Nigeria is the THE REAL Home of AFRICAN AMERICANS..PERIOD| Ep. 95

[@Kenganda]

Sorry for the long wait family! We are back on track now! We love you all!

[@kennard87]

FOH WE ARE NOT AFRICAN WE'RE NATIVE AMERICAN NIIJI PLEASE STOP TRYING TO SCAM US WE ARE NOT INTERESTED. IF WE ARE FROM THERE SET ASIDE SOME LAND FOR US THAT WE OWN OR STFU

[@hansoreva1]

Try not to hate on nigeria too much..🤣🤣🤣... #notthesamelevel 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@PapBob-jg7rd]

Starting next year diaspora in East Africa such as Rwanda with dual US , Rwanda passport can get East Africa passport Visa free entry Uganda ,Burundi, Rwanda, Kenya , Tanzania , Congo , South Sudan pending Ethiopia , Somali . 400 million plus business market .

[@promisebethel2226]

When did east Africa has more infrastructure than west Africa......what kind of lie this idiots are dishing out......are you referring to English speaking west Africa or you are referring to both the anglophone west Africa......let me guess the only countries that has infrastructure in east Africa are juts 4 to 5 of them..... Kenya, Tanzanian, Rwanda, Seychelles.......in west Africa.....you guys always forgot the French speaking countries in west Africa....... Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire,dakar Senegal, nigeria,ghana, even benin,cape verde even Togo.....brother i can go on and on......both Benin and Togo are cleaner than the whole east African countries put together......when you visit this countries......then come back and tell me if you can boast about east African countries again.....i can agree that east African countries are ease of doing business and connecting to each other and has a well developed tourism......west Africa dont value tourism and is not ease of doing business......but don't lie to the world that east Africa cities are well developed compared to west Africa........ because of how french speaking west Africa doesn't speak English...... anything about them has been ignored and overlooked.....then you come here because you visited liberia,serrie leone and south Sudan all this least developed in west Africa then you assume that east African cities are more developed what rubbish......over the years Rwanda is said to be the cleanest cities in Africa......now the truth has be confirmed that 2 french speaking west Africa has the cleanest cities in Africa as a whole. Benin and Togo......so stop deceiving people to avoid problems

[@dangregory8321]

@@chenyung8154. Do yourself a favor and google or research on Dexter Caffey who is a Black American direct descendent of Ramses the third.

[@daughterofthedivine]

He is telling the truth! Many of us African American women are married or dating men in Nigeria. We just don’t publicize it! We are also starting businesses over there. Living both in America and Nigeria.

[@mufasa2009]

African Americans have always been in Nigeria since the 1700's it's just not publicized

[@uniqueamerican4963]

No it's not many, maybe some... And it's Black American not African American and just be careful I wouldn't trust those people.... I don't understand why some our people don't get it through their brains that these people aren't to be trusted.

[@ABlackBeauty]

☝🏾💯🎯

[@Isiejeme0829]

@@uniqueamerican4963 are you to be trusted, who are you?

[@uniqueamerican4963]

@@Isiejeme0829 None of your business...

[@ingababy5196]

I’m Jamaican and a lot of us came from Ghana and Nigeria. We can see the similarities in how we do things.

[@anthoniquesharon1828]

You guys are way better than those in the USA

[@chineduhenry3308]

Hello baby

[@woodcrest4655]

@@anthoniquesharon1828you buffoon, Caribbeans were able to hold on to a lot of their African culture because slavery was different in the Caribbean compared to America

[@bobbie6443]

I’m surprised a Jamaican said that y’all are usually in denial about your African roots.

[@BerkinMusa]

@@anthoniquesharon1828lol it’s literally the same people

[@enohknopp2433]

It still baffles me why people don’t understand that Lagos is not the only city or state in Nigeria. Nigeria consists of 36 states and some these states are bigger than some African countries even some European countries. Nigeria is a big and beautiful country with highly educated people and of course many wealthy individuals.

[@rhomarx9824]

Tanzania is bigger than Nigeria. Ethiopia is also larger than Nigeria, and so is the case with South Africa and Angola. Based on its landmass and population size, Nigeria is really congested. For instance, Tanzania being larger than Nigeria only has a population of about 58 million compared to Nigeria's which has about 220 million inhabitants.

[@sylviasworld9397]

@@rhomarx9824 Congested? In every of the 36 states plus the federal capital territory? Dar is no less "congested" than Abuja, for example, in fact it may be more congested. Most people flock to Dar, in TZ. The population of Dar es Salaam (the capital) is 7,776,000, the population of Abuja (The capital) is 3,839,000.

[@sunnyyande378]

@@rhomarx9824, Nigeria is congested. It is unbeleiveable how people think that because Lagos is congested every part of Nigeria is congested. There is no doubt that these countries you mentioned are big, but how many vibrant cities are in these countries as compared to Nigeria?

[@interestingthingstoknow8975]

@@rhomarx9824 Be careful because you are revealing a complete lack of knowledge of Nigeria..... Lagos might be congested in many areas... but Nigeria as a whole is not congested... Some areas of Lagos are so free and quiet... go to Satellite town in Lagos and you can hear a pin drop in the late morning time..... Get enlightened about Nigeria Ok...

[@vitalaliu8604]

@Proudly and Unapologetically Melanistic(African) you know nothing about Nigeria stop with the bs

[@Gk54493]

I’m Nigerian and love to see my Black brothers and sisters in the Americas claim their home back in the motherland!

[@ChukwumaEgbuonu]

Nigeria is very competitive with lots of giants in any sphere of endeavour. Its understandable if some people will prefer places that are more laid back with less competition. All the same its one Africa. Follow your hearts.

[@Maghema-Gader]

😂😂😂😂 bad guy!!!, See as you enter them, "follow your hearts", you no well.😅😅

[@Isiejeme0829]

You've said the truth. Many of them are scared of the competition 😀😀😀

[@ChukwumaEgbuonu]

@@Maghema-Gader hahaha. You saw it abi, wetin I go talk na

[@Maghema-Gader]

@@ChukwumaEgbuonu na so oo, you don talk am finish.😂😂😂 Na Dem know, if them like make them come or go, na their business.

[@ChukwumaEgbuonu]

@@Isiejeme0829 that's it. They prefer countries where they'll be worshipped. For Naija who send your papa even with your accent

[@tbrucechebore]

As a kenyan, we dont have to advertise our country for African Americans to come home,.. We value them but we dont have to lie to them that Kenya is their home, welcome to kenya if you want to improve kenyan kenyan economy

[@Ro-roly]

Mind you, the person that made the video is an African American

[@portiaaudi4406]

Kenyans si mnapenda kujifix ... We love our Nigerian brothers and sisters and it's true their economy is more vibrant and are more accepting of foreigners. If you ain't in Nigeria you are missing.

[@EmekaEze-b5u]

We are Africans big or small country in ours beloved Continent of Africa we are one people 🇳🇬🇳🇬 Love u all my kings nd queen's big up ❤❤❤❤❤

[@kyrianuwandu1162]

If you are a business man or woman, if you are not in Nigeria you are missing out despite all the negative things you hear about Nigeria. Nigeria has a bad reputation out there but when you come into the Country and figure out how things work, you will NEVER go anywhere else. The Lebanese have been milking the honey called Nigeria for decades now while black business men and women are still focusing on the negative reports about Nigeria which are most times blown out of proportion by even Nigerians who think that the grass is greener in other climes until they relocate out of Nigeria to other Countries and find out what they were missing. West Africa was very late to infrastructure development due to so many Civil wars that happened immediately after these Countries gained independence from colonial rule. Give it another twenty years and West Africa will be the best place to be.

[@mahalallel2012]

How ironic, the Lebanon economy collapsed in 2020, yet they manage to do good business in foreign countries...

[@preciousone86]

💯💯

[@gabrielafolabi3327]

brother, bless you

[@africaine4889]

You have more Lebanese in ivory coast. They are everywhere in west and Central africa milking those countries.

[@mrlij6534]

so true. The Lebanese are like let them keep arguing with each other, we are making this money, lol. they have businesses all over the place

[@Keys2SOAR]

Lawd, I have been waiting on the newest episode to drop!! Bless family! I am glad to receive this one…I’m riveted…and listening!! Boom!

[@CorporateJunky]

Great podcast. Nigeria is truly the best option for AA for economic reasons than anywhere else in Africa. Thanks, guys!

[@brotherkareem181]

What about South Africa ?

[@CorporateJunky]

@@brotherkareem181 I wouldn't recommend South Africa for AA. Not because South Africa isn't a great place. Some of the nicest people are from SA. But why wouldn't any AA leave the U.S, primarily due to racism and then go to a country in Africa where you'd still experience such discrimination and also 80 percent of resources in SA are controlled by the 10 percent of Whites in SA. That doesn't make sense to me.

[@brotherkareem181]

@@CorporateJunky What I was talking about was business as far as setting up a business. I heard South Africa was a good place to start a business. That’s why I asked.

