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[@MrTimSwain]

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[@fayefaye3208]

Is it hot and humid year round there?

[@youuknow4670]

We are BLKAMERICAN, not Ghana

[@derekwest4245]

You sound really racist! “It’s amazing that all the people have the same colored skin”. Now imagine a white man saying that…

[@mamissah1]

Sometimes I wish the link to the full video would be part of this message so I don’t have to go looking 😅

[@madubukomadubuko1719]

Stop whining and pick a culture, learn the language, do business and forget about the brain dead experiences you had in the good ole USA. Be free brother.

[@user-kv4ns7gw6k]

Because black Americans carry the same prejudice mindset the white Americans have when they go to other countries especially Africa… we look for the differences because our country/culture has programmed that in us due to our COUNTRY’s history…. So when we experience equality it feels different because we’ve never experienced it

[@thewordsmith5440]

Everyone looks for differences. That sounds silly. Black Americans lack the network and the governmental backing that China has in Africa. That's totally b.s. and you guys need to stop trying to demonize BAS it only drives hatred and justifies people harming and scamming us abroad. People are operating under the "I need to teach you a lesson and beat the devil out of you" with black Americans meanwhile their own government is corrupt and allowing America to steal from them not to mention their police who can be paid off for everything. There is a devil in all of us.

[@usa2020]

😂😂😂😂

[@zeeqq105]

Well said. We(African Americans) do and most of us aren’t aware of this. We like to see some Africans prejudice against us but not us against other African peoples. Either way it’s all ignorance. Ignorance we acquired under colonialism and slavery for hundreds of years. Western indoctrination

[@yusefnegao]

Your not going to experience equality it will either be preferential treat or mistreatment

[@patiencekonney4922]

Listen guys Africa is not for everyone if you don’t have an open mind stay where u at period.

[@Sky-yh3ml]

I love USA AND CANADA IM NOT RUNNING AWAY FROM HOME I MADE A LIFE HERE! I’m not going overseas I rather die in USA than live in African continent IM INDIGENOUS NOT GOING TO AFRICA There’s enough Africans to do it themselves also, pls stop saying I’m blk! Nope!

[@joy_esinam]

Exactly

[@behaviorwellnesspodcast9574]

I will . In my comfy home 🏡

[@DestinationAfricaGroupTV]

I believe the reason many struggle is because they don't fully immerse themselves in the culture they come to meet. Native Languages being a benchmark, We've met many returnees (from the US and elsewhere), but only a handful have taken the time to learn the language. Be not mistaken, English is widely spoken and you will get by, but the culture is in the native languages and dialects. Hence the isolation. Learn the native languages, its the gateway to the culture.

[@jasonsimmons671]

Yes❤💯

[@manisthemeasure2205]

A lot of people romanticise moving to Africa and find out, often to their detriment that it is not an easy feat. Africa is too segmented and culturally regimented for what most foreigners, regardless of skin color, are used to. Even some native born Africans find it difficult to reintegrate after spending considerable time abroad. I have seen people pack up and return to America after they try and fail to go back home and retire. To the foreigners relocating to Africa, if your spouse is African, or you know a local family, it kinda helps to navigate through the process. It also helps if you have a business plan that will make you self reliant or a profession that is highly marketable where you are going. On the whole, Africa is not a place where foreigners can come on their own, look for a job and live happily. The local construct, both economic and infrastructural, does not allow for that. There are very few “official jobs” to go around. A great percentage of the economy depends on private hustle; people buying and selling stuff to irk a living. So a foreigner coming to do that with the locals is most likely going to regret their decision. Africans have a weird sense of country, quite unlike the concept of country in America, Britain or France, for instance. In the USA, being American is an idea. You come from different parts of the world and you are American as long as you embrace this idea. Being American gives you full rights that is actionable anywhere within continental USA. What that means is if you are in Dallas you can move to Minneapolis and still be American no questions asked. In Nigeria, that doesn’t necessary apply. Your state of origin ( often determined by your last name) determines where you are actually from. If you are Igbo and lives in Lagos, you are a Nigerian alright but people who are from Lagos will always remind you how Lagos is not where you’re from. In Ghana they have six main ethnic groups and cultures vary from one to the other. As a diasporan Black person, while you may not be bugged down by all the tribal disunions, it does certainly make assimilation difficult. There is no Nigerian culture per se. There is Yoruba culture (different iterations of it) Igbo culture ( variations of it) etc etc. Certainly no universal African culture. I don’t know too many people who have “returned home” and how they are faring. But the few that I know are ones who have a good business sense of how they are going to make money, they are not necessarily assimilated but enjoy the comfort of living alongside other Black people. Just bear in mind that in Africa generally, systems don’t work for the most part but people do.

