My both parents are from Carriacou, I was born in Canada. I have been visiting Carriacou very often since a small child. I call it my second home. Nothing can compare to my sweet Carriacou. I’m glad you took a trip. Our home is life changing. Nothing on earth can feel like it ❤ 🇬🇩
@@lilyofthevalley2248 yess she wrote about the invasion "An Interim Report" and a protest letter to the republican state senetor. She also gave some very great interviews about it!
I myself have parents both from Mountpleasant Carriacou. I was born in London and Migrated to Florida USA. I am really happy you did documentary on the Island. It helped fill some gaps in the Oral history my parents told me about the Island. I visited the Island of Grenada and Carriacou, back in 2004, to bury my Grandmother and It was life changing actually and Spiritually Grounding for me. Keep up the Good work.
@@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405 if you or anyone wants more information on the Big Drum Dance, let me know. I have been recording and keeping a lot of information on it
This video is giving me inspiration to document my lineage when I go home with my granny before she passes. Our heritage must be cherished. BTW you resemble Malcolm X a lot. Great documentary 👍
That’s great. I’m pleased this gives you inspiration. I’ve been getting that lately that I look a little like Malcolm X. 😂 who knows. Maybe we’re related. He’s Grenadian too. Lol
😮 I never knew *Cudjoe & Quashie* were African names..😮 There was a Dr Quashie I knew from Carriacou 😮 Wow.. Great info 👍 Love Interviewee & Interviewer❤😊😊
Thank you very much. I thoroughly enjoyed your documentary. I was born in Grenada, my grandfather was from Carriacou. I never had a chance to meet him. He passed away before I was born. The information you presented was very enlightening. I would love to know more about our history.
We have kojo, kwadjo, kwadwo which are day names for males born on mondays for the Akans. But cudjoe or codjoe are surnames among the fantes, Gas and ewes.
What an amazing genealogical project. So much history that needs to be uncovered connecting the African gulf peoples with the people in America and the Caribbean. Amazing. What's the most incredible is that Africans themselves sold other Africans to the Europeans to be taken to the islands and the American colonies. How are all these links put together with today's proples in Ghana, Cote D'Ivoire, Nigeria etc ?? Have you traveled to Africa yet? Any videos about this?
Thank you so much. I have never been to Africa, but I have been planning on going to Ghana some time soon. When I do travel to Africa I will definitely do a documentary on it.
@@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405 Has anyone done a genetic or genealogical study identifying the exact origins of different communities in North America and the Caribbean? For instance, did Africans in Jamaica come from Place X while Africans in Mississippi came from Place Y, in Virginia from Place Z, and St. Lucia from Place T? And can it be identified WHO arranged to bring them here from each of those areas in association with particular elements in Africa? From what I understand we're talking about communities from Senegal, Gambia, all the way down to Biafra? So it might be easy to pinpoint who did what where. This is also interesting because of the differing physical features among African American and Caribbean communities.
@@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405 I have started watching the video about Maurice Bishop. Wow, it's fascinating. I vaguely remember the events then I was in college. I am Jewish myself and read that today there are about 500 Jewish medical students in Grenada. The school must be very high quality for them all to go there. I'm trying to convince my wife to go to the Caribbean next winter, either Grenada, Jamaica or St. Lucia.
My grandfather came from carriacou and I’ve always been fascinated about my culture and heritage . My family’s name is Matheson and I’ve always wanted to know where this name came from . I’ve always been told it came from a slave master but was unsure . In my hometown Huddersfield, England a lot of immigrants from Grenada and carriacou came here in rhe 1950s and 1960s and I found it amazing that we have cudjoe and quarshie and fleary family’s here who came from the island . I really need to take the trip back home and meet some people myself to find my roots . Thankyou for this video .
Metheson is Neal’s last name, the guy I interviewed in the red shirt. Fleary was a popular Carriacou historian. Those are all familiar names you mentioned. You should definitely visit. Thank you for the comment.
I know that your grandpa Cosnel Clouden would be very proud of you for undertaking this research and for producing this video. He loved his homeland Carriacou and his ancestry so much. In fact, he's looking down on you proudly now smiling and saying "that's my boy". What a great job you're doing for your family now and for many, many years to come.
@@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405 🙋🏾♀Hi Cousin.🤗 We're the CLOUDEN(s) of Philadelphia PA. My father is third generation of Horace CLOUDEN. The only information we have is of my great grandfather is that he lived in Savannah Georgia and Pottstown PA. In POTTSTOWN he was an inventor who invention was stolen and they had that information in their paper. We are still researching and that's how I found you. I started reading your dissertation while visiting Savannah today. I went to Facebook and I stumbled upon your video on RUclips. Thank you for responding.
@@leahclouden6134 Very interesting. I never met a Clouden outside of the ones that come from either Grenada, Carriacou, or Trinidad, who are all most likely relatively closely related. I live in Florida, but there are a lot of us in New York and Toronto.
Hey brother, I live in Dar Es Salama Tanzania and their biggest market is called Carriacoo. You can find everything that you need there. Very interesting. I did not know that there was a Carriacoo Grenada
Hello. That is very interesting. I didn’t know that. My sister in law is from Tanzania 🇹🇿. She has also visited Carriacou Grenada 🇬🇩 with us. I wonder if she knows about the market.