[@CorporateJunky]

@brotherkareem181 I understand that. But I'd ask that you think about that question for a sec., and ask yourself how has any place where White people control 80 percent of resources ever worked out for AA's or Black people. I don't need to remind you of the issues black people are facing presently and have faced in the past from White people when we tried to elevate our communities and businesses. Tulsa, Rosewood! Not sure if you are aware of this but there's actually a White-only town in SA where blacks are not allowed. A real Jim Crow practice in our modern times. I wouldn't go to SA if you're moving from the U.S. to Africa. That's my opinion.

[@israelmwinesemambo6682]

Ppl chose eease of investment rather than cultural connections or sentiment u better ask the Chinese and Indians

[@blacbella7561]

I did ancestry dna 96% African 32%Nigerian 27%Congo/Cameroon/Bantu....every place he named and other West African countries showed in my DNA. I want to visit Nigerian because it's the highest but I been to Gambia and Senegal which are smaller percentage in my dna and loved it and had so much peace with the people

[@jermainenowels9511]

Go where you feel comfortable

[@simonesimona8317]

It's a peace words cannot explain. When you are home, it's a feeling. You don't have to know a soul there.

[@Arnseto88]

Every place he named I share dna with I am 81 percent African. 7%Ivory Coast/Ghana 25% Nigerian 24% Cameroon/Congo western Bantu people 11% Benin & Togo 11% mali 1% northern African

[@Hamashyach369]

DNA ancestry test is a scam. Look it up

[@sai9154]

This is very enlightening. What stands out here (and in the comments above on DNA composition) is that you are MORE AFRICAN THAN YOU ARE NIGERIAN or any other African country! (96% v 32%. etc.) And that's what Africa is, we are more African than we are citizens of one country. The sooner our brothers and sisters get this, the easier it will be for them to settle in, and enjoy, Africa.

[@yeyeaset5896]

My Dad got his dna test and it says he is IGBO! Honestly I vibe more with Nigerians.

[@sinatraonyewuchi]

Your Dad is an ACTUAL descendant of the people who were largely taken from the "Bight of Biafara" and many regions in West Africa. These people ARE the ROOT people that the Old Testament is speaking about in Deuteronomy 28. You descend from the Ancient People through your Father-

[@sylviasworld9397]

Kedu? My sis.

[@nadzk2003]

You aren’t

[@MJ-jf7zw]

​@@nadzk2003 Silence troll

[@osuagwuleonard1097]

Then you are igbo

[@marielawrence1381]

I am from the Carribean and you can still find the customs especially the food similar to Nigeria and Ghana. My ancestral DNA indicates that my mother’s ancestors came from Guinea Bissau .We still do the dance and the drumming ,the burial and wedding rituals,some semblance of the languages and Mannerisms. So it’s a mixed bag. These places didn’t have these names prior to the white man’s destruction and division. Tribes moved around.

[@ProudBootyscratcher]

the “African” dance that’s learned in a lot of black communities in the USA 🇺🇸 is purely west African too

[@done5060]

Guinea Bissau 🎉🎉 thank you and remain blessed. You simply clarified my opinion

[@lakeside321]

@Opinionated African Traveler black Americans do not dance like Afrixans. Micheal Jackson dosn't dance like Africans at all. Africans use there lower bodies and stomp a lot black Americans use our whole body and have a smoothness to us. Carribean's are Similar in dance style and singing style because Afeicans we're brought into those little islands when they killed off the indigenous there.

[@StandUpGill]

WOW, literally the same story. DNA test results and our ancestors claimed to be from certain west African regions which they named. and my moms great grand mother said she was form Guinea (but didn't state which Guinea).

[@Oponu-Ayirada]

@@lakeside321 Haha. Do your research you’ll find out videos of Africans people doing similar dances to what u call MJ dance and more.

[@DefiesAllStereotypes]

The majority (if not every) African American has Nigerian ancestry. In fact not only does every African American have Nigerian ancestry, if you do a DNA ancestry test (which I have), Yoruba or Igbo is probably your largest DNA percentage.

[@amberw6025]

Yorubas we’re one of the biggest sellers in the slave trade, they did not sell their own people, there no way the ancestry dna is correct. Most people don’t realize that, but I think the dna ancestry is a scam. Look it up

[@ucakpan]

I believe so. The Edo, Ibibio, Fon, Fulani and some other ones would make up the rest.

[@ucakpan]

@@apollomayaimi6816, that is also a possibility I keep in mind. However, from the history, most of them came from the stated areas, didn't they?

[@ucakpan]

@@apollomayaimi6816, so remove yourself from this conversation and go find your place. I'm in Africa and address those who identify with me and my people.

[@whytrap4901]

​@Apollo Mayaimi again remove your self if you dont identify with african. go claim native american or israelite like yall confused selfs love to do. see if your accepted on the reservations or synagogues. 😂😂

[@Isiejeme0829]

West Africa is the heartbeat of Africa because that's where the most Africans reside. Nigeria is for those who want to explore, not for everyone. As it stands, we don't care who wants to identify with us or not because we got almost everything we need.

[@lt2760]

Not true actually east Africa has a higher population in total : 537.9 million. The west African population is only 419 million. West Africa just has 1 country with a very high population (Nigeria) but the rest of the nations have vastly lower populations.

[@Isiejeme0829]

@@lt2760 OK, I stand to be corrected.

[@jidebolarinwa697]

west africa is the most populated not east africa, east africa is adding countries that are not in east africa to their own such as as dr congo, zambia. mozambique. Imagine if west africa starts adding algeria and morroco as part of west africa.

[@lt2760]

@@jidebolarinwa697 these are internationally recognized facts your just blowing hot air but not providing any statistics

[@lt2760]

@@jidebolarinwa697 The current population of Western Africa is 431,960,883 as of Thursday, June 8, 2023, based on the latest United Nations estimates. Western Africa population is equivalent to 5.16% of the total world population. Western Africa ranks number 2 in Africa among subregions ranked by Population. The current population of Eastern Africa is 478,625,946 as of Thursday, June 8, 2023, based on the latest United Nations estimates. Eastern Africa population is equivalent to 5.71% of the total world population. Eastern Africa ranks number 1 in Africa among subregions ranked by Population.

[@shelmithmumbi6884]

As a Kenyan i find it fishy when some countries in Africa have to sell themselves to be noticed or acknowledged. I have never seen or heard any East African countries claim black Americans or talk about how they should come here instead of anywhere else. All we want to do as East Africans is to build our countries alongside those who share our vision of prosperity and growth. Some Africans living in the past glory of their countries should desist from their superiority complex and ignorance towards other countries. Lessons from history has taught us that those who are high can only come down while those who are down can only climb higher. God bless Africa

[@xamael1989]

Kweli kabisa lets come together to create a better future and live in harmony

[@hikidunm1582]

You've only made mint off safaris & wild animals for decades. Main customers tend not to be Black. Only country i've observed targeting Diasporian Blacks is Ghana.

[@nenitafrica6851]

The person making the video isn't from West Africa; he is a black American, and he might have his reasons. I doubt if there is anywhere that Nigeria has ever advertised or persuaded foreigners to visit or relocate to Nigeria. Nigeria's economy isn't tourism-based. Nigeria is already big, and nobody has the time to please anybody. Nigerians don't even care if you are a stranger or not; as a black person from anywhere in the world, native or not, you can live in Nigeria all your life without anybody asking you for any documents or where you came from. Even if you told people in Nigeria that you aren't Nigeria, they wouldn't even believe you because there must be a tribe in Nigeria that looks exactly like you. If you are a beginner, I will advise you not to relocate to Nigeria because the market is very competitive, and not for a fainted heart, it doesn't matter how much money you have, because individuals are very rich.

[@williamhanson4154]

If you don't sell yourself nobody will know what you have. You have 17century mentality the British imposed on you.

[@albah289]

Your mentality is why East African countries aren't doing really well, you have this colonial mentality were you feel the white people are more superior than you. West African countries especially Nigeria and Ghana don't have that. that is why you wouldn't find any foreign military base in Nigeria or another one from other Countries access Nigeria easily on visa free without that country reciprocating back to Nigerian citizens. Hopefully Eastern African countries don't get corrupted as South Africa by the west although it seems to late now. You shouldn't get to the point were the most influential and richest people in Kenya or Uganda are whites

[@lovelineoutreachministries1914]

You are right about the spiritual connection. When I finally fought through the Airport and waa able to travel freely with the host. I feel a feeling of familarity, like I had been in the country before, and a sense of wanting to cry😢 I felt that Nigeria was my home deep down in my soul. I believe it was the ancestral cry of " lord i finally made it back" home. I can't explain it better. THE BLOOD IN OUR BODY CARRIES OUR HISTORY AND IT LIVES ON

[@Charly300-c3c]

You're very right.. years ago tears flow here when an American sista married a Nigerian from Edo state..the sista was identical to one of her husband cousin like they're twins..the families were crying..as Nigerian I visited Jamaica and it felt like I was home.. the faces were very similar to people from my city in Southern Nigeria..

