, wear wigs, extensions, etc so that our hair can be like them. We in Sierra Leone don't even teach in any native languages. Some parents ban their children from speaking any local languages. Children are being born and raised here and not able to speak any of native languages! We call this civilised and educated!!!

[@shotelco]

Your position is factually & elegantly stated. Even in this video presentation, the _assumption_ that "democracy" is some superior construct...as in "Hey, Africans had it too", leaves a bitter taste. Prior to Anglo/Euro colonization, wasn't most of the continent ruled by various Kingdoms (Monarchies) and Tribal Empires? I don't think these were "democratic" systems...but I could be wrong. Why do feel we need to keep attempting to justify our human validity in comparison to the Euro/Anglo culture? Why is religious monotheism the default correct belief system? We continue to, as Malcom X warned us of 60 years ago, plead our case for justice to the very oppressor that victimized us. That's a special kind of brainwashing.

[@ptolemeeselenion1542]

As an African, I thoroughly agree. So sick and tired of the bastardization of both Lingala and Kiswahili languages and history going on. Sometimes, it almost feels like they speak alien linguos.

[@ArabSocialNationalist]

Without Arabic, there is no Kiswahili. The name of the language itself is Arabic.

[@MrMathoks]

@@ArabSocialNationalist the history robbers are here

[@o-wolf]

I was reading up about the Kongo empire &as much as I already knew about the horrors of chattel slavery &colonisation.. nothing made me as sad &ANGRY as the near oblivion of KiKongo culture &mo Archy by different European invaders using Christianity as subterfuge

[@oluwaremilekunbell6159]

Others that you didn't mention: 1) Use of the term "tribe" to describe all African ethnic groups; 2) Use of the term"dialect" to describe African languages, etc

[@everythingispolitics6526]

💯! The irony is, English is a dialect/patois because it isn't an original language. It is a basterdised version of various European languages and even some south east Asian language. I'm sure if we interrogate further, most European languages probably share similar origins, making them unoriginal. The more reason why we must teach African children their mother tongue and have a universal African language for all.

[@Morgue12free]

@@everythingispolitics6526 Indeed. This won't be that hard. Should take no more than 1 - 2 generations to correct the issue.

[@maxxmabemwe4859]

True, and they name different groups in Europe nations. They call the Khoisan people bushmen, the Twa people pigmies, and the land they stole Johannesburg. How about Victoria falls? They even have the nerve to call themselves Christians. They have the audacity to claim that they are Africans, well they call themselves afrikkaners, but in reality, they are murdering, raping, genocidal, thieves guilty of crimes against humanity.

[@oluwaremilekunbell6159]

​@@everythingispolitics6526Agree 100%.

[@Larry_Suave]

@@everythingispolitics6526 That doesn't make any sense because every single language in the world is unoriginal. We've been speaking for far longer than any modern language has been around.

[@mlababu40]

Excellent point to cover. It reminds me of a book from years ago "Decolonising the Mind: the Politics of Language in African Literature" by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o. Also Chancellor Williams is one of our greatest gifts in authors on history. Thanks for this segment.

[@DarkAngel-cj6sx]

It is a very big issue. Our languages have so many wisdom but we have adopted strange languages. Our mind have been colonized and it is really bad

[@wildflower7925]

I speak my language, it has so much hidden and deep meaning, also all related to our spirituality. Also meanings of our languages get lost in translation, I hate translating my philosophical ideas into English, my ideas lose their actual meaning

[@grandeurgoddessd5579]

What is your language?

[@mrcead]

It's even deeper than that, imagine all the concepts lost in translation because European languages didn't have a word for what they witnessed. But if you want to truly learn, you must go to the continent and study under the scholars who made it their life's work. You won't find much on the internet but mind you, it's rigorous

[@ikenganation]

Even positioning African societies as the first to develop still colors us in a dim light in Western mindsets which are all about progress. If we are progressing then it is away from that African past which to them is like caveman days. So, saying we are the first is not a flex. That's why I always say don't worry about what they think. Just be the best of who you are.

[@Afro_Conservative_Strikes_Back]

To be the first means we are the foundation. Nothing solid exists for long without a good foundation. This is a huge flex. There are more solutions for our current problems given by our ancestors than from western or eastern society

[@khaliddessalines3754]

Great book "The Destruction Of African Civilization" by Chancellor Williams.

