Ok, I see.

But can your husband tell the difference between an Igbo and a Yoruba person, without hearing them speak?
Are there really distinguishable features between the two groups?

*Kails*:
smh

Don't worry I'm just massaging Igbo Egos before I get real mad on them.

Ever notice how the word IGBO and the word EGO are synonymous?!

Black Kenichi:
Half true. There is a lot of Igbo influence in Jamaica as well.

True especially linguistically.

Coromantee (derived from the name of the Ghanaian coastal town "Kormantse", also called Coromantins, Coromanti or Kormantine was the English name given to Akan slaves from the Gold Coast or modern-day Ghana. The term Coromantee is now considered archaic as it simply refers to Akan people, and was primarily used in the Caribbean. Coromantins actually came from several Akan ethnic groups – Ashanti, Fanti, Akyem, etc. – presumably taken as war captives. Owing to their militaristic background and common Akan language, Coromantins organized dozens of slave rebellions in Jamaica and elsewhere in the Caribbean. Their fierce, rebellious nature became so notorious among white plantation owners in the 18th century that an Act was proposed to ban the importation of people from the Gold Coast despite their reputation as strong workers. The Akans had the single largest African cultural influence on Jamaica, including Jamaican Maroons whose culture and language was seen as a derivation of Akan. Names of some notable Coromantee leaders such as Cudjoe, Quamin, Cuffy, and Quamina correspond to Akan day names Kojo, Kwame, Kofi, and Kwabena, respectively.

Well at least according to Wiki

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coromantee

^^None of these Igbos seem to look like each other. I am trying to learn the differences in features between them and the Yoruba. At the moment I'm pushed!

Fulaman198:

Fulani people are not short though

Oh that's just a little Akan blood in her, chopped her down to size!

*Kails*:




oh the jig is up!
you got me!

Nomadic in nature, keep yuh rass inna one place!

PAPA AFRICA:

^^ That is what happens when you chew Khat!!

*Kails*:


picture a short dark skinned girl
w/ a 5-head
glasses
small nose
small mouth

Going by my calculations you are a Fulani.

How could you do this to me?

*Kails*:


Yep!!

I forgot where i saw it.
but i was shocked.

and i think their dna matched with some nigerians right?

Come on now Kalis you are giving people like you know who ammunition!!

Soon they will be claiming all their history!

*Kails*:


i read somewhere that there is a population of some asians who actually do.
i think they were achinese not sure.

Yes it's china in particular. All the males tested were found to have Y DNA linking them to the Motherland.

*Kails*:
and please no tribal classifications o.
im jamo and aa
that's good enough

Well I've recently learned my maternal Great Great Grandfather was African American, and was a free slave who saved all his money and went to Jamaica because he couldn't deal with the racism. So I'm like 6% Akata

*Kails*:
I feel bad putting up that buck dancing video.
but im sorry. tribalism is a form of cooning.

#period.

I'm curious now what you look like, I want to give you a tribal classification

*Kails*:


I'm hutu.

you're tutsi right?
don't talk to me.















FOH.

[img]http://i.qkme.me/3pjvar.jpg[/img]

*Kails*:


it's not funny it's actually quite sad.
in fact very sad.



I had to re-quote that!

Maybe a war is going on and they want us to choose a side. Hutu or Tutsi?

Kalis you have to choose one or be executed.

*Kails*:


that's true!
we have widened our gene pool not only through race mixing but also due to different tribes intermingling

Funny how some of our continental brothers get upset because we observe all our ancestries

CAMEROONPRIDE: Wow black American are not heavily mixed. What kind of lie is this again? Next u will tell us how u are Hebrew or u were kings in Egypt.

Slaves were sold according to their provenance. So the probability to see Slaves coming from the same area was very high. They married/fcked each other .

Who said African Americans are heavily mixed? I said the on average African Americans have 10-15% non African admixture.
Now that is a reasonable mix. Heavily mixed in my opinion is 20% and above. Though some are like Condoleezza Rice. But tribal admixture is high. Remember slaves would sold on from one place to the next. Also the biggest and strongest slaves were carried around different plantations to impregnate other female slaves in the hope of producing more strong slaves. Thus creating more genetic diversity.

The experience of the slave trade created great genetic diversity. Believe me a simple ancestry test will show the genetic diversity of blacks from the diaspora.

*Kails*:
here is another example:

Naija man
www.nairaland.com/attachments/603743_593889_hot_naija_men_jpg398f16ea3e61339e678ca8c90c5e6edd_jpgb95b67a9f2f630415a09cb00352bd042

Tyson Beckford.


They favor yes? But guess what, tyson is 1/3rd asian which is why HIS eyes are "chinky" (not to be racist).
therefore their "looking alike" is coincidental.

anyway brb

Yes they do. In my opinion Tyson Beckford has some Igbo genetics in there.

Fulaman198:

There are many native Africans with those eyes though, especially in the Sahara.

Yes I have seen it among Africans too like Khoisans. But the Orientals have strong proven genetic links with Africa.

*Kails*:


I agree it can be annoying @ times.

speaking of which, you know what's funny? I've had more Africans tell me I look more kenyan than I do west or central african.

ethiopians told me that, a zimbabwean, a tanzanian, a congolese man, sierra leoneans and even a liberian

it doesn't mean i am kenyan , it just means my face is literally a reflection of different ppls...my forefathers. so much so that i don't really look like a particular tribe in the regions i most likely have ancestry in west/central africa.

@Bold, Exactly, you are a creation of many peoples and may share features with different ethnicities. It is actually to our benefit when there
is a mix in a family once in a while. This is because new genes are introduced bringing the likelihood of healthier offspring.

*Kails*:
so when i see ppl say things like "guess which tribe this star is from" i laugh
because it's not that simple.

You are correct. It is very refreshing to talk to a conscious sister. Ever since we were taken to the new world, our people began to integrate
with each other regardless of tribe or ethnicities. The slave trade caused a permanent genetic shift and mingled the blood of African peoples that would not usually mix with each other on such a large scale.

The DNA ancestry tests that we currently have are only able to give us two ancestral lineages, missing out all of the valuable genetic information from hundreds of ancestors that was essential in creating us!

Adamskuty: i guess u meant to say IGBOS a.k.a biafrans,those are igbos attitude and not that of nigerians (yorubas,hausa,fulanis). Even majority of nigerians desist them

Btw the poster u were addressing to is IGBO.

So dude,i fixed it for u

Ok cool, sorry to lump you all in with them!

*Kails*:


exactly.
which makes the notion that we belong mostly to "one tribe" even more ridiculous.

It is impossible for us to be from one tribe after all of this time. It can be frustrating when certain people try to put you in a box and
" You resemble this tribe; you must be from here!"

*Kails*:


exactly. that's genetics for you.

heck look @ mariah carey who is the total opposite.
she looks more white than anything else, yet she is also black and mestiza.



if she had children with a white man, you may or may not be able to tell they had african ancestry based on how the dice rolls. it's crazy yet fascinating.

Yes Mariah is very fair skinned. But if you look at the shape of her face (cheekbones) and the width of her nose, you can tell she is not white.