Carriacou means "Land of Reefs". It came from the Amerindians of South America. There is a "Kariacou" (If I spelt it right) in one of the South American countries.
If you research the string instruments did not came from European for the guitar was made by a Black American slave the banjo is an African instrument and the violin is also an instrument from the Moors which are the real Israelites of the Bible
Good job on your research. Anansi (Ananse) in the "Anansi-O Sari Baba" is an Akan folk hero. Sari Baba could be corrupted Akan word Sabarima, meaning hero.
👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾Love this💯I just did my DNA, I knew Most of my maternal and paternal Caribbean Roots, but it revealed Nigeria almost half the rest Benin and Togo👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾U hv been blessed to be able to experience the knowledge.👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Thank you. Yes. A lot of us in Grenada are made up of the regions between Nigeria and Ghana. Thank you for the comment. I always like to hear the results of the DNA.
It’s crazy how people from Grenada except their African roots roots but a lot of Jamaican’s deny it. My girlfriend is from Grenada and showed me jab jab during carnival. I showed it to my Jamaican co worker and he said what the hell is this ? when I explain it to him based on what she told me he said why would anybody celebrate slavery and how it looked like something to do with duppy business.
Sincerely i spent 2 months on this island and it was one of the worth stay i had. What a nightmare ! How dirty the island is ! Empty beer bottles every where, lot of garbage everywhere, people insulting you when simply walking, poor annoyed Retired people, nothing to do, music speakers late in the night, expensive restaurants with very average food, and so on and so forth. I lived on my boat, and i left quickly this place. Iike most of french people.
@@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405 This is one of the dirtiest island i visited Even in some brasilian islands its cleaner Garbage everywhere and poor lazy fat people without future
I hv, that’s why I just came from Grenada, my DNA results points there. I am from a different Caribbean Island but my DNA is All over the Caribbean and even in The Americas due to the HEINOUS slave trade‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️😡😡😡😡😡
That’s great. You would love it. It is a very relaxed place. Carriacou has much more African influence than the mainland Grenada. I’ll be there next year for a family reunion.
@@Nducre so cool. I’m a teacher too. I wrote my dissertation on Dominica. I’m writing a book about the history of Dominica’s maroon community now. I will be in Grenada next summer as well. Maybe I will see you there. 😊
@@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405 Wow, that's great. I'm discovering these islands for the first time. Traveled throughout Africa for a long time. My name is Nassera.
Thank you @Neil, Dr. V's Revolution Will Not Be Pesticides; for fanning my embers to a massive blaze in tracing my ancestors who I believe might have been from the Igbo or Yoruba tribes of Nigeria. I just received my Ancestory DNA kit in the post, and will certainly be exploring my heritage. You're blessed to have a family member leave names for you to research and build upon. I have practically nothing, but I'll get there. Also, your ancestors were very blessed to have missed the renaming era of slaves on the Tri-Island. The Alexis wasn't so blessed. Don't mind if I take some notes from your research on the names of the ships and the dates of their journey from Africa to Grenada.
I’m pleased that this video was able to help you. There are a couple of ships that came from Yorubaland in the 1830s on the slave voyage database. Possibly some undocumented ships from there that came later. I have a video on Malcolm X’s Grenada 🇬🇩 African connection on my page that talks about the Yoruba connection.
As a white person who came to this video purely curious about visiting Carriacou, I came away with a fascinating education in history. Thank you so much for this video
Thank you so much for the kind words. If you end up going, I hope you enjoy. I will be there next summer. Carriacou is such a small island, maybe I will see you there if we're there at the same time...lol.
I suffer very badly with travel sickness on everything that moves except when I’m driving myself. To combat this, I use Stugeron 15, (an over the counter travel sick medication) which helps me no end. In fact, I take one tablet two hours before travelling and that’s it for the day; then one tablet every day until the trip is over. I went from Vancouver to Hawaii, we were on the big blue ocean for five solid days, no land in sight. I was able to enjoy all of the entertainment, eat and drink all meals including alcohol, walkabout the ship’s decks and did everything going without being seriously ill. Seriously ill means I cannot eat and drink, move about or do anything at all, but lie down for the duration of the trip groaning after puking my guts out. Sorry if I upset your tummy. One thing I do to cover myself when carrying this tablet is to have a doctor’s letter, just in case the port authorities have concerns with it. I understand how feel because travelling for me used to be so awful. But now it's a very great experience and I'm no longer a bane in my friends life.
Wow. I have it pretty bad but it sounds like you have it worse than I do. I usually only struggle on the boat ride to Carriacou. On the way back it’s much smoother and I usually learn from mistakes made on the way there.
@@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405 Also... try and keep your eyes on the horizon. Loof further out. Not on a tablet, cellphone or otherwise. LOL. It helps your brain calibrate the motion of the boat along with your eyes.
That's incredible how their lesser antillean french creole accent is so strong, btw since the reportage pretty long, did you talk about the language inside ?
