🤯 Was this European dish inspired by Jollof Rice?

[@AfriasporaFilms]

Jollof rice, paella, Charleston red rice and Louisiana Creole rice are all related with Jollof being the first as far as I know. But the exact timing of Jollof rice’s origins are incredibly intriguing and potentially revealing.

[@kingmono]

Superb revelation... this simple recipe has such implications for history!

[@fbafiredragon2502]

@@kingmono Jollof rice came from Senegal --- well that's if we look at countries in Africa today. However, there were no such thing as Senegal, Gambia, Mauritania, etc back then. This great dish came from Ghana/Mali/Songhai empire. Akin.

[@iayyam]

Peleau in Trinidad and Tobago also is a member

[@mouhamed42]

Jollof rice come from the wolof people of Senegal... Before the name " Senegal " there was Jollof , a wolof empire .. Ceebu jën ( Thiebou dieune) is the wolof name of jollof rice .

[@QuatrinaVR]

This video has me craving jambalaya. It looks just like my mom’s Louisiana jambalaya!

[@kingmono]

Mission accomplished 🤣🤣🤣

[@weskerwillie9044]

Your subtle and simplistic nature of drawing a historical dimensional imagination that in one instance creates nodes of relationship that tells a precise and logical story is outstanding. I always suspected your teaching and audience management skills were too good to be true. And your confession of being a professional teacher was all the confirmation I needed

[@mouhamed42]

Jollof rice come from the wolof people of Senegal... Before the name " Senegal " there was Jollof , a wolof empire .. Ceebu jën ( Thiebou dieune) is the wolof name of jollof rice .

[@dragonofhatefulretribution9041]

Lol because he uses imagination to create myths in order to give his people the self-esteem needed to achieve more than normal by the motivations of a fictional history…

[@weskerwillie9044]

@@dragonofhatefulretribution9041 no. Because you're I*d*I*o*t

[@paulokeke8337]

As a Nigerian, west African Jollof is bomb and remain the best among other variants. How you know; it's still bomb without fish, shrimps and meat 🤌🏾

[@kingmono]

As the creator I will not confirm nor deny my preference for the Nigerian variant 🤭🤭😉

[@paulokeke8337]

@@kingmono Got you bro 😄

[@mouhamed42]

Jollof rice come from the wolof people of Senegal... Before the name " Senegal " there was Jollof , a wolof empire .. Ceebu jën ( Thiebou dieune) is the wolof name of jollof rice .

[@kwadwo9681]

You’ve done it again 👏🏿👏🏿 The amount of information you condensed in these shorts is seriously impressive.

[@kingmono]

Thank you brother... the research is A LOT 🤣🤣

[@angelvenus-africa4161]

@@kingmono RIGHT ON!! IF YOU GET A CHANCE TO READ MY COMMENT, I WANT TO RELAY THIS MESSAGE RISE DIASPORAAA, RISE AGAIN ❤️✊🏿❤️✊🏿❤️ ( I wrote a comment on the other comment list, I was able to contact directly to your reply to another here. But I wrote other things )

[@mouhamed42]

Jollof rice come from the wolof people of Senegal... Before the name " Senegal " there was Jollof , a wolof empire .. Ceebu jën ( Thiebou dieune) is the wolof name of jollof rice .

[@folasade5453]

It’s funny, but I always kind of thought there must be a connection between jollof rice and paella, and was a little confused when others would talk about the creation of paella and related dishes but never bring it up. Very interesting theory here.

[@aae7583]

look at dishes from Spain and Italy and compare to the rest of Western and Northern Europe. Italians fry tomato and olive oil, where did they get that from? Definitely not European culture.

[@hanifmartin7505]

@@aae7583 😆🤣 facts

[@aae7583]

@@hanifmartin7505 think about it. Italians and the Portuguese and the Spanish eat majority dishes with a heavy tomato base and starch. This is no different than the tomato stew that is very common amongst west africa. Also fufu and pasta. Both can come from semolina flour. I think the adjustments were made in Europe because they do not have palm oil, but they do have olive oil. europe does not have cassava but they have semolina and other grains.

[@hanifmartin7505]

@@aae7583 agreed

[@mouhamed42]

Jollof rice come from the wolof people of Senegal... Before the name " Senegal " there was Jollof , a wolof empire .. Ceebu jën ( Thiebou dieune) is the wolof name of jollof rice .

[@alonajames3517]

Wow, how interesting! 🤔. Much love and respect to you. Keep these gems coming.

[@Turdinkledge]

Jollof rice is so underrated.

[@tarharqataseti9261]

All parties were black, the sephardic Jews, Moors and Iberians. Iberia/Spain didnt join Europe until the 1930's.