[@Stratocaster01]

Brilliant comment.

[@manisthemeasure2205]

@@leilettesartoga7276 😂😂😂. I doubt you even know what being an idea means. Go give your mom her phone back 😂

[@ameenahameed8874]

People are territorial in the US though. Some southerners think they are very distinct from northerners. I’m from the north and when I’m in the south I’m reminded of that. There is the east coast west coast difference. And then you have this mixture of so many different racial and ethnic groups which to an extent are like tribes that have their own unique cultures within American culture. Within the US race has always been an important thing. Add to that a large influx of immigrants who have their own ways. And yes regardless of where you’re from in the US you’re always considered an American but there are also a lot of tribal dynamics existing within the country, not the same as say Nigeria, but the US is complex in its own way. As African Americans we have a very similar culture and history and it’s almost like our own tribe but our Black skin color also binds us (race has always been important in the US) and we take that ideal with us outside the US just to realize that all Black people globally don’t see each other as family as we do. Africa, more specifically west and central Africa are our ancestral homelands and so we think we will automatically fit in when race is not a thing in Africa, tribe and region are important - we don’t necessarily have one tribe, we are a mixture of several African tribes and to an extent have been stripped of our African identity so it can be complicated and African Americans need to be open minded and open to something different when they visit Africa.

[@AbdulJawula]

It is simply because some Americans don't want to integrate. You only live in certain places, shop and eat at certain places designed for diasporans. Therefore, they are slow to learn the culture (or don't have a need to) and then complain as to why they aren't being 'accepted' after years of spending time in Ghana.

[@MrTimSwain]

Well, that’s another way to put it. 😅

[@cocobenji6123]

We don't feel comfortable everywhere.

[@marshallsackey1229]

​@@cocobenji6123 then you are the problem,the whites,Lebanese and indians dont have problem shopping,eating and staying among Ghanaians. 😂😂😂the ones who looks like us think they are better.

[@alonalove3118]

Well stated

[@kwawkwansah2452]

Bit harsh to say that. but the truth is they have been inculcated with eurocentric values through no fault of their own. Until your horizons are broadened by experiencing new things it is hard to have a different perspective on things. Africans also do similar when they travel even if the outcome is different. Realisation that Africanisation is a good thing will help. There are contrasting examples of different outcomes for instance with the Taboms, who were returnees from Brazil and what happened with those who returned to Liberia. The former had retained their African identity a bit more and have integrated and are a thriving community. The story of Liberia contrasts to this. It is great that our brother recognises this issue and is doing his utmost to change things Africans must also play their part and make our long last family feel embraced. Their are also some unsavoury sides of the contemporary Africa that they certainly should not assimilate in to. Here is an opportunity for us all

[@zeeqq105]

I didn’t have any issue with integrating into Nigerian society. I literally immersed myself into Yoruba culture. Only yers later to find out I’m 48% Igbo. 😂🤷🏽‍♀️😂

[@annabelkalai7610]

😂😂😂

[@jerrybond1757]

Skin don't make you kin...remember that...

[@MrTimSwain]

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[@Sunset0071951]

Yes it Does...it's the thirst for acceptance of white people that some Black folk have allowed to enter their subconsciousness believing themselves in the illusion of White Supremacy that separates members of our families. That's exactly what the educational systems were designed to do...take the shackles off our feet and instead Shackle the Minds. But here's what I see: the AWAKENING has them climbing walls...building Robots to replace Hue-Manity because after centuries of trying to control what they can never create, they are back at the drawing board trying to Make Frankenstein "a real man". I call it.. The Pinnokeyo Syndrome. 😂. They better go back and remember how old Frank destroyed it's creators!😂😂😂

[@samanth.]

exactly, black Americans can't be Africans, they didn't even fight for their freedom, they had to be saved by white man, & wanted to be equal to white man instead of fighting for land, that's not African behaviour, they too weak, they can't even own anything in America

[@Peacekindness23]

A lot of AA's have a self hate mentality.

[@carolynforge8586]

A lot don't.

[@eve3363]

Come on. Most Black people all around the world have a self hate mentality. Speaking your native language and wearing your traditional clothing is not a shield against self hate.

[@user-um7tw6kx4r6]

They think they know everything...so they go to Ghana which has a long history and old traditions, and try to tell Ghanaians what to do... despite failing to do those same things back in America, the richest country in the world lol

[@TonYahu6704]

​@@user-um7tw6kx4r6and Africa is the richest continent in the world. it's not as easy as you think, buddy, even though America is the richest country in the world.

