Erykah Badu Discovers Her African Ancestry

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  • Опубликовано: 11 янв 2025

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  • @Nedecha
    @Nedecha 6 лет назад +62

    This really resonated with me. I am Jamaican-born, I am African. I am Cameroonian, that is what I live today. My husband is Cameroonian, and I have had the privilege to not only go but to also tour Cameroon. I love my countries and I love Africa.

  • @uniquejohnson5516
    @uniquejohnson5516 7 лет назад +2406

    This woman was "woke" before it was a thing.

    • @SRobb-dt9js
      @SRobb-dt9js 6 лет назад +117

      She was born whole with three dollars and six dimes

    • @realn.w.a554
      @realn.w.a554 6 лет назад +35

      @Al-Musawwir-El: Bey You sound beyond ignorant and jealous

    • @realn.w.a554
      @realn.w.a554 6 лет назад +26

      @Al-Musawwir-El: Bey LOL reversing what I stated & putting a weak lame emoji face at the end, does not change the fact you are jealous and ignorant... But if it makes you feel better, good for you baby 🙌

    • @tamarabradley7090
      @tamarabradley7090 6 лет назад +37

      Woke has always been a thing for us...

    • @noaidjones7216
      @noaidjones7216 6 лет назад +4

      @Al-Musawwir-El: Bey Yes, I also think it's fake. I had read too many documents where black Americans come from.

  • @bobanesz736
    @bobanesz736 9 лет назад +1186

    I love Erykah & I love when we African Americans trace our roots such a beautiful thing.

    • @bobanesz736
      @bobanesz736 8 лет назад +52

      +AStarIsBornThisWay Thank you so much. Not all Africans care for us the way you do and I appreciate you so much.

    • @ghostgoblin624
      @ghostgoblin624 8 лет назад +2

      do you know which DNA test she used?

    • @janiceasante55
      @janiceasante55 8 лет назад +1

      no we do not lol

    • @bobanesz736
      @bobanesz736 8 лет назад

      +Janice Asante What?

    • @janiceasante55
      @janiceasante55 8 лет назад +4

      you guys arent african tho lol

  • @denisemiller3247
    @denisemiller3247 5 лет назад +187

    She’s flowing because she knows who she is. We all need to be on that level.

    • @HoweyJR_
      @HoweyJR_ 5 лет назад

      💯💯💯💯

    • @Karl671
      @Karl671 2 года назад

      Amen

    • @carlwalker9635
      @carlwalker9635 2 года назад

      She's not Bamilike, the Bamilike have no oral history of any of the members of their tribe being sold off into any slave trade, so how could she be Bamilike? The DNA geneology tests are a fraud, and for Entertainment Purposes Only. People have sent their dog's saliva in for testing, and these fraudulent tests have returned human, tribal affiliations.

  • @louisianacookingwithkay
    @louisianacookingwithkay 2 года назад +49

    She's always been extremely intelligent, cerebral, enlightened, woke, unique, dope as hell, eclectic, and she's so much more than that. I remember being 13 when I first heard her music, and she's had me ever since!
    🧘🏾‍♀️💙🧘🏾‍♀️🤞🏾✊🏾

  • @aharper12
    @aharper12 9 лет назад +683

    Its amazing because Erykah and Simon look like relatives!!!! the nose, eyes, and mouth

    • @prettycandy7884
      @prettycandy7884 9 лет назад +49

      Yes!! That is true. I did notice that. Same type cheekbones and eyes.

    • @PrinceSamuelsfreeonlinetools
      @PrinceSamuelsfreeonlinetools 9 лет назад +20

      Wow you are smart. True

    • @steezpremium7043
      @steezpremium7043 8 лет назад +25

      +Anwar Uhuru Thought I was the only one to notice.

    • @damarcusmomm05
      @damarcusmomm05 8 лет назад +31

      They really look alike same eyes and bone structure

    • @onekzay2681
      @onekzay2681 8 лет назад +13

      +Anwar Uhuru man they look just alike they even smile they same

  • @theoutlandishblueprint2419
    @theoutlandishblueprint2419 6 лет назад +207

    She really favored that older man, the face shape cheek bones and everything

    • @t.5021
      @t.5021 5 лет назад +26

      He looks like he could be her grandfather.

    • @martinsmith2258
      @martinsmith2258 5 лет назад +13

      OUTLANDISH TV yeah she did. You’d be surprised how many of us afro Americans favor people from the African continent lol

    • @thesecondcoming5875
      @thesecondcoming5875 4 года назад +5

      Yup...the nose shape got me like WOW...

    • @aaskew3551
      @aaskew3551 4 года назад +6

      yes i was thinking she looks alot like him just lighterin complexion

    • @sweetee3886
      @sweetee3886 4 года назад +4

      I noticed that too...she did.

  • @stanleyamamu8045
    @stanleyamamu8045 9 лет назад +382

    look how she looks so beautiful in her African Cultural wear-come on, come back home, where a group of people are ready to treat you with world best hospitality ever.

    • @rogerwilliams4742
      @rogerwilliams4742 6 лет назад +5

      It's a blessing and a curse...The blessing is more substantial though. Peace

    • @RaMahUganda
      @RaMahUganda 6 лет назад +3

      my granmother would say ...."hunnuh eh kumon bak de'ponch deh. "

    • @christieatuh
      @christieatuh 5 лет назад +5

      Really, some Cameroonians still killing their brethren. Erykah stay where you are. The knowledge is fine. But I prefer your peace for being a part of the all.

    • @t.5021
      @t.5021 5 лет назад +4

      I can't wait to go, to be around all of those beautiful people! What a blessing

    • @blackfirstdealwithitblack8098
      @blackfirstdealwithitblack8098 5 лет назад

      Y'all tell everyone that.

  • @TyranaTV
    @TyranaTV 5 лет назад +47

    OMG I'm from the Bamileke tribe myself 🙊. I can't believe she is from my tribe. Now I understand why I've connected with her as soon as I felt her energy

  • @emfarah3758
    @emfarah3758 3 года назад +15

    Alot of black musicians in America have Cameroon lineage. The Cameroon ppl are also known for music. Amazing!!!

    • @SHANNY13_96
      @SHANNY13_96 Год назад +2

      Yeh for sure and ivory coast too!!!"

  • @slaymarie_rdh_2B
    @slaymarie_rdh_2B 10 лет назад +820

    This video brought tears to my eyes, I'm happy she's found her roots and hope one day that I can find mine too.

    • @Sabledoux
      @Sabledoux 10 лет назад +6

      You are making me emotional Ms. SheDolt. Every vid Ms. Lady. You keep saying it. I try to keep it in, but you wont let me.
      Ase! Sis

    • @goldrose6896
      @goldrose6896 10 лет назад +13

      me 2..but she did say something that stuck, 'i was never concerned with where i came from, becuz i no eye was connected, somethings are just in us'

    • @slaymarie_rdh_2B
      @slaymarie_rdh_2B 10 лет назад +2

      I agree Gold Rose.

    • @soulsilk1127
      @soulsilk1127 6 лет назад +1

      Go,SheDot,Go! Me too it's an important component to who were are.....peace and blessings ❤

    • @Mariatheemermaid
      @Mariatheemermaid 6 лет назад +1

      Chel'le Malone TEARS, lol thought i was the only one

  • @leereynolds8533
    @leereynolds8533 9 лет назад +178

    I love Erykah, and this is the coolest video ever. Seeing her discover more about herself was a treat!

  • @missfaithbutterfly4501
    @missfaithbutterfly4501 8 лет назад +105

    Wow she looks just like that old man from Cameroon! She could easily be his daughter! That test must be very accurate

  • @vayoha02
    @vayoha02 6 лет назад +545

    I did my DNA test and learned I'm Senegalese, Nigerian, and 10% European. I think as an African-american and Caribbean woman, i had this feeling that i would be rejected by ppl from African bc some AA said they were rebuff by them. AA have generational PTSD from slavery. It's a real thing! We're the only ppl that was totally stripped of our culture and had to build a new one. We really shouldn't be chastised about that, we're a resilient ppl.

    • @lilmizzpoet
      @lilmizzpoet 6 лет назад +29

      Reading the bible will reveal much truth in this regard. Ask God and you will find the answers of what was lost in those pages.

    • @swatkasham5509
      @swatkasham5509 6 лет назад +60

      vayoha02 I keep hearing this rejected by Africans narrative, it breaks my heart! Please know that you’ll be accepted by many 💜

    • @vayoha02
      @vayoha02 6 лет назад +29

      @@swatkasham5509 I truly hope so because I plan on visiting Nigeria and Senegal. I know it will be a spiritual experience.

    • @user-ep4jo1ev3j
      @user-ep4jo1ev3j 6 лет назад +8

      🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬

    • @francisumogo-ogbolu2687
      @francisumogo-ogbolu2687 6 лет назад +9

      You should. I would say give it a shot and keep an open mind towards your journey. All the best

  • @ndonuetakwi3463
    @ndonuetakwi3463 6 лет назад +22

    Respect from Bamenda Cameroon

  • @elianeg8727
    @elianeg8727 10 лет назад +414

    I'm 100% from the bamileke tribe of Cameroon, and I just got chills because I always thought you looked like my mom when she was younger... Very interesting!

    • @joshuaalexander8327
      @joshuaalexander8327 6 лет назад +44

      But then you marry the white man get outta here.

    • @astadefo
      @astadefo 5 лет назад +17

      I’m 50% Bamileke and I swear from young I always believed she was Cameroonian before I found this out it’s crazyyy because she looks it

    • @topcompilationvideos2051
      @topcompilationvideos2051 5 лет назад +5

      Me too am bamileke

    • @chrisgakuru5002
      @chrisgakuru5002 5 лет назад +4

      She might be from the same clan as you Eliane.

    • @chinaweaver6347
      @chinaweaver6347 5 лет назад +21

      Lmao your bus hand is white

  • @danyellwar77
    @danyellwar77 7 лет назад +102

    Erykah Badu has a very pretty face. Looks so familiar like so many other black beautiful women.

    • @ceynicade9519
      @ceynicade9519 4 года назад +4

      i agree she really is very beautiful and charismatic woman her face eyes smile

  • @NOCDIB
    @NOCDIB 9 лет назад +191

    For real, though. Who has the audacity to dislike such a beautiful video?

    • @IndigoChild007
      @IndigoChild007 6 лет назад +5

      Trump People

    • @vanessamarie6405
      @vanessamarie6405 6 лет назад +3

      People that are entitled to their own opinions maybe..lol

    • @simbadutch2326
      @simbadutch2326 5 лет назад +8

      I think you and I already know what kind and type of people dislike us to be proud of our ancestry but hey bad news to them coz they ain't gonna stop us like they did in the past

  • @rawsko0316
    @rawsko0316 6 лет назад +44

    It's so badass to see African culture resemble native American tribes as well. The dance, the togetherness as a ppl for our children. Absolutely no separation between children and all the tribes mothers. I'm mostly of German decent but both sides of my family have Cherokee and Choctaw lineage as well. Lots of different settlers around the foothills of the Ozarks. I love seeing ppl find out more about their families. Badu, you da Tru!

    • @MentalPistol
      @MentalPistol Год назад

      Africans and Nativesof the western world are generally similar because they are closest to the root of humanity. The Mmre we sink into the western system the further we get away from nature and natural thought

  • @smartkookie
    @smartkookie 5 лет назад +121

    I graduated from a HBCU and my college professor taught me that the colonizers introduced the Africans to time. It makes soo much sense.

    • @abdullahrasheed1493
      @abdullahrasheed1493 3 года назад +27

      Africans knew about time long before the Europeans colonized Africa. Remember that Africa is a continent not a country. Whereas America is a country made up of some 50 states. Africa is a continent of at least 54+ countries. Each country have many languages, traditions, cultures, religions etc... Not all Africans speak the same languages or follow the same traditions or religious beliefs or any other practices for that matter. Many used the sun and the moon to calculate time. Also remember, Africa is called the "Motherland" for a reason. Too many times we think something came from the Europeans but it didn't. They took what they learnt from the Africans and made it their own. Then when they present it as their and many times in their images we think it came from them and not the African. George James in his book stolen legacy talks about that decades ago.

    • @smartkookie
      @smartkookie 3 года назад +17

      @Tony Taco You obviously didn't understand what I was conveying. In Africa people thought freely and were relaxed. They didn't work 40 hours a week. Please expand your mind before attempting to discredit me.

    • @bonaventure9736
      @bonaventure9736 3 года назад +5

      @@abdullahrasheed1493 You said bro..
      They took civilisation from Africa and their people to believe that it was the other way around.
      They still feed off Africa till date because they'll never survive without Africa!!!

    • @judyem.c5753
      @judyem.c5753 3 года назад +1

      How does that make sense to you? Colonization was ruling and abusing of a people. The free labor and taking resources from a continent and people.
      Any traditional way including knowledge was whitewashed for most part. Africans had their own way of telling time and seasons. The west didn't bring anything but pain and suffering. Just like they did in India, the America's and Australian.
      It's a repeated formula practiced for their own gain and survival.
      They didn't or don't rescue anything or anyone instead and for most part create a new problems that those societies are to now working to overcome. The irony of all this is it was must be solved by them or in their own way. Don't be fooled most and all this people had great system and developed civilization while Europe was still in the dark ages.
      Learn your own history from the true writers of your own true history.

    • @AntiFakeJewsRev2-9-0Zach9-6
      @AntiFakeJewsRev2-9-0Zach9-6 3 года назад

      Another big fat lie, the so called African sold y'all Judeans in slavery.
      70AD from the destruction of Judea to the Sub-saharienne slave trades then finally to the Trans Atlantic slaves trades @ 1611kjv#Luke21:20-24/Joel3:1-6/Deuteronomy28:15-48-68

  • @cooksous
    @cooksous 8 лет назад +75

    Listen. I saw Erykah in June and the crew was late for the show. The local news was there, prior to showtime, and asked me to "express" my feelings in front of a camera. I politely said, "She could show up at midnight and I'd be here... cheesin' & waitin' patiently." So... you get a tardy pass from me, E! Anyday. +love

  • @LaVonnesGirl
    @LaVonnesGirl 9 лет назад +180

    She is gorgeous

  • @MarcusVisionaryUPA
    @MarcusVisionaryUPA 10 лет назад +53

    She's got the same eyes (other than hers being green of course) as her tribesman ancestor talking about her people's history (the older one)

  • @ChosenbyYAH3
    @ChosenbyYAH3 5 лет назад +15

    I've always loved her energy, her music and her language.

  • @ZachVanHarrisJR
    @ZachVanHarrisJR 5 лет назад +54

    She got more aliases than a Wu Tang member

    • @blu_rey8656
      @blu_rey8656 4 года назад +1

      You silly 😊

    • @KapQueen
      @KapQueen 4 года назад +1

      I guess several people are living in her

    • @iamerikka9774
      @iamerikka9774 4 года назад

      And I love it!

  • @Mecca4BA
    @Mecca4BA 10 лет назад +49

    She is so beautiful

    • @shalimaar444
      @shalimaar444 7 лет назад +4

      beautiful !!! just like Bamileke women yes she is, no surprise.
      Angele Bassett, Taraji, Mesha Smith, Tina Turner, Lisa Aubrey, CC Ponder just for those are all Bamileke.

  • @amarecarter8633
    @amarecarter8633 5 лет назад +87

    Dang! I’m from Dallas and my roots trace back to Cameroon 🇨🇲 too! 😂

    • @africamcfadden6346
      @africamcfadden6346 5 лет назад +5

      Me too Cameroon 😉

    • @agneskoloko6897
      @agneskoloko6897 5 лет назад +9

      I am a comeronian, we are waiting for you .

    • @awahmonika670
      @awahmonika670 5 лет назад +4

      You welcome dear❤

    • @GuardianoftheGoldenStool
      @GuardianoftheGoldenStool 4 года назад +7

      Amare Carter If you are Afro-American your roots trace back to several locations in West and West-Central Africa, and among a multitude of ethnic groups in these regions. The test Erykah took solely represented the origin of a foremother on her direct maternal lineage, a woman who came from among the Bamileke people of Cameroon. Erykah as an Afro-American has ancestors that come from among several other ethnicities and locations in West and West-Central Africa.

    • @Saadbabeey
      @Saadbabeey 4 года назад +1

      How do u do one of those what are they called

  • @babymbuh1932
    @babymbuh1932 5 лет назад +8

    I'm Cameroonian too!!!🇨🇲
    I saw the outfit in the thumbnail and I just knew it!

  • @harlemantoinetterisingfrom4639
    @harlemantoinetterisingfrom4639 6 лет назад +10

    It was a burning in my soul to get the test. I’m so so excited. I just ordered mine at 2:30 in the morning. I’m smiling like I got married lmao. Once I get my testing done and find out my results I will be visiting Africa very soon. I am so so happy 😀

    • @moni7803
      @moni7803 2 года назад +1

      I hope you got to see the motherland. I cant wait to meet my village

  • @letterstojesus7879
    @letterstojesus7879 5 лет назад +6

    Oh i love that she is from Cameroon!!! I am a Cameroonian. She is beautiful.

  • @gigiajavon122
    @gigiajavon122 8 лет назад +196

    That's my language he was speaking

    • @chimakalu41
      @chimakalu41 8 лет назад +4

      you are bamileke?

    • @ebaiderrick
      @ebaiderrick 6 лет назад +2

      The man was not speaking bamileke

    • @ndonuetakwi3463
      @ndonuetakwi3463 6 лет назад +4

      @@ebaiderrick Bamilekes and Bamenda people are Tikars or why do you think we are all gratis

    • @ndonuetakwi3463
      @ndonuetakwi3463 6 лет назад +4

      @@ebaiderrick our languages are like bakweris and Doualas. We are all Tikars same traditions, same outfit almost same language. Am a Bamenda but I understand mbouda

  • @TheFranckyleboss
    @TheFranckyleboss 9 лет назад +136

    and she is right because as an African, i notice that African American have a lot in common with African as she said in this video: the way we raise children, the time issue, and so many things that i thought were only African people issues, but she is right, it is Black period. coz even black from the Caribbean have the same similarity

    • @reign1016
      @reign1016 6 лет назад +1

      😂😂😂

    • @jerryberry8967
      @jerryberry8967 5 лет назад +4

      Definitely same with the Caribbean but we’re all the same people 🙏🏾

    • @nuworldchiefimmortalruler3599
      @nuworldchiefimmortalruler3599 5 лет назад

      @@jerryberry8967 how we all the same people

    • @nuworldchiefimmortalruler3599
      @nuworldchiefimmortalruler3599 5 лет назад

      @Cynthia Dickerson my people not black that's a reclassification frist of all

    • @nuworldchiefimmortalruler3599
      @nuworldchiefimmortalruler3599 5 лет назад

      @Cynthia Dickerson man all I give a fuck about is how the Europeans in America treat my people in America I don't care about that shit if you not a American Indian that got kidnapped and sold all over the world I don't care about you

  • @kofirey6752
    @kofirey6752 5 лет назад +17

    I was born in California but always dreamed of Cameroon/Congo since I was a baby. didn't need a DNA all I need is to Get back Home.

  • @MrAlexanderrangel
    @MrAlexanderrangel 4 года назад +1

    Yo!!!! At 3:58 those guys wearing shell dancing things on their legs just like the aztec dancers / indigneous mexicans. that's amazing

  • @thekusiwaa
    @thekusiwaa 4 года назад +46

    All Africans ( black people) have to come back home there's much to do and we have to start building already
    Africa for the Africans : Marcus Garvey ❤️❤️

    • @thatGuyQuincy
      @thatGuyQuincy 3 года назад +1

      Much love to brothers & sisters woldwide

  • @donnjones6032
    @donnjones6032 8 лет назад +152

    search and you will find.Life is a journey and Erykah badu ain't Afraid to ride that wave.

    • @BamBam-fw5jm
      @BamBam-fw5jm 7 лет назад +2

      Donn Jones she is so fierce. trying to get like that.

  • @TheHannahx
    @TheHannahx 9 лет назад +10

    Half Bamileke here as well! So much love for sister Badu

  • @samella35
    @samella35 9 лет назад +18

    Powerful and Beautiful. I love you Erykah. I love you Ankhcestors.

  • @tumweonlycommentary2797
    @tumweonlycommentary2797 5 лет назад +5

    this video just inspires me to continue being blessed and stay in my motherland Africa. I was born in Uganda , years later family migrated to South Africa. I am so glad that Erykah returned to her home Africa. Africa is beautiful and with soul.

  • @Thefive5
    @Thefive5 Год назад +1

    Just got my results back a week ago. My ancestry is from Cameroon also. West Bantu People..Definitely on the vacation list.

  • @artisfu9
    @artisfu9 9 лет назад +11

    This was beautiful seeing you there Erykah! All of us should go to the Motherland one day. I can't wait for your new album to come out!

  • @shymypookie654
    @shymypookie654 10 лет назад +12

    oh u are more than welcome to my wonderful tribe,i am bamileke too.Most importantly u are welcome to my peaceful Cameroon.we love u......

  • @veronicarose916
    @veronicarose916 10 лет назад +665

    When I get a secure job....I want to do one of these DNA test!!!

    • @theiriscen
      @theiriscen 10 лет назад +6

      U look like u from ethiopia. Cute

    • @veronicarose916
      @veronicarose916 10 лет назад +44

      yea I have heard that! Ethiopian or Somalian lol I am really curious to find out where my ancestors are from....because someday I want to go to africa! and I would love to visit the home of my ancestors!

    • @theiriscen
      @theiriscen 10 лет назад

      That's nice of you :)

    • @theiriscen
      @theiriscen 10 лет назад +7

      I'm from cameroon just like Ms. Badu :P

    • @veronicarose916
      @veronicarose916 10 лет назад +7

      That is dope!!! I love Ms.Badu ^_^

  • @liajohnson685
    @liajohnson685 5 лет назад +5

    This is so inspiring to me ERIKA has always been a very eccentric person to me as I grew with her threw her music over the years of my life. now I want to find my people as well I think this video of ERICKA finding her ancestors has now moved me to this point in my life.. It is now time to see were do I really come from . Because I was adopted and I have no idea of any family . Im going to do that swab test. Thank you for this video.

  • @Anusimsefardi
    @Anusimsefardi 5 лет назад +32

    I’m happy for the African American people with these DNA tests to help them find their root origins ...

    • @rodp1159
      @rodp1159 5 лет назад

      You can also go to the library and study. Far more accurate

    • @Anusimsefardi
      @Anusimsefardi 5 лет назад +3

      Im sure you can study to learn about the different tribes and cultures but to actually find your DNA link you would need a laboratory

    • @shevypearl
      @shevypearl 4 года назад

      @@rodp1159 any library?

  • @TimelessViBe
    @TimelessViBe 10 лет назад +147

    this is so similar to native american culture, i think all indigenous people of the world have similarities with their cultures and beliefs .

    • @witkneemenyon5612
      @witkneemenyon5612 7 лет назад +4

      BeatsOutDBricks very true!

    • @JP0411
      @JP0411 7 лет назад +4

      TimelessViBe don’t bring them into this please! This is about Africa - Cameroon. So stfu

    • @steveboy7302
      @steveboy7302 6 лет назад

      +Ifeanyi chuckwu no

    • @Jenuthagr8
      @Jenuthagr8 5 лет назад +9

      You’re right! We are all connected. They can try to divide with titles and labels but our ancestors know better!

    • @booxxx9755
      @booxxx9755 5 лет назад +9

      I think everyone is from Africa..

  • @edwardrobinson8947
    @edwardrobinson8947 8 лет назад +128

    they look just alike tho!

    • @tayb838
      @tayb838 8 лет назад +6

      Edward Robinson. I said the same thing!!

    • @mwinyimwenyi
      @mwinyimwenyi 8 лет назад +15

      She looked like the old man.

    • @myeeshaodom7266
      @myeeshaodom7266 6 лет назад +9

      They all got the same nose

    • @usedbyjesus
      @usedbyjesus 6 лет назад +5

      Myeesha Odom bone structure around the eyes

  • @thelivingfruits
    @thelivingfruits 10 лет назад +273

    She say.. 'time is for white people.' and has said it in several interviews (so you can go look it up). Woo!

    • @usedbyjesus
      @usedbyjesus 6 лет назад +28

      taz biscuit no this hair is not from white people ..white people do not cut their hair off to sell for profit ..goh with that

    • @usedbyjesus
      @usedbyjesus 6 лет назад +1

      Zorah Watson exactly

    • @djblackruss
      @djblackruss 6 лет назад +31

      Many African cultures wore wigs, From Egypt to west Africa! Know your history

    • @poca007
      @poca007 6 лет назад +1

      Your right I know white women who cut off thier long hair and donate it for wigs made for those who lost thier hair to radiation and chemotherapy.

    • @clarkjones1438
      @clarkjones1438 6 лет назад +7

      The Living Fruits. White people are on time because they don't work.When you work your body gets tired.

  • @FrancisMburukamunyu
    @FrancisMburukamunyu 5 лет назад +4

    Always great to be part of the reunification of all Africans. We are in times where many are searching and seeking their origins.

  • @iwujifamilyvlogs7738
    @iwujