Kramanti In Diaspora And Kormantse in Ghana: African Cultural Identities
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- Опубликовано: 17 сен 2024
- 2:35 Coromantee (derived from the name of the Ghanaian coastal town “Kormantse”), also called Coromantins, Coromanti or Kormantine was the English name given to Akan slaves from the Gold Coast or modern-day Ghana. The term Coromantee is now considered archaic as it simply refers to Akan people, and was primarily used in the Caribbean. Coromantins actually came from several Akan ethnic groups - Ashanti, Fanti, Akyem, etc. - presumably taken as war captives.
5:15 Coromantee, Coromantins, Coromanti or Kormantine (derived from the name of the Ghanaian slave fort Fort Kormantine in Kormantse Ghana) was the English name for enslaved people from the Akan ethnicity from the Gold Coast in modern Ghana.
10:15 In the early days of the establishment of the Fanti kingdom, Ashanti warriors are said to have held off an invasion by Fanti at this site, and their claim 'mikore mantsi' ('I was with the warriors') became the name of the town." Exact translation of 'mikore mantsi'?
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The lady looks no different from the “big woman” or “elder” in Jamaica. The would cook for the area so that those who have little can get “little something to eat”. Heritage ✊🏾
hahah thats true , same culture there
@@EkowSimpson do you know that jamaica is twi ??is Ja ma nin ka
I appreciate that history lesson. We are all connected and need to come together and unite as one people again.
Learnt something new, thanks for sharing!
This video is so inspiring!!! WHEN YOU SAID KORE YE, I FELT SOMETHING DEEP IN MY SPIRIT!!! YESSS LET’s WORK & BUID AS ONE🖤🖤🖤
Wow. We’re all one people! I wish I could go there one day
Througout the Caribbean there are people with the family names Cuffy, Quashie, Kwame etc
Fitawrari Fitness Nice
Mi din Kwaku
Yaw
Origin of the name
The name Coromantee, Kromantyn or Kromanti, in both Jamaica and Suriname, is derived from the Fanti settlement known as Kormantse. Kormantse is a town just after salt pond known as (Akyinfo) in the local dialect. Due to their militaristic background, Coromantins organized dozens of slave rebellions in Jamaica and elsewhere in the Americas. Their fierce and rebellious nature became so notorious among European slave traders in the 18th century that an Act was proposed to ban the importation of people from the Gold Coast, despite their reputation as strong workers.[1]
Asante and Fante Origin of the Coromantee in Jamaica
Asante: Asantes were often captured as slaves and sent to Jamaica. An example of an Asante captured and sent to Jamaica was a slave named Oliver. Here is an excerpt of his story provided by historian Bryan Edwards:
"Oliver, an Asante - his country name of Sang - a young man, as I guess of about twenty-two or twenty-three years of age. His father was a free man - a carpenter - lived far away from the sea. The village was attacked by a party of Fantes, who came in the night and set fire to the houses, and killed most of the old. The young people however they took as captives and afterwards sold him for a piece of gold locally known as 'sika', to a black merchant who carried them to Fante country along the coast. He was afterwards sold or transferred over to six different Black purchasers (all of whom were of Fante descent); the last of them whom carried him to the coast and finally on to a ship. Oliver was horrified by the sight of white men, to which he feared were cannibals."[2]
The lying Ashanti King Otumfuo running around telling Jamaicans and the Surinamese that they originated from Ashanti Region. They claim NANE a mythical woman was an Ashante slave to Jamaica so all of a sudden KROMANTSI people are Ashantis and Jamaicans think they are Ashantis. About 95% of the slaves that ended in Jamaica from the area called Ghana today came from KROMANTSI, the other 5% from KOMENDA, CAPE COAST, ELMINA, and a few from KWAHU and AKROPONG area. TAKI who led a rebellion to defeat the British in Jamaica came from KOMENDA, he was captured as a slave after doing business with them.(TAKI REBELLION IN JAMAICA 1760)
From ghana we are most fante and other tribes not ashanti ashanti was working with the with man. Angola was ppl from loango that got shipped
True in Surinam we say Kromanti and when the Kromanti Spirit come upon us we know its an ancestor from Kormantse town
Thank you for this. I was doing some research on Kromanti and I found this video. This is very interesting. Kromanti is actually a very important part of Jamaican culture and history so it was really nice to see this. Some of the words we use in Jamaica that are from Kromanti are (mumu or mumus meaning foolish) (bafan meaning clumsy or acting crippled or just a person not able to function normally), (gangalee meaning a person who loves to fight…there are actually several Jamaican songs on RUclips with this word), duti meaning dirty and we use the phase “the rain a fall but the duti tough” meaning the rain falling but the dirt is tough which is a saying that was adopted from the region…there is a Bob Marley song about it too…, (saka saka meaning messy), (cushu cushu meaning soft) and these are just some of those words that I could think of from off the top of my head. But these words I just mentioned are very common Jamaican words we use that I did not know came from Ghana until this year. So it’s very interesting and nice to know the real origin. I thought they were just words we made up in Jamaica because our language is not taught officially we just learn it by hearing it while growing up. Anyways, Looking forward to learn and share some more…Thanks again!😃
I am from surinam and we will understand eachother easily. Its the same language
Wow beautiful my Fante people 🥰
Great job bro
I'm coming. And my aim is to change things in many different countries....