[@TonYahu6704]

​@@user-um7tw6kx4r6are you white? If so this conversation doesn't apply to you.

[@aplusdiva7006]

When in Africa do as the Africans do. When in Rome do as the romans do. When in USA do as Americans do or remain who you are in these places. I have relationships with people are over the world and one thing everyone has in common. Everyone need some type of assistance or donation. What i dont understand is why We collectively cant assist one another Now that we know the issues.😊 what is the purpose if its not this? COLLECTIVE🎉

[@Komeshokakunanwene]

Some of us have an individualistic mentality. We don't even understand collectivism/collective way of life.

[@lindastaves5042]

That's absolutely true. Culture is Key. Skin is just the surface.

[@twanacisse3950]

Speaking truth to power🎉

[@helgaioannidis9365]

This is valid also if African Americans move to most European countries. People will see you as an American, not as a black person.

[@timkincade9763]

Very true

[@LeoChirwa-dl5bd]

Europe r u serious they treat yt Americans the same as black Americans ur joking😂😂

[@helgaioannidis9365]

@@LeoChirwa-dl5bd what are you talking about?

[@Sky-yh3ml]

@@LeoChirwa-dl5bdhmm depends a on your attitude we agree!

[@Festus714]

I would not support segregation especially in Ghana. We can’t repeat Liberias war here. If you can’t integrate you can move to other countries

[@MrTimSwain]

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[@kwawkwansah2452]

I dont think we should be as mean to offload it on to other nations. Surely they have to come as Africans and allies not to transform Africa into another soulless bastion of capitalism.

[@bbalderston125]

Ghanaians are considered the most arrogant and British-stuffy country in West Africa. Aggressive, unfriendly, nosey, conservative. Look at the response of this guy, case and point!

[@thewordsmith5440]

No immigrant group in any country integrates 100%. Ghanaians and Nigerians move to America and live in Maryland and New York to be around to other West Africans and set up African restaurants and grocery stores.

[@thewordsmith5440]

Liberia was funded by America which is a totally different situation they also came to spread Christianity but most Africans have already been colonized by whites. An average black American going to Ghana is not colonizing anybody they just move there. Ghana and other Africans have more to worry about than black Americans. Part of the issue is that people already resent black Americans for being from America so they automatically try to take advantage of them instead of helping. Alot of Jamaicans set up restaurants and have festivals in Ghana no one tells them they aren't allowed to integrate.

[@billybethel]

well my girlfriend grew up in Ghana and she says colorism is a giant issue in Ghana and that everyone doensn't have the same color skin. Many people even bleach in Ghana

[@MrTimSwain]

It’s an aspect of society, but doesn’t have the same degree of adverse consequences, generally speaking.

[@princessprincess7708]

How is 0.000001% A giant issue? People are soo financially struggling you think they have time to seek skin bleaching. Smh

[@billybethel]

@@princessprincess7708 yes it is a giant issue if even one person bleaches and she also says that black americans come to Ghana and act like they know more about Ghana than Ghanaians who live there their whole life do. She’s been sharing videos and pics of bleachers with me for years. It’s also a huge problem in Jamaica too actually. I myself have been there over 125x and know for 100% that people all over the rock are bleaching for better job opportunities that they see are given to brown skinned or lighter people. Either way you’re talking out your butthole

[@billybethel]

@@princessprincess7708 And in the handful of trips I’ve taken to Ghana I’ve seen many bleached people every time. Maybe you don’t interact with the local Ghanaians and Nigerians that live all around Accra. You should get out more and interact with people rather than making dumb comments…

[@Asantedairy]

and why should we all have the same skin colour? Yes some may bleach but just a fraction of the population

[@jonascoscom]

Yup that’s truth and I really wish they have the patience and learn the culture and start to blend in

[@benbo7042]

Most AA never care to learn any of the local languages of any African country they migrate to.

[@BlackCreekAlabama]

@@benbo7042 And????

[@bigboy3454]

​@@BlackCreekAlabama Are you serious?? You must learn the language and culture of the country you are moving to.

[@marshallsackey1229]

​@@bigboy3454 they dont want to learn,why wont they treat you as foreigners lol

[@Deadassbruhfrfr]

​@@marshallsackey1229they don't even know how to speak English properly in their own countries. So you're 100% right.

[@jaimarai6865]

Because that not our homeland.

[@jamesstuart7649]

It is because they know that you are American not African.

