The real life 'Namaste Wahala' couples - BBC Africa

The new film Namaste Wahala is a rom-com about an Indian man and a Nigerian woman who fall in love, and how their relationship develops in the face of cultural differences and familial issues.
We speak to two Indians who have also fallen in love with two Nigerians, and ask them if they can relate, and whether there are any similarities between themselves and the film.
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[@sammygirl954]

These kind of relationships have been going for years look at Trinidad and the West Indians

[@snuggles668]

Lies 😆

[@backyardboy2020]

Am looking for my Indian.Anyone got ideas where I can find her?

[@cherylseebreth328]

@@snuggles668 You don't know sh*&. There are so many douglas (Indian and African mix) in Trinidad and Tobago. Is it bothersome to you?

[@cherylseebreth328]

@@backyardboy2020 Try visiting Mumbai in India. There are many Indian young women there.

[@snuggles668]

@@cherylseebreth328 lies I tell you and by the way explain

[@honeybeelove63]

My Pakistani family refused to let my cousin marry a Senegalese man who she meet and fell in love with in university....needlessly to say, the marriage went ahead( her mum was involved) but the dad refused to accept....now they're happily married for 7 years with two beautiful kids( I love them dearly😍😍)... The Asian community needs to change their views on interracial marriages....PS: sorry for bad grammar, English is not my first language.

[@isaacmatos297]

No problem, English neither to my first language and I understood you 😊

[@folakareem]

You did well for a non-native English speaker

[@honeybeelove63]

@@folakareem omg! thanks...I'm actually self taught.

[@leonardbruce1778]

9

[@leonardbruce1778]

@@isaacmatos297 es44s3srd4rr

[@DavidKimani95]

I'm Kenyan, my ex was Indian... We didn't go far until her family told her to avoid me simply because I was from a difference race and she did that, hope she is okay wherever she is now... Oh well I moved on, now I'm engaged to my soon to be Kenyan wifey ☺️😃

[@SuperMuneera]

Why you bothered about her if she wasn't bothered about you?

[@abdel-qadeercoubadja4750]

@@SuperMuneera He wrote " he hopes" . Not bothered.

[@SuperMuneera]

@@abdel-qadeercoubadja4750 Clearly he is. Even after she listened to her racist parents he wishes her well. Then he goes on to say he's moved on. Yeah right. I feel sorry for the Kenyan woman he's settled for. What's with this inferiority complex so many black people have? She deemd you not good enough because of your race, meaning she wishes you no luck. But you still think about her.

[@uchenna127]

@@SuperMuneera You're reading too much into it. His comment was relevant to the video, that's why he made it.

[@mahi93162]

@@SuperMuneera well even if she doesn't deserve it, he's showing maturity and that he's a better person by wishing her well

[@fitawrarifitness6842]

Indians might be the only ones who out do Nigerians when it come to weddings.

[@sajidmon4600]

True 😂 we loves weddings

[@victoretonu2377]

Yoruba Nigerians actually 😂

[@lamourgladygesner4583]

@Taj Sidhu y’all outdo everyone when it come to wedding it’s like a competition 😂

[@tewodrossamson790]

Clearly you haven't been to an Ethiopian wedding

[@tosinojo7310]

i doubt they do.

[@judithogboru3808]

I’m a Nigerian currently dating an Indian and I absolutely love to see this!! So wholesome 🥰❤️

[@FBI-py7vf]

make a video

[@sajidmon4600]

Glad to hear 👍 best of luck

[@judithogboru3808]

@Warrior Tribe I mean, I don’t think it would be fair to turn down someone who’s amazing simply because he’s not African 🤷🏾‍♀️

[@judithogboru3808]

@@FBI-py7vf damn okay FBI, maybe one day we’ll make our own little video

[@judithogboru3808]

@@sajidmon4600 thank you!! 😊

[@alfalfred8722]

Convincing an Indian family to give their consent to a cross race marriage, mostly to blacks, is a very herculean task. Even within India class plays a major role!

[@bmercyp]

And vice verse

[@aminaalhassandiasso1842]

@@bmercyp Most blacks would readily give their kids off to Indians though.

[@aminaalhassandiasso1842]

@Sharon Grant slow it down there no sane Muslim woman marries out of her religion, and please not all Indians are Sikhs and Muslims. And we've seen how black Christian women marry out of their religion than any other religion. Relax.

[@aminaalhassandiasso1842]

@ I have an Aunty who is married to a Christian and no one has killed her, we're in our home country too. I, personally don't like it and would never do same but please be specific with your examples. We are black Africans and we've never seen any woman who has been killed because she married outside her religion. She might have a grudge with her family but not be murdered. Let's be realistic please.

[@aminaalhassandiasso1842]

@ and about them Muslim men marrying Christian women that's allowed, at the core of our religion is submission to Allah and if a person chooses to do exactly that and of course if they don't use that as an excuse to hurt others, all we can do is respect it.

