ThickSharon123:


Seen, does that make anything.

But the Igbo tribe are very well known in Jamaica (Called the Eboe people of Jamaica), but you don't see Igbo fighting over them in any way or claiming they were part of them. It is them, finding their roots and associating with us, but they don't call themselves "former slaves." As some tribes would want to call them.

The Jamaicans had even associated more with the Igbos in Nigeria when they discovered their films and found more similarity with their culture to theirs.


Igbo people don't go boasting they were slaves and descendants of slaves, that's silly.

Igbos argue with Ghanaians (Akan) all the time about who dominated Jamaican culture. It's a shame really because both were influential yet neither represent the majority or the main ingredient (so to speak) of our existence. We are too mixed up with different African groups for anyone to be arguing about something as meaningless as which tribe influenced the diaspora the most.

Especially since in 2021 nobody in the diaspora claims these tribes anymore and havent for over 400 years. ��‍♀️��‍♀️

Covid 19 is of more importance than tribal affiliation in the west. I'm js.

theInterpreter:
they have almost no culture left
that's the difference

our descendants were a product of survival
they hold our culture strongly
search "Ibeyi" "oshun singer" blaquewitchyaya on YouTube
Yoruba slaves were not taken to Jamaica yet they have Abeokuta
that alone speaks volumes
Yoruba culture has no rival

Who told you that lie? The Yoruba were certainly taken to Jamaica they were called the "Nago" people while on the island. Where are yall getting your sources to where yall think we in the diaspora belonged to specific tribes only? Jamaicans dont only have affinity to Igbos or even just west Africans. We central African and south east African as well.

But to get back to the point why would there be a community named after a Yoruba settlement with no Yoruba in Jamaica? That makes no sense. The answer is there were Yoruba taken then mostly from the Republic of Benin. They were captured by rival Fon groups if not sacrificed.