[@o-wolf]

We often forget that the portuguese &other europeans who first encountered our African ancestors had very little grasp of even the concept of true democracy as they all sprung from feudal monarchical societies.. The very idea of "chief-less" states was considered alien &an aberration to them &were that idea to reach back to european shores the royal spinsors of these expeditions sovereignty would be at risk.. Thus began the demonization of these complex varied & culturally intricate societies that persists to this day &Now ive seen more of our own people refer to any &all things Egyptian &even west african religion or otherwise as "satanic" "demonic" "black magic" than any white european.. so the damage is decidedly done.

[@pikmin4743]

in my mind, the word primitive describes the level of academic understanding of these cultures, not a quality of the peoples. but its definitely not intended that way

[@grandeurgoddessd5579]

Well put

[@TRESEfrom1985]

Im a visual learner. The more detailed info I can see, the better! Either way, you're an excellent teacher thanks for all you do!

[@matthewmann8969]

Yeah like much of Arabic, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, French, German, English, Danish, And Dutch.

[@arlenemuhammad9853]

Arabic is our language just like Hebrew. Just because our people get pushed out of an area or pushed out of power in an area doesn't mean it isn't ours. The original Arabs were black.

[@cyrusthegreat7030]

​@@arlenemuhammad9853Lmao larper no they werent.

[@arlenemuhammad9853]

@@cyrusthegreat7030 Yes they were black. The original people everywhere were black. Whenever archeologists find bones more than 7,000 years old they are always of black people. Even the scientist today bear witness that the black man and woman are the original people.

[@ArabSocialNationalist]

@@arlenemuhammad9853 How are you not embarrassed to casually steal another persons ancestors? The Arabs are Arabs. They are not black and the Arabic language is Asiatic and nothing to do with Africa. There is no dignity in stealing another people's history and ancestors. Cultural theft works both ways.

[@JcoleMc]

​@@arlenemuhammad9853 Trust me you don't want to be a Arab

[@thomasb1813]

Every culture goes through a primitive phase. Some just say that way longer.

[@Sene_-wf2py]

What?

[@commiexian]

Excellent video, point well made. Only slight issue is with the conflation of animism and immanence. They're not the same thing. Immanence can often be an aspect of animism, but it is a different concept.

[@nialcc]

My issue is with "Sub-Saharan" Africa. See 'The Racist Connotations of the Term Sub-Saharan Africa' authored by Africa Rebirth.

[@ArabSocialNationalist]

Sub Saharan is a factual term. Black Africa absolutely must be distinguished from North Africa, which is not Africa at all.

[@nialcc]

@@ArabSocialNationalist - Yes it is a fictional term, (emphasis on fiction) and it's also a racist term. Africa is a continent, and "North Africa" will forever be a part of that continent. The counties may be majority Arab NOW but it will never not be African. You're playing word salad and the rest of the world know better. If they don't, they will.

[@SupremeWorthy]

@2:39 you can say that twice. It has to be very personal

[@gadeyeye6268]

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[@rubixtruth8408]

Simply put, all European/Greek/Greco-Roman knowledge was learned from Kemet ! 🙏🏾☀️💪🏾 Namaste

[@ArabSocialNationalist]

This is an outright fantasy, unless there is a Parthenon or some other meaningful architecture in black Africa that I am not aware of?

[@rubixtruth8408]

@@ArabSocialNationalist 😂 Parthenon = 450 BC , 😐 Nuff Said !

[@ArabSocialNationalist]

@@rubixtruth8408 Meaning what? I was simply pointing out the tragedy that black nationalists claim everyone else's culture and ancestors and yet cannot explain the perfect absence of all of it south of the Sahara. If Greek civilisation is African, is there anything in Africa to indicate that? No. There is nothing.

[@lolakepi]

Greetings from Paris and from global Black family. Outstanding work !

[@nash_6908]

This is not unique to Africa but to any culture studying another because there are words that cannot be translated properly or translated at all.

[@mattmurdock9802]

Yea this guy is a disingenuous crybaby

[@mansamusa9465]

@@mattmurdock9802 Non Black Troll Alert

[@mattmurdock9802]

@@mansamusa9465 I’m black lol how dumb do you feel now?

[@letslearnspanishtv]

Another great one!

[@wowafrica9766]

Word like Fetish. They call all African Priest. As Fetish

[@bigghomiecoupp6714]

No Lies Told!!!

[@lizfisher2008]

Hello, I love your videos but sometimes I have a hard time getting through them- your voice is too soothing lol. Can you speak with a little more umph?

[@musicearthtoheaven8793]

we as Africans or descendants of Africans even need to stop using the terms ourselves.

[@Neo-Femme]

Brilliant video. ❤

[@millyuan]

Thank You

[@amaiodo5310]

It's time you visit the continent if you haven't already!

