These Are Words I Never Thought Had a Link With Ghana- H.E Fedelis

[@mahalallel2012]

When I first looked at the video, I thought the woman on the right was a Ghanaian elder, and the young woman on the left was from Suriname. It appears Suriname has a high mix of different Ghanaian clans/nations...

[@TheEmmacity1]

now is beginning to make sense, the truths are coming out now, Ghana the greatest

[@theDelaMichel]

God bless our homeland Ghana

[@twenuaba]

Dela, please extend my wish to HE to write a book on this concerning her experience in Ghana. It would be very interesting.

[@horaceowens8368]

To all the great minds that put this episode together ….. medaase 🙏🏾 🇬🇭 🌍

[@pobeeful]

I love Her Excellency. I wish I get to meet her some day. Going to Suriname and meeting some of my brethren is now a priority. May God bless Suriname.

[@theDelaMichel]

Thank you for your comment. I'm sure exploring Suriname will be awesome!

[@cavalier2097]

​@@theDelaMichelcheck wodemaya the Ghanaian youtuber is now in Suriname

[@LR24134]

Suriname 🇸🇷 😍❤️ Ghana 🇬🇭 😍❤️

[@cavalier2097]

Nice to watch this and receive new knowledge about my african ancestery. Wodemaya the Ghanaian youtuber is now in Suriname.

[@obu-mckeowngodwin3264]

Waoo Dela this is too good. Too much education. Simplicity, Suriname is Ghana. God bless you Dela for me. Always my favorite

[@MariaAparecida-xd4uz]

Amo ver tudo istooooooooo ❤

[@jeremiahd.2525]

Powerful video my sista, i would like to contact you and discuss the African Akan culture we as Blacks in america have retained ,, such as sacred burial grounds where we ysed Andinkra symbols,, and hidden Akan names,,, these things are oddly not spoken about much

[@myAfricanAffairs]

Which state in America? I want to visit.

[@stanleyglover5534]

Interesting watching as a person of Ghanaian heritage ❤

[@lewkor1529]

The bulk of the Boni (name and people) of Suriname and French Guiana are from modern day Ivory Coast/Cote d'Ivoire and Ghana. There is a great documentary by journalist and author Serge Bile on the topic

[@theteagleshomes]

Peanut cooked with rice used to be one of the common food amongst the coastal Fantes. The fishermen really liked it back then. I enjoyed it myself as a child in the late 80’s and early 90’s. The similarities are great and undeniable. 👌🏾

[@franciskusi4531]

Woooooow ❤🇸🇷 🇸🇷 🇸🇷Suriname people from Ghana 🇬🇭 🇬🇭 🇬🇭 ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤💯🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💯

[@mahalallel2012]

26: 30 Is very significant because BONO-AHAFO REGION is the first settlement of the Akan people in Ghana. H.E. Fedelis reverence for the BONO as the "top, the key", literally reflects their significance to Akan culture in Ghana (and it appears in Suriname, after many centuries away from Ghana). After the Akan left the Sahel region of Mali (old Ghana Empire), under religious persecution from Islam in the 15th century, they formed the first Akan Empire in Ghana --the GYAMAN EMPIRE. They border with the Asante Region, and were eventually subjugated by them in the 19th century, but gained independence in 1888 after the British defeated the Asante. They made a deal with the French government for protection, but Somari Toure --African Muslim leader of Wassoulou Empire, tried to take over their lands to expand Islamic culture. France removed him, but instead incorporated much of the GYAMAN EMPIRE (in modern day Ivory Coast and Ghana) into what became the FRENCH WEST AFRICA FEDERATION.

[@mawu23]

Thank you for this education. Doku is also an Adangbe male name.

[@mawu23]

Brothers and sisters, come home, come home, ohooo ohoooo, come home to Africa where you began the sad journey. Above all show the strength in you. Shine where ever you are. Let the Black Star shine in the dark.

[@sranansani8568]

I like this video about my beatifull, colourful country Suriname

[@theDelaMichel]

Thank you!

[@Dan13Speed]

Taka Taka in Swahili means worthless or useless. This is an amazing video. Learning so much today.

[@theDelaMichel]

This is amazing. Thank you so much for sharing!

[@juficobs8980]

Incredible stuff! Very interesting...great insights!

[@kwamekankam-boadu2467]

Akroma is the name of the hawk bird., It is clear the Dutch took captives from Usher Fort, Abandze, and Elmina, which reflects today in the people of Suriname

[@BGroupsAfrica-hf1xf]

Abandze in particular that's where the KOMANDZE comes from.

