This is awesome KM. My favorite restaurant, Bklyn, NYC is Senegalese, Jollof. Your embracing an "Wholistic" view of Afrika is refreshing and inspiring! Asante sana 😊
@AfriasporaFilms Жыл бұрын
Now, that we know where, the question arises WHEN did Jollof rice originate? The presence of tomatoes, a distinctly American fruit used by the Mayans and Aztecs in ancient times, may indicate or even prove pre-Colombian trans-Atlantic trade between West Africans and Mesoamerican people. The traditional Western scholarship will be determined to make that date post 1492, but I would love to know the true date of Jollof rice’s origins.
@kingmono Жыл бұрын
Watch part 2!!!! You may have to search for it... I posted them at the same time...
@kingmono Жыл бұрын
Very astute. that's exactly where my research led me
@og_4286 Жыл бұрын
@The Kings Monologue, are you aware that you're "Shadow-banned" by youtube ? I love your channel brother.
@AfriasporaFilms Жыл бұрын
@@kingmono thanks! Will look for it.
@AfriasporaFilms Жыл бұрын
@@kingmono now, that’s what I’m talking about.
@AntonsClass Жыл бұрын
I've only had Nigerian Jollof, and it was nice. I really want to try Ghanaian and Senegalese Jollof too!
@kingmono Жыл бұрын
My jollof is pretty legendary...
@nkeveo6967 Жыл бұрын
😊 I've been hearing the Jollof rice debate for years. I've tasted Senegalese & Nigerian versions. All I can say is Mmmm 😋 Mmmm! I will ask for both if it were my last meal. It's great to learn the history behind this delicious dish. Thanks.
@layandfamily Жыл бұрын
you should try Ghana jollof as well
@nkeveo6967 Жыл бұрын
@@layandfamily I would love to. I've personally have not met anyone from Ghana here in the US, but my mother has been to Accra, Ghana, way back in the 70s. She enjoyed her brief stay there on her way to Nigeria.
@layandfamily Жыл бұрын
@@nkeveo6967 Well,is unfortunate we are far apart, but try and come to Ghana 🇬🇭 I will personally make you good jollof.
@nkeveo6967 Жыл бұрын
@@layandfamily Well, thank you very much. 🙂 I wish I can come back to Africa & visit all the places I have roots in. Ghana is one of them. Peace & blessings to you.
@lyn1.6 Жыл бұрын
Many west Africans from the rice producing areas were enslaved and brought to the Carolina islands specifically to grow rice.
@thaliahall4599 Жыл бұрын
Glad u mentioned this. Unfortunately, the European enslavers were well aware that west Africans, especially those from Senegal-Gambia were very experienced with growing & cultivating rice. Many were taken to the southern US, especially the Mississippi Delta region. Unfortunately many of them died from diseases carried by mosquitoes & of course from abuse.😢
@868freeman8 Жыл бұрын
I’ve never heard of there tried looking for it on google earth and nothing turned up
@nippypinto Жыл бұрын
Geeches
@Whatuniverse Жыл бұрын
They were workers not slaves.
@Whatuniverse Жыл бұрын
@@thaliahall4599to work. Then it was war over america. We had our gumbo rice
@mrmike5849 Жыл бұрын
Bravo! Tell the truth! Debate is over. It’s still a Bantu African dish so we can all lay claim and association to it 😂😂
@kingmono Жыл бұрын
Haha... I was recently challenged by a Yoruba who made very convincing claim that key ingredients (rice and tomatos) were first grown in the delta region... May be a part 3 on the way 🤣🤣🤣
@weskerwillie9044 Жыл бұрын
I mean they literally have their name on it🤷🏿. Yeah we can't argue we that😪
@kingmono Жыл бұрын
It's a wrap! 🤣🤣
@bigggerpimp Жыл бұрын
In America we have red rice
@SavageLushSkincare Жыл бұрын
❤❤❤ and that’s where jambalaya Came from in New Orleans it makes perfect sense because it has the color the sauce especially when you make it homemade because you use tomato sauce it has herbs and spices so it definitely makes perfect sense wow can you maybe do a video on the gumbo
@AltraTara Жыл бұрын
Where can we get access to ancient maps that are reliable like yours brother please? I am amazed at the quality of your work from the research to the video productions
@trese2658 Жыл бұрын
In America(in the south) we call this Jambalaya
@fbawaterdragon4592Ай бұрын
Jollof rice certainly came from what we know today as Senegal. Senegal and Mali is also my favorite countries👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻!!!!! FBA all the way, everyday🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻!!!!! Yera💧.