[@idontknowname-rl8yb]

I curse more in english than in my language. I am more willing to say bad words in English. It shows you how they program us to speak badly

[@kiritugeorge4684]

The word tribe very much falls into this category. I'd advise listening to explanations by Wangari Maathai on the same but it follows the same issues as the use of the word primitive.

[@mitchellfarmer8409]

Thank You 💫

[@iamheeeem]

I swear to GOD I thought of 2 forms of primitive. First l thought of cavedevils. Seconds I thought of the original man and woman in the Garden of Kemit.

[@joeshmoe8345]

Thank you!

[@QMicAnticsallday]

No lie. First I think of when I hear "primitive" is white cro-magnon, cave men, knuckle draggers. Who's only language was grunts. Like the Flintstones but less funny.

[@thomasb1813]

I know right lol. They are some sub-Saharan African areas still like. But luckily, those knuckle draggers invented the entire modern world that you enjoy.

[@QMicAnticsallday]

@@thomasb1813 eh probably not. More than likely the ancestors of those knuckle draggers went on to steal those inventions from the people they subjugated. Then took credit for them. But hey, that's how life goes sometimes ya know?

[@pearlykatte4747]

@@thomasb1813there is no African group that communicates with grunts. Y’all are so unfamiliar with the continent.

[@thomasb1813]

@@pearlykatte4747 yeah why are you typing in English then lol.

[@yumnax]

Animism doesn’t contradict monotheism and animism isn’t primitive. At least in German research on animism in Africa it’s viewed as another characteristic of African traditional religions. So it would say that they believe everything is inhabited by souls (animism) whilst also accepting that there is a creator being and sometimes another being personifying the source/ the beginning of all, aka a transcendent god that is outside the reach of the human. Also animism is pretty unique to African traditional religions. Whilst many religions belief that things can be inhabited by a soul (e.g. Shintoism) they wouldn’t go so far as to believe everything has an inherited soul. So just because you heard it only in negative contexts and exclusively for African traditional religions doesn’t mean it’s something bad. That’s also what we in the Diaspora have to learn. But I do agree that the word „primitive“ is the result of racial bias.

[@uncleleroyshoodoocorner8113]

You wrote all this just to prove him right

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[@ddunvideo]

Primitive, very profound explanation.

[@Jay.B.2046]

🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽

[@mikegreen8938]

Thats who i associate primitive with.

[@glennpeterson2477]

I have another one, "Sub Saharan African " needs to not be used by black scholars!

[@ArabSocialNationalist]

"Sub Saharan" is a crucial term and it must always be used. It is not fair on the Arabs for their culture and civilisation to be absorbed into Africa. The Sahara has shielded the Arabs, who want nothing to do (culturally, ethnically) with the Sub Saharan region. We do not want to be associated with it in any way. Egypt is not Africa. Libya is not Africa. Tunisia is not Africa. Algeria is not Africa. Morocco is not Africa. Thank you.

[@glennpeterson2477]

@@ArabSocialNationalist, This is not debate or argument. The term sub-saharan originated in the West and it was only used in terms of geographic's at first, sometime in the mid-20th Century it started to be used as an ethnic destination. My comment was only directed towards Black Scholars & them only, as you claim to be Middle Eastern then you do not apply. As I stated earlier this is neither a argument nor debate on this issue, so if you or Arabic people want to accept an artificial ethnic placement on themselves then that is your prerogative.

[@ArabSocialNationalist]

@@glennpeterson2477 But it is a useful term, isn't it? As a description, it does the job: there has to be a way to differentiate between the Arabs and the blacks. That is non-negotiable. The Sahara is a logical and highly convenient way of doing that: north of the Sahara = High Civilisation; south of the Sahara = African civilisation. It's just easier.

[@glennpeterson2477]

@@ArabSocialNationalist, Yep, your prerogative, correction Civilizations not "Civilisation"

[@ArabSocialNationalist]

@@glennpeterson2477 Cheers

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[@mikegreen8938]

Europeans

[@thomasb1813]

Heck yeah! Who needs electricity and crap like that! I wish we could go back to the way things were before we met Europeans.

[@mr.guzwee7695]

​@@thomasb1813who needs hip hop, rap and dancing outside of the ballroom

[@alicenestpasmonprenom5784]

​@@thomasb1813Electricity comes from Africa

[@thomasb1813]

@@alicenestpasmonprenom5784 I guess no one actually invited electricity. They just discovered how to harness its power. Do yourself a favor and check it out for yourself.

[@thomasb1813]

@@mr.guzwee7695 literally no one needs these things or ballroom dancing as far as that goes.

[@the6thregion]

Love and appreciate your work in this space, day and age 🫡