[@yotsanta]

It's euphoric when Jamaican Maroons and Surinamese connect to the Akans and other ethnic groups of Ghana. I actually believe that Surinamese use more Twi words than the Maroons. Unfortunately, this proto-language of the Surinam Blacks and Jamaican Maroon is dying away very quickly. The Dutch left the Gold Coast as late as 1872.

[@JuliusAmoDanso-jx4pl]

Shocked hearing my name there ‘Danso’ . This is very Informative. Dela you’re Amazing. Will have to visit Suriname 🇸🇷. God Bless you Ambassador #AroundTheWorldWithDelaMichel

[@theDelaMichel]

Thank you for the comment. Suriname will be a great place to explore

[@oshinegyir867]

Our culture our heritage

[@missbabyloved7531]

In Akan Twi language: Nana oo medaase/ meda ase (thank you) nana Yankopon/ Twereduapon means “thank you nana (reverence given to kingship, grandparents and forefathers) Yankopon/Twereduapon”

[@niiamu3300]

Amazing lessons.

[@theDelaMichel]

Glad you like them!

[@josephgyamfi2856]

There is also a name Akroma, a friend of my uncle from Wassa in the Western region had that name.

[@missbabyloved7531]

Appiaku is also Akan name. Saka saka or basa basa in Akan Twi means chaos, messy or good for nothing. Boko is also a town in the upper east of Ghana.

[@browngyampah7536]

Ghana and Africa is bigger than we thought.

[@theDelaMichel]

Indeed

[@pervelynosei5810]

The similarities are striking, culture is seemingly beautiful.💯 We have a food date with her😜

[@theDelaMichel]

Culture is indeed beautiful! Yes we definitely having our food date

[@scottasiedu-fg2eo]

I once met a Jamaican with the name osier prempah. I asked him where from this name. He said that’s his family name. I was shocked and almost cried. I said you are my Ashanti brother. You are of Ashanti Origin in Ghana. He thought I was making this up. I told him to look at the Jamaican flag and then look at the Ashanti flag. Is the same colors. Our B. Ashanti ancestors founded Jamaica. Most Jamaicans have the Akan(Precisely Asante heritage) ancestry. Very soon they will all find out who they truly are( Akans/ mostly Ashantis)

[@kwamehagan529]

I heard her excellency mentioning Comanty ,is not that but it's Kormantse and that is my hometown.

[@ishmealbanda5842]

Much love ❤️❤️

[@catherinehodge7624]

Buccoo Reef Tobago 😮. Steel pans. Love 💕 it.

[@comahsamuel3969]

This is old video but i am enjoying it now, nice conversation. Infact Suriname have more common things with Ghana they're Ghanaians.🇬🇭🇸🇷

[@theDelaMichel]

Thank you Samuel!!! Enjoy more content on the channel and look forward to more!

[@comahsamuel3969]

@@theDelaMichel Thanks.

[@missbabyloved7531]

Orman/man (town, city or country) in Akan Twi and the GA accent made it “mán”

[@girlgirl1084]

Ajumako is my town wow ooooo

[@amakisiwak]

Goosebumps

[@Inercycl1]

but the Dutch showed a documentary on their national television years ago .They stated categorically that they took people from Ghana to that part of Guyana which is now Suriname. So we knew this lineage years ago.

[@mahalallel2012]

Actually, what you have to understand, that at that time, Ghana was ruled by the Asante Kingdom. The Asante had a special relationship with the Dutch Royalty and were nether ever an enslaved nation. The Asante would sell or sacrifice members of other Akan/or non Akan, who tried to appose their rule. Ewe and Ga are not Akan. You also have other ethic groups in Northern Ghana, that are not Akan. The Asante and Fante, were the main sellers of slaves to the Europeans along the coast. They would go as far east as the Togo border, and all the way to Tamale in the North, and even into Burkino Fasau, to capture/buy slaves.

[@henrybwillams]

Yaaba is a name in central region, specifically Awutu Effutu people.

[@adeabaarmah2259]

Yaba is an Nzema name for a female born of Thursday as we say Yaa in Twi...

[@bobtoyacr.candy7573]

❤ please ask her to talk about the Tamale river too and are they having a clan or chief too

[@princeaffum4539]

Herh our brothers and sisters should come home

[@theDelaMichel]

I am sure they are eager to.

[@josephgyamfi2856]

I don’t think Korkor is only a Ga name, my great great grandmother’s name was called Korkor, and growing up, there was a young girl in our village called Korkor, though I am an Ashanti.