[@Fari-100]

We (African Americans, African Caribbean etc) do have the same, similar culture as many West African groups because cultural retentions have survived in us. Food ways, music ways, language ways & idioms. Not to mention a general personality and mannerism similarities. In some groups of us, like Gullah/Geechie people of U.S. sea islands, the retentions are very pronounced. From the basket weaving, rice cultivation, songs, language etc, etc... it's clear who we are and relatively easy to reconnect. It's been going on, in fact, for several decades and more....

[@Fari-100]

@Apollo Mayaimi 😅 uh oh, I done struck a nerve, huh? The European "lineage" in African Americans is vastly due to the rape of the enslaved, so we don't celebrate or embrace that (most of us 🙄). In spite of that, our Africaness is obvious as I cited the examples of already. The program in the western world to which we were forcibly brought has been to strip us of our culture, ethnicity and very humanity. So, then, what kind of person would argue against any of us seeking to repair that breech? By bringing up your argument that some of us have certain percentage of European dna due to our suffering generations of chattel slavery? Get outta here with that! 😄 almost everything we do, say, right down to how we obviously look, is African, West African to be exact, even if we sometimes don't realize it ourselves. Now, let me finish this rice, fish & okra....

[@matthewmicheal2558]

That’s the reason why in the world people don’t like African American or European black because they have west African gene in them like Nigerian Ghana Mali Senegal sierras lone and Cameroon and central

[@chocon8818]

@@apollomayaimi6816 You can say that again. The white main used to rape their ancestors, so their African purity was diluted by 400 years of European sexual pleasures. And this ancestral DNA testing crap is pure nonsense. and a money maker. The Africans were severely mixed with the Arab blood too. The Arabs enslaved them for 1400 years. Ethiopian and Somalian culture is very Arabic. The sexual pleasures of the Arabs across Africa is undoubtedly. They even left a version of their language "Swahili" spoken by millions in East Africa.

[@loributler127]

🤐🤐🤐 troll

[@chocon8818]

@@loributler127 At least you can spell, dear.

[@jameskaimenyi6287]

I used to see us (black people) as one but that guy has opened my eyes. Yes, I know most of African Americans are from West Africa but the way he put it, he was very right. We are are different and that the truth. I would encourage African Americans to come visit our continent but I cant tell them, "welcome home" like I proudly used to tell them, cos I am a Kenyan. Just welcome to our continent.

[@isaiahmwereru8833]

Exactly brother ❤❤

[@KingofgraceSARA]

I'm sorry you've come to that conclusion. We're all African whether nationally or genetically. We are one and of I see you from Kenya, Nigeria, Jamaica, Brazil, Washington D.C. I'm going up welcome all the same. One blood!

[@trueserenityone]

I did my African Ancestry after falling in love and marrying my Ugandan husband. I have only been to Uganda 🇺🇬 and that is home for me. My roots are from Cameroon 🇨🇲 which we will visit together, but Uganda will be our forever home. Nothing wrong with living where ever your heart desires!

[@kasikwagoma6740]

@Tracy, Awww I love your comment, I don't understand why some of these blacks have appointed themselves to tell black Americans really belong. If you visit Nigeria and you just don't connect, you can't force a connection, it has to be felt by that individual. I am happy Uganda is your forever home,, enjoy it dear.

[@timcamer4702]

Cameroun look just like Uganda.

[@tundebakare6887]

Cameroon and Nigeria were one country before they divided

[@matthewmicheal2558]

@@tundebakare6887 that’s right men even in Nigeria Ghana Togo Cameroon Congo use to be together with the Bantu but later the European splited them this the reason why I said Nigerian is the giant cause the population are still all over Africa and us 🇺🇸

[@Anti-Nonsense]

Peace be with you my Cameroonian sister and greeting to your Ugandan king! to be honest research shows that most of us (Africans) migrated from the Nile region (current Egypt) and also the Mali region and dispersed all over sub-saharan africa over the centuries. That also explain why most DNA Ancestry will give you a mixture of current countries. Love from London ❤

[@simonesimona8317]

Afroexperience was not saying the West is better than the East or vice versa. It seemed the panel got triggered about that. He never said not to visit the East. He put it as nicely as he could by saying we are family. But at the end of the day...home is home. As a people MOST of us in the Americas dont even have a clue where home is. He is just try to leave some breadcrumbs to help those who are looking to find it. Not everyone repats to find home, but its still good to know where it is. There is a very nefarious reason why they hide it from us, while they never let their own children forget.

[@IKEIVERSON]

100%

[@repatriationbyfloydi515]

THANK YOU!!!!!!!

[@sai9154]

One day when you realize what being TRULY African means, you will understand why Africans feel at home ANYWHERE in black Africa. And that's what we love so much about being African. We hope you folks will someday share that. Africans have moved around bigtime. For example, we have Bantu in West, Central, East and Southern Africa. And we love the diversity, and we aim to one day never have these colonial borders and divisions at all.

[@francoiswilliams]

South Africa has zero to do with USA, stay out...

[@ADE-of-LAGOS]

You know many Africans got this "thing" about Nigeria and West African countries. It's all good.

[@DeZ007]

The female host contradicted herself. Initially she talked about African unity, but towards the end she started touting east africa, and Uganda, she even threw shade on Kenya.

[@JayRBG.]

🎯🎯🎯

[@coldhardtruth333]

They’re all clowns

[@MastaB79]

Bunch of clueless people claiming to know something. That host u can tell is biased & envious when it’s not East African. She’s not even fit for the job

[@marionhilda3990]

She always throws shade at Kenya. It just means deep down she loves it 😂

[@reubenomatoje7145]

That is really the truth about what this Africa America is saying. I have told them before that Nigeria is actually your home. Ghana, Benin, Togo is Okay. But the best place to be yourself is NIGERIA. Iam a Nigerian, you are me and iam you.

[@m-jay356]

As much as I enjoyed my stay in Nigeria and was invited by a King. Processing in the airport was terrible.

[@NIO623]

Let me guess, you went through Lagos. I would recommend Abuja. I am Nigerian but I can't with Lagos. I avoid going there by land or air.

[@m-jay356]

@@NIO623 Yea, it was Lagos. The excitement of just being in the motherland overwhelmed all that was lacking. If I were to be honest, infrastructure, professionalism, procedures and standards were severely lacking. It really is sad, because I see nothing but smart, beautiful people with a massive amount of potential. Us being able to skip the customs inspection because we were with the king was cool but not right. anyway, just my rant. All in all, I can't wait to go back and I love Nigerians.

[@sylviasworld9397]

@@m-jay356 Sorry, dear. Lagos and chaos is like 5&6, but many Lagosians love it that way. For me though, it's Abuja ANY DAY! Lagos is good for short trips over public holidays though, ( great beaches, art galleries, restaurants) when many people travel out of the city, so less traffic.

[@m-jay356]

@@sylviasworld9397 i went to Ibadan and enjoyed it there

[@ohukwh606hgghk]

@@m-jay356 Nigeria has bad corrupt leaders supported by the western world to keep Nigeria down, sorry about your bad experience.

[@Danorous]

Out of 200% African Americans. 160% are originally from Nigeria. They even have Nigerian attitude.

[@muchit3629]

What kind of math classes did you take. You could simplest say 80% of African Americans are of Nigerian ancestry or heritage. You cannot have 200% of African Americans, it makes no sense just like you cannot have two of you.

[@ochiegodfrey6428]

@@muchit3629 start watching ancestry dna test results or 23 and me you will see 🇳🇬 the statistics

[@gphilz7990]

@@muchit3629 I'm Nigerian and I know this is the worst lie ever

[@muchit3629]

@@ochiegodfrey6428 You don’t get it. I was just telling the person you cannot have 200% of the population. I h have never looked at the stats but probably my guess would be somewhere around 20% with a 5% variance. I was just telling him you cannot say 200% of African Americans. It’s bad math.

[@oriseht9234]

They don't have Nigerian attitude please.

[@AfroJamaican]

I am Jamaican and I choose East Africa. I will live in Kenya; I may visit west Africa, but Kenya is home.

[@westkingston3135]

Why are Jamaicans so sad???Build other people's country then get up everyday to tell the world how bad Jamaica is.

[@dietyadjacent3200]

@Chen Yung Chen yung, u r an Asian who’s opinion doesn’t matter when it comes to Africa

[@kr3539]

​@@westkingston3135 Wait, what? Where did that come from?

[@sylviasworld9397]

Where in Africa is your ancestry or DNA from? Where you as an individual choose to settle, is different from which country your origins are from. The culture and tradition that is authentically yours.

[@0k859]

@@sylviasworld9397 not to a Jamaican lol chasing anything light or non black is their culture. Most are Ghanaians in descent but you’ll never see them chasing short/dark Ghanaian women

[@kana-35]

As AA's do DNA test its coming back with those area's heavy, mine: Nigeria 32%, Cameroon, Congo, Western Bantu 17%, Ivory Coast &Ghana 15%, Benin % Togo 12%, Mali 10%, Senegal 5%, Nigeria-East Central 1%. Beautiful isn't it.