[@mclohan]

Skin color wins you

[@321girlwantstohavefun]

This is why im not fussed about paella cos it tastes exactly like the food i eat at home all the time just without the goat meat 🤣🤣

[@andrerenardamexembey9209]

Paz y armonia 😊🎉❤💚

[@adambyars8763]

As always your videos are mind-blowing and very enlightening. 💪🏾

[@MrNTR1]

Yes i clocked this. Especially the Italians. The tomato sauce they make most definitely came from west africa

[@rebahenderson211]

Cocaine & Tobacco was found in Egyptian mummies, so I am sure a tomato could travel too. ❤

[@Rstars2o4]

and of course they stopped using the term Ethiopian ocean during the start of the 19th century

[@NoRockinMansLand]

Interesting how both indian and atlantic ocean were both called ethiopian

[@augustoborgues598]

Ser Negro é ser o primeiro Homem a olhar as estrelas a conquistar os continentes os Mares os oceanos ser Negro é ser o primeiro Homem a andar sobre mãe Terra 💖🇵🇹😁

[@ladymadame7646]

As crazy as the world is today back then looked so peaceful. No technology just brains and strength

My conjecture is that the actual descendant of both paella and jollof rice is arroz caldoso (a Cuban dish), even my nigerian flatmates back then told me that it tasted like "a weird watery jollof rice". Paella is more related to the so called "mediterranean rice", which we know it has been made all around the hellenic/roman mediterranean since at least 2000 years ago. Another beast is that both dishes may influenced each other, probably due to the commerce of tomato and red pepper/chile/paprika.

[@kingmono]

I agree with some of what you say, but from my understanding rice was introduced to the meditteranean by the moors, although African variety of rice grain predates this. The Asian version is most popular in Africa and Europe now, but that is due to moorish dissemination. I don't think the Romans were cultivating rice in the meditteranean.

@@kingmono We have evidence that both macedonians and romans were growing rice in the eastern half of the mediterranean, mainly in Syria and Egypt (which were already growing it themselves before the macedonian and roman conquests). In the western half we know it was consumed, but we don't have evidence of its cultivation until late roman to early medieval ages. What it was introduced by the moors in Iberia and Sicily was the waterworks and the technical knowledge needed to grow it beyond some river deltas.

[@oliviamonteque6407]

Agree, I believe that is exactly how that spanish dish came about! 😊

[@soulaancobra98]

That's crazy cause the Rice Remind me of jambalaya

[@angelvenus-africa4161]

Thank you for bringing food into the transitional periods of culture and identities. It holds great importance to who we are as a people and especially where food or recipes first hailed . The history of many of these dishes, had me in question, having travelled overseas between turkey and Greece and other countries Prime example being the argument over BAKLAVA . WHO STARTED IT AND WHERE DID IT COME. Especially since sugar was not refined back then, what did they use in place of sugar was it date sugar was it palm sugar was it coconut sugar? Was it honey? Was it agave?🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔 So now that you bringing foods from all of the whereabouts of the great mother Africa now is the time now is the time,. We will rise again, with this information, knowledge , & research You and many others are ushering in the new Timbuktu. ( A place to trade everything, a go to source, of our DIASPORAAA ❤️✊🏿❤️

[@michmassh]

I knew it I just wasn't sure how, these are interesting possibilities.

[@ramoneregal8317]

Definitely was I always thought this they'll deny it to the death

[@fbafiredragon2502]

Jollof rice and chicken. My favorite food . FBA all day, everyday🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼!!!!! Akin.

[@loveandloyaltytotruth]

What of Indian Pilaff or Pulao rice?

[@lazorajones7748]

You know them people didn't know how to cook. French cuisine... really? We know this, but having real data is the nail we need to seal it.

[@lazorajones7748]

Indeed 🌟

[@JunoDiovonaDemihof]

Paella - is pronounced "payeya". thank you!❣️"

[@joyceforbes-smith8426]

America is Egypt.

[@mcfact1827]

👍

[@listenup2882]

Looks like an African fish.

[@ramoneregal8317]

It's going to sound trivial but if you want to know who the original man is.Watch who women naturally gravitate and submit too.No matter how racist these countries are there women are obsessed.Many people reduce it to sexual interest but its much deeper.

[@user-sk8wn8kl9d]

how could that be true, If been descended from the original man is the pulling power, should that not be the same attribute for black women, who are direct descendants of the original woman, and yet, they are often more disrespected than anyone else, not just by their men but by others.

[@ramoneregal8317]

Get out of black people's business

[@guillaumecabano33]

What evidence do you have for these "sojourns" between the Mali Africans and Mesoamerica?

[@kingmono]

Lots of research... I recommend 'the came before columbus' by Ivan van Sertima as a starting point.