[@theDelaMichel]

This is interesting. Thank you for sharing!

[@browngyampah7536]

Korkor is both named Akans and Ga, nice but all of us are one. Akans are large group of people been Akans, Ewe, Ga etc.

[@theophilusnketiah2993]

It is a Ga, Krobo, and Ga-Adambge name, but the reason we have it in other tribes is because of inter-marriages among us. That's how names get intertwined among tribes. In Canada and elsewhere abroad, we have Ghanaians marrying from other countries and naming their kids with Ghanaian names. That is why we have someone in Kenya called Krobo Edusei and some in South Africa called Tutu.

[@mahalallel2012]

@@browngyampah7536 Are you sure Ga and Ewe are Akan? Ghana has other ethnic groups as well as the Akan

[@browngyampah7536]

@@mahalallel2012 Yes when you do your research it tells that the word Akan means the first. The first people include the Ewa, Ga, Ashanti or Akan most people knows. Owning to this, we all migrated from Egypt (Israel)or Kmt to Sudan, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Chad and Ivory coast etc to the present place Ghana. We had been good and United untill Christianit destroyed our tribes.

[@bigmama5048]

koromanstsin is in Central region there is a fort there and slaves were exported from there. I saw an advert for slaves in a london musuem and it said strong koromantsin male, full set of teeth for sale also koromastin females available at a lower price.

[@theDelaMichel]

This is interesting. Thank you for sharing

[@ekowvilasmens]

Her excellency's accent sounds really Ghanaian.

[@oseitututawiah2109]

Doku is Akan name for a man. Dokuaa is the female version. Danso is a male Akan name Dansowaa is the female version Kune is Akan name for both sexes, named after the Kune deity. Akoma is Akan name for both sexes. It also means a heart ❤️ in Akan. Akroma is also Akan name for both sexes. It's also Akan name of a hawk. 😊 Kwajan is Akan name for a male Adu is Akan name for both sexes Appiah is Akan name for both sexes Agyarko is a male Akan name Kwasi is Akan male Sunday born. Yaba is Nzima name for Thursday born female. The Twi version is Yaa Danso is a male Akan name. The female version is Dansowaa. Damba is a Northern Ghana traditional culture and dance Korkor is a Ga-Adangbe name Apiokor is a Ga-Adangbe name Chobo in Ghana means free Kormantse is a Fante town Nana in Akan is also referred to God because Akans believe God is a king. Thus Tweaduampong Nana Nyankopong. I love The Surinam. I love the beautiful area of Kwaku Place or KwakuPlein in Surinam.

[@theDelaMichel]

This is very insightful. Thank you for sharing!

[@BGroupsAfrica-hf1xf]

I think the surinamese are a mixture of d8fferent people from Ghana. That's why the names are all over.

[@oseitututawiah2109]

@@BGroupsAfrica-hf1xf Of course, every country in the Americas is a mixture of different people, just that there are a few countries with heavy Akan/Ashanti influence.

[@Atlas24gh]

@@oseitututawiah2109 Surinamese are not Ashanti. Theya re mainly Southern tribes: Fanti, Gas, Akwamus Akwapims etc

[@oseitututawiah2109]

@@Atlas24gh Who said Surinamese are Ashantis? Can't you read and understand English?

[@akwasiboateng]

❤❤❤

[@brainyboanerges8540]

I'm eager to go on a voluntary service out there

[@theDelaMichel]

Oh wow!

[@benjaminmawutor3672]

DISTANCE RELATIVES .

[@josephgyamfi2856]

Doku is could be a female as well, my own uncle’s wife was called Maame Akua Doku, so Doku is not just for male Akan, though there is also Dokuaa.

[@ritasakyi8866]

Akroma is a Fante name and also the Fante name for crow is akroma

[@myAfricanAffairs]

Akroma is not just Fante. It's Akan.

[@beatriceowusuachaw6210]

Akwaaba welcome

[@adeabaarmah2259]

We have the name Korneh an Nzema name...

[@TheTruthSpeakerTV]

I think the title needs to include where you are doing the interview--- Part of your description can be your title: The unique similarities between Suriname and Ghana will leave you in awe

[@theDelaMichel]

Thank you for your comment. The Part 1 will tell you where this was shot and I think the description covers what you have typed out. Thank you once again.