Hi Neil, You've done an awesome job with your research!!! I was in Carriacou at the time that you did most of your interviews. I wish I would have met you. On your paper with the notes that your grandfather left (I called him Cousin Cosnel) my grandmother is listed as Mercy. My name is Cheryl and I would love to get in touch with you. I am always in Carriacou and most times when I am in Grenada I stay by Anslem. I would like to DM you. Can you please provide me with some info to contact you. Thank you.
Thank you so much. I will be back in Carriacou next summer. Hopefully, I can meet you then. My email is neilvaz1103@yahoo.com. Send me an email and I will give you my number there.
My famliy are from both Carriacou & Grenada 🇬🇩 and two of my siblings are half Ghanaian 🇬🇭 which my bother's name is Kojo 👍🏾 My surname (Lawrence) speaks for itself on the island.
Thank you for this, I'm currently in the middle of doing all of this research. A lot of my family names came up Quashie, Corion, Cudjoe. Where you have 'Teresa' I have 'Eva' 😅
@@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405 Yes! I was surprised by the links! They could be, greetings family if so 😂✊🏾so far I always struggle to find the links to the Cudjoe's, the women were married into the family so not sure on their parents (My 3x Great Grandmother - Mary Cudjoe, Born 1831) George Fitz-Samuel (the first grave) is also my Grandfather's brother but there were so many of them 😅
Some of the Quashies are in Bellevidere and Mt. Pleasant. Some of them live in Brooklyn. You should try to look them up. One of my aunt was married to a Quashie and they moved to Grenada.
While it is admirable for us to trace our ancestry, your video with interviews only highlights how difficult the whole process is, given the lack of commitment to record keeping of people who did not even view our ancestors as human beings. For one thing, the gentleman stating that Siles (I hope I spelt that name correctly) was born in Africa, and your calculation of her birth being around 1850/60, when the last slave ship arrived in the island about 1803, leaves us to wonder how someone born in Africa would have made the trip in 1850-1860. Makes no sense, right? The unfortunate thing is that as African descents our desperation for connection often leaves us making up stories in order to complete the void we feel. We make up what tribes we are descended from; we make up what country our ancestors originated in; and in some cases we even make up names to separate ourselves from our current countries in order to feel more African. We shouldn’t stop searching, but we should be smart enough to not make up stuff as we go along. It makes us look like fools when simple questions can be asked of our assertions.
I must say this, however. Just because the record shows that the last slave ship from Africa arrived in the early 1800s, though there are records to Grenada in 1837, that does not take into consideration transshipments from neighboring islands. I’m not saying that man’s evidence is conclusive in the video but it can’t be out right rejected based on one source (Slave trade database) or whatever else. There are explanations for African born people ending up in islands by way of other islands. One of the problems we also have as people is putting more credence in what the slave owner jotted down vs what the ancestors orally passed down.
If you really intend to find your Afrikan roots, you need to go to the SOURCE. Grenada, Jamaica, Barbados etc are branches, you need to find the real ROOT. Get a DNA test and establish where your ancestors are REALLY from, then go there with your family.
Thank you for the comment. I would rather not get a DNA test though. With enough good research one can find out more about their roots than a swab can tell you.
She was born around 1831 and died 14 Aug 1915. If you can tell me how to contact you, I can share my family tree with you, perhaps through a zoom meeting.
…u say dey circle dance ‘evn’ in da States! Lik we bhind da cultural curve… 🌸🍯🐝🇺🇸 whil u al present urslves wit Stateside swag! Hm n public hv lil diff… da statemnt is a pathway 4 purity superiority n ‘mete’ retention o ethnicity 😒🖐🏽m jus sayn! StatesBorn r imitated, usurpd n defamed by ‘evrybdy’… fam not excluded😮!
Yet ur stepdad cals USA; America… n u kno dat u r frm da Americas!?!🌸🍯🐝🇺🇸 so it’s important 2 acknowledge da way island peo sho dere disconnec wit StatesBorn o blackbirdn remnants🖐🏽🌚none o which recognize da originees existn 2day! Same reasons ethnics usurp varieties o diaspora based on dere momentary gains n sense o pride. Whether erroneous o no?🔑 ea arm is important n need chronographs lik ur vid proj! Thx agn!
This is fascinating. What the ignoarant(propagandist fed) west have not been told is that the Asante kingdo were master gold-smiths - their metal casting techniques (like Benin) were light years ahead of the rest of the world. Also;- Starting in the late 17th century, the Ashanti king Osei Tutu (c. 1695 - 1717) and his adviser Okomfo Anokye established the Ashanti Kingdom, with the Golden Stool of Asante as a sole unifying symbol.[6][10] Osei Tutu oversaw a massive Ashanti territorial expansion, building up the army by introducing new organisation and turning a disciplined royal and paramilitary army into an effective fighting machine.[8] In 1701, the Ashanti army conquered Denkyira, giving the Ashanti access to the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean coastal trade with Europeans, notably the Dutch.[8] The economy of the Ashanti Empire was mainly based on the trade of gold and agricultural exports [11] as well as Slave Trading, craft work and trade with markets up North.[5]
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My both parents are from Carriacou, I was born in Canada. I have been visiting Carriacou very often since a small child. I call it my second home. Nothing can compare to my sweet Carriacou. I’m glad you took a trip. Our home is life changing. Nothing on earth can feel like it ❤ 🇬🇩
I agree. I love going there.