@penelopepitstop7748 Жыл бұрын
Sweet.. I remember when you spotted that ..😊
@kingmono Жыл бұрын
Yup!
@user-vw6bk4pb4l8 ай бұрын
Senegambia region for sure. But doesn't Jollof rice contain bell peppers and tomato as essential ingredients? To my knowledge, those are indigenous American crops and did not exist anywhere else in the world until the 15th/16th century Atlantic trade. Unless one can also make Jollof with spices, I know there are many variations.
@DavidJohnson-dc8lu Жыл бұрын
I will argue that it is Nigerian out of bias, nevertheless thanks for the education.
@FerromagneticFerros-du2ng Жыл бұрын
Jollof rice is similar to Spanish rice
@user-nn5qw5mu4m Жыл бұрын
So, what about nations like Benin where it was never called Jollof? Love how Benin was also skipped when placing pins on regions considered for as its origins.
@kingmono Жыл бұрын
Not deliberate! I definitely highlited Benin with the circles... it was purely an editing shortcut... forgive o!
@kingmono Жыл бұрын
What did Benin call it?
@MrPhillip1964 Жыл бұрын
Oh boy. You want violence? 😂😂
@kmtxzbd3234Ай бұрын
😅
@Whatuniverse Жыл бұрын
They giving Africa too much credit over rice dishes 😂
@Eliysheva-de-Sion-7 Жыл бұрын
Rio Grande is not in Africa 😂
@timothytaylor9835 Жыл бұрын
So Mexican and Puerto Rican rice is west African Rice
@fetusbuddha3908 Жыл бұрын
"spanish food"
@kervinaham7375 Жыл бұрын
Another BANGA, yep! follow the origins of food and ingredients, there lots of hidden history there, Europeans so called voyages of discovery was because of spices and food, since Europe was continent with little or no agricultural and exotic spices
@nobika6762 Жыл бұрын
Ghana and Nigeria fighting ,
@weskerwillie9044 Жыл бұрын
I like your arts
@kervinaham7375 Жыл бұрын
Ghana and Nigeria fighting is an art to be studied
@aao449 Жыл бұрын
I feel like having some jellof rice right now!😋😋😋. Thank you Senegambia for this amazing dish.
@speed65752 Жыл бұрын
😁
@LumaSloth Жыл бұрын
Any Asian watching this: 💀
@dablaccseaproductions5279 Жыл бұрын
Why?
@thechronicler1453 Жыл бұрын
Hey Metatron! Can you please make a debunking video about the King’s Monologue? He is a KZbinr that has made videos from claiming Elizabeth I was actually a black woman to claiming paella is West African. The people that watch his channel believe him 100% and I find that worrying 😅. He also made a short video against something you said
@fbalineage3648 Жыл бұрын
The tomato isn’t native to Afrika.
@kingmono Жыл бұрын
Watch part 2
@nkeveo6967 Жыл бұрын
@@kingmono I have a question about a vegetable I saw in home gardens in Nigeria which looks like a green tomato. I think they call it a garden egg (it was delicious). Anyway, is it related to the tomato?
@kingmono Жыл бұрын
@@nkeveo6967 maybe... my research alluded to the tomato existing in West Africa before trade with Europe... a yoruba lady confirmed the European name from tomato comes from yoruba name... still researching, may add a part 3
@nkeveo6967 Жыл бұрын
@@kingmono Thanks. I caught up with pt. 2.
@aao449 Жыл бұрын
@@nkeveo6967 - Garden egg or egg plant. In the Igbo language, we call it “afufa” or “añara”.
@yolandazamani57764 ай бұрын
Am Ghanaian but jollof is originally from Senegal.