[@alltooler4341]

these kind of relationships always anger the god of racism

[@Smiley0725]

True

[@luckyakins4311]

Lol

[@Habibtay]

The devil of racism

[@theaansel8738]

"The God of Racism" my brain was on the floor, you have opened up an entire pantheon of classifying racists . I will also be adding Royals 😂😂

[@joywilkins64]

Or they anger the Most High as he said in his word, "Don't do it"!

[@xajae_ama]

The couple who met in Kenya look so cute together. All the best to them 💕

[@keepitfrankwithfentse]

I agree. They are gonna have gorgeous babies if they do decide to have a family.

[@morineakinyi1116]

Waah

[@themalawiandiner180]

The couple who met in Kenya hit the genetic jackpot. There so gorgeous and will make gorgeous babies.

[@keepitfrankwithfentse]

@Warrior Tribe You're funny. As a black woman I'm laughing. I never said black children aren't beautiful..i have a gorgeous black son. I'm stating that they make an awesome couple and looking at their features i see them making pretty babies. Seriously who hurt you? I'm all about all kinds of love.

[@themalawiandiner180]

@Warrior Tribe By using that phrase "genetic jackpot" I am merely referring to their looks. I think there both physically attractive or goodlooking, thus I think there offspring will look like them (beautiful as well), though it's not a guarantee and beauty is subjective, but personally I find both of them very attractive physically. My comment has nothing to do with race and everything to do with what I find to be two very beautiful people. Check the meaning of "genetic jackpot" on Google.

[@meaganf2069]

I'm so glad I'm not the only one. I'm South African and My husband is from India. It has been an uphill battle with his family. They don't except me and u don't think they ever will. It's sad because all I want is a relationship with his family. My family absolutely adore him. I'm mixed race but to them I'm still African which seems to be the main problem even though I'm lighter than half of his family. To anyone struggling in such relationships, stay strong and keep loving each other. Love always wins 🇮🇳❤️🇿🇦❤️😊

[@dineshbhat7978]

You come to INDIA along with your husband and live here.

[@preetamyadav7952]

Asians do not marry much with other race.

[@deesee3622]

its not about complexion its culture - but yes this sucks!

[@user-lk3cf6yx6c]

You look more Asian than South African

[@meaganf2069]

I'm mixed with many things. Black, Dutch and Malaysian

[@phumlanindlovu5653]

Damn how the young couple dude looks at her when she speaks😩🙌🏾

[@gondaljarrat8864]

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[@unknownmangafreak]

Are you Zimbabwean Ndebele?

[@phumlanindlovu5653]

Lol I’m Zulu and Xhosa

[@ST-bz5ii]

Yeah it’s sooo cute. Wish I could marry a man that looks at me that way

[@dalemsilas8425]

Fun fact, some Nigerian couples have Indian weddings. No joke.

[@nameless592]

We have a deep love for the culture mainly through Bollywood and similar colonial history. My mom always spoke of when she was a child and her teacher wear Indian living in Nigeria.

[@hxyzazolchak]

@Maria Smith Africans are open to everybody but nobody likes them and even they don't like other Africans sometimes. Weird world!

[@deepblue3682]

@Arnold schwarzenigga if you are indian hindu, don't forget caste too..

[@joshuajohn3841]

@Emeka Uche I don't

[@naveengokarla9518]

@@deepblue3682 I must be a Hindu hater bruh Christians Muslims also have caste feeling and they don't want to marry outside religion They will marry only if they convert

[@_Francis]

Telling your family you’re happy just to see them react like you told them you’re terminally ill. So ridiculous. All the best to those couples, all they need is love

[@sadhirshasalim366]

A human being married a human being

[@jabirhayan7817]

Nope.. a human being married with money being"

[@sadhirshasalim366]

@@jabirhayan7817 what

[@jabirhayan7817]

@@sadhirshasalim366 I mean these girls are gold digger..."

[@dreamtaylorsversion5525]

@@jabirhayan7817 oh how do you know?

[@jabirhayan7817]

@@dreamtaylorsversion5525 becoz Indian hate African... in term of their color even indian are black skinned too, averagly..."

[@asmajuma5962]

Actually we faced similar trials with my wife, Since she's from Malaysia and am from kenya. It was really challenging but we pull through. Love doesn't see colour But Society See Colour especially if you're not from their Culture.

[@natasiasudi527]

Tell her tunampenda sana..

[@leslied.2475]

Most times its really about distance. Particularly on the female side. They don't want the daughter go too far.

[@1nesoch]

Why do you have to put yourself through a rough way ? Can't you be satisfied with your own ? You couldn't find a beautiful Kenyan lady ? Huh!

[@haiyaniwewe]

@@1nesoch You must be fun to be around

[@aa-ng4ot]

@@leslied.2475 I say it's B.S most indian parents don't have issues when it's a white guy and don't mind their daughter settling in Britain. But when it's a black guy, all heck break loose and they frown upon that relationship

[@Natty_kitty]

I don’t often see black and Indian marriages and I am so happy to see these two beautiful couples. God bless them.