Thanks very much my brother for this beautiful message.
You’re very welcome.
This video made me so excited to go back to Carriacou soon! Those ceremonies and my fam just make me feel at home 🇬🇩
Yaaay. That’s great.
Love this ❤ Both of my parents are from Belvedere, Carriacou too.
Nice. Thank you for the comment.
So Beautiful Cultural & peaceful Place Carriacou..Great Story adventure Narration Voice Mr Clouden ❤ ✌
Thank you. I appreciate it.
Am really happy to hear you finding the root,the name cudjoe is Akan name especially fanties in Ghana 🇬🇭. Greetings from Ghana 🇬🇭
Thank you. One of these days I’ll make it all the way to Ghana 🇬🇭 to meet my long lost family.
Writing my PhD on Grenadians Audre Lordes life - your documentation helped me a lot! Thanks!
That’s great. Good luck with your research.
Audre was a Grenadian?👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
@@lilyofthevalley2248 yess she wrote about the invasion "An Interim Report" and a protest letter to the republican state senetor. She also gave some very great interviews about it!
I myself have parents both from Mountpleasant Carriacou. I was born in London and Migrated to Florida USA. I am really happy you did documentary on the Island. It helped fill some gaps in the Oral history my parents told me about the Island. I visited the Island of Grenada and Carriacou, back in 2004, to bury my Grandmother and It was life changing actually and Spiritually Grounding for me. Keep up the Good work.
Thank you for the comment. I’m living in Florida as well. I’m right outside of Orlando.
As someone with Grandparents from Carriacou 🇬🇩 i am proud of my roots both in the Caribbean and Africa.
Yes. Same here. Thanks for the comment.
@@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405 if you or anyone wants more information on the Big Drum Dance, let me know. I have been recording and keeping a lot of information on it
@@richieperry6129 here’s my email: neilvaz1103@yahoo.com. That would be great.
Same here am in London 👌🏿
This video is giving me inspiration to document my lineage when I go home with my granny before she passes. Our heritage must be cherished. BTW you resemble Malcolm X a lot. Great documentary 👍
That’s great. I’m pleased this gives you inspiration. I’ve been getting that lately that I look a little like Malcolm X. 😂 who knows. Maybe we’re related. He’s Grenadian too. Lol
😮 I never knew *Cudjoe & Quashie* were African names..😮
There was a Dr Quashie I knew from Carriacou 😮 Wow..
Great info 👍
Love Interviewee & Interviewer❤😊😊
Yes. When I first learned about it I was surprised.
@Dr. V's Revolution Will Not Be Pesticides well *Put together* documentary. 👏
TY.
@@marcellemcdonald7762 thank you so much.
I know someone with the first name Kudjo he was half Ghanaian
My love and respect more power More Strength more Love keep on Shining the light on the truth and the history story bless up
Thank you so much for the comment. It’s encouraging.
Fantastic Journey....Soo interesting. Thanks for sharing !
I had a great time doing this. 🙏 thank you 😊.
Thank you very much. I thoroughly enjoyed your documentary. I was born in Grenada, my grandfather was from Carriacou. I never had a chance to meet him. He passed away before I was born. The information you presented was very enlightening. I would love to know more about our history.
I’m so happy that you enjoyed the documentary. Thank you for the kind words. I’m going back to Carriacou in the summer to document more.
@@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405 I’ll be visiting Grenada in August.
@@doylestlouis7446 I’m going to be there in June.
Thank u for sharing this!!!! So Powerful!!!!
Thank you for the kind words.
We have kojo, kwadjo, kwadwo which are day names for males born on mondays for the Akans. But cudjoe or codjoe are surnames among the fantes, Gas and ewes.
Keep searching for all our Africans ancestors scattered all over the world this is so amazing on your counting journey.🙏👍
Thank you. I will keep pushing.
Well done my brother great video
Thank you, brother. I appreciate the comment.
Thanks for making this Bro
You’re welcome. Thank you for the comment.
New supporter here. Watching from Barbados🇧🇧
Thank you so much.
What an amazing genealogical project. So much history that needs to be uncovered connecting the African gulf peoples with the people in America and the Caribbean. Amazing. What's the most incredible is that Africans themselves sold other Africans to the Europeans to be taken to the islands and the American colonies. How are all these links put together with today's proples in Ghana, Cote D'Ivoire, Nigeria etc ?? Have you traveled to Africa yet? Any videos about this?
Thank you so much. I have never been to Africa, but I have been planning on going to Ghana some time soon. When I do travel to Africa I will definitely do a documentary on it.
@@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405 It's such an interesting project! Keep up the good work!
@@dovygoodguy1296 Thank you.
@@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405 Has anyone done a genetic or genealogical study identifying the exact origins of different communities in North America and the Caribbean? For instance, did Africans in Jamaica come from Place X while Africans in Mississippi came from Place Y, in Virginia from Place Z, and St. Lucia from Place T? And can it be identified WHO arranged to bring them here from each of those areas in association with particular elements in Africa? From what I understand we're talking about communities from Senegal, Gambia, all the way down to Biafra? So it might be easy to pinpoint who did what where. This is also interesting because of the differing physical features among African American and Caribbean communities.
