Since the so called "white" Americans proudly trace their origin to various European countries, it would be nice, also, if Black Americans could do the same. I realize that slaves that came were robbed of their culture and many African Americans would have hard time researching such geneaology, but it would still be interesting to at least pinpoint a general area and maybe go and see how life there is.
White Americans often go the the UK on vacation to check out their roots and many other go to see some other "old country"(ies).
However, there is no such big movement among Black Americans to see where they come from and go and learn about all those countries their ancestors had been brought from.
Would be nice to do some study, learn about which countruies these are, organize tours, learn about the culture there, etc.
2007-03-19 19:28:32 · 7 answers · asked by MumbaJumba 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
Our roots are from Nubia and Ethiopia but Africa is one of the largest continents so we branched out from there.
2007-03-19 19:34:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
For the record, not all blacks trace most of their ancestry back to Africa. My family can trace back to the indigenous people of Jamaica, regardless of stupid people saying they somehow became extinct. I also have Irish blood in me. Since I do have darker skin I know I have some African in me and from what I've learned about Jamaica, most slaves that were brought there came from West Africa.
2007-03-20 00:32:24 · answer #2 · answered by Serenity 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Most come from the western central area. Places like Nigeria, Togo, Benin and Liberia.
2014-10-08 03:08:38 · answer #3 · answered by Thomas 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
many international locations and society's, while you're concerning what proportion got here to u.s. and the slave commerce understand that many have been pulled no longer in effortless terms from the coasts yet all of Africa. additionally they got here from many places that are no longer us of a's as we talk such because of the fact the Ibo. Slavery further Africans from all of Africa fantastically as quickly as the Western coast grew to grow to be depopulated. =]
2016-10-02 10:37:55 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The slave coast was west Africa, countries like Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon and Senegal. Blacks in Brazil came from the Portuguese colony of Angola mostly.
2007-03-19 20:06:19 · answer #5 · answered by michael H 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Most came from western Africa.
2007-03-19 20:33:00 · answer #6 · answered by null 6 · 4⤊ 1⤋
i suspect my ancestors came from Timbuktu seeing that we are very intelligent in my family.
2007-03-23 16:29:01 · answer #7 · answered by LENA 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