In 2 to 3 Generations, African Diaspora History / Lineage could vanish?
In 2 to 3 Generations, African Diaspora History / Lineage could vanish?
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In 2 to 3 Generations, African Diaspora History / Lineage could vanish? looks into the negative impact of not protecting and or upholding our culture. In this episode I…
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Catching up with woke YouTube discussions, and thank you for your channel and the interesting must have conversations. Hearing your comments about this particular topic, I understand the concerns raised, and I would like to add my comments in the hopes that they will add some additional perspective and value.
I know the importance of tradition and culture, the value the both bring to a community promoting stability and sustainable growth. However, as human beings by nature, we tend to gravitate towards evolution, and culture and tradition are the first casualties of this change. The argument you seem to be making is that we need to hold onto all of it as we embrace the modern western world or the current world we are living in, but can traditional, "lineage" and the new world co-exist?
Even the folks back home are struggling to hold onto the culture you talk about preserving. Try to imagine what if I told you that we all once spoke the same language, shared one culture, would you indulge me? What if because of our human nature time brought about divisions, which resulted in new cultures and traditions, races formed based on geographical climates, dialects eventually became different languages. It is a theory I hope you can maybe relate to because of what we know about some of our histories. At some point, we lived in a borderless world, and then borders were created bringing about more divisions based on wealth. Have you noticed that today our world has started to look and feel the same, we marry between cultures, interracial marriages, building the same houses, sharing the same religions because, beyond our skin, we are just humans looking to belong to where we feel safe and loved.
Globalization may be a new concept for this generation but what if it was an old concept reuniting us once again? In my travels across North America and remembering how I was exposed to so many cultures growing up in Zambia, as human beings we just have a different way of doing things and still wanting the same result.
Whites consistently have put themselves above others generation after generation, the probably started this divide between people for the fear of dominance. Whites also know they can not live without the intervention of other races. But history has shown that black people by nature can unite races it is invisible energy we possess through everything we do, we have a nurturing presence that always seems to put every race first, and sadly are less tolerant with people in our race. We downplay ourselves even when we know we deserve the same share as other races. And while we point out the unfair position the rest of the world has us in with all our additional talents we still can not contribute equally at the global decision-making table.
But let me return to this topic and say Africans have held onto our culture and traditions longer than most races on earth. So my brothers and sisters do not feel like we are the only ones with no lineage, we are just the ones that have held onto it the longest, we are sentimental like that.
Maybe that is why we are taken advantage of and everyone else seems to be a little well off as they embrace new ways of doing things and letting go of culture. Ask an American about their heritage, a Brit, South American, Chinese or Indian. My friends, the world changes with every generation as we all add to what others have left behind and we have inherited. I do believe that we need to pick what is valuable from our culture and tradition in terms of what preserves our humanity and disregard what brings us pain and division.
They say diversity strengthens us as we all bring different ideas to the table, and I believe that wholeheartedly, and it's the inclusion part that this generation and past generations have failed to find a balance. Anyways, hope my thoughts helped and did not bring more confusion. Wishing everyone peace and love. unrestrained me.
I hear that many African Americans use the blanket term of African American because through slavery there is no way for them to know exactly where in Africa their Ancestors are from. Do you think if more Africans did ancestry dna testing it would improve the data set so that African Americans can do the test and tell what areas they are most likely from?
In understanding Africa’s culture we need to separate countries that had settler colonialist and those whose people were traded as slaves. A country like Kenya had settlers who for years of colonialism erased our traditions. In as much as I wanted to learn my traditions, my own grandparents were not sure of the history. It became hard to pass lessons from one generation to another. We now have bits and pieces of our traditions. The division that was created within the country by the colonialists; divide and rule, has been the backbone of division and tribalism. Creating the home-guards who have carried the colonial rule into leadership today claimed to be “democracy”.
Interesting. My cousins are part african – part european. Their african parent has fed them with all sorts of negative information about Africa and the black side of the family, so much so that they hate everything about home / Africa. I moved to europe to further my studies and I lived with them for a few years. I noticed that when we went out together they were ashamed of me. They didn't want their friends to know about me or the black side of the family. I remember my cousin commenting "how come your parents who are both blacks gave birth to someone beautiful like you?" Can you imagine that?! Some of us need to change the way we talk to our children about home and Africa as a whole. If we continue like this the African lineage will vanish in just 2 generations !!!
Well… In a matter of 100 years, all Black French will eventually be diluted and be mixed. That's for sure and it has already happened
I get tired of all this ,please can the Africans all go back to their homeland no one is forcing anyone to stay in the west.My question is how come most of our leaders were born and raised in Africa yet their behaviour does not translate to anything good.I am black but I believe the human mind and behaviour can only be transformed by knowing Christ.
You can also hire a remote language teacher to teach your children your language and culture. cultivate habit of speaking your language to your kids. I did that for my kids. With that in place it will be easier for them to return home in the future. I learned that from my Chinese friends living the western world, their kids must know how to speak Chinese compulsory. You have raised a good concern but most parents shy away from these responsibilities. I don't want to assume is kolo mentality at work.
It’s down to the parents’ efforts.
If that fails, it depends the child’s intuition. I have made a conscious effort to learn about my heritage, for example.
Likewise, once I’m in a better position I will start travelling and all the places I want to visit first are in the continent of Africa.
