Igbo influence in Black American culture

[Koba St]

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A wannabe cracka African c00n

 

[Sonic Boom of the South]

c00n the big hit dog

Lemme toss ya back on ignore until i neg u again

 

[Koba St]

c00n the big hit dog

Lemme toss ya back on ignore until i neg u again

Had me on ignore before this but still saw my post to reply . Dumb fakkit

 

[Deuterion]

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

The way we speak English is influenced by the way we spoke our original languages which is why AAVE sounds so different than Standard American English.

African Americans have very large grammatical influences by Mande people. Stuff like the Gullah Geechee language being heavily Mende.

There is literally a book on the subject called "Bound to America: The Mandinka Legacy in the New World" which was written by Matt Schafer.

A cool side note us that the Mande could have made it to the Americas in the 1300’s Abu Bakr II clearly knew there was something over here.

 

[Samori Toure]

The way we speak English is influenced by the way we spoke our original languages which is why AAVE sounds so different than Standard American English.



A cool side note us that the Mande could have made it to the Americas in the 1300’s Abu Bakr II clearly knew there was something over here.

Yes Abu Bakr decision to travel is how Mansa Musa became King. The Mande people have an amazing history.

 

[EBK String]

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

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

yeah gotta admit it.

When you go to Jamaica its obvious where even THEIR food came from

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

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

you literally proved the point.

Patois has more direct lineage to Africa than Europe.

 

[Samori Toure]

yeah gotta admit it.

When you go to Jamaica its obvious where even THEIR food came from

Yep there was a heavy Igbo (Nigerian) and Akan (Ghana) influence. However, not so much for African Americans, because African American and Jamaican influences are not even the same.

 

[Miss Lucifer's Love]

This was culturally and historically inaccurate. Laughably so.

 

[Luken]

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

Got a tether plate in the article too like we can't tell a clone cooked those dry ass black eyed peas and clumptatoes. Don't see no seasoning on them greens and the chicken look like it was fried in palm oil.

Obviously some otter face looking igbo wrote this bs panny propaganda piece.

@Ugo Ogugwa

 

[The Fade]

I thought we lost our culture though and we retain no africannesse

 

[BaviKingVA]

where does this black people don't make mashed potatoes shyt come from? both sides of my family has always makes that shyt brehs

 

[Hiphoplives4eva]

In before "fukk you, we not african"




Also, alot of these cultural elements are common in many African cultures across the continent.

This. Many Black Americans dont appreciate being associated with african cultures. This will likely ruffle alot of feathers here.

 

[Cel 510 kid ados forever]

This. Many Black Americans dont appreciate being associated with african cultures. This will likely ruffle alot of feathers here.

Yall talk down on us and hate us

But alot of this stuff is inaccurate

Mash potatoes and alot of the other food american