Comments on: Does Tracing Your Roots to Africa Help You to Better Appreciate the Term “African American?”

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By: joshua afubo

joshua afubo — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 21:28:49 +0000

I am a Tanzania. This is the attitude of us here, towards you. We love you, and take pride in your immence achievements in Art, Sports, Business, Spiritual guidance to the world, you name it. Please, visit my blog-www.therootsrespond.com and also follow us on facebook at- ‘Africa Apologize for the Crime of Our Ancestors-slave trade, group’. In the effort to bring the awareness of the terrible histoy to our people, instigating an act of a continental apology, this page has been opened by ordinary citizens. It complises of people from different African countries.

We love you, you are our flesh and blood.

By: Joyce

Joyce — Fri, 25 May 2012 16:31:13 +0000

Thanks for sharing, that is soooooo true, our ancestors would have given their life if they could have gone back! I look forward to my test results and returning to my homeland!

By: Khepri Neteru

Khepri Neteru — Wed, 02 May 2012 22:15:52 +0000

Yes and No. When I was raised I never viewed myself other than an African. The same as a man born in New York is as much of a man born in Georgia. My parents taught at an early age to combat everything Europeans tried to force on Africans. E.g. Terms like Negro,black,colored. I never call anybody or myself Black. No one is actually black and Africans have always been different shades of colors. We are the most diverse ppl in the world. My great grandfather was Habesha or Ethiopian. Which is cool to have a direct link. But Ethiopian is really no different than igbo or Beja. They all came from the same place of origin. The more your divide on silly titles. The more you can be controlled. Americans are no less or more African than natives. E.g. My friend mother is somalian and father is Habesha she was born here and went to a prep school. Most ppl don’t know unless they ask her were she is from. Most ppl tell her she doesn’t look African(what ever that means) but look American. All of African cultures are mine. I also took anthropology and all Africans come from the same home. Calling each other Negro or black is a from are saying we are other than what we are. And when do Asian turn from Asian to being Yellow. I encourage very African to make that journey back home and find out their direct connections. Our ancestors would have given their life if they could.