[@tundebakare6887]

So beautiful 👏

[@paulokeke8337]

I'm igbo but you look like a Yoruba man

[@qinglingzhu5815]

@@paulokeke8337 DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY IGBO LIVE IN CAMERNOON OVER 5M IGBO

[@paulokeke8337]

@@qinglingzhu5815 The Bakasi peninsula is a thing

[@hansoreva1]

You can see the disdain for Nigeria in everybody's face except Oshay...the Jealousy in Uganda is tight😂😂😂

[@Isiejeme0829]

They're haters and we don't care.

[@marony3529]

We no send nobody.

[@Love22320]

Because many Ugandan ladies are running after you guys

[@profg5tv785]

Especially that lady call Maaya or whatever.

[@tinaw463]

dont do that we love yall

[@ell6074]

Am from michigan, am currently in Nairobi, I kno that most if not all black people whu were made slaves in na west south America, Caribbean, central America, north America, were kidnapped from west afrika, I was always most interested in east afrika, more than any other region in afrika, I had one of ma west afrikan friends back in highschool ask me while we were in class, why I hang out wit the east afrikan more than the west afrikan, him and almost every other west afrikan has told me I wld like west afrika more than east, and I've always said, "I luv afrikan women especially east afrikan women" home is where the heart isz I want tu live in east afrika, I really wanna see Lusaka, I hear good things

[@marym-w2e]

Do you know slaves were also taken from Kenya?

[@tundebakare6887]

Lusaka is in Zambia Southern Africa, not Eastern Africa

[@marym-w2e]

@bintmuhajabah6387 I guess you need to tell me the same information 3 time in 3 different ways. Explain chale island since its not only fort Jesus that has links to slavery? Also Explain why the bantus practices old testament laws in Kenya as their traditions, also Explain why there stories of the ark of the covenant in Kenya, also Explain why King selaise of refered to some tribes in Kenya as his family and also Ethiopian refer to some in Kenya as Israel...you see the Bible is clear, there must be witnesses 2, 3 witnesses to something...different things all pointing to same thing.

[@JesseVealIII]

The non-african Americans on the panel seemed triggered. Lol. I think the guy was very nice and pleasant about what he said. He literally said that other african regions are still our brothers, sisters, and cousins but he just accurately pointed out that the exact ancestry is from west Africa. I agree with Oshay, Ghana is overpriced in some aspects and EOC is doing a better job than ECOWAS. Just based on cost of living, ease of doing business, infrastructure, immigration policylies, etc the EOC is a much better deal than ECOWAS.

[@0k859]

Africans are always triggered when the see people liking Nigerian culture. Truth be told oshay is right, nigerians looks wise blend in with diasporan blacks fairly easily because most of those people were from Nigeria and so share similar look.

[@roziroze]

My husband’s family is all from SA & Zim so I’m glad I was not having to tackle the ‘where do I go/belong’ dilemma and we are satisfied with the southern border and traveling back & forth to the states …I think another reasonable consideration would be the selection of universities in a particular region …but generally development is needed everywhere and where development is needed we inherently will be as well …stay open-minded to building with any people’s in all parts of the continent that with welcome you & work with you …individualism will not lead to a unified Africa, collectivism will create healthy markets everywhere in Africa that our children’s children with be able to trade with… let’s not be so short-sighted

[@southernafricanboy4148]

Much love to you from a Zim-SA brother. Have you visited the two countries yet. I hope you havebans and liked it I'm biased I know but I think southern Africa is the most similar to western world lol while being also African

[@anthonyclementson9658]

There is reason they say Nigeria is the giant of Africa. Despite the infrastructure challenges the entire East African Community don't have the economic prowess of Nigeria alone. But yes they things ECOWAS could learn from East African Community to improve eg like the ease of doing business and having better tourism package but if we looking at economy west Africa is ahead.

[@dimbwemazala8978]

Nigerians are the only ones who are fond of disseminating the nonsense about being the giants of Africa. Nigeria is not a giant in Africa in anything

[@ekinematics]

Tourism is booming in east Africa simply because they focus on it due to the lack of natural resources. West Africa is more naturally blessed than east Africa, so the West focuses more on natural wealth. East Africa is more of Agriculture and tourism.

[@dimbwemazala8978]

If the economy of Nigeria was ahead of that of East Africa, you would not be seeing droves of Nigerians running to East Africa. You find 0 East Africans in West Africa. Nigeria has no economic prowess. Tanzania exports precious stones, gold, cereals, oil seeds, coffee, tea, spices, fruits, nuts, fish etc. Kenya exports: Titanium ore; Refined petroleum; Coffee, Tea, etc. Uganda exports: Coffee, tea, cotton, copper, oil, fish. At the same time, East Africa is a leading tourist destination. Each country in East Africa has more wildlife in it that all of West Africa put together. The region has such leading tourist attractions as Zanzibar, Malindi, Mombasa, the East African rift valley, Kilimanjaro, Serengeti, Maasai Mara, the Great Lakes (Tanganyika, Victoria, Albert etc).. There is a reason why every year, droves of West African youth march across the treacherous Sahara desert, to board rickety wooden boats in North Africa, and hazard a journey into Southern Europe. Just look at the numbers, 99% of the illegal African immigrants in Europe and America are West Africans. I rest my case.

[@solomonobihan9465]

It's a population problem. Nigerians are everywhere. There are also Indians in east Africa. Is there any east African country on the level of India.?

[@professorricci938]

@@dimbwemazala8978 which economy is the best in Africa. Nigeria. Check your fact

[@portiaaudi4406]

I love Nigerian music , great Afrobeat vocals and yes they are very competitive and confident. love ❤ from Kenya.

[@Nell654]

Senegal 🇸🇳 and Ivory Coast 🇨🇮 are amazing places too

[@antony6799]

French colonies

[@RiceMan88]

We have to look at Africa as ONE! Let’s not divide ourselves more.

[@marym-w2e]

It's not division, let everyone connect to their roots

[@blackblaze5271]

Africa isn't "one". Promoting african unity and cooperation doesn't have to take on this weird "one africa" agenda that seems to be popping up. Even if we marry each other that doesn't have to be the case. We've always been distinct people and nations

[@RiceMan88]

@@blackblaze5271 have you ever heard of the phrase “divided we fall together we stand?” It’s because of your mindset we have nothing. Take notes from other races 🤷‍♂️

[@blackblaze5271]

@@RiceMan88 Just because you can quote a statement about unity that automatically makes you right? Being united doesn't mean we literally have to be one country. Not to mention all the flaws and weaknesses that come with being one centralized power. You become far easier to dominate and colonize. It's interesting that right when everyone is looking at africa is when you hear these calls of one africa, one currency, one language etc which would just make us easier to colonize again. Even the west that people like you like to use as an example isn't one country. They just have relations that they see as mutually beneficial. Also what about the anti-black arabs? Are we supposed to unite with them as well??

[@RiceMan88]

@@blackblaze5271 when we become a block, we can kick out the Arabs or whoever. Every creature on earth to have something or to control something/situation the must work as a block. Come as ONE. If not, we can’t keep complaining. If you don’t like the way things are, perhaps you should switch gears. FYI, I live on both continents.

[@Agholor78]

The man was right technically. He is talking from the viewpoint that more than 90% of slaves were taking from West Africa. One can reasonably conclude that most Afro/Caribbean-Americans are from West Africa. By extension, Nigeria is more than 70% of West African population, so it may have contributed most to slavery. Benin is less than 5milliom, Ghana about 30million, Nigeria is about 200million.

[@CoolNice-hb8vu]

I have to correct you Only 10 percent of the slaves came from nigeria Most of the slaves came from congo/Angola making 40 percent some came from Zambia/zimbabwe/mosambiiqe making 5 percent and then Kikuyus from Kenya 40 percent uganda/ Tanzania 5 percent

[@afolabifatusin7211]

​@@CoolNice-hb8vuhahahaha delusion

[@MrMatujames]

@@CoolNice-hb8vu 40% Kikuyus? I doubt that number.

[@abdulsharif6541]

"Modern Africa" is where I am interested in... Kenya 🇰🇪 is where I am going.

[@God.sDaughter]

Welcome home brother. 😊

[@iRepNGR]

If you're waiting for a place to accept you before you accept your place there you are not Nigerian... Nigerians believe their place is whenever they find themselves.. We don't wait for you to tell us welcome, we tell you we have arrived.

[@westcoastmediasolutions]

FBA’s are such a mixture I don’t think it should really matter unless countries are going to start giving out dual citizenships based on % of dna. Things are so complex and it’s been so long with so much mixture I think that as long as you have at least 50% African DNA it doesn’t matter which part of the continent one decides to repatriate to.

[@kwadwotuffour5529]

But Nigerians see how FBAs are acclaimed all around the world, and want to get some credit for that, lol.

[@AMJohn-lz1nj]

If you cannot compete then Nigeria is not the place for you. Competition is fierce here. But, if you make it here, you'll make it anywhere with ease. POINT: Coming into Naija from elsewhere, you need a great plan in other to thrive here And with regards to the clip: All the dude wants you to know is that if you are an African American, there is an overwhelming possibility that you are from west Africa (primarily, Naija,Ghana,Benin,Togo,Sierra leon, Gambia). That also includes "blacks" of Caribbean and Latin America Africa is home. It, hopefully, will become good enough for all Africans to want to return. Ubuntu!