[@divyanksinghal1173]

@Rajesh Vengadesan so who stoping u to love black women if u not respect and adore black beauty that is ur problem dude

[@lovelymix8056]

This mix is common in the Caribbean

[@jacuesduplessis319]

Indian guys prefer to marry white lady ... in case of girls it is different... there are more Indian girl black guy pair than white or any non Indian guys

[@kciemimido962]

Come to Germany, you will see a lot of Nigeria-India couples in Berlin!

[@adetolaayodele7790]

Serious?

[@comerecordtv5900]

Really?

[@kciemimido962]

Yes, Berlin is so diverse that two cultures you would never thought of, would get together and start a relationship, even a family!!

[@adetolaayodele7790]

@@kciemimido962, thanks. Just love the way you have analysed it

[@domijollof]

It isn’t that there is or isn’t these relationships but how do the family feel about it. In Gambia I see Indians out here and some that I do hang with, but for the most part, they’d prefer to keep it one sided, meaning they sleep with our women while shielding theirs, well as long as their daughters are going to school with the locals, you can bet your ass, it’s a bloody ping pong lol

[@isaacalexis9362]

I am this couple! I am Grenada, Jamaican Black and my wife is from Kerala! We make Hybrid Jerked Jamaican Kuchela Curried Masala Beef and chicken. Our children are beautiful! Any racist have a problem with that will deal with my martial arts skills in their faces! These couples are beautiful.

[@preetamyadav7952]

@the enlightener africans remained untouched throghout history . Most conquered people are arabs

[@ashvina8244]

Hey Isaac I'm From Kerala.

[@0arjun077]

From Kerala🌴🇮🇳

[@gigismall7982]

In the Caribbean it is quite common. But South Asians, Asians are more racist than any white cultures I have discovered. Hopefully things are changing for the better.

[@dineshbhat7978]

@@gigismall7982............We INDIANS love AFRICANS.

[@mylife2022]

My family are from Yemen, my son is half igbo. We live in London, my family had no issues at all with it. My first cousin is married to a Ghanaian man, they have 4 children. This is becoming more common. I know 13 half black, half South asian/middle Eastern children.

[@SuperMuneera]

Yemen is already a mixed nation. So that's not surprising.

[@mylife2022]

Children are smarter than you think and we've taught them about both their histories and cultures, they're fine, thank you 😊.

[@mylife2022]

@Warrior Tribe He's not a child, he's at university and knows he's Igbo and yemeni, and proud of who he is. In my house black history is not consigned to a month it's all year round, yemeni culture and history also. He knows who he is and I'm proud of him ❤

[@mylife2022]

@Warrior Tribe Thank you, he's amazing and knows about family values, he's got culture, believe me. He also introduced me to Afro beats, I'm hooked. Cannot stop dancing. Nigerians are mashing up the dance floor 😃

[@sweetlemonade6925]

@@mylife2022 Not to be rude, but igbo is not a nationality. You're child is Nigerian and Yemeni. Why compare the tribe to a nationality? Lol -Coming from an igbo

[@lichi1244eva]

Indian weddings and Nigerian weddings are both so lit🔥🔥

[@TheRandomTecLad]

After seeing this gonna start sliding in the dms of my friends for that Jollof biriyani

[@itgamingke]

😂🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@aa-ng4ot]

🤣🤣🤣.

[@lhussey1636]

🤣🤣🤣

[@TheRandomTecLad]

single Indian ladies I am coming in the dms

[@aarohi.5272]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@katelee9908]

Wow, love those words "this is you're unit, you've got to protect it" such a powerful statement!

[@lambert2291]

Lol! I actually had to rewind & confirm this! That's how a man who loves a woman looks at her

[@anjelaxbb]

I loved this Movie and knowing that is a true story makes me love it moreee

[@musakam]

It's not a true story movie, not base on any individual couple story.

[@rickihosein]

They're only showing one side of it...so in their minds the bw with the non black Indian man is some type of myth..they went and totally made it about bm in interacial relationships...they could have shown one from each side

[@MsGoingtothebank]

Ok but the movie was about a black woman and an Indian man! How lazy can you be BBC Africa to include 2 black men? You mean to tell us you couldn’t find any real life black woman with an Indian man? Which is WHAT the movie was about?

[@sheliacase2548]

Exactly what I was thinking. Like of course you’re going to easily find black men with non black spouses. The media is definitely trying to push an agenda

[@israeliana]

There are couples they should have looked harder.

[@queenxo1678]

I noticed that the face of interracial relationships are always black men. I barely see black women getting represented

[@Introvertsan]

I was thinking that

[@Mitchieboo1970]

African men you mean. There is no such thing as a black race and yes BBC could of done a bit more ground work!

[@LFranklya]

Why would anyone want to marry into or have children into a family that doesnt even like or respect you only because of your race or countrymanship.

[@pharmchick027]

Lana, the answer is simple self hate

[@peterconnel7495]

@Octobers Lazy Own That isn't the function of a marriage,the idea isn't just two people coming together but families which helps to control other social problems people face.

[@OjaysReel]

Are you married to your relatives?