@@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405 I have started watching the video about Maurice Bishop. Wow, it's fascinating. I vaguely remember the events then I was in college. I am Jewish myself and read that today there are about 500 Jewish medical students in Grenada. The school must be very high quality for them all to go there. I'm trying to convince my wife to go to the Caribbean next winter, either Grenada, Jamaica or St. Lucia.
My grandfather came from carriacou and I’ve always been fascinated about my culture and heritage . My family’s name is Matheson and I’ve always wanted to know where this name came from . I’ve always been told it came from a slave master but was unsure . In my hometown Huddersfield, England a lot of immigrants from Grenada and carriacou came here in rhe 1950s and 1960s and I found it amazing that we have cudjoe and quarshie and fleary family’s here who came from the island . I really need to take the trip back home and meet some people myself to find my roots . Thankyou for this video .
Metheson is Neal’s last name, the guy I interviewed in the red shirt. Fleary was a popular Carriacou historian. Those are all familiar names you mentioned. You should definitely visit. Thank you for the comment.
My family are Mathesons and they’re from Huddersfield
@@DJ-TALKS who ? We are definitely family . I probably know you 😂😂
@@viraltopic5656 my cousins are Darius, Jordan and Niall Matheson - parents Beverley Cummings and Mitcham Matheson
I know that your grandpa Cosnel Clouden would be very proud of you for undertaking this research and for producing this video. He loved his homeland Carriacou and his ancestry so much. In fact, he's looking down on you proudly now smiling and saying "that's my boy". What a great job you're doing for your family now and for many, many years to come.
Thank you very much for the kind words. My mission is to make the ancestors proud 🥹 😊 thank you 🙏.
I stumbled upon this video while doing research on my family. I'm A CLOUDEN too.
@@leahclouden6134 Hello cousin. Where do you reside?
@@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405 🙋🏾♀Hi Cousin.🤗 We're the CLOUDEN(s) of Philadelphia PA. My father is third generation of Horace CLOUDEN. The only information we have is of my great grandfather is that he lived in Savannah Georgia and Pottstown PA. In POTTSTOWN he was an inventor who invention was stolen and they had that information in their paper.
We are still researching and that's how I found you. I started reading your dissertation while visiting Savannah today. I went to Facebook and I stumbled upon your video on RUclips.
Thank you for responding.
@@leahclouden6134 Very interesting. I never met a Clouden outside of the ones that come from either Grenada, Carriacou, or Trinidad, who are all most likely relatively closely related. I live in Florida, but there are a lot of us in New York and Toronto.
Hey brother, I live in Dar Es Salama Tanzania and their biggest market is called Carriacoo. You can find everything that you need there. Very interesting. I did not know that there was a Carriacoo Grenada
Hello. That is very interesting. I didn’t know that. My sister in law is from Tanzania 🇹🇿. She has also visited Carriacou Grenada 🇬🇩 with us. I wonder if she knows about the market.
Carriacou means "Land of Reefs". It came from the Amerindians of South America. There is a "Kariacou" (If I spelt it right) in one of the South American countries.
If you research the string instruments did not came from European for the guitar was made by a Black American slave the banjo is an African instrument and the violin is also an instrument from the Moors which are the real Israelites of the Bible
Good job on your research. Anansi (Ananse) in the "Anansi-O Sari Baba" is an Akan folk hero. Sari Baba could be corrupted Akan word Sabarima, meaning hero.
Thank you so much for the information. This is why I’m interested in learning Twi.
👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾Love this💯I just did my DNA, I knew Most of my maternal and paternal Caribbean Roots, but it revealed Nigeria almost half the rest Benin and Togo👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾U hv been blessed to be able to experience the knowledge.👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Thank you. Yes. A lot of us in Grenada are made up of the regions between Nigeria and Ghana. Thank you for the comment. I always like to hear the results of the DNA.
Togo,Benin and Nigeria are the same people don't worry about the fake colonial borders.
@@africanlastborn7776 Tks👏🏾💪🏾
Yooo bro this is crazy. My grandfather use to be in big drum, Renalph Gebon!!!!
That’s cool. You should try to learn and keep the tradition going.
It’s crazy how people from Grenada except their African roots roots but a lot of Jamaican’s deny it. My girlfriend is from Grenada and showed me jab jab during carnival. I showed it to my Jamaican co worker and he said what the hell is this ? when I explain it to him based on what she told me he said why would anybody celebrate slavery and how it looked like something to do with duppy business.
Every country has those that deny their African roots. Some more than others. There are a lot of Jamaicans that embrace it as well.
Colonization is the answer
Sincerely i spent 2 months on this island and it was one of the worth stay i had.
What a nightmare !
How dirty the island is !
Empty beer bottles every where, lot of garbage everywhere, people insulting you when simply walking, poor annoyed Retired people, nothing to do, music speakers late in the night, expensive restaurants with very average food, and so on and so forth.
I lived on my boat, and i left quickly this place. Iike most of french people.
I’m sorry that energy followed you there.