[@andreadaniels8484]

It's NOT competition that MOST people have a problem with, when it comes to Nigeria....it's the fact that you confuse "competition" with cut throat tactics, lack of morals and ethics...and scheming/scamming...JUST to get ahead and make a dollar. IT's SICK.. That is NOT competition; that is a plague of unrighteousness. GET IT TOGETHER!

[@asanwa3126]

​@@andreadaniels8484 You must be describing the USA.

[@AMJohn-lz1nj]

@OU8 R12 I guess you missed the phrase "overwhelming possibility" in my comment. Let me rephrase, MOST of the slaves taken from Africa left through the ports in the coastline of West Africa. Now I'll wait for you to suggest that slaves were transported to West Africa from East Africa. PS: You don't have come back to Africa but If you do, pick whichever region you prefer. You'll be welcomed. Just do your work and come prepared so you don't get the shock that sends people back to where they came from

[@michaeli6280]

​@@andreadaniels8484 scamming and corruption is everywhere in Africa, not just Nigeria, you can get ripped off anywhere in the 3rd world. The cost of living and commodities is actually cheaper in Nigeria compared to East Africa. You are not more "righteous", you're just discouraged because you will never dominate Nigerians the way you can get over on many other Africans. You can feel like a king in East Africa but will be a nobody in Nigeria because many of the richest and most competitive Africans are from Nigeria. Oshay would not get a quarter of the clout he currently has in Uganda if he had chosen Nigeria.

[@agberodongetinternet8651]

@@andreadaniels8484 lol, this could be said for any country in the world, there are very few places on earth where you wouldn't find people trying to get a dollar off you. Even in East and Southern Africa, the same thing occur on a regular.

[@ABlackBeauty]

FACTS... Nigeria needs to adjust to include us. But i'm already IN... Thanks to Mr. Oyefia 💍

[@randychris2249]

We don't need to adjust to please anyone dear. We are who we think we are so everybody has to adjust . ✌️

[@profg5tv785]

"What do you mean by Nigeria needs to adjust to include us"? Nigerian doesn't force any Africa American to be part of them, is your choice my dear. If you feel like Nigeria is your home, you're welcome. But if you don't, you can go elsewhere . Thank you!

[@ABlackBeauty]

@@randychris2249 🤣🤣🤣Not with that poor waste management, unstable gas pricing, bad drainage, and overall just bad health and hygiene of the place. I too 💜Nigeria but its easier for me/ my friends to deal with KNOWING we can go back our clean water, unlimited internet and steady power in the USA or UK. Even OSD can have a better quality of live in UGANDA... just be honest dear. Thanks!

[@randychris2249]

@A Black Beauty Lol I don't have to strength to argue with you dear, Like I said earlier are who we think we are and that's it. Everything we touch turns to gold and anywhere we are we flourish. It's not our fault dear, God did. Greet Mr oyefia for me. ✌️

[@ABlackBeauty]

@@randychris2249 🎯 Now that I can agree with. Turning things into gold is HIS job. Not mine 💯

[@dzion]

S/o Afro Think Tank looks like he might have triggered a few people lowkey haha. Black people and our egos but it’s all love. Great conversation. Kenganda 💯🔥✊🏾

[@ugtrader]

Guys our fellow black American are leaving the state due to the way they treated and try to find peace in this world, so let's not fight about that. Am a Ugandan but historical background tells us that slavery started in western Africa countries, so if they're originally from Nigeria or any other African countries so let's be it and be happy for them to find there root's

[@pmwiky]

Do they realize that the Bantu in East And Southern Africa migrated from West and central Africa in several waves over a 4000 year period? Also Archeologists have traced Mitochondrial eve to remains found in Kenya East Africa.

[@matthewmicheal2558]

Exactly that’s the real truth in the ancient time they all use to live in Nigerian countries was a tribe then which comprises of something like “Ghana must go” and Bantu Cameroon Senegal Gambia Sierra lone Togo Benin Biafra and Congo mostly wheee puck from west African/ central as well thou I won’t say other African country from east and north with didn’t participate but it beginning from slavery in west African and central Africa

[@akhonazasembo3016]

Bs

[@andamadesmond]

I'm in Uganda, East Africa, but still our folk story tells us we came from Nigeria. To me, Africans have roamed allover Africa, till we have settled by colonial boundaries.

[@ayobamiarizs]

He's telling all of us nothing but the truth. Among every 10 African men you meet all over the world, 7-8 of them are Nigerian. Let us leave all sentiment aside, Nigeria is way bigger than you ever thing or imagine. Ordinary a state in Nigeria is far more bigger than many countries in Africa. Nigeria is the centre of African culture, it is where you can find different cultures, tribes, ethnics. Ethnography in Nigeria talks about the diversity of this country called Nigeria.

[@dkonfleek1362]

No pls nigeria is not the center of African culture because why are many African Americans going to different African countries but not Nigeria

[@PrizedCalves8930]

I don’t think that there are any Bantu in West Africa. In East Africa, Central and South Africa majority of the people are Bantu because you can understand most of their languages even cultures but you can’t understand anything a West African speaks….

[@Benheps]

But the culture is very similar to the one in West-Africa. Bantu is not only about language

[@gertvirtualtechtelecom]

​@@Benhepsit is

[@gertvirtualtechtelecom]

​@@BenhepsDifferent tribes can share culture or even one can copy from the other but for Bantus,,a Bantu from East can understand what another Bantu speaks in their language from the South even if geographically far away from each other but on the other hand West languages a Bantu can't understand anything unless explained to

[@gertvirtualtechtelecom]

They fail to understand this and continuously say Bantu means people 😅 which is insane

[@Benheps]

@@gertvirtualtechtelecom Bantu means people by Bantus, in the sense that's what Bantus say (this is one of the main identifier for the Bantu tribes/community).. but not the other groups like Nilotes and Cushites

[@repatriationbyfloydi515]

Why are members of this panel feel so offended about what they heard Afro Think Tank say about African Americans following their DNA and unit with the people of their lineage in West Africa. The countries that he named also match. They missed the point! Some say "I understand BUT"! Why? I agree with what he said or trying to say. I know the history. The people of the Low Country in South Carolina, Gullah culture, do connect with that of Sierra Leone along the coast to Benin. Of course, enslavement replaced the culture of African Americans. To reclaim that culture, African Americans go to West Africa. Bantu people started the Niger River area of today Nigeria and migrated South and East. There are those who migrated to West Africa from the Nile Valley. The Africans in East Africa were enslaved by Arabs. Africans enslaved in America were done by Europeans. This is not about which is better: East Africa or West Africa. I like Rwanda, Zimbabwe, and Zambia. Some of us prefer SA. There's Namibia. There's Botswana. Why get into which part of Africa is better. The brother was focusing on connecting with the people of our ancestors. All these negatives as to "do they want you there???". Come on now! That's a question in many places around the planet. I didn't expect a negative response to Afro Think Tank. Talking about being divisive. Many of the responses were.

[@Isiejeme0829]

This episode exposed their innate bias against west Africa, specifically Nigeria. But still, we don't care.

[@Ntegritty]

They know where they originate from. Oshay seemed to be the only one to fully grasp the concept because he can relate 100%

[@ucakpan]

@@Isiejeme0829, their bias FOR or AGAINST West Africa? Which is it?

[@Isiejeme0829]

@@ucakpan against

[@KaskieKing]

Pls stop capping about Gullah a lot of black Americans in the South Carolina Gullah are of Angolan origin

[@FoJ-REAPP]

I'm Ghanaian and I've come to love Uganda 🇺🇬 ❤

[@james56660]

Another Ghanaian kiss 💋 ass. Why are you guys like that.☝️

[@yobi8213]

I think the Afrikan panelists misunderstood what the Afrikan American was getting at. It's the trans Atlantic slave trade hence most ancenstry of AA would reflect countries that lie along the Atlantic ocean coast. no reason for them to take offense at the 'home' comments. plus I don't think there's any beef between east and west Afrika due to the fact that we know very little about each other.

[@MajorrBison]

To be honest, i don't know how many AA did dna test and shows 30 or any percent south african or kenyan but people can live or visit wherever they want and feel comfortable.

[@marym-w2e]

Probably because most people who do the dna are from America, don't forget slaves were taken from Kenya too..

[@daniells71]

Follow your wherever your INTELLIGENCE leads you. This is not a competition. Choosing to immigrate is a very big decision and it will have huge consequences for the rest of your life.

[@shell5988]

I was born in the Caribbean and grew up in the USA but my DNA is in East Africa (Kikuyu), West (Akan) and I’m not alone. They’re several African tribes that share DNA so closely it more like brother and sister verses cousin. Many tribes were nomadic, they moved and mixed. I married a Tanzanian woman with Ugandan ancestry. Just because your in diaspora doesn’t mean your roots are only in West Africa. Check out haplogroups, the science these dna tests are built on and see how many tribes moved and share almost identical DNA. Those are you actual brothers and sisters. Many of the tribes in Ugandan moved from the West. The Bugandan included, they’re from the Cameroon islands in West Africa, their tribe is now as East African as it gets. If I moved to Florida and my family stays in Georgia doesn’t mean we’re not family. DNA testing is very young and Africa is huge so if you have a company that test diasporans then you start by collecting DNA in West Africa and expanding from there. Plus if you get matched in the West, the history matches; it’s not a lie just incomplete. Most of us have DNA several places and incomplete testing is better than not knowing but don’t base your decisions on an incomplete DNA database. Good luck brothers and sisters, East verses West is literal nonsense.

