Would you be happy if the African diaspora learned some African languages?
Would you guys be proud?
Also, would you guys consider them one of you, an African?
And do you consider African Americans would on you even if they learned an african language?

be proud of? if you wanna learn, u learn. it's your own secrets and answers that you'll be unlocking in doing so. your questions come in ways that make me feel you're misinformed about africans

proud of the african diaspora.

Will it ever matter if they learn or not ... I'm thinking Swahili very soon sha !!

if you learned any of the various african languages, you'd be a step away from assimilating other aspects of African cultures and histories. then it'll go on a scale of new renaissance reconnecting your deepest forbidden/forgotten slavery stories and oldwives tales to their/your obliterated roots still left somewhere in africa...

but truth is, nobody cares what you feel like, neither have africans declared that they aren't proud of youse. africans are disinterested or indifferent really. except on individual levels when they love their bosom friends or spouses to learn one to further deepen their integration..

When you say Diasporan, I assume you are talking about African Americans or Afro Caribbeans right? not Africans living in America who for the most part still can speak their respective languages right?


I don't mind, as long as you guys speak with the proper aspect whichever accent you are trying to learn. Have you ever heard a white American speak another language, just don't do it that way, try to imitate and speak it like a native.

The African Diaspora, as in African Americans, Afro Caribbeans, the African descendants from south America, like belize, brazil, etc.

CrystalHeart22:
Would you be happy if the African diaspora learned some African languages?
Would you guys be proud?
Also, would you guys consider them one of you, an African?
And do you consider African Americans would on you even if they learned an african language?

I think that for African Americans to be considered as Africans, they would need to do a couple of things of which they are:

a) for starters, they first need to identify their paternal ancestry(most of the the african society is fiercely patrilineal) by means of yDNA testing to identify which tribe their first male ancestor came from in any of the 5 or 6 African countries that were active in the slave trade.

b) they would need to schedule a visit to the tribe of their paternal ancestor, in a return journey sort of back to their ancestry, and equally spend some quality time in that area to get used to the culture and traditions of their own people.

c) they would need to assimilate back into their culture, being their original culture, but forcefully stripped away from them over 400 hundred years ago. To do this, they would need to adopt African surnames and first or middle names, leaving one name, either first or middle, as Black English name. African american surnames and names such as 'brown', 'derrell', 'taequan', 'lashonda' are not your true names. Most of you are ancestrally african and your original names were african. Those foreign names you bear today were imposed on you in an attempt to erase all traces of your true identity and in order to reclaim your true identity you would have to reclaim what originally belonged to you which includes authentic african names and surnames.

d) immerse yourself in comprehensive language learning of your tribe's language. Learn the language of your first male ancestor. Learn the customs and traditions of your people, be an all-round african.

^^lmao@ derell, taequan n lashonda..those r "black names" foreal...

Yoruba a hard language to learn....sometimes I get frustrated!!

So far I learned 150 words...

spotit:
if you learned any of the various african languages, you'd be a step away from assimilating other aspects of African cultures and histories. then it'll go on a scale of new renaissance reconnecting your deepest forbidden/forgotten slavery stories and oldwives tales to their/your obliterated roots still left somewhere in africa...

but truth is, nobody cares what you feel like, neither have africans declared that they aren't proud of youse. africans are disinterested or indifferent really. except on individual levels when they love their bosom friends or spouses to learn one to further deepen their integration..

That's the biggest issue that keeps us divided....

"Blacks" don't care about afro culture...
And afro people don't care about accepting us n helping us return to our native culture.
Its mutual.

fightforchange1:
"Blacks" don't care about afro culture...
And afro people don't care about accepting us n helping us return to our native culture.
Its mutual.

i wouldn't want to lay blames, but i think that this feeling always starts first from AAs and ACs having some passed down grudges from the notion that their people from africa actively sold their fathers to the new world...and still want to come and claim equality with them after their hard-won victory through the civil rights struggles

spotit:
i wouldn't want to lay blames, but i think that this feeling always starts first from AAs and ACs having some passed down grudges from the notion that their people from africa actively sold their fathers to the new world...and still want to come and claim equality with them after their hard-won victory through the civil rights struggles

Its depends on the person, I mean no one can join a native American tribe....they might b able to join a reservation but they native American blood...
An australian person could get Nigerian citizenship...but they couldn't join a tribe due to the fact that they r not blood members....
I'm not saying I wanna join a tribe....I'm just making a point....I hope I am making u upset....not to disrespect u.

fightforchange1:


Its depends on the person, I mean no one can join a native American tribe....they might b able to join a reservation but they native American blood...
An australian person could get Nigerian citizenship...but they couldn't join a tribe due to the fact that they r not blood members....
I'm not saying I wanna join a tribe....I'm just making a point....I hope I am making u upset....not to disrespect u.

well, they could join a tribe too. I'm sure that if you got married to somebody from the place that I'm originally from in Nigeria, you have all the rights of an indegene(beyond a citizen's, which came from granting or staying legally enough for it)and will live your life without the cares in the world if you will participate in their activities

spotit:
well, they could join a tribe too. I'm sure that if you got married to somebody from the place that I'm originally from in Nigeria, you have all the rights of an indegene(beyond a citizen's, which came from granting or staying legally enough for it)and will live your life without the cares in the world if you will participate in their activities

Oh OK. I stand corrected then....that's awesome...

fightforchange1:


Oh OK. I stand corrected then....that's awesome...

it's alright...you're also right, coming from without. but people from within will always know that there's too many assumptions and misinformation flying around about native african people

spotit:
it's alright...you're also right, coming from without. but people from within will always know that there's too many assumptions and misinformation flying around about native african people

Forgive me for that narrow minded comment.
Youre right about that....I'm an outsider looking in.
I had the wrong idea...

fightforchange1:


Forgive me for that narrow minded comment.
Youre right about that....I'm an outsider looking in.
I had the wrong idea...

it's alright... we don't have anything against you...so are you AA or NA?

fightforchange1:
^^lmao@ derell, taequan n lashonda..those r "black names" foreal...

Taequan
Lashonda
Kalisha
Jaequan
Lawanda
Lakeisha

Can you please tell us what they mean?

A true name is one with a meaning or one given based on meaning. A name isn't a name if it has no meaning. I would like to know the meaning of those names above.

^bruv ur wickid maan...hahah sounding more ghetto than...

someone told me they're Jewish and that's a concoction of hebrew and west indian...i almost fainted

fightforchange1:
Yoruba a hard language to learn....sometimes I get frustrated!!

Best way to learn a language is by actually speaking it.

bigfrancis21:


Taequan
Lashonda
Kalisha
Jaequan
Lawanda
Lakeisha

Can you please tell us what they mean?

A true name is one with a meaning or one given based on meaning. A name isn't a name if it has no meaning. So, I would like to know the meaning of those names above?

Lol, Well understand where blacks come from when they make names like that....they're already feeling like they exist in a eurocentric way...so we have invented to set ourselves apart..I know based on ur knowledge that u lived in America..... Or that you've watched black movies....

fightforchange1:


Lol, Well understand where blacks come from when they make names like that....they're already feeling like they exist in a eurocentric way...so we have invented to set ourselves apart..I know based on ur knowledge that u lived in America..... Or that you've watched black movies....

The sad part is a lot don't know the meaning or significance of a name we have.

spotit:
it's alright... we don't have anything against you...so are you AA or NA?

Half AA half Jamaican.

bigfrancis21:


Best way to learn a language is by actually speaking it.

I am just takin my time..

fightforchange1:


Half AA half Jamaican.

oh u fall in perfectly...it'll be great to visit africa u know?

bigfrancis21:


Taequan
Lashonda
Kalisha
Jaequan
Lawanda
Lakeisha

Can you please tell us what they mean?

A true name is one with a meaning or one given based on meaning. A name isn't ame if it has no meaning. I would like to know the meaning of those names above.

I don't wanna sound narrow minded...but culture is important..

spotit:
oh u fall in perfectly...it'll be great to visit africa u know?

That's y I joined nairaland...

fightforchange1:


That's y I joined nairaland...

oh that's great..btw, I've just checked your profile and you look like a zulu woman or any of them beautiful south african

spotit:
oh that's great..btw, I've just checked your profile and you look like a zulu woman or any of them beautiful south african

Haha, cool
What tribe r u??