[@peterconnel7495]

@Octobers Lazy Own You're delusional. As of now there are 7 billion people on this planet,you think marriages are a individual choices instead of various social forces that bring or repel people from seeing themselves as equals? If you and your theoretical girlfriend were the only people on earth,would it matter If you chose to marry? So why with various ethnic/racial problems and billions of people in the world that marriages occur because individuals want it?

[@vgnvz]

Turn this, what if you have children, they grow up and marry someone that refuses mother because of race she marry, who she accepts. No grandkids see, No name, no birthdays or holidays, no welcome. Why you think this does not happen in good so called families. Race should not be issue but some people are like that.

[@disankapatricia464]

Dear BBC , I was expecting more. Next time please highlight an union between Indian men and African women like in the film. This clip is a bit one sided.

[@Moneyoverbaddie]

Im disapointed that I didn't see a black woman and indian man.. It's not the same as the movie

[@babarqadri8350]

Chk it out it exist.

[@ChicagoDude-ej6rm]

I'm in Chicago and I'd absolutely love to meet and marry an Indian woman. 😭😪

[@AzadHind572]

There's a lot of Indian Americans in United States. There had been numerous racial attacks from past few months on Indian Americans... It feels good that some foreigners are positive towards Indians

[@jo.onthego]

While this video is nice, it represents Mississippi Masala more than Namaste Wahala. What's unique about Namaste Wahala is the culture AND gender aspect. It's not uncommon for Black men to date outside of their race, so it's disappointing that a Black Woman and Indian Man weren't featured in this video at all (considering they were the leads in the movie).

[@commscompany1502]

They are rarer

[@aestheticsforyou4657]

True

[@deekshanarang7026]

Ram and pie .....are a interracial couple they should have been featured in this video.

[@lookstheory2.0]

Indian woman love that BBC. Great to see this BBC takeOver finally taking place.

[@johnkanavu6379]

True love is blind to stereotype old stagnant culture, racial and color biases. It blossoms once two beautiful souls realize that humanity is the same and that color, shape, size and general aesthetics are nothing but complementary to life’s beauty.

[@patriciaa4451]

I'm just imagining how epic an Indian-Nigerian wedding would be.

[@itsjemmabond]

Think about the loudest, most extravagant wedding you've ever attended, and times it by ten!

[@RocketAfriqueZA]

Do a KZbin search, there have been plenty in the UK

[@sandeshshamkuwar2479]

I just watched Namaste Wallaha Its all about love,culture fusion and mutual understanding. Seeing couples from different country is really great . World is learning more about love .

[@earthsign6305]

India, has a large population of black people though. My spiritual role model Sadhguru is just one out of millions of Indians who are dark and brown skin people. And I love them. Racism is a disease. Love, will always win. Even, in the same race there are still differences. If it's not religion differences, then it becomes ethnicity differences. Let, love take the lead!

[@manojmazumdar8729]

Good one🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏absolutely true .......

[@sholaspeaks6672]

Growing up in Nigeria, we're very familiar with Indian culture. There's a TV channel that only shows Indian content on DSTV now. Zeeworld. As much as I love and understand Indian culture, I'd still want a Nigerian marriage just because your woman is your home and as exciting as it's going to marry into another culture, I think I'll eventually want to go back home once all the excitement dies down. I think these couples know what they're doing so they'll be fine. But there are also many people who end up separating because they failed to think really deeply about what they want

[@Friends46488]

Written thoughtfully!

[@twingonetwork3034]

You are spot on. Well said👌🏿

[@aliyushuaibu4447]

I disagree. Ppl don’t get Married for the hype.it’s a life long commitment and the race or culture of the lady doesn’t matter if you’ve both agreed to sacrifice,support, and accept each other. It’s that mentality of ‘if it dies down’ thAt causes problem. I’m Nigerian and married a foreigner, and it’s no different from being with a Naija lady and she’s building our home with no issues. Even in Naija an Igbo woman and hAusa couple are very very different, with your logic they’d have problems when the hype dies?

[@sholaspeaks6672]

@@aliyushuaibu4447 with my logic? My logic included if they haven't thought about it and truly understood the sacrifices. You seem to have done that so this doesn't apply to you. But there are countless stories out there of African or even Indian men in the UK who marry out of their culture and then go back to Africa to secretly start another family. It happens a lot

[@aliyushuaibu4447]

@@sholaspeaks6672 but there are also countless stories like mine that have worked out. I suppose you’ve focused more on the unsuccessful ones. It may happen a lot that men go back to their countries but that’s simply cheating. Doubt that has anything to do with nationality. I mean I be Naija man and I see men do exactly what you’ve said and they are married to Nigerian women. How do you explain that? I mean if ppl love each other I’m sure they’d make it work.

[@obedianet10]

This mix is very very very common in West Indies. My family is a mix of african, native american (caribean indian), indian (pondichery), white (France)....

[@Daddy-R]

You will be soo easy to conquer

[@nishan375]

Lived my childhood in Borno state. Love this. Humanity has a beautiful future.

