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Why are people saying Nas looks Somalian?


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If y'all watch- ”Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates Jr”

Nas is 82.4% Sub-Saharan African
36% Nigeria
15% Benin/Togo
10% Mali
10% Ivory Coast/Ghana
7% Cameroon/Congo
3% Senegal
3% South Central Hunter Gathers


Angela Basset is-
77.7% Sub-Saharan African- 32% Nigeria, 15% Benin/Togo, 9% Cameroon/Congo, 8% Mali, 4% Ivory Coast/Ghana, 2% Senegal
 

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If y'all watch- ”Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates Jr”

Nas is 82.4% Sub-Saharan African
36% Nigeria
15% Benin/Togo
10% Mali
10% Ivory Coast/Ghana
7% Cameroon/Congo
3% Senegal
3% South Central Hunter Gathers


Angela Basset is-
77.7% Sub-Saharan African- 32% Nigeria, 15% Benin/Togo, 9% Cameroon/Congo, 8% Mali, 4% Ivory Coast/Ghana, 2% Senegal

Told you.

and people are really trying to make an argument :heh:
 

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What do you mean? Bantu peoples are incredibly diverse in looks and cultures.

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I stopped here. looks not really, culture of course, minor difference sure, thus the reason I said by tribe, not artificial lines.

again, I give hans chinese as a perfect example, and they make up 1/6 of the planet. they have minor difference for example north chinese tend to be taller. other than that, you'd have to live there to tell the difference, to you, they'd all look chinese....because they are.
 
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I stopped here. looks not really, culture of course, minor difference sure, thus the reason I said by tribe, not artificial lines.
Why did you stop there? Is it because my evidence contradicts your bullshyt assertion. I also hear/see the same assertion you made done by white racists and supremacists as well.
If you think that the seafaring Swahili and the Mbundu have a common culture then I don't know what to say?
If you think that the mountainous plateau inhabiting, cattle keeping Sotho people and the rainforest dwelling Fang people of Gabon have a common culture then I've got a bridge to sell you.

again, I give hans chinese as a perfect example, and they make up 1/6 of the planet. they have minor difference for example north chinese tend to be taller. other than that, you'd have to live there to tell the difference, to you, they'd all look chinese....because they are.
That statement contradicts itself.
Besides that, a basic explanation. The Han Chinese are an ethnic group. The Bantu peoples (plural hint hint) are a meta ethnicity. They are a group of ethnic groups that are only really unified in that they have a common language phylum (Bantu). It would be like saying that Germanic-speaking peoples are similar because they speak a Germanic language.
The Bantu peoples are culturally very different and even genetically different from each other to a certain extent.
 

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Why did you stop there? Is it because my evidence contradicts your bullshyt assertion. I also hear/see the same assertion you made done by white racists and supremacists as well.
If you think that the seafaring Swahili and the Mbundu have a common culture then I don't know what to say?
If you think that the mountainous plateau inhabiting, cattle keeping Sotho people and the rainforest dwelling Fang people of Gabon have a common culture then I've got a bridge to sell you.


That statement contradicts itself.
Besides that, a basic explanation. The Han Chinese are an ethnic group. The Bantu peoples (plural hint hint) are a meta ethnicity. They are a group of ethnic groups that are only really unified in that they have a common language phylum (Bantu). It would be like saying that Germanic-speaking peoples are similar because they speak a Germanic language.
The Bantu peoples are culturally very different and even genetically different from each other to a certain extent.
You are indirectly agreeing with me without even knowing it. I would go to the beginning of this thread, and read what I wrote again very carefully.
 

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Told you.

and people are really trying to make an argument :heh:
The point of the thread was to match well known Black celebrities we all know with African people they resemble the most. We are not talking about tribes here. Nas does not resemble your average Nigerian, Africans would know this best.
 

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The point of the thread was to match well known Black celebrities we all know with African people they resemble the most. We are not talking about tribes here. Nas does not resemble your average Nigerian, Africans would know this best.
I am half african, been to africa, we'd go by tribe, not country.
 

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The Ashanti tribe for example, they can be Nigerian or Ghanian, but they may look different depending on their geographical locatione
I stated that earlier in the thread. have you not been reading me state that using artificial lines instead of tribe is kinda ridic.

and again. half congolese. kikongo tribe. I speak lingala. spent time there. try again.
 

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I stated that earlier in the thread. have you not been reading me state that using artificial lines instead of tribe is kinda ridic.

and again. half congolese. kikongo tribe. I speak lingala. spent time there. try again.
Are the Ashanti tribe that live across multiple western african countries

1. Look the same?

2. Speak the same language?

3. Have the same culture?
 

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Are the Ashanti tribe that live across multiple western african countries

1. Look the same?

2. Speak the same language?

3. Have the same culture?
I don't know them too too much but from what I know they share a similar culture as they were once under the same (ashanti) empire, for example scotts and brits can say they are different, but in my eyes they fall under the UK, and are all anglos. pretty much look the same. might have slight difference in culture (one wears a skirt and has a dash of danish)


Africans have a look by tribe not european lines. Angolans do not look different than Congolese because are essentially the same people on our south and their north border. Once you go more inland that's a different tribe , who do indeed look different and harder faces.

Cameroon have various tribes and many cross (relate) with Nigerians
 

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I don't know them too too much but from what I know they share a similar culture as they were once under the same (ashanti) empire, for example scotts and brits can say they are different, but in my eyes they fall under the UK, and are all anglos. pretty much look the same. might have slight difference in culture (one wears a skirt and has a dash of danish)
For example, Americans with German ancestors and Germans from Germany..would you claim that they have the same culture, and look alike simply because of the German roots they have in common?
 

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For example, Americans with German ancestors and Germans from Germany..would you claim that they have the same culture, and look alike simply because of the German roots they have in common?
I would say they look alike but different cultures. Trump is far removed from german culture.

trying to compare the new world with the old world is a bit silly.
 
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