@@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405 This is one of the dirtiest island i visited
Even in some brasilian islands its cleaner
Garbage everywhere and poor lazy fat people without future
More of us need to do this work‼️‼️✅💯
I hv, that’s why I just came from Grenada, my DNA results points there. I am from a different Caribbean Island but my DNA is All over the Caribbean and even in The Americas due to the HEINOUS slave trade‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️😡😡😡😡😡
Neil I love this!!!!!
Thank you cuz
I'm from New Orleans. I see so many similarities in Carricou to New Orleans, culture. Very informative. Thank you.
Thank you. I’ve been to New Orleans a couple of times and noticed the same thing. African/French roots.
I was born in Louisiana my mom was born in Grenada my great grandmother was from Carriacou. Mom was born in Gouyave
@@quasalone4755 were you born in New Orleans?
Shreveport actually!
Yes it's time. More and more of us are finding our way to our African peoples. When all of us do it will be a beautiful awesome thing.
Absolutely. Thank you for watching.
Great vid...Luv the tracing of family trees.
It's safe to say if the ancestors lived non alcohol life, they would certainly become alcoholics.
Thank you 🙏. That’s hilarious 😂 the ancestors are definitely inebriated 😂
I'm researching Granada as a place to settle. I love the African influence. It would feel like home.
That’s great. You would love it. It is a very relaxed place. Carriacou has much more African influence than the mainland Grenada. I’ll be there next year for a family reunion.
Will probably plan a summer trip. I'm a teacher. Got wait till school closes. I lived in Dominica during the pandemic
@@Nducre so cool. I’m a teacher too. I wrote my dissertation on Dominica. I’m writing a book about the history of Dominica’s maroon community now. I will be in Grenada next summer as well. Maybe I will see you there. 😊
@@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405 Wow, that's great. I'm discovering these islands for the first time. Traveled throughout Africa for a long time. My name is Nassera.
@@Nducre wonderful. Believe or not I’ve never been to Africa yet. I will get there soon. My name is Neil. Here is my email. neilvaz1103@yahoo.com
My maternal great grandfather was named Kompany Jack and traveled between Trinidad,Grenada& St Vincent living for periods in all places.
Didn't realize Kompany was an African name until Vincent Kompany started playing for Man City
@@plugg999 where is the name Kompany from?
@@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405 Congo it seems
Thank you @Neil, Dr. V's Revolution Will Not Be Pesticides; for fanning my embers to a massive blaze in tracing my ancestors who I believe might have been from the Igbo or Yoruba tribes of Nigeria. I just received my Ancestory DNA kit in the post, and will certainly be exploring my heritage.
You're blessed to have a family member leave names for you to research and build upon. I have practically nothing, but I'll get there. Also, your ancestors were very blessed to have missed the renaming era of slaves on the Tri-Island. The Alexis wasn't so blessed.
Don't mind if I take some notes from your research on the names of the ships and the dates of their journey from Africa to Grenada.
I’m pleased that this video was able to help you. There are a couple of ships that came from Yorubaland in the 1830s on the slave voyage database. Possibly some undocumented ships from there that came later. I have a video on Malcolm X’s Grenada 🇬🇩 African connection on my page that talks about the Yoruba connection.
@@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405 I have been viewing them almost all night last night. (the Malcolm X videos) Thank you 🙏🏿💯❣️
@@spiceegalexisg5500 You're welcome :)
This is pretty outta the blue and cool. But I think I'm related to you. Just watchin this video with my parents right now. Very intrigued .
Thank you. If you’re from Carriacou we’re probably related. Lol
As a white person who came to this video purely curious about visiting Carriacou, I came away with a fascinating education in history. Thank you so much for this video
Thank you so much for the kind words. If you end up going, I hope you enjoy. I will be there next summer. Carriacou is such a small island, maybe I will see you there if we're there at the same time...lol.
@@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405 Awesome, let’s keep in touch and perhaps we can make that happen!
@@FTF96 My email is neilvaz1103@yahoo.com
@@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405 Awesome thank you! I have emailed you
This is a hundred percent Igbo culture
A large number of Igbo arrived there as well.
I suffer very badly with travel sickness on everything that moves except when I’m driving myself. To combat this, I use Stugeron 15, (an over the counter travel sick medication) which helps me no end. In fact, I take one tablet two hours before travelling and that’s it for the day; then one tablet every day until the trip is over.
I went from Vancouver to Hawaii, we were on the big blue ocean for five solid days, no land in sight. I was able to enjoy all of the entertainment, eat and drink all meals including alcohol, walkabout the ship’s decks and did everything going without being seriously ill.
Seriously ill means I cannot eat and drink, move about or do anything at all, but lie down for the duration of the trip groaning after puking my guts out. Sorry if I upset your tummy.
One thing I do to cover myself when carrying this tablet is to have a doctor’s letter, just in case the port authorities have concerns with it.
I understand how feel because travelling for me used to be so awful. But now it's a very great experience and I'm no longer a bane in my friends life.
Wow. I have it pretty bad but it sounds like you have it worse than I do. I usually only struggle on the boat ride to Carriacou. On the way back it’s much smoother and I usually learn from mistakes made on the way there.