[@timkincade9763]

Always will be referred to as American unless born on the African continent. There are many shades of people in Africa, I'm white but I'm born in Musaka Uganda, I'm looked upon as a Bugandan from the Engabi clan. Not my skin color, that's American thinking, same as if you are Irish born in the US , in Ireland you are still American, and a Botswana guy born in Ireland is Irish.

[@Abstract.Noir414]

@@timkincade9763 Thats not how it is

[@TonYahu6704]

​​​@@timkincade9763not American thinking but white people thinking, you're a European that invaded the land.Your people should not be in Africa.

[@dontjustbeanotherbrickinthewal]

If you can not build with your immediate family in the country you were born how will you build in a foreign 3rd world country with strangers?

[@ginaburnett3404]

Africa is not a 3rd world continent.

[@dontjustbeanotherbrickinthewal]

@@ginaburnett3404 Ghana is a country

[@dontjustbeanotherbrickinthewal]

@Gina Burnett kzbin.info/www/bejne/a2S5kJWPrK-NjZY it's not gonna happen

[@rashawndaholmes2651]

Exactly!

[@MrTimSwain]

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[@dulcetmask627]

I went there last year and can't wait to go back strictly for peace.

[@Chi4evr]

Why is that a struggle? I feel like it’s a relief

[@debraankrah575]

I had a good marriage with a Ghanaian and he took me to Ghana and meet his family and I feel in love them and with Ghana. I love the culture.

[@SASK_M_Y]

Mrs Ankrah, are you still married?

[@debraankrah575]

@@SASK_M_Y He died in 2014

[@Shadow-nz1dm]

@@debraankrah575sorry for your loss

[@jamesbedukodjograham5508]

​@@debraankrah575Ghana is not an easy nation to live in. It takes time to integrate into the system especially after the 1990s,

[@rainbow3649]

Aaww, so sorry. U are still welcome home.​@@debraankrah575

[@Bigeddiecain]

It’s difficult cause a lotta African Americans that’s native to this land of America think they some Indians

[@ShakorPicou]

Historically migrants have formed their own communities in the US and Africans were no different even perpetuating their cultural differences among themselves, that revealed to us the true meaning of all skin folk is not kin folk, this puts us in a inevitable position to mirror their strategy with hilighted alliances with where ever genuine opportunities presents itself in a holistic way.

[@marshallsackey1229]

Lol to be able to accomplish that,you have to travel in mass,I don't see black Americans traveling in mass to any African country. Those who even come to Africa don't have the financial muscle. THERE are alot Ghanaian business men with money.AAs will not make any business impact we haven't seen before.

[@adjoa-anima]

​​@@marshallsackey1229 if they all concerntrate on one sector i believe they can. Nigerian nearly took over our local markets

[@marshallsackey1229]

@@adjoa-anima nearly that's a little bit exageration,they are alot but they can't take over our market.i do trade .

[@marshallsackey1229]

@@adjoa-anima they don't travel In mass,they can't even come together in the states bur you talking about foriegn land.

[@adjoa-anima]

@@marshallsackey1229 lets give it 20 yrs and see

[@royalregal722]

This is our home our land. You are guests. Act accordingly. You are making this about you. Sorry this a land with a people.

[@DOH-Rando]

Thank you for saying this, we aint from over there.we are already in our motherland

[@tomjones3787]

I just wanna let you know there’s no such thing as an African-American either you’re African or you’re American can’t be both

[@paakwakutenkorang5773]

Well articulated my brother. Ayekoo braa.

[@hiphopcrisistv9494]

Powerful! This is one of the biggest fights we have with ourselves in the US we align with our color instead of values!

[@kenchumah9497]

Well said and articulated my brother.

[@rudygrissom5871]

North America is a well oriented Machine. African Americans come from a cultural mindset that is strongly regimented, to value structured systems that operate on adherence to competitive efficient delivery: via service industry, technologies and mass production. Color is surface which has a benign relevance in homogeneous society. In non homogeneous societies, color becomes a primary identifier when assigning characteristics to colorized subgroups. Not so for us in Africa, the primary identifier is mindset...Afro-Americans with a ridged mindset would do better not to integrate but to move with peaceful respectful coexistence. They would be better to establish enclaves of like minded folk, to thrive and be able to transition into a new cultural paradigm...where you can gracefully operate between the different cultural mindsets, you toward them and they toward you.

[@TOGBE.KOKU.VODU.KETOGLO.ZODANU]

The word 'enclave' has resided in my thoughts this entire week.

[@MrTimSwain]

Well said…

[@benbo7042]

Stay in your country. No one is inviting you to come live in Africa.