[@mouhamed42]

Jollof rice come from the wolof people of Senegal... Before the name " Senegal " there was Jollof , a wolof empire .. Ceebu jën ( Thiebou dieune) is the wolof name of jollof rice .

[@mouhamed42]

@Toivo58479 ok !! Hahah. You have no shame ?

[@mouhamed42]

@Toivo58479 what IS your origine ?

[@theodoraanagor6219]

Paella

[@LYNX2418]

So paelle possibly originated from the moorish slave traders!

[@kingmono]

I never mentioned anything about slave trade...

[@LYNX2418]

@@kingmono why not! The moors not only invaded Iberia, they also enslaved and imported thousands of white Christians from the 8th century until the late 15th century. This should have been mentioned as its an important part of Spanish and European history!

[@kingmono]

@@LYNX2418 as true as that is, I try to avoid infusing the slavery conversation where its not pertinent... I understand your point though... thing is we don't say 'the persian slave traders' or 'the roman slave traders' yet whenever discussing Africans it always seem to take precedence, the moors were a lot more than slave traders... just my 2 pence... 👊🏾

[@LYNX2418]

@@kingmono so it's not pertinent when it doesn't suit the narrative?

[@kingmono]

@@LYNX2418 if I'm talking about the transport of rice and tomatoes into Spain from Africa, I don't understand the relevance of slave trading in that context. Like I said I don't prefix the 'Ancient romans' with 'slave traders' randomly and out of context... thats a sign of programming in my opinion. Its like when they talk about Mansa Musa and call him rich ruler, by don't talk about the wealth of the Malian empire... these are all prejudice designs to euphemism their contributions. You don't have to agree, like I said it's cool but don't accuse me of feeding a narrative, I'd say out of the 2 of us you seem to be doing that, not me.

[@thechronicler1453]

Ok, now I know you are just making this rubbish up as you go

[@kervinaham7375]

Really, have ever asked your self where rice comes from?

[@thechronicler1453]

@@kervinaham7375 the Americas, Asia, Italy. Can’t say I have ever even heard of rice from Africa. And the natives travelled all the way to America? Please. What utter bs

[@dablaccseaproductions5279]

@@thechronicler1453 rice cultivation was 100% a thing in West Africa furthermore why is it crazy to think they sailed to the Americas? Countries didn’t have borders like they do now… Columbus saw golden tipped spears IDENTICAL to the ones found in Guinea.

[@thechronicler1453]

@@dablaccseaproductions5279 they can’t have gone to America because their boats are no good. That’s like saying an American native made it to West Africa. Absolute nonsense. It took months out at sea for the enormous European ships to make it and even then, half of them died in the storms. Nothing could make a native African boat make it all the way to America

[@dablaccseaproductions5279]

@@thechronicler1453 Dude the first people to set foot in America were phenotypically African. Furthermore Africans traded with each other, the Kemites built ships that could’ve probably cross the Atlantic and even if Malians used the boats you think they did, they could’ve possibly sailed Eastwards til they found the Americas. Y’all be dick riding Columbus and white Europeans as if it wasn’t a Spaniard of African descent that was the navigator of the ship (the same navigator understood the language of the Native Americans and was able to translate for them).

[@Convicted_Melon]

This is a reach.

[@Convicted_Melon]

@Andi Miller Humanity is (outside of western europeans) historically very capable of convergently developing similar creations on their own with little to no outside influence. This channel is dedicated to stripping all other non-white civilizations of their ingenuity and unique identities claiming literally everything culturally derived from Africans. Africa should and needs to be recognized for its diverse cultures of people and what they've created, but not like this. This is over-correction.

[@mclohan]

@@Convicted_Melon it kinda what this channel does

[@dablaccseaproductions5279]

@@Convicted_Melon its always a “reach” when something involves African accomplishment 😂👍🏾

[@Convicted_Melon]

@@dablaccseaproductions5279 Africans invented math but these bozos focus on random shit like paella. Its so bizare to me.

[@dablaccseaproductions5279]

@@Convicted_Melon theres enough people already talking bout the invention of mathematics

[@weskerwillie9044]

Your subtle and simplistic nature of drawing a historical dimensional imagination that in one instance creates nodes of relationship that tells a precise and logical story is outstanding. I always suspected your teaching and audience management skills were too good to be true. And your confession of being a professional teacher was all the confirmation I needed

[@kingmono]

🙏🏾🙏🏾 thank you brother! Really appreciate that...

[@mouhamed42]

Jollof rice come from the wolof people of Senegal... Before the name " Senegal " there was Jollof , a wolof empire .. Ceebu jën ( Thiebou dieune) is the wolof name of jollof rice .