@@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405 Also... try and keep your eyes on the horizon. Loof further out. Not on a tablet, cellphone or otherwise. LOL. It helps your brain calibrate the motion of the boat along with your eyes.
@@neillomarispringle4860 yes. Good point. That’s what my mom was telling me.
This is brilliant….My father was born in carriacou…
Thank you. I hear that I’m related to Quashie’s as well.
Dear Matthew's that's a Ghanaian name. It means a male child born on Sunday.
Where most of my kyak relatives live in the UK- there are a lot of Quashie’s a large family
Just to add, if you or your subscribers are interested, there's about Big Drum: "The Big Drum Ritual of Carriacou" by Lorna McDaniel"
Yes. I’ve read that book in graduate school. Very well researched. Thank you.
Bro we have the same roots my father tole me we were from Ghana. My great grand is from carriacou as well
Nice. We’re probably related.
Oh my your video touched me
Thank you. Your words motivate me.
Powerful!!!!
Thank you.
I guess you're related to the Cudjoe's of Bellevidere. My sister is also married to Isaac Cudjoe and they currently returned there from England.
Yes. That’s what they were telling me. My 2nd great grandmother Cudjoe was from Bellevidere.
Love your videos
I really appreciate that. Thank you 🙏.
Meda wo ase ( I thank you), for this video. Do you have an instagram page? I would like to follow you on there.
Hello. I don’t have an Instagram page but I’ll let you know when I get one. By the way my son’s name is Kwaku.
Medasi 🙂
I love the fact no crosses on these graves.
I saw a few.
My mother is a Clouden as well …from Carriacou do you have any knowledge on where the name Clouden name comes from?
Hello cousin. I believe the name is Irish.
Well researched.
Thank you.
Neil do you still have the video where we were dancing at granpas funeral?
I lost it. I think it’s somewhere at my dad’s house but I would have to do some digging.
Oh ok. I think we should keep the culture/ traditions going and pass it down to our children.
@@GoldenGoddess369 definitely. I’m sending mine to learn the drumming next summer.
Nice!!! They're going to love it
#1 fan
That's incredible how their lesser antillean french creole accent is so strong, btw since the reportage pretty long, did you talk about the language inside ?
I didn’t talk about the language here. I should have though.
@@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405 By the way i have a question, what is the french creole name for the local drumming style ? Gwotanbou, Nasyon maybe ?
@@Yehmanu Gwa Tambu is what Big Drum used to be called back when we spoke French Patoid
Hi Neil,
You've done an awesome job with your research!!! I was in Carriacou at the time that you did most of your interviews. I wish I would have met you. On your paper with the notes that your grandfather left (I called him Cousin Cosnel) my grandmother is listed as Mercy. My name is Cheryl and I would love to get in touch with you. I am always in Carriacou and most times when I am in Grenada I stay by Anslem. I would like to DM you. Can you please provide me with some info to contact you. Thank you.
Thank you so much. I will be back in Carriacou next summer. Hopefully, I can meet you then. My email is neilvaz1103@yahoo.com. Send me an email and I will give you my number there.
I will love to get in touch with the professor/narrator
Hi. My email is neilvaz1103@yahoo.com
Thanks a million.
Email sent.
You are very honest on your video
Thank you. I try to be as objective as possible.
Your uncle anslem clouden is one of the top lawyers in grenada
Yeah, I heard. 🙏
Enjoy!!!
Kojo is Akan Quarshie is Ewe both in Ghana
Codjoe, Ghanaian name, mostly a surname among the fantes, Gas and the ewes in Ghana.
Thank you for the information.
Is it still commonly used as a first name among the Asante?
@@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405 the Asantes are Akans, the Akan comprises( Asantes, fantes, Akwapims, Akyems)
@@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405 Yes still being used, you need a vac in Ghana to explore, you will be amazed.
@@niiadu1983 I will be there one of these days really soon.
Its nice that you went there to see your grampa grave
Thank you. I go whenever I get a chance.
winston fleary is my grandma first cousin.
Are you kidding me they sound of the drums and the singing is typical to Ashanti my goodness
Oh really? Wow. Are you from Ghana?
I ❤ Carriacou
Me too.
My famliy are from both Carriacou & Grenada 🇬🇩 and two of my siblings are half Ghanaian 🇬🇭 which my bother's name is Kojo 👍🏾
My surname (Lawrence) speaks for itself on the island.
So you and your siblings Akan blood 🩸 running all through your veins. 👍
@@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405 Pretty much 👍🏾
Keep up the good work.can you say my name in one of your videos my name is Jeremiah higgins
Thank you for this, I'm currently in the middle of doing all of this research. A lot of my family names came up Quashie, Corion, Cudjoe.
Where you have 'Teresa' I have 'Eva' 😅
Wow. That’s great. You’re very connected to the Akan culture then. I wonder if Theresa and Eva were sisters or something 🤔
@@dr.vsrevolutionwillnotbepe405 Yes! I was surprised by the links!