[@daphneytennard3267]

First of all there's no such thing as African American it's two continent not a race... secondly afro America is not a race it is a hairstyle thirdly you're not Africans you are the indigenous people of this land those DNA tests or fake. If you really want to know the truth of who you are and your ancestors I highly recommend you do a genealogy tree of your family and you may find that you're not even Africa because the genealogy test with take you all the way back to the 1700s I guarantee you it won't be African

[@sonofnok2153]

"enclave...", not integrate? Liberia 2.0.

[@Eljefe5948]

it takes time and knowledge. It happened the same to me as a hispanic. The more you stay in one place the more you start adapting.

[@iainfitz1234]

So, it’s not the colour of a person skin that defines them, but their character?

[@timkincade9763]

Absolutely, I'm white born in Musaka Uganda , I'm from the Engabi clan, Bugandan. I'm judged on the charter and heart I have, not my skin color. What matters in the US isn't thought of in Uganda. If I have a issue with abunyara, or Acholi it's clan issue not my skin and have never been referred to being white, just a Bugandan man .

[@venivinivinci]

Now as an American say that last part one more time

[@GettingGoshen]

Well If Afro Americans in Chicago Atlanta Detroit, Philadelphia, Indianapolis who pretty much are in All black neighborhoods are an Indication of African Culture you can keep it and If this type of culture Flees to Africa I will be Sorry for Africa. . We can point to ALL kinds of reasons for the 💔violence and disfunction iin black inner cities but Ultimately We have Done Nothing to change it Ourselves but Complain that Outside forces are keeping us down...but its Us. Not ALL black Americans are having cultural Identity crisis regardless of our experiences we just choose to take lemons and make lemonade ❤

[@ReinaAfricana]

Then fix chicago y'all cant indentify what you are racially or what gender😅

[@MrTimSwain]

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[@kaizersolze]

African-Americans are the richest group of black people on Earth. And apparently Africans can't do much in Africa because they have to come to America to really make it.

[@Loveamericasave]

Who the hell are you😂😂

[@thewordsmith5440]

@@ReinaAfricana The police are just apart of the problem in Chicago as the people.

[@slabertmensah7109]

I'm so proud of you ❤❤❤❤❤

[@BreadAndWaterSurvivor]

Not only that...we've picked up terrible habits from the belly of Babylon

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[@lorenzbeaumacc1175]

​@@MrTimSwain what's written on your t shirt?

[@twister4489]

If you were born here you're American, not african

[@carolynforge8586]

We are speaking of race. But we're not Hamites we are Shemites. We are American in nationality.

[@wadetroupe9966]

I ain't no American just born here because the ppl before me decided to stay here and put up with this mess

[@twister4489]

@@carolynforge8586 Absolute nonsense

[@listenup2882]

Caribbean people fit in much more easily.

[@princessprincess7708]

This is because they don't think of themselves as black. I hear them saying. Jamaican. Dominican. Etc

[@caribdoll1800]

Yes we do! 💕

[@eve3363]

Oh, please. Stop with the lies. I am so glad I am a linguist and anthropologist because you all gobble up what white people tell you while I can think clearly without the white man's need for cultural acceptance. First off, what is a "Caribbean person" because you have many "Caribbean people" who argue that Indians and Chinese are "Caribbean". So now are you saying that an Indian or Chinese from the Caribbean will fit in more than a Black American person? Next, what do you mean by "fit in". What does that even mean?

[@atenmohammed]

Turns out being defined by race first is an American thing. Once you remove that (being in a Black society that doesn't even call themselves Black) the weight of that identity is pulled back, and you can see yourself and others as ethnicity, culture, religion first, which is inherently less problematic than seeing race first.

[@jimbeans2466]

In fairness black Americans are the ones who talk about race the most.

[@Sunset0071951]

It is Not JUST an American Thing now. It is a mindset among Caucasians, everywhere they are. Be it South Africa itself. India, Europe ,China Canada, the Caribbean and a village near you! Let's keep it REAL!

[@atenmohammed]

@@Sunset0071951 caucasians isn't a real term, it describes a minority of people from the caucuses, not the broad group of the European diaspora you are likely referring to. Your use of that term itself says a lot about your framework of thinking and perspective, which is very USA centric.

[@TheDtfamu89]

@@jimbeans2466 that’s because race is a monster in our lives here. It can’t be escaped. I’ve tried. Education, socio-economics… everything… you can’t out work it or educate yourself out of it… the dang thing has been “built into” the cake from its inception. It’s maddening, really…and then the gaslighting that inevitably is paired with it… yeeesh.

[@Deadassbruhfrfr]

​@@atenmohammedafrican Americans aren't known for being very intelligent.