[@marym-w2e]

Slaves were also taken from Kenya as well. And most bantus come from migrated from west Africa...welcome home

[@Benheps]

Slaves were taken from West-Africa, reasons, logistics and proximity. Perhaps your ancestors married someone who was of East African descent.. but it does not mean slaves were taken from East-Africa to the US

[@shell5988]

@@Benheps it’s a know fact that all diasporans did not come only from the West. That’s backed up by genetics, that show East Africa DNA in the diaspora as late as the 1900s. But in my case specifically, the opposite is true. My great grandfather came from the cape coast (Fante) in Ghana to the Caribbean, immigrant records and all. He was a sailor and it looked like home so he stayed. If it was not for that, all my DNA would be East African. The West African tribes had have a more significant role in the slave trade but they’re more than a few of us with DNA from the East. Not that it matters and we should be dividing ourselves between East and West like hip-hop. Tanzania also offered asylum to the diaspora and we mixed that way, with the East. That why so many of our leaders Malcolm, Martin, etc spent so much time there. Also why they were killed for attempting to unify the 6 region (diaspora) with the continent. We should carry on their work.

[@Benheps]

@@shell5988 Though 98% come from West-Africa, of course there are some outliers. But it's great if there are some who also from East-Africa, like in your case, so follow your DNA, why not..

[@Benheps]

@@shell5988 I absolutely agree, AA's and other diasporas might be our unifying factor East and West, Central and South.. i love that

[@jacksonkimani3792]

It's not entirely true, East Africa has a large Bantu population which is also present in West Africa. That being said, there some people in Jamaica who have similar names to one of the prominent tribes in Kenya and that could only happen during the transatlantic slave trade and most of those Jamaicans also immigrated to the US so you never really know where your ancestry is from.

[@Benheps]

Can you give some examples of the names?

[@Daron7181]

I don’t think he was bashing East Africa, but just saying that Black Americans/African Americans ancestral point of origin as far as bloodlines go is in West Africa and Central Africa. It’s just the truth. That’s where the majority of our ancestors came from. My ancestry is majority Fulani and Yoruba from Nigeria. I also sensed some folks on the panel got a little irritated by what he was saying. As far as finding and pin pointing the very village,town, cities and kingdoms thats almost damn near impossible unless you find a living relative from those places like through Gen-Dem and cross reference the data. The enslavers and colonizers did a good job trying to culturally genocide our people and sever the connections between us.

[@Ntegritty]

Everything he said was the truth. I've seen some people's results as much as 50% Nigerian. Hopefully more people from Africa submit their DNA as well that would help fill in the gaps. I'm waiting on 23andMe results and my sister did ancestry to compare

[@jazzampa]

​@Apollo Mayaimi At this day and age, you're still ignorant? Smh!

[@KaskieKing]

Majority of black Americans are of bakongo descendants Angola 🇦🇴 and Congo 🇨🇩

[@Tashaten]

Absolutely!!! Most African Americans' DNA traces back to West and Central Africa and some percentages from South Africa!!! My highest came from the Congo!!

[@Tashaten]

@apollomayaimi6816 ... These DNA come out for a reason, The Most High YAH has a good sense of humor 😄.. You are not responsible for the blood that runs in black americans veins!!! That DNA ancestry has helped me find family members in America I didn't know existed, it do give marks where the ancestors came from! If yours came from Europe, and nothing half from Africa, then you are not of Africa ancestry and you trolling on this internet, talking foolishness!!!

[@simonesimona8317]

This is a great topic but unfortunately most of the panel cannot relate. It only relates to Oshay, every one else is Ugandan or Kenyan (still home) or Ugandans who went back home to Uganda, which is exactly the point being made in the video that they disagreed with 😅

[@Kenganda]

Lmao

[@heads7982]

@Simone Simona Well said.

[@repatriationbyfloydi515]

I was very disappointed in listening to them. They missed the point. And seem to not know the history.

[@sunnyyande378]

It is amazing how this guy O.J Jackson thinks he knows about Nigeria after spending two weeks in Lagos. It is a shame. You don't need $100,000 dollars to start a business in Nigeria. African Americans are moving into Nigeria everyday. For Nigeria, it is normal, and it is nothing to make noise about. Nigeria has security issues but the way people assume things is sad.

[@Kenganda]

Look at the requirements for starting a business for a foreigner in nigeria. You don’t even know what the investment authority says but you can’t read. www.aluko-oyebode.com/insights/minimum-share-capital-requirement/ 100 million naira is the minimum requirement now. Without black market rate over 200,000 usd

[@mayowaworld7781]

Kenganda that is a big lie, once you know the type of business you want to go into, you are good too go. Saying someone need 100million to start a business is a big big lie. It's only a lazy People that will say Nigeria 🇳🇬 is this or that. We as Nigerian can go too any country and compete with the indigene but here in Nigeria can you compete with us, that is another question for another day

[@fesderi3933]

​@@Kenganda as far you are a black no Nigeria immigration will even care about you

[@sunnyyande378]

@@luke81st, check with who? What kind of company registration reqires 10 million? You people talk without specifics.

[@chiefspiritwolf6650]

My Family history is documented and I have the records. One side is Oromo servants who came to Virginia with Sir Edmund Andros. The others came from the Gold Coast. Most do have West African ancestry here. But when I was living in Ghana I found that the tribes come from Nigeria and they migrated from East Africa. That brother needs to get into more of the West African tribal migrations.

[@ebiaka]

Its natural for someone to be more interested to where you dna results come from. Why should it even be a topic of discussion that someone is more drawn to where they come from original. The panel should have included a west african in the discussion and just shows that the lack creditable information about Nigeria and other west African countries. Nigeria has the most populated land mass and the biggest gdp in african. Its natural for someone to speak more positively about where they come from. Oshey even said it that he was in Nigeria and if the conditions were more favourable it would have been Nigeria. The beef for nigeria is just something else. Africans are just scared of the challenge that nigeria brings.

[@enjoygood2286]

This a dam lie. Most of the slave ships that came to North America(United States) came from the Senegambia region, Ghana/Ivory Coast and Angola Congo. Slaves from Nigeria were not taken to America. Only a small minority of the slaves in America, came from Nigeria. I have not found any evidence to substantiate this claims that over 70% of their ancestors came from Nigeria. For example, even the Amistad, from the movie based on the true story, was coming from that Senegambia(Senegal and Gambia) region. They got too much heat and beef with us. If they can't treat us well in America why would they do the same in our country. There is no proof of 70%. No historians no science, no educational institutions accept these claims. Some call themselves the original blacks in America and that they have always been in America and didn't come from Africa. Others of them call themselves that they are not from Africa but rather Hebrew Israelites. And others call themselves Nation of Islam. Which one are they?

[@gmackhere4fun]

I think u guys should have him on ur program......Also I think its time for you guys to start doing live pod cast.

[@Kenganda]

He's already been on

[@Daron7181]

I don’t think he was bashing East Africa, but just saying that Black Americans/African Americans ancestral point of origin as far as bloodlines go is in West Africa and Central Africa. It’s just the truth. That’s where the majority of our ancestors came from. My ancestry is majority Fulani and Yoruba from Nigeria. I also sensed some folks on the panel got a little irritated by what he was saying. As far as finding and pin pointing the very village,town, cities and kingdoms thats almost damn near impossible unless you find a living relative from those places like through Gen-Dem and cross reference the data. The enslavers and colonizers did a good job trying to culturally genocide our people and sever the connections between us.

[@jeffreykofikarikari4334]

​@@Kengandastop your bad hate, envy and jealousy against Ghana and nigeria, stop it and promote your criminal, scammen, kidnapping country UGANDA, and leave Ghana and nigeria alone, can't you do your program without mention or drag Ghana into it, promote your dirty and dusty country Uganda, this useless proprogada and program your always doing wont change African Americans to come to your country Uganda, stop hate, blacks we are our own enemies, shame on you

[@samtislorh8529]

As a Nigerian I think our African American family are spoiled for choice when it comes to choosing home to settle in Africa.

[@bayyinahzhaxx7620]

My largest percentage comes out of Cameroon Congo, but from what I understand a lot of east Africans are also originally out of the Congo (which is huge). We're ALL Bantu! Even Ramses III origins were Bantu! What's up FAM?!

[@Keys2SOAR]

This is true. My top 2 are 1. Cameroon and 2. Nigeria. Is very true. But as Rachel says, “it is about being comfortable and working together “! Bigger and better…

[@bayyinahzhaxx7620]

@@Keys2SOAR Benin is #2 for me, then Nigeria, but they're basically the same.