They could be, greetings family if so 😂✊🏾so far I always struggle to find the links to the Cudjoe's, the women were married into the family so not sure on their parents (My 3x Great Grandmother - Mary Cudjoe, Born 1831)
George Fitz-Samuel (the first grave) is also my Grandfather's brother but there were so many of them 😅
@@DynamicMP nice to meet you family. 😂
Some of the Quashies are in Bellevidere and Mt. Pleasant.
Some of them live in Brooklyn. You should try to look them up.
One of my aunt was married to a Quashie and they moved to Grenada.
I’m related to corions as well a few live in the UK it’s amazing to see how many bloodlines are interlinked in Grenada and Carricou
The banjo is actually African
#Maroons
You know it. 🙏
The man in the red is my first cousins (Mathesons) cousin
Neal
Yes ask him if he remembers Jordan Matheson from Huddersfield UK
@@DJ-TALKS ok. I will.
I’m am garifuna
Nice. I was just in Honduras visiting the Garifuna there. Have you seen my video on my page yet?
While it is admirable for us to trace our ancestry, your video with interviews only highlights how difficult the whole process is, given the lack of commitment to record keeping of people who did not even view our ancestors as human beings. For one thing, the gentleman stating that Siles (I hope I spelt that name correctly) was born in Africa, and your calculation of her birth being around 1850/60, when the last slave ship arrived in the island about 1803, leaves us to wonder how someone born in Africa would have made the trip in 1850-1860. Makes no sense, right? The unfortunate thing is that as African descents our desperation for connection often leaves us making up stories in order to complete the void we feel. We make up what tribes we are descended from; we make up what country our ancestors originated in; and in some cases we even make up names to separate ourselves from our current countries in order to feel more African. We shouldn’t stop searching, but we should be smart enough to not make up stuff as we go along. It makes us look like fools when simple questions can be asked of our assertions.
I agree
I must say this, however. Just because the record shows that the last slave ship from Africa arrived in the early 1800s, though there are records to Grenada in 1837, that does not take into consideration transshipments from neighboring islands. I’m not saying that man’s evidence is conclusive in the video but it can’t be out right rejected based on one source (Slave trade database) or whatever else. There are explanations for African born people ending up in islands by way of other islands. One of the problems we also have as people is putting more credence in what the slave owner jotted down vs what the ancestors orally passed down.
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Interesting mine is mostly Ashanti according to 23 and me. 78% west African the othere European.
Interesting. Where are you from?
O.5 Scandinavian, which gave autoimmune gastritis. How you like that
🇬🇭🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
my dads from carriacou, were probably related haha
Yeah. Probably. 😂
If you really intend to find your Afrikan roots, you need to go to the SOURCE. Grenada, Jamaica, Barbados etc are branches, you need to find the real ROOT. Get a DNA test and establish where your ancestors are REALLY from, then go there with your family.
Thank you for the comment. I would rather not get a DNA test though. With enough good research one can find out more about their roots than a swab can tell you.
I am a descendant of Mary Cudjoe
Hello cousin. Do you know the year she was born? Roughly.
She was born around 1831 and died 14 Aug 1915. If you can tell me how to contact you, I can share my family tree with you, perhaps through a zoom meeting.
@@nubianking1976t my email is neilvaz1103@yahoo.com
Thr only way you can find out about your history is for you to get to Africa in Ghana.
I will be there one of these days.
…u say dey circle dance ‘evn’ in da States! Lik we bhind da cultural curve… 🌸🍯🐝🇺🇸 whil u al present urslves wit Stateside swag! Hm n public hv lil diff… da statemnt is a pathway 4 purity superiority n ‘mete’ retention o ethnicity 😒🖐🏽m jus sayn! StatesBorn r imitated, usurpd n defamed by ‘evrybdy’… fam not excluded😮!
I throw up all the time lol
Yeah. That boat ride is no joke. On the way back I stood up and looked at the water and it was better.
Yes ot does help and going back down is way better.
Yet ur stepdad cals USA; America… n u kno dat u r frm da Americas!?!🌸🍯🐝🇺🇸 so it’s important 2 acknowledge da way island peo sho dere disconnec wit StatesBorn o blackbirdn remnants🖐🏽🌚none o which recognize da originees existn 2day! Same reasons ethnics usurp varieties o diaspora based on dere momentary gains n sense o pride. Whether erroneous o no?🔑 ea arm is important n need chronographs lik ur vid proj! Thx agn!
This is fascinating. What the ignoarant(propagandist fed) west have not been told is that the Asante kingdo were master gold-smiths - their metal casting techniques (like Benin) were light years ahead of the rest of the world. Also;- Starting in the late 17th century, the Ashanti king Osei Tutu (c. 1695 - 1717) and his adviser Okomfo Anokye established the Ashanti Kingdom, with the Golden Stool of Asante as a sole unifying symbol.[6][10] Osei Tutu oversaw a massive Ashanti territorial expansion, building up the army by introducing new organisation and turning a disciplined royal and paramilitary army into an effective fighting machine.[8] In 1701, the Ashanti army conquered Denkyira, giving the Ashanti access to the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean coastal trade with Europeans, notably the Dutch.[8] The economy of the Ashanti Empire was mainly based on the trade of gold and agricultural exports [11] as well as Slave Trading, craft work and trade with markets up North.[5]
Thank you for the information. Fascinating history.