[@hughmarshall5399]

Absolutely 💯 keep it real and keep it 💯 and amen to that 💯 👌 👍 🙏 🙌 👏 💯

[@backtoafrica1822]

but why do we wanna integrate? we have the most popular culture on earth African Americans would be the in the top 5 tribes in africa by population I only believe in us going to liberia where we had full political and economic power

[@palesamogorosi8939]

Yeah, Liberia where you went to become slave masters and imperalists to oppress the indigenous folks. Intergrate or stay in America. That's the reality.

[@user-yh3do9og5t]

This is a no brainer , having lived abroad over 40 yrs, i am still struggling to adjust to the new way of life. Just be conservative, spend wisely and use a diaspora network.

[@kngston20]

African Americans have to build the services for their tribe members to have a soft landing, there is too much individualism. Need a support network with people from your community, like any immigrant group in a new country. I you need to share a house to lessen the cost until your money starts stacking, do it, no shame in it.

[@carolynforge8586]

I wouldn't go over there expecting a strange culture to accept me. I would definitely be looking for my own.

[@dobieh7479]

Totally different cultures!

[@jenviropage]

Yesssss that’s proper on point ❤

[@Loveamericasave]

They struggle to integrate to Ghana because in America we have almost everything at our fingertips why would you leave a developed modernized through and through country to move to a country where you basically are going to have to really struggle😂😂😂

[@princessprincess7708]

To get away from you. Apparently your people have to fight and are struggling. That is what they are preaching in Africa .😆😊

[@Loveamericasave]

@@princessprincess7708 You Africans flee that place by any means necessary, I saw a video where a lot of Africans built a makeshift shabby raft and traveled across three or four oceans to get to Europe, the Europeans fed them, let them rest up a few of hours and shipped their black asses back to Africa,😜🤣🤣🤣

[@abenabonsu9447]

True. I wouldn't if I was American. I would come for holidays instead

[@kenchumah9497]

Now is the time for African Americans migrating to anywhere in Africa not just Ghana to integrate with the indigenous people. They can’t segregate themselves. If they don’t integrate their will be problems as time goes on.

[@Festus714]

Segregation will cause a lot of issues. Read about Liberia war

[@kenchumah9497]

@@Festus714 - Exactly, this is what came to my mind after watching and listening to Tim Swain. At the end of slavery, when Africans were returned to Freetown, Liberia from America, these Africans immediately segregated themselves from the indigenous Liberians. Part of the reason was and still is because they felt superior to the natives. This is still a problem in Liberia 🇱🇷

[@kwawkwansah2452]

Good points i bid you also investigate groups such as the Taboms who returned to Ghana and similar to Nigeria. They are in contrast to the Liberian experience and this is no doubt deliberately hidden. Because they became Africanised, i dont doubt they were already half way there. However their absorbtion and integration was successful. It is a big problem when people come with a eurocentric mindset that think in terms of [delusional] superiority, elitism and domination. This is not the only way. We have to reject an apartheid system !

[@Loveamericasave]

Do the whites and Chinese integrate too😂😂

[@alexandrenoumba5270]

Great said brother !!!!

[@AT-gu8by]

400 years of Stockholm syndrome! Simples

[@MrTimSwain]

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[@BigSmoke89347]

All Black Americans should Visit Africa at the Same Time

[@dave642]

Don’t forget the extreme heat and temporary loss of electricity. I have been to the Philippines and experience the same heat and infrastructure problems , but the people are very welcoming no matter what your ethnicity.

[@db6881]

They also have a superiority complex. Similar issue as to what happened in Liberia.

[@aishabarrie7277]

Exactly ❤

[@rqztaz]

African Americans struggle to integrate based on how they were brought up in America

[@ckg1665]

This is an easy one. It’s because many AA have always considered themselves to be a different kind of black and go to great lengths to make other black people know that.

[@dariush.4241]

If you don't have constant money coming in is the main issue.

[@leydenfisher7807]

People should do their DNA test first to determine where they actually come from, so when you meet up with your People's, you will learn their Culture, so far as behaviors is concerned - who they are, their values and Their traditions so far as a particular tribe is concerned... When you live among your people you will look like them and will by association mirror 🪞 their actions and behaviors . With time you all will resemble each other...😊. This is the reason Tribes fight to maintain a pure system of values and traditions. And yes it is amazing to see a tribe of people who share your physical characteristics, some Countries have a very low number of tribes and bears a very strong resemblance to each other.