[@yardleyj9391]

I wish you well and a lifetime of love. In Trinidad, Indians and Blacks are a fact of life.

[@LoladeAdewuyi1]

The Caribbean is a mash of ethnicities. And since Indian men mostly came alone during the West Indian Trading Company days, they had no choice than to marry the women available. Is the term "Dougla" still commonly used? Is it widely accepted?

[@yardleyj9391]

@@LoladeAdewuyi1 Historic truth. l don't know the term l am not Trinidadian but l have a close friend who is. He looks 100 percent Indian but his spirit is Afro-Trinidadian, as a matter of fact his wife is a Black Trinidadian.

[@shalanathomas7751]

I am Trinidadian. Yes, dougla is a term widely used still. Though there may be many of this micture, you would seldom find an Indian man marrying a black woman. Black men would be more inclined to marry an Indian woman. The racism is TOO REAL here!

[@BTheTrue]

@@shalanathomas7751 interesting

[@cherrybleuberry7924]

In the Caribbean this is mostly common....

[@olubukola_oddities]

lol, i suppose the african woman - indian man couples didn't want to be on bbc news africa

[@ladymarie1059]

LOL, I was looking for them

[@bijoumwaura3735]

IKR!!! I was looking forward to seeing them

[@cd.cd.cd.cd-cd]

BW as always desperate to be validated by nonblack men. Asian countries like India have a massive colorism issue with regard to women, they barely want to marry a brown Indian woman so I wasn't expecting to see any BW...stop always looking for validation from nonblack men

[@olubukola_oddities]

@@cd.cd.cd.cd-cd way to reach, try and relax...

[@TUNTALKS]

@@cd.cd.cd.cd-cd some are, some aren’t. It was different 20 years ago. Things have changed

[@anirbanghosh3576]

Why indian man married to African woman haven't been shown?

[@babarqadri8350]

They want to show Indian man are racist

[@anirbanghosh3576]

@@babarqadri8350 right.

[@jordanspark5396]

Indian men only like their own kind they want to keep thier race evolving .

[@Mummyivannia]

Am also dating a India guy and I really do it works out 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@cd.cd.cd.cd-cd]

Would have been cool if yall had contacted The Arijes, a Nigerian-Indian couple here on youtube (although she may be Bangladesh, not sure)

[@Ta_bella]

oh. because what's wrong with these couples?

[@cd.cd.cd.cd-cd]

@@Ta_bella who said there was anything wrong, I'm saying in addition to these couples

[@gigibigh5057]

Zee is not Indian- she is from Bangladesh.

[@lindahn877]

Because this is bbc africa. That means this couples are in africa.

[@FunKouri]

She is Bengali but indian, not Bangladeshi.

[@macosbyanthony896]

All that is needed is that you are both in love. I for one care about just one thing, the loyalty of the person.

[@satenaw4923]

Love does not have a color or race. You are a perfect example to the whole world how to live in harmony. Good luck for your life together.

[@timclarke1683]

I don't know why I'm so attracted to Indian women and the culture. It's hard to resist.

[@dineshbhat7978]

Love from INDIA.

[@fabolousnature3873]

Keep away 😜

[@smollilbean]

Thanks love from India💖 I'm very proud of my culture honestly ain't nobody ever making me feel bad about being an Indian🇮🇳😎

[@nicholasbarber2732]

That is such a common thing to see in Mauritius. Not a big issue for us at all. Most between south Indians and africans than the lighter skin Indians.

[@drnambi2693]

one of my favorite movies on Netflix, loved it so much, its good to see real life couples who went thru this, very inspiring stories...

[@princehamdan8669]

That's quite a nice comment, it shows how clever and intelligent you really are I was hoping we could chat more probably on hangout or Gmail. Text me here [e-mail] Thanks.

[@MaryOdere]

@@princehamdan8669 lol

[@lerskiervyl7533]

Hello Dr Nambi im Filipina I have a Nigerian partner to. ❤️ But sometimes I mis interpretation with his voice sounds like angry but not😊

[@missdee9501]

@@princehamdan8669 the fact that your name is prince

[@karensaxena1498]

Hi

[@dr.bigfunky492]

Now let it be some black women and another race man the comments would be really different

[@Gyalyboss27]

The comments are positives what's wrong?

[@yurimorgan7460]

what do you mean

[@itoboreonobevune4299]

Never, not we a African.

[@truthfiction8408]

I disagree with your opinion about different comments if these were black women in question. That said, I'm not purporting that there are no racist Africans, but Africans are more tolerant than other races.

[@freedom_is_gold6747]

do you think this is the diaspora or what! gender wars are not the same in africa!

[@Talesbysarah]

Namaste wahala is about a Nigerian female and Indian male not the other way round. Cause of how uncommon it is and how common it is for African men to marry other races.