[@mikejones-wn1sw]

@bayyinahzhaxx7620 lol bantu is a language and a amalgamation of a bunch of different tribes.

[@viviane5418]

Part of Nigeria like the people of cross River, akwa ibom, read with the same DNA as Cameroon. Check

[@mikejones-wn1sw]

@@viviane5418 if they are both on the same continent it makes more way sense than trying to claim Foundational Black Americans come from any of those people in africa

[@aaronmiles3306]

My home is in the US where my ancestral bloodline has been for centuries. And that's no disrespect to my cousins on the Continent, but America is home, and ADOS/FBA are my tribe.

[@amberw6025]

Thank you

[@Danorous]

Goodluck

[@sly-moore3184]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@profg5tv785]

Who cares?😂😂😂

[@uniqueamerican4963]

I like this comment, and we still have some Black Americans still doing that DNA, still doing that Pan African nonsense smh.... They still don't get it and by the way I never will get over the disrespect these people display online, I take start to heart and I will never forgive the disrespect so I'm spreading information to other Black Americans that disrespect these people say online and also about delineation .

[@bmswisdom9824]

89% African Americans and Afro Latinas are descended from mainly West African countries like Nigeria, Ghana, Benin Republic, Togo as well as Central African countries like Cameroon. The info is on the internet and in each country’s history books. My husband is a PHD in Nigerian & West African history and he’s familiar with this particular history. However, ALWAYS cross check the info you get from the Caucasian (that’s mainly European and Northern America) Western media with the info of a particular African nation for authenticity. This is because most of the true African history/info has been misrepresented/is being misrepresented by Western media for their own propagandist, imperialist, colonialist, apartheid, supremacist and racist narrative agenda. We Africans know OUR OWN HISTORY and we don’t need a foreigner to impose falsehood upon us.

[@haggaiandagile6232]

Cameroon is not in central Africa, it is in west Africa, Central Africa Republic and DRC are the only countries in central Africa

[@WazirinJosnEnvirons]

This discussion is stemming from origins of most AAs which is undoubtedly West African/Central African, Indeed I have no doubt that if we tracked the Arab slave trade many folks would have more East African DNA. The truth is home is where you make it, but it is also strongly about emotional attachment-the old slave ports and markets are central to the idea of 'returning home'.

[@thegod625]

I'm a african american and my roots go back to Guinea-Bissau and Cameroon...

[@zubutv.]

I’ve been waiting for this! Hope u are all rested

[@murrayedwards1805]

In Nigeria, you can easily blend in and nobody would even notice you , because you might as well be a Nigerian who is home for holidays. The problem with Ghana is the over dramatization, Nigerians will welcome you but they will not role out drums. There lots of American Americans in Nigeria quietly Jefferey Daniel lives in Nigeria and there are many I can't name.

[@Kingoftheimmigrants4646]

Jealous

[@murrayedwards1805]

@@Kingoftheimmigrants4646 Of who? Ghana? Oh please.

[@Kingoftheimmigrants4646]

@@murrayedwards1805 Even ur responses shows u very jealous Saying Ghana is over dramatizing shows how jealous u are of how Ghanaians welcome our brothers The question I want to ask u is this, why can’t Nigeria do the same?

[@webpro9083]

@@learnafrica5195 We do not have any way of welcoming anybody... why should we do that? We are like "Welcome back, Now hustle!!!"

[@webpro9083]

@@learnafrica5195 "Nigeria also have their own way of welcoming people?". Mind you it should be "Nigerians also have their own way of welcoming people". English teacher 😁

[@omoluabiorishaluabi]

AA belongs to the whole of Africa, not just West Africa. The West Africans might have more dominance in attracting AA due to spiritual aspects (for example, the yoruba spirituality is the only African spirituality dominating in the diaspora, in fact, yoruba language is nationally recognised in Brazil and the only African language with such status). There were kidnapped enslaved from Angola, Congo...in fact all over Africa though East Africans were more kidnapped to the Arab world enmasse than Western world.

[@Benheps]

The Yemenis are proof of the Arab trade, they are really suffering and dying because of drought and civil war, they should go back home to Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia and parts of Kenya. Yemen is just a dessert, there is nothing there to live for

[@livingfaith9189]

AAs do belong to west afrika first. Dont just feel entitled on living wherever you want in Africa when Africans do not have that freedom. Our lands are very much linked to ancestral lineage, so your lineage is back where???? WEST AFRICA

[@omoluabiorishaluabi]

@bintmuhajabah6387 you had no idea what you are talking about...when the Arabs were taking East Africans as slaves, no enslavement was happening in West Africa. The Arabs barbaric enslavement of Africans in the name of Islam began in East Africa before it gets to west and in total it lasts for 1500 years. Europeans were not even engaging in the enslavement of Africans until 1000 years after Arabs barbarous enslavement. Don't talk about what you had no knowledge about please. Europeans Enslavement of Africans was just for 500 years. Arabs enslavement was brutal and it was inspired by Islam.

[@abidavid5021]

Juanita i like 👍 how soft spoken person u are one love ❤️ from ghana yes we are watching 👀 from ghana 🇬🇭 💖

[@marcus.g.4273]

🗣️ - No. America is my home (my family has been here for over 400 years) ... I AM A FOUNDATIONAL BLK AMERICAN ... This is my homeland, we built it. ... Done. 🔥

[@seamossoahu]

no such thing

[@israeldesmond8004]

,stay their please, we ain't begging you to come either.

[@Swopessaidit]

West Africa for sure. Don’t forget Senegal 🇸🇳 and Guinea-Bissau 🇬🇼 I did the African Ancestry. DJola tribe on my mother’s side

[@degerrgat5485]

And Gambia 🇬🇲

[@ManeOuattara]

And Guinea Conakry, The Gambia, Mali, etc.

[@degerrgat5485]

I'm jola too

[@emmanuelonole1773]

Africa is a big community.choose where you feel comfortable dwelling. We are one people

[@odawagirl]

For me my home is in the USA. I did my Ancestry DNA and I have Native American and African ancestry. But I resonate more with my native side. And I was born here.

[@garyjohn1822]

​@Apollo Mayaimi Oliver Cromwell expelled more than 300,000 Black Celts/Moors and slaughtered 10's of thousands of black Celts from Britain from the 15th-18th century placed into chattel slavery and sent to North and South America/Caribbean.. Jamaica Barbados Antigua St Lucia Trinidad, Chicago,Philadelphia New York, this is a part of history which is concealed that the Irish who were shipped to the Americas as slaves were the Black Celts,Moors, Pics from Britain who were in Britain for 10's of thousands of years before they were conquered in the 14th century by the Slavs and Serf's this is where st Patrick's Day comes from and then later expelled from there Lands, castle's, name's, garments and heritage was taken from there home Ireland Wales Scotland by Oliver Cromwell and his people. these are the True Irish who helped build modern day America

[@digwealth740]

You can have an ancestry DNA test to determine where your ancestry came from. African Americans ancestry came from many places even though primarily West Africa.

[@biblereaders4741]

Thank you osheee, there's great migration issue where people migrated from one place to another so its really a complex issue.

[@sylviasworld9397]

These Ugandans know fully well where their origins lie, even if they choose to live in SA or Egypt. Origin and current decision. Those are two different conversations. They know living away from Uganda will not change their origins, even if they were born away. I met an African American in Abuja, Nigeria and one is planning to move over from the states, this year.

[@aliukehinde3906]

The african american is probably a diplomat

[@sylviasworld9397]

@@aliukehinde3906 Kenganda? A diplomat? No, don't think so.

[@sunnyyande378]

@@sylviasworld9397, don't worry about that is how all of them talk about Nigerian. Even Nigeria neighbor demarket. Guess what Nigeria don't care. The population of African American in Lagos is more that anywhere else in Africa.

[@sylviasworld9397]

@@sunnyyande378 I could well believe that about population. However, I give 80% of Nigeria's bad perception, down to fellow Nigerians, who talk the country down at every opportunity. Others take a cue from them. I went to Tanzania for 3 months before moving to Nigeria, with a couple of weeks in Rwanda. After a while you will see people complaining of the same things in TZ as, that they complain about in Nigeria. There was a group of diasporans I met there, about 7 of us. All but one has left TZ and the last one wants to leave, but can't yet. At first, like anywhere else, you are in vacation mode and all is good, after a good year, you'll see what it's really like to live in a place. The beaches in TZ are beautiful and there was lots of construction, but the corruption and jealousy is really there, too. However, Nigerians will network for mutual benefit and introduce you to others that can be of benefit. Other nationalities will try and collapse what you are trying to do, because they simply don't want to see you succeed, out of pure envy.

[@ucakpan]

@@sylviasworld9397, you've mentioned something important here. Of course, with the colonial mentality fully entrenched, Afrikans everywhere collectively repeat the negative self-talk (and self-loathing) in various versions we've had drummed into our heads for a while. See on this one page how people confined within different artificial boundaries are wasting no time de-marketing each other.