[@MrTimSwain]

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[@noz7076]

That should be a GOOD THING. Every time I go back home, a huge weight just comes right off me. Richard Pryor said he felt relaxed in Zimbabwe because he knew every time the police come around, they weren't looking for him.

[@maxbuetler4064]

Spot on!!

[@niiamu3300]

Facts!

[@ganjafarmer14]

The only thing that would make it difficult for Afro-Americans is choosing not to learn the language of Ghana, or any country they visit. It's better to know how to communicate with people in other countries before you travel. Don't wait till you arrive to learn how difficult your experience will be.🤔🤨

[@cyelgreen4655]

Wow! This guy is a genius.

[@drylbaker]

"African-American" lmfao

[@theindigenousroute]

Maybe there having an identity crisis and there not African

[@Willow-cw9te]

In a place where everybody is black, nobody is black

[@zuceddo3607]

very well said ✔️

[@MrTimSwain]

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[@HeavenlyAngels85]

Speak amazing

[@hikidunm1582]

African Americans who've mingled(sometimes dated) Africans in the States for significant periods b4 ever travelling to Africa find it easier to adapt. Besides, chances are you arrive in Africa with built in contacts. The lines of tensions in Africa tend to be tribal, sectarian etc not racial. Wherever you're visiting, study the culture & people.

[@timkincade9763]

True 👍

[@abenabonsu9447]

Good idea to marry an African if you are interested that another method of integrating.

[@masterkey7368]

Psychological Damage beyond Repair Forever ❤ Only Almighty GOD can Repair!!!

[@borisleonel8285]

Very true!

[@standelasanantone2180]

As ‘Americans’ ALL other countries / cultures are foreign to us - same as someone who reads about, or visits another country… you may be in it or know about it but you are NOT part of it

[@ityou5874]

Because we're not Africans.

[@Abstract.Noir414]

Wrong, a south african will likely stuggle the same way, because they too are foreigners...Africa is a continent

[@mikejones-wn1sw]

@Abstract.Noir414 Because we are not a 3rd world people, nor are we african. So it's not that hard. The same way africans find it hard to integrate into America when they come. That is why they stay to themselves, while some how symotaneouly using all the benifits that are for actual black americans and their descendants. We don't get any benifits when going to your land, we don't receive the same perks as a actual african. These conversations are dead. My people are not going for the lies that pan african non sense anymore. Can africa survive without mentioning Foundational Black Americans. Can yall do it for 1 month as a continent.? Every single african on youtube mentions our name in their titles. It's pathetic.

[@abenabonsu9447]

That's ok. Alot of mixing in the gene pool. I would test that. One doesn't need to be African. Being American is sufficient.

[@rainbow3649]

Of course not! That's why u are the way u are!

[@Emk315]

“What unites us isn't the color of our skin” Tell that to our “certain” politicians here in America and your head will be demanded from you.

[@BLKMALETV]

How can we reach you brother, my family is in ghana right now and wanna connect with people from the Diaspora,

[@justintime8922]

That has the be a beautiful feeling

[@HarrisonScottHisoandso]

"Everyone has the same color of skin. Everyone looks the same. It's amazing and incredible" bro that's an ethno-state

[@timkincade9763]

People may look the same but they are not. . It's like saying all Asian and Europeans look the same , or native Americans . I'm white but born in Musaka Uganda. I belong to the Engabi clan , Bugandan. My skin color is not looked at but the clan i was raised with is from a Bunyara , or Acholi , or a Niolic person. It's hard for Americans to settle in Uganda whether black or white you are a Muzunga, but you are still respected as a human being and would definitely make friends.

[@benbo7042]

KZbin:. Poverty in the Mississippi Delta.

[@roschannaisenia5142]

True

[@ericbrown2933]

I wanna go

[@HeyMsVal]

I have a friend living in Ghana now. He's been there for about 2 years. In our last conversation he said that he's still living off his savings. But he's also washing his clothes by hand. Here in America he was a licensed roofer. (Yes, his license was real). I'm not sure if I hate Amerikkka that much. He's still surviving.😏

[@l2sunshine173]

Welcome home brother. Feel at home, be happy, be kind, keep your religion low key 😅 and just do you.❤❤

[@Paa22]

I wish y’all will know the truth, color of our skin is not what divide us , it is the difference in our tongue (language) that is the division 😢

[@samthomas9039]

Please explain the similarities between Ghana culture and American culture

[@bp7242]

Why did it take so long to figure that out?