[@momo-cchi5978]

This Kalpa and Tomide... having too people this gorgeous be together should be illegal tbh cos any children that come out of that union are gonna too good looking for any of us to be able to compete with. 😩😂🔥🔥🔥

[@MockeryManor]

That's a fact 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@panafrican.nation]

"Namaste Wahala" is such an oxymoron. I'm Kenyan but when when I hear "Namaste" I think of peace and relaxed breathing, and wahala, well _bomboclaat_

[@ramvuyyuru4728]

The rarest scenarios, but they are more indian men and black women couples than vice versa, BBC nxt time bring this..

[@anishsawant]

the guy with those short dreadlocks hairstyle looks like khalid American singer

[@handl3_me]

Yes kinda..

[@CybrVix]

Y'all don't get it. This isn't about colour. Partially, social class. But mostly It's about culture and/or religion. Just like Sikhs and Muslims. African and Indians or Chinese. As long as cultures possess strong norms there will always be a clash set by customs and intellectual achievements hence creating a barrier for certain people to be together. White people don't have such a strong culture that's why it's always easy for them to elope with anybody.

[@rickihosein]

It's about race too!!!

[@ngutumpuennutu2836]

Parangon Amusement I am not white, but contrary to your statements, I consider white people to have rather a very strong culture. What you consider to be a weak culture is more the product of exogamy and individualism. Exogamy is the result of the ban on marriage within the kinship group which is widespread in Europe. The individualism present especially in the West is the mechanical result of the nuclear family. What you present as strong cultures are endogamous cultures which have a preference for marriage within the kinship group. This preferential marriage within the kinship group also explains the ultra-racism of the Indians and Arabs. Individualism and exogamy have made it easy for Westerners to break away from their families and conquer the world, the space ... or easily marry people outside their culture.

[@hikidunm1582]

Say it loud!!!

[@vgnvz]

Excuse please, I am white and I dont just go with anyone. I made huge.diffucult.choice to leave my friends, way of life, family to live with my new husband at 60. Life is all a chance. I took a chance on love and.cherish the time I have with a new country and culture. Yes hard but ever so rewarding. Life is very short. love with a new adventure does take risk. Colors to me are beautiful

[@Idcanymore510]

That is the biggest load of bull... I've heard in a while. African culture is the most open and welcoming of all cultures. Europeans are renowned for their hierarchy of race classification and race exclusion. That doesn't even need explaining.

[@pargwele4154]

I live in the USA and I know tons of Indian girls dating black guys. Especially Indo-Trinidadian and Indo-Guyanese girls. Most of those girls prefer black men over anything else. I think its a very perfect pairing. Indian girls are small, cute, feminine and soft spoken. Black men are big tall and masculine. So they compliment each other perfectly.

[@riyadougla539]

I'm Indian and I totally agree. We really suit each other.

[@jamilmohammedal-ghazali6309]

Its really beautiful to see how cultures unite, after all people are peoples....

[@zacharydarku3540]

Asking as an African American, do A.A have a shot at dating Indian women. I feel like our culture which has been through the works makes it harder for us to date other people who might have a stronger personal connection to their own culture.

[@banke1a1]

Seriously not a single Nigerian chick and Indian guy? Wasn’t the movie other way around?

[@sergioramos-vd9zk]

Sound similar to love jihad

[@banke1a1]

@@sergioramos-vd9zk how? I love black girls. They’re so beautiful.

[@gjdsgfagychkj]

i find African women most beautiful especially from Nigeria and Ethiopia one day i will surely go to Africa😅

[@Sajangrg69]

me too brother but our parents don't accept them.

[@hzlkelly]

Jollof Biryani...that is genius actually.

[@kingmisati6827]

USIU my University.... Best experience with different cultures i never had to leave my country to learn about others and the couples were fire

[@frankie7529]

The young couple are so good looking. That certainly helps to normalize this.

[@Rohit-Jat]

This is just exception because they are living in foreign countries. Majority of Indian women (95%) who are living in India like North Indian Indo Aryan men

[@ijustwannacommentnotmyreal9814]

Why do they like north indian indo aryan men?

[@sairis]

@@ijustwannacommentnotmyreal9814 , BC lagta hai tujhe bahut pasand hai kala kela.

[@Escapist...]

Get out of your arranged marriage mentality for once. 90% Indian women won't marry p3rvert Indian men, if they had a choice of their own. Our class had 7 Indian women who had come for their higher studies and currently 3 are married to non-Indian men and settled here while 4 are dating non-Indian men 💀

[@bigbosss227]

the young gentleman doesn't sound like a Nigerian. I only hear a Kenyan accent. Brathe ameangukia...

[@mohammedmamo6177]

The girl too has a Kenyan accent 😃

[@CarLos-tl4lw]

Walai aliangukia kadame ni karembo tu...

[@calebjuma7648]

kwa nini unasema ameangukia....seriously...when i see someone with a beautiful black gal mie huona yeye ndio ameagukia...wenzangu hehehehe tujipenede na tujikubali. I have nothing against interracial couples. I just believe that our women are the most beautiful beings on earth

[@tosinojo7310]

his accent is very much Nigerian...we have different accents depending on where you grew up in the country. His sounds like an Abuja or northern accent

[@raymondmoyo3327]

Remember the guy from Usiu, this is amazing

[@rickihosein]

Sooo once again, they couldn't find one bw with a non-blacj Indian man, but BM with non-black Indian women...this shit is ridiculous...I am pretty sure there are bw with non black Indian men...ya'll love showing BM with non bw boy...shit's crazy!!!

[@trendeous4070]

What's your issue?

[@rickihosein]

@@trendeous4070 ....the movie portrayed a bw and non black Indian man, at least they could have gotten one of the couples that looked like that to be featured in video...they then had the nerve to label it the real life namaste wahala...it makes it seem as though the version in the movie does not exist and it does...that's the frigging issue!!!

[@mandamandamanda6722]

@@rickihosein exactly! The movie was about BW and IM. Why are they showing black men. This dynamic is different from the movie a black man is not a bride so thing like dowry etc they wouldn’t understand. It’s so annoying.

[@rickihosein]

@Zceve40 ...there are black people in India...it has nothing to do with skin tone...we all know that being dark skinned does not make one black

[@rickihosein]

@Zceve40 ...that's understandable!!!...everyone forgets about them...I am just making the conscious decision to highlight the black people from around the world in speech and in writing, so that even if it is a tiny population that they are seen, known and not forgotten...we exist all over and go through the same trials!!!

[@4siris246]

they look so happy :)

[@shonel01]

Guyana is the land of indian and African relationships it's common there.

[@dineshbhat7978]

Love AFRICANS from INDIA.

[@cheergurl113]

It would be nice to see a couple based off of the actual story

[@no-one00]

We want black woman and Indian man

[@kayquan9072]

Kenya Kenya Kenya, land of Love and opportunity...

[@paulkatuse9650]

Waao former USIU-A! Namaste Wahala is great! kindly consider fusing a part of your Kenyan life, maybe while in campus.

[@kenterngomdir8957]

I'm not Nigerian...married to a Nigerian but "belle" is not to be pregnant it just means Stomach. To "get belle" means pregnant ...just a little responsible please when translating...also why Namaste Wahala....no Wahala it's a human marrying another human...there might be a little adjustment issues with food religion culture ect....but that's no Wahala at all. Also might I add here that every other race marrying an African keep potraying in one way or the other that it's a great feat...if you had to struggle so much for acceptance of a black man in your life then I'm sorry you are surrounded by foolish friends and family and God forbid if your relationships fail they will be right there to rub it in with the I told you....my parents were only concerned with do we really love each other....

[@LovesAlchemist]

I am going to find love like this! Here for it

[@sounderraj5656]

Am indian may i get in touch i luvvvv africans

[@dorajam4503]

I love that, the series choose a black woman and a Indian man, but these roles are so rare, everything is st stake when your Indian son, does not choose a perfect Indian wife. And for a Nigerian father to marry of a daughter to a non-African or white man.

[@mareek2007]

Lol from my experience it's more common to see that relationship portrayed in the movie.I've only ever seen Indian man black woman in real life but it happens both ways.

[@abdulamdou1095]

The world is changing y'all because we all humans

[@myamwezmyamwez8669]

@It's all about me There are many couples around the world like the ones in this video then the media will like you to believe or think. You just need to know to look at the right places, take East African coast for example, 90% of its population has been interbreeding with Asians for thousands of years, even the East African language of Swahili has Asian infused words into it.

[@myamwezmyamwez8669]

@It's all about me I am not saying there are no racist pieces of shits in those countries, they definately are and I have no idea why the governments tolerate then. However it is just human culture that minorities tend to like to group together, it happens everywhere in the world. My focus is not on those scared ignorant groups that live apart, I want to focus on the ones that embrace other races, what do you do with the millions who embrace interatial relationships? Do you alienate them? Do you alienate their children and grandchildren? What mistake have those children done for being half African and half Asian or half of any other race? Isn't alienating specific races what we are all fighting against? I know of cases of rasicm in Africa against interracial children, I cannot change how people want to think but to me it is wrong.

[@myamwezmyamwez8669]

@It's all about me Maaan, I do not give a cent over how you feel about me! Matter of fact is races inter marry and there are millions of children with multiple races, you can't stop love! Deal with it!

[@jonathondefreitas]

🤣🤣🤣where is a Male Indian and a beautiful African girl. They only interview two Indian girls and black man.

[@JimmyGeorge1]

My girl friend from Zimbabwe

[@derrrickchannel2673]

This is what we want in the world not racism

[@derrrickchannel2673]

@Warrior Tribe what do you mean

[@mraa4950]

As long as they are happy with each other no one has right to judge

[@BearingMySeoul]

Was I the only person expecting to see a video of Indian men with African women or did I watch the wrong movie? 👀

[@MaryOdere]

I think inter-tribal marriages and relationships are beautiful. Love love these two

[@princehamdan8669]

That's quite a nice comment, it shows how clever and intelligent you really are I was hoping we could chat more probably on hangout or Gmail. Text me here [e-mail] Thanks.