[@evaenglund5497]

I wonder if any African country have made a claim towards the country’s that used slaves for some sort of compensation and as the Jews started a type of Wiesenthal centre to track now living relatives. If not, why? Germany pays every month, and rightly so, to persons who survived concentration camps. It can’t be difficult to process that. For example the company of my land had slaves under 94 years and they are registered. So if these slaves were employed to day and hade a salary that would be the claim. + add something for the suffering wouldn’t that’s be fair?

[@rollandcurtisfromVermont]

Interesting information.

[@KaskieKing]

Angola and Congo is where the most of black slaves came from than west Africa AAs and Brazil slaves

[@realmorgan3075]

Home is where I own land and build my house. Noone acts like me 100%. I can be friends with whoever, not only west africans.

[@livingfaith9189]

Land in africa is owned via ancestral lineage. You are in for a rude awakening if you just want to plant yourself wherever you want. Are Southern Bantu?

[@StandUpGill]

folks don't take it personal but we are primarily taken from the west coast of Africa. There is TONS of history on exactly where we were taken from (brought to the shores of the west coast) but from the words in our creole languages we can tell that we are not Nilotic People, but we are mostly Igbo, descent, Ghanaian and yes some east coast. In the Caribbean creole languages we have lots of words from certain languages so that's how I know. Last but not least our great grands and great great grands told us the names of the places. Loved this conversation. Hope this information is taken well.

[@towetpaul6961]

Nigeria is historically called slave coast. Remember that in West Africa you have ivory coast where most ivory in the TAT was got from and gold coast (Ghana) where gold in the TAT came from. Most slaves in the TAT came from Nigeria. So it makes alot of sense if someone says most blacks living in the americas descended from people who were from present day Nigeria.

[@wolefatunmbi9727]

Thanks for thinking critically, Nigeria is the home of most slave descendants. D3vlish America, England, Germany, Holland etc know where they took slaves from and where to, but these d3vils will always keep quiet whilst we quarrel with each other.

[@ezereactionandreviews]

Shout out to Oshay for trying to help me when I had an issue with my channel. I truly appreciated that. As for the topic. I'm Nigerian and I think you guys misunderstood what that brother was trying to say. Look at it this way. When someone that was adopted knows he or she was adopted. That person wants to know where he or she came from. It has nothing to do with business opportunities or making money. It's about knowing your roots and bloodline. Listen to what he said again, "if you want to know your people. Your origin. Where you really come from"..those was his words. Not, if you want to make money or looking for business opportunities in Africa. Those are two different things in my humble opinion. So I am with him 100%. Most blacks born in America have 6 to 7x great-grand parents that was from Nigeria or Ghana...west Africa in general.

[@obrightmanemyotabor9358]

All Africans are unique in their own ways...

[@mayena]

Ancestrally, ethnically, historially the leading ethnic group during the Atlantic slave trade was Yoruba (Nigeria) to Brazil and Cuba, Fon (Benin) to Haiti, Twi (Ghana) to Jamaica, Igbo (Nigeria) to the United States.

[@sarahmurray687]

African American can live successfully in Nigeria. Just settle in a small Town or village and start your business. Cheap affordable housing, labor and food.

[@hannahakorede6497]

they cant nigeria is too over populated they should go to other countries it will be uncomfortable if millions of them come to nigeria

[@kofoblue3172]

It is important to a large majority of us to experience Africa in the village, town, tribe that we are connected to by blood. I just don't expect a continental African person to understand w h y we feel this need. This conversation is unbalanced. However, Oshay made some great points. I would have liked to see more AA on the panel who feel this way so we could peel back the layers of their reasoning, etc.

[@AuntieVee]

Gabon and Cameroon as well … he did not list those two

[@akeem6755]

Triggered panel. Am Nigerian and not even proud or happy to be part of that country but you lot are Triggered by the video.

[@lovesonmyside2184]

He's Right Nigeria 🇳🇬, Ghana 🇬🇭 , Togo 🇹🇬, Benin 🇧🇯, and Congo 🇨🇩 West Africa 🌍

[@lt2760]

But Congo joined the East African community not Ecowas 😁

[@lovesonmyside2184]

@@lt2760 Wow I didn't know

[@justbaggish]

@@lovesonmyside2184 Congo is a central african country not west african.

[@lovesonmyside2184]

Congo is Central it is home to the Bantu people which are related to the people they took

[@lebo5281]

@Loves Onmyside Congo is Central Africa, DRC has been a member of SADC since inception, recently joined EAC, and has always maintained its central region.... Never West.

[@Arnseto88]

Every place he named I share dna with I am 81 percent African. 7%Ivory Coast/Ghana 25% Nigerian 24% Cameroon/Congo western Bantu people 11% Benin & Togo 11% mali 1% northern African.

[@interestingthingstoknow8975]

Nigeria welcomes you, brother.... we love you.

[@Arnseto88]

Thank you my brother 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾

[@richardray2680]

He became a chief in the Yoruba kingdom and he is talking about being Bantu and the Yoruba are not Bantu. They just live in the same area as the Bantu. And the Igbos are also not Bantu. The Fulani are aslo not Bantu. And those are the main groups of people many African Americans say they belong to. So i don't get where he got the Bantu thing from?

[@Theman2025-d6r]

they are bantus except fulani they just don't go by bantus these days

[@richardray2680]

@@Theman2025-d6r yoruba and igbo are not Bantu. Even they will tell you they are not. The yoruba has some links to the Bantu but very little. The igbo don't have any.

[@Theman2025-d6r]

@@richardray2680 they are bantus they just don't go by bantus these days

[@richardray2680]

@@Theman2025-d6r it's not about what they go with. It's about culture, traditions and customs and language. The igbo have a lot in common with the yoruba but they both don't have much in common with the Bantu tribes.

[@richardray2680]

@@Theman2025-d6r what makes them Bantu?

[@iamwhoiam254]

I wish I had been on this panel because I would have highlighted some information that not many modern Africans are aware of. Most of us are unable to see beyond national borders in Africa because we are unaware that the continent was once home to all diverse nations with unique accents.

[@chocolatethai7747]

Everyone is entitled to their opinion. I don't feel I need a ancestry test to know where home is. I only disagree with those here in America, that think they're indigenous to America, that's funny to me, knowing what I know.

[@jermainenowels9511]

Yea I’m wit u on that idk where tht got indigenous stuff from

[@borncritic7122]

You may get a better understanding of why some say that by researching how Africans traveled to the Americas before Columbus. The trail of tears is said to have been Africans and natives who fought in the maroon wars. You can also look at the tribe that kicked blacks out to receive reparations and some have regained their tribal heritage via law suits, this is recent history. Study Virginia's reclassification laws where natives were reclassified as blacks. It's not as far fetched as you may think. Coming from Africa 400 or more years ago does not erase mixing of races, breeding, mix marriages ,etc., There were hundreds of tribes in America before slavery, you may be shocked how they looked, even those that look Asian and black. If you are willing to do your own research you may find that these type shows are not the best when seeking knowledge, to many agendas on KZbin streets.

[@jayfizz545]

@@borncritic7122 All of that is fantasy, the same natives you all want to be bought and owned slaves. And when they did they introduced the culture to them which is why you have some old confused blacks saying they are cherokee with no drop of their blood. Just cherokee because their family's master was native

[@borncritic7122]

@JayFizz what proof do you have it is fantasy? It's hard for me to believe that civilization started in Africa with all its great empires and not one person or tribe ever left the contintent until the white man arrived. The history of Moors ruling Europe &Spain for 800 years would also have to be a lie, and if true it would have to be true that they never traveled outside of Europe and Spain until the white man arrived. This isn't about who enslaved us, it's about those that claim indian or native, two totally different conversations. What you are saying is if an African man have a child with a red American native, the child has no native ancestry and these type situations never happened in history. This would also make the history of Bass Reeves a lie. Even with natives who owned slaves it would be unmanageable to believe children were produced because there is no history of slave owners other than white men graping slave women, right. Well sir, I refuse to dumb down Africa and all its greatness to the point of believing they were to stupid to create such greatness and never leave and plant their seeds globally until the white man forced them to, that logic is pure fantasy for me.

[@chrisnonny7658]

Life in West Africa is the real spirit of Africa, but the other part of Africa act similar like white people, so.. that guy is right, because west Africa will motivate you to do extra ordinary things

[@lebo5281]

4 regions act like white people??? Please elaborate

[@coolislandbreeze9906]

He called my ancestral homeland names. While I love The continent of Africa, my soul belongs where my ancestors originated. But there are many problems that need to iron out; plus not everywhere ancestral fore parent are from will welcome us

[@blockavelli]

Great episode, ATT is a good brother as well.

[@sabrinahoward5891]

It is definitely possible, All African culture did not die, it has taken a deep dive. After enslavement ended the first thing AA's did was get married and find their families. We live in extended family structures. African Americans have a deep spirituality (we think about God everyday), we believe in family, we take care of our elders, we totally dislike people who don't greet. It was easy for me to integrate into my husbands family because it was familiar. They are shocked, I don't know what kind of people they have might but my parents raised me correctly.

[@Quantumintelligence1776]

Really need that Black American voice on this podcast. You can hear the bias when certain countries are favored over others