[@lenorahill3615]

You Have To Understand We Are Under The Same Caucasian Edomites That Our For Parents Were Under Nothing Has Changed. You See It Everyday How You Still Be Treated As We Always Been Treated . There Is No Other People That Has Been Treated And Still Being Treated Like Black People. THE REASON WHY YOU ARE HEBREW ISRAELITES CHOSEN BY GOD This Is Why PERIOD. 🙏🏾📖♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️💯💯💯🥰🎁

[@abenabonsu9447]

More confusion.

[@nathandurbin9260]

“Everyone has the same colour of skin it’s amazing it’s incredible” imagine a white person saying that about somewhere in Europe

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[@ReinaAfricana]

😂 because it is and they dont have to deal with a European dominant society like the U S.

[@magicgiftsallday5205]

That's what I said when I went home to spain

[@Loveamericasave]

​@@ReinaAfricana I Heard lots of lots of white people are coming there you just wait😂😂

[@ranestorypictures1738]

I notice bars on the windows, so there's something to consider

[@Cha4k]

Sounds like we need to diversify Ghana. Lets get a shit ton of Chinese, Indian and European migrants in.

[@tshepomoletsane9764]

@Kahlis8 Please listen to @TimSwain and read Rudy Grissom comment. It should address why values and mindset are intrinsic of being African not location. In Africa we are beyond the skin, all melanin shade. The beauty of being in majority.

[@s3d843]

Nah.. my main difficulty is finding somewhere with the infrastructure I'm used to. It's like when a wife gets alimony to maintain the same standard of living. We haven't been there long enough to know what it's like and aren't aware of opportunities to move back, build careers, and have/create the same standards we have here in the states. We know our countries are only as developed because of the plunder of Africa. Africa needs to quickly become united and consolidate the currencies then offer black professionals reasonable compensation to come back and help modernize the communities. Imagine if we brought all the knowledge we gathered across the world back to the continent. We can definitely afford it since American Africans are the 10th richest nation and I'm sure folks would be willing. It's really about maintaining the same standard or setting a better one.

[@kwawkwansah2452]

Dont they usually call.such ex-spouses gold diggers ? We have a proverb in Africa; "there are some who keenly watch you fan the flames. They are the ones who will eat all the soup you prepared on it" Better to be part of the solution and help build the Africa we want. I am not sure that we want everything like how usa does it. Unabated capitalism, greed, proliferation of firearms, carcinogenic over processed foods, destructive consumerism we can do without Africa has to do it, its own way

[@s3d843]

@kwaw kwansah i definitely dont want Africa to be anything like America.. however take the good and leave the bad. All I want in Africa is consistent power.. i'm going to take a trip and figure out how to get it setup.

[@s3d843]

@kwaw kwansah and really it's Africas fault for being conquered and providing the "gold" that American Africans have become accustomed to. Obviously, we have to learn from our past mistakes and keep up with the rest of the world in order to not be taken advantage of and conquered again.

[@kwawkwansah2452]

@@s3d843 very few people choose to be conquered. Part of what happened was through the naivety of Africans believing there was a level playing field and mutual respect, the same is sadly true today. Secondly, not just Africa but most peoples in the world didnt spend so much time devoted to creating weapons and methods of killing themselves & other people as europeans have . To this day it is still true - it is not easy to avoid being overcome by such a warlike people, the entire world will attest to that.

[@abenabonsu9447]

Try South Africa for infrastructure.

[@caryrobinson7358]

What's up with the window bars.

[@stephaniepope2786]

Let's be totally honest about why alot of black Americans leave Ghana and go back home I lived in kumasi for almost 2;yrs Ghana be is a beautiful country but my main reason they look at us like we r a human 🏧 and that's fact all they want is your bag facts that's why it's difficult.

[@johnboateng184]

Truth

[@ansujabateh7410]

❤❤❤❤

[@standelasanantone2180]

Looking the same doesn’t mean you are the same

[@mytube7207]

My whole purpose to going to ghana is the freedom from the color of my skin. I do have to worry about being a negropean/afropean and what I learned from the European culture and not bring it with me to ghana

[@todayisgonnabeACE]

Right, ok....lets break this down so you can understand this easier.... You are even American or African. If you were born in America...you are American. If you were born in Africa....guess what...you are African. Its not rocket science 🙄 But if you were born in Africa and immigrated to America....guess what.. you are still African. And from doing this, if you start a family, your children will be American. Is it that hard to understand?

[@36G]

People need to relax. It always takes at least a generation for people to fully integrate into a new society.

[@thegreatnegroangleo]

We are native to America we have no place in Ghana. You will never be looked at as in African They know we are not the same ppl

[@StillWatersMovin]

Is Ghana still requiring the COVID jab?

[@LiliansGardens]

Not clear. If I can't get you in your short I can't watch the long version.

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