[@bluespeech9956]

@@princehamdan8669 Lool you seem like a fraud, no one email this weirdo 🥴

[@myshanamakisi6063]

What do you mean by "inter-tribal"?🤔

[@kehindeemiabata4032]

I think black love is beautiful. Maybe you should start lovibg yourself

[@MaryOdere]

@@kehindeemiabata4032 loving people from other tribes doesn't mean you hate yourself. Free your mind from closeted thinking.

[@zunaiandre2341]

My father Indian Coloured and mama Coloured of South Africa and my wife American black,my kids are🤷🤷just small coloured (as my wife called them) because in South Africa we are coloured(not black,not white not mixed,just coloured).So it's not strange in South Africa,we have been diluted for generations,we can't even explain why we are called coloured😔

[@ditocerto]

because in South Africa we are coloured(not black,not white not mixed,just coloured). === yeah you sound very confused and in need of help.

[@sayondee]

@@ditocerto Why does he need help? He’s simply explaining that in South Africa they call his group of people ‘coloured’ whereas in other places, people with similar phenotypes would be called ‘black’(the US for example tends to classify even half black and half white people as ‘black’ whereas in Britain they would be called ‘mixed’) You clearly didn’t understand what he was talking about. You can google « South African coloured people » if you want to find out about the coloured people of South Africa.

[@ditocerto]

@@sayondee why does he or you need help? He clearly says he doesn't know why they are called colored. Colored is a racist colonial category introduced by a racist people with a racist ideology.

[@natly3123]

Because coloured is the “all-inclusive “ colour😘🤣

[@sayondee]

@@ditocerto if we want to go into history, the term “black” to refer to ourselves wasn’t invented by us either. The truth of the matter is that sometimes, language, over time loses its intended meaning and is adopted in a more positive manner. The roots of the term “coloured” are racist yes, but the fact of the matter is that is is being used otherwise now, just like we are comfortable using the term “black” without any of the former colonial and imperialist meanings behind it.

[@selama936]

I love the couple who met in Kenya they look so cute together. I wish them success in their future marriage. Love is a beautiful thing!

[@patrickallen1357]

Well they’re going to have super smart babies and crazy workaholics

[@premprasun1516]

Great , love from India to all Africa ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@ganju_san2675]

My aunt(indian) got dishonored by her family for marrying my uncle(a black man)...the common issue I see is that black people don't their history hence we take BS

[@excuseme1911]

This movie was so refreshing!!! All the best ❤️

[@commscompany1502]

Lots of cringey parts but that was more ann by problem of the script/storyline than the concept.

[@davinderbhatti7213]

Sooo cute couples...👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️❤️god bless u both...👍👍👍

[@chaincommander5980]

Very beautiful couples, unfortunately some knuckle heads would not agree with this. Nice to see! CC

[@NENESKRAFT]

Awwn they're cute.

[@Asrealestatekerala916]

Not namaste Calling vanakkam First Tamil I not know hindi Because I am Tamils . Not hindi Indian language. (Ur tittle is wrong)

[@bubu0503]

Times have changed ... even i present my mother with a Chinese girl she will be welcomed...

[@music77455]

i have seen so many black man and indian wife couples but never the oppsite? why is that?

[@babarqadri8350]

It is there but they never show. There was an Indian man whose wife got cancer she is African. She is on Quora. Please find out.

[@iceman4660]

Love this. In Jamaica there are communities of mixed Indian and African communities.

[@flipflopsanddingdong4620]

Indian n african are both black

[@TUNTALKS]

@@flipflopsanddingdong4620 ... shhhhhhh

[@SoPerfectYasmin]

@@flipflopsanddingdong4620 no. Indians are not black. Africans are not black just African.

[@peterconnel7495]

@@flipflopsanddingdong4620 Not all of them,some are like North Africans in color and to a degree phenotype.

[@flipflopsanddingdong4620]

@@peterconnel7495 thats called mixed breeding

[@frankieclayton9303]

A beautiful and wonderful and amazing couple

[@evetats235]

Sort of the opposite of Namaste Wahala which I believe was NW + IM...

[@xombieo0723]

The woman in the second couple (the light-skinned one) actually has a North American accent, meaning that she is probably from the U.S. or Canada.

[@AzadHind572]

You are from her family ?. Fool North Indians often do have light skin tone. The first one with brown skin is common in southern India. Overall the first was from south India while the second one was from north India

[@afro_princess1671]

How is this a topic? I dont understand. Tho there r lots of racism, people from different ethnicities have been marrying each other for centuries.

[@litondas7680]

Right

[@samjhanalimbu5897]

Gosh. They look so good plus genuinely happy.

[@karensaxena1498]

love from india

[@purudutta2682]

zoor zoor se

[@ghostt21]

This is common in Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Grenada etc throughout the Caribbean. FYI children born of these beautiful unions are called Dougla : roughly means look twice, because your not sure what race they are 🤣.

[@commscompany1502]

As a Nigerian who lived briefly in T and T I second this statement of fact. The mixing in T and T is super cool and beautiful

[@mashadowell9144]

I thought the film had the Indian guy and an African woman? 😳😳😳😳😳😳😳