[@TheTruthSpeakerTV]

@@theDelaMichel One thing in life you must be teachable and able to take feedback. Does this say part 2? What do you see first when it shows up on your feed, the description or the title? Yes, I copied your description and put it in my comment so you can see what will make more sense as a title for people who are not your follower and may come across your video. Who is H.E Fedelis? Will that name ring a bell to everyone who comes across your video as it stands? I came here because of the word Ghana. Will everyone who comes across your video go directly to the description or view the title and make a judgment call? My apologies for trying to help you, sister. I rest my case; proceed with whatever works for you.

[@niiadu1983]

I see the Gas are dominant in Suriname, just as the Ashantis are dominate in Jamaica.

[@theDelaMichel]

It is very interesting to understand these links and appreciate them.

[@Dan13Speed]

Koma in my native kikuyu means sleep.

[@theDelaMichel]

Oh wow

[@missbabyloved7531]

Twobo/ Chobo is an Akan word that’s why the host said it “Wa’twa no twobo/chobo” which is an Akan phrase.

[@adeabaarmah2259]

That village is Adjumako

[@joelbaah8690]

Apiorkor is shika effutu or money

[@philipagyeipeprah1694]

I see her to be of Ga/Ada/Krobo decent.

[@Atlas24gh]

Just say Ga-Adangbe

[@jennymormon8531]

🙋🏾🤩💃🏾💃🏿💚💋❤️💃🏻💃🏾💃🏿💕

[@obu-mckeowngodwin3264]

And that "Awura-afia fish" she mention, it's not just like Lady Afua ooo... it's actually a fish here too. Back in my village where I grew, they will insult you like; your teeth like that of “ashram-afia fish" 😅😅

[@patiencepaintsil3050]

🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭

[@Mark-z5v8m]

Surinamese blacks are straight up Ghana.

[@missbabyloved7531]

Go deep in your Ga history and you will realize that there are a lot of Akan influences on the Ga names and some words but the Ga twisted some of the letters because the accent Eg. “Sika”(money) in Twi and the Ga added “h” to made it shika, “asafo” in Twi and Ga made it asafoatse, “obrempon”(Twi) and Ga made it, oblempon, “awura”(Twi) and made it awula, koborfou/borko (vagabond) and Ga made it koborlor , nane (leg) in Twi and Ga made says nané, Oman/man (town, city or country) in Akan Twi >man(GA) etc. Also by Ga women having children with Akan men adopted a lot of Akan names like Mensa/Mensah, Bonnie >Bonney, Agyei, Adu, Ankra, Kwadwo/Kojo/Kodwo/Kudwo/Kujo >Ga(Kujoe) etc. Even some of the Homowo festive songs are sung in Twi.

[@missbabyloved7531]

@@Apache75 @mauricesackeyBekoe in the comment started poking at Akans while no Akan had made any bad comments so I had to teach the ignorance out of him and the rest who are ignorant like him that yes it mighty not sound great in the ears of the younger generation about some of the Akan influences on some of our tribes in Ghana but that’s the truth with no heart feelings. Africans one people but different in many ways that needs to be cherished and respected. Even his name Bekoe is an Akan name which he might not even be aware of that.

[@missbabyloved7531]

@@Apache75 I wont stop saying some of the Akan words are tongue twisted by the Ga and in my opinion it’s not a bad thing because we all learn from or influence each other one way or the other. Ghanaians prefer Accra because Kwame Nkrumah made it the capital for Ghana so no Accra belongs to the whole Ghanaians in case you are also not aware. If today all Ghanaians decide to move the capital to another region, people will focus on that new region and it’s human nature. Writing Ga language in English first isn’t an accolade except to the colonized mind. I didn’t say all Ga words are Akan words but since you brought it up, Ataa is a female twin and Ata is a male twin and Naa is Nana ( the revered one) in Akan so those two words coming together becomes one ☝🏽 so I won’t be surprised that was the basis. The history behind singing part of the festive songs in Akan Twi is evident of the Akan influences. Akans are minding their business in the comment section so they should be left alone if y’all don’t want to go down the memory lane

[@missbabyloved7531]

@@Apache75 there you go again the cry baby. A Ga person in the comment section started accusing Akans saying that Akans have “Akanized everything in Ghana” first and replying is making you bleed 🩸. I wish I have the time to read this your long write up but I can’t so I am saying again Akans were minding their business and a Ga man decided to drag Akans for no reason and now the Akan replied and now you’re calling the Akans who were minding their business tribalistic and showing superiority. Some of you Ga behave like the hyenas, even when the hyenas have a grip on a whole meat 🥩, they will still be crying as if someone is grabbing the whole meat out of their hands. The Akan is minding their business so y’all should leave them alone. It was the Asantehene who sent delegates to the Suriname 🇸🇷 and the rest of the Caribbean to search for these our lost cousins and them not knowing all the dynamics in Ghana are now realizing and learning that some of the words they used are from other tribes or ethnic groups which is a good thing and if you are a truthful person you can tell that even some of the names and words that the Suriname ambassador mentioned as Ga words were still Akan words and people explaining the origins of some of the words in the comments will help her and everyone to also learn if they didn’t know because the host might not know everything that the ambassador says. Even a Nigerian in the comment section said the soup 🍜 “kpo kpo” is specifically from Nigeria but the host was explaining kpokpoi to be that food.

[@sankofaha7557]

​@@Apache75my brother stop the division. We are Ghanaians and one people but Aksns being the majority tribe are most welcoming and the fine. Go to Central, western Eastern asante and Bono regions. That's why it is most spoken language. I say it again the other guy wasn't putting any tribe down like you are trying to prove otherwise though I admit his choice of words wasn't helpful. Kpo onu 😊

[@Atlas24gh]

@@missbabyloved7531 This shows how ignorant you are and you shouldn't be taken seriously. the capital of the Gold Coast was moved from Cape Coast to Accra in 1876. Tell us, how did Nkrumah do that when he was not even born?. you sound like one of those people who like to diminish and belittle the roles played by other people in Ghana who don't come from your tribe

[@ignatiuskofieduah8393]

Doku

[@BGroupsAfrica-hf1xf]

I think the surinamese are a mixture of d8fferent people from Ghana. That's why the names are all over.

[@cavalier2097]

Not only Ghana but also the whole west coast of Africa, Congo , and East Africa

[@BGroupsAfrica-hf1xf]

@@cavalier2097 I wond disagree with you. But the signs that they are more Ghanaians is very clear. Because the Komandzes are in Ghana and not in Congo or east Africa.

[@cavalier2097]

@@BGroupsAfrica-hf1xf You only have seen one lady from one tribe talking. There are 6 tribes in Suriname and also creoles who were raised in the city. The runaway slaves were africans from different tribes and intermixed with each other.

[@williamgamelisenaya793]

Chowboo money,wow, we're linked to Suriname .

[@theDelaMichel]

I know right

[@ekinematics]

Kpo kpo is made from cassava. Its Nigerian, exactly just the way she described it and its called kpo kpo garri.

[@theDelaMichel]

Oh wow thank you for sharing this! I should be ready to try this when next in Nigeria

[@ekinematics]

@@theDelaMichel Hope you ain't looking to try it in Lagos, because you won't see it there. You'll find it in the Niger Delta region, especially in Delta, Bayelsa and Rivers State.

[@Ma_Tilly15915]

@theDelaMichel the Kpo kpo HE described looks similar to 'Acheke', a food eaten in the Western part of GH and Ivory Coast. It's eaten with pepper too

[@claraappiah2022]

The Ga people immigrated from Nigeria to Ghana. God is wonderful Africa we are one people. God bless us all.

[@Mark-z5v8m]

The Ga people in Ghana migrated from nigeria so no wonder that food is Nigerian.

[@ewuradjoabadji]

🫶🏾🫶🏾🫶🏾

[@rasasonchi5581]

KROMANTIE LANGUAGE is a coded Twi language which was created by the Maroons .

[@adeabaarmah2259]

Akromah means eagle thou..

[@catherinehodge7624]

Bibi YA Anna

[@samuelgrant5191]

Haha They’re basically Ghanaian!! Stop it!! 😁

[@theDelaMichel]

We know right. This is just beautiful to discover.

[@tinaconway3723]

Akromah is Fante

[@stephenboateng9360]

Yeah they took some of the slaves to Suriname

[@josephgyamfi2856]

The host doesn’t know much about her heritage.

[@theDelaMichel]

Interesting to note. I believe you know all about heritage.

[@BGroupsAfrica-hf1xf]

The host is not a Ga, or an abandoned, she is EWE. so don't blame her .

[@sankofaha7557]

She was great but I don't think heritage and history is her strength but that is expected we all can't be experts in every subject ❤

[@rob3rt788]

Embarrassing

[@Mark-z5v8m]

It was clear but we give her a pass. She knows but not that deep. In fact most Ghanaians are like that. Christianity n education has made most of them shun away from their own cultural heritage They consider anything cultural or traditional as satanic. Grandparents are passing away daily without passing on deep knowledge to the young s cuzz these youths don’t wanna learn anything from them.

[@Helsybabe]

Wooo🎉