It's so common to have and see children in these language classes like Spanish, French, Mandarin, Portuguese, etc. Some you don't even have to invest a dollar as the local government (here in the west) will "subsidize" it. So our children end up learning these other languages except our own!
Because you don't see Any of our many dialects and languages being offered in any kind of classroom out here. We've got to become woke to this and start to organize ourselves whether it be in person or online Yoruba classes or whatever…
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Thank you for presenting our concerns so eloquently as you always do in all your videos. It requires a collective effort to ensure these concerns can be prevented. This is the reason I started my Nigerian Esan Language YouTube Channel 'Able Mabel' months ago.
In addition, I have shared this video with all my Africa friends and family members via WhatsApp. I want to ask your permission before sharing it on my YouTube Channel. Keep up the good work Phrankleen.
Bang on, mother land home sweet home. Less worried about house rent, monthly council tax bill.
Phrankleen you are very right bro, it's the same thing here in the Scandinavia, you can't believe that so many Africans born here in Sweden have not for once visit there home land in Africa. It's a pity that majorities of these young people are highly scattered across European countries, come here in Sweden you see many of young Africans who was born here in the Scandinavia and only speaks swedish.
Perhaps the coming change will have some positive effects in that maybe it will soften rigid tribal affiliations. Maybe this will be an opportunity to coalesce around a new collective black identity.
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Blame the parents, there it's there parents responsible to educate them
Give postive solution answer to work with so we can move forward as a race.
I understand your arguments. You are right. On the other hand people living in Nigeria or in Ghana dont even value their own history and culture. Let me start with the name Nigerians and Ghanians give to their children. Its mostly english names. The second thing is the local language. U are only considered intelligent when one speaks english with a british or american accent. We forbid our children to speak our own tongue. This is not only a problem of the African Diaspora. This assimilation started 100 of years ago in Africa. And not even to mention foreign religion in Africa. A reeducational revolution of the next generation is the only key.
Tbh I usually disagree with many of your points, I won't comment when I disagree though cause no point in arguing with your followers but this hits home. I love Canada, I have a good job, good prospects and don't plan to go back till I have my passport cause I don't want travel issues whenever I want to travel but I never thought I needed to ensure my children are connected to Nigeria as much. I don't even like Nigeria as much, my life was hard back home, job hunting, hustle to work and back, road, light, govt makes life harder randomly, we know the gist, but the life did have it's lessons so, note to self, make sure the kids speak yoruba and after like age 3, start trips to Naija (among other countries tbh, be internationally exposed but at least knowledgeable in the ’root’.
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What is the solution?
Absolutely Phrankleen. Completely brainwashed and Stockholm Syndrome. As I said before in a nutshell "lost generation"
You are right and am afraid for my son. I will make sure he knows of my family and my language.
You are 100% bro Culture is key. If you want to conquer a people you destroy their Culture
As always spot on! I'm American born, but African to the core. Have always held strong sentiment for my continent. I've tried to learn as much I can of my origins so it's good to hear enlighten thoughts from such a young mind. Also are the country leaders concerned with the Asian influx. They are not there on holiday …. trust they are setting up shop for permanency. Please do a follow-up discussion on this topic, thankyou.
Lot of my friends and even Siblings kids back home don’t even have Yoruba names no more.. My daughter is Mixed Scotland 🏴 🇬🇧/ Nigeria 🇳🇬. Yet I gave her 5 straight Yoruba names without a single English name. The change start with us. Not very hard. My partner knew about it before getting serious with her.
As a Nigerian (Igbo) living in the UK, I have a daughter who is almost 2 years, and I'm glad my mum passed on the Igbo language to me, and I'm doing the same for my daughter. I think language is very important and helps us stay connected. I'm always happy when I hear people speaking Igbo and I can actually understand 🙂
100% correct thank you for this video. For everyone reading the comments pass this video to you African brothers and sisters living abroad what this man is saying is so true and we need to take heed!!!!
Great topic made me think. That flight ticket is real. One question though… Why do we describe ourselves as black.
Thank you, Phrankleen for this topic. We, Black people need to wake up! Let's look at case study of Blacks in Argentina and Australia. 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
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Soo how do we go about continuing the lineage? How can we stop the diaspora from ending? How do we succeed in America while still practicing our culture? As a teenager in America I have seen my fellow Africans literally bullied for being African, while I have not been because of my American accent and the way I have assimilated to the American culture. I still speak Yoruba (but my Yoruba is not that good) and eat Nigerian food and I have been to Nigeria many times but I can definitely see myself unconsciously believing in the lies fed to me in the American school system. In America I don’t even know of anyone who celebrates Nigeria’s Independence Day. So my question is how do we even go about beginning to fix this crucial problem?
One of the biggest problem is we seek too much help from white people which absolves blame from black people. Black families were thriving during the height of segregation and racism post slavery. When white were pressureed to make change they started created laws and programs with hidden agendas in them and what Phrankleen was talking about is effectively called Brain Drain, removes youth from even wanting to know about their history. It's like a trade off, "take this opportunity for your brain, talent etc"
The solution is just to build africa, if you work for crazy years in the system, invest, get people who can and use the knowledge you gain to build in Africa. Dont matter what sector engineering, health etc.
Phrankleen you nailed it, it is what it is.