I love my people. If we work together it can all work out for there great good for everyone...
1 Luv 1 people...
Thank you Ekow☺️❤️❤️❤️
This was awesome!!! The Caribbean, S. America, and I've seen some parts of the USA (saw on old maps) had these people. I think they called it that because maybe they came from there. In Jamaica, there is an old maroon village called "AKOMPONG" village. I have old relatives from there too.
But you'd be soooo surprised how many African words or names diaspora people have even in the USA.
We have a name called Korrie, Kizzy ....
Effie, Essie
Nice research. Plz work on your video taking. All the same you are doing a fantastic job. All the best.
Beautiful village 👌🏾
Wow, great video Bro. We are all kin and kith
Interesting revelation. But tell us more about the kramanti people or culture
I was saying this to him and he said what I wrote was so demeaning. Maybe he didn't want me to say the truth about the work
@@emmanuelegyir1307 may be the approach was not tee best.i know it's not easy moving around getting us all these content
Truly believe 🇯🇲 Jamaicans came from Ghaha real Talk stay Bless
Man your video is from my hometown,
Kormantse is my hometown,ngyadum..
Ngyadum means “you can’t quench the fires 🔥 “”
thanks for watching bro, ur town is beautiful
Thanks for sharing from usa, love my ancestors and coming to the Mother Land soon. Keep sharing peace and love my brother.
I hate to tell you that I don't fully understand Jamaican country talk because their language is older and raw. Africans understand them better than me.
Yooo Ekow, thank u thank u. NOT ONLY JAMAICANS MAROONS.. THE SURINAM MAROONS as well..!!! It were the surinam maroons aka ghanians of centralregion/kormantse who successfully fought the Dutch to abolish slavery in Surinam... Again it was not ONLY jamaicans.. The entire caribbean = CARICOM NATIONS.
Check here on YT: "THE MAROONS OF SURINAM" and you will see truth!!!
D Yah'son Nice. I come from about 3 towns from Kormantse. I’m proud
There are people in Suriname that still speak an old language from Ghana.It is called Kromanti in Suriname.
thanks bro for the insight
@@EkowSimpson Anytime Bro. One Blood!
Well said. My only issue I have is there is no way to learn the language.
Hey bro ma home town dat
Wow then ur home has history
I love that story😘😘😘
Yo man THIS WAS GREAT WORK..!!! Can we get some more like this .. Lots more .. Connect the thing ukno
Ekow does the government know about all the rural areas that need assistance or do they know and choosing to ignore toe people and the issues? Just curious ...
These areas vote based on what they will eat today and not what they will need in the future. They have MPs and other government officials that do nothing for them .
That’s the village I grew up 🥺
Wow. Good to know
believe it or not we grew up in the same village, it was my mother who sent me this link. 👍🏾
My hometown ❤️
👌💕
They were also in Demerara Guyana where they rebelled in 1823
You have totally veered of the real importance of KROMANTSIN town to the SURINAMS and JAMAICANS. Ask the questions about the history of the place and let her answer them historically
she never spoke about how the name came up.
Yes
Where kromantse
The one on the road to mankessim
Jamaica 🇯🇲 was called Jaimaninka
So why do people say Jamaicans are Ashantis
Haven’t heart that before
Jamaicans have an even larger connection to Nigeria, more than what people talk about…Congo, Akan, Ashanti and Kromanti…Jamaica is a melting pot of its own
@@LionessOnTheRise44 yess we also in surinam look up maroons surinam