Igbo influence in Black American culture

[Secure Da Bag]

Stuff like the Gullah Geechee language being heavily Mende.

I swear there was a video comparing gullah language to another African language and comparing the similarities.

 

[Henri Christophe]

Yoruba and Igbo grammatical influences are in Haitian/Antillean Creole as well. Even the major influence is Fon/Ewe languages.

yeah - its funny cause the Fon & Yoruba were originally enemy nations for over 200+ years.... Now the cultures merged together via slavery.

That warrior spirit in Haiti comes from the Fon bloodline & the militaristic energy of the Dahomey.

 

[315]

Article said "african americans" eating yams and plantains on the regular. No emeka, actually we don't.

yea they way off on that

 

[Koba St]

nikkas do not make no damm mashed potatoes

"a extra helping of collard greens"

Who the fukk wrote that shyt

Shut your bytch ass up fakkit. Stay out of these threads, they don’t concern you

 

[Secure Da Bag]

yeah - its funny cause the Fon & Yoruba were originally enemy nations for over 200+ years.... Now the cultures merged together via slavery.

That warrior spirit in Haiti comes from the Fon bloodline & the militaristic energy of the Dahomey.

It's another thread, but man, that fall off.

 

[HarlemHottie]

I can see there might be a connection between the food from both cultures, but language?

One culture has English as a language and the other has igbo. They are not even in the same family. Jamaican patois for example actually has some igbo words

Google "Atlantic creoles" and you'll find your answer. If you ask intelligent questions, I'll answer.

- former linguist recruited by top AAVE specialists

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If anyone is interested, this research seems to be based on these book "High on the Hog," which I own:



Or the Netflix attempt at encapsulating it: https://www.netflix.com/title/81034518

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[Samori Toure]

I swear there was a video comparing gullah language to another African language and comparing the similarities.

Mende probably in Sierra Leone.

 

[IsThatBrothaMouzone?]

We got the fried chicken from Scottish people but the seasoning is straight African.

Definitely a lot of overlap in the cultures which shouldn't come as a surprise. We have a distinct American identity but Igbo (and other groups) played a part in it...since that's where our ancestors came from.

 

[Sonic Boom of the South]

Shut your bytch ass up fakkit. Stay out of these threads, they don’t concern you

U such a fakkit c00n troll

1 min u Ghanaian
Next u Nigerian

U dumb c00n pedo mutt

 

[Geode]

This article was an attempt of the first episode of "High on the Hog " series. The series did it better. I'm sure the book did it even better than the episode.

 

[get these nets]

Come to think of it, even the food part doesn't even have a direct Igbo connection cuz a lot of cultures in the West African region kinda have similar foods.

By the way isn't potato from Europe? I would assume mashed potatoes came from there.

Potatoes are from the Americas.

 

[Koba St]

U such a fakkit c00n troll

1 min u Ghanaian
Next u Nigerian

U dumb c00n pedo mutt

Look at this dumb moron

 

[invalid]

And here I’ve been thinking black eyed peas were peas and not beans.

 

[Mastamimd]

Gotta love these diaspora threads

 

[Sonic Boom of the South]

Look at this dumb moron

U so hurt

U stay following me in threads


U my biggest fan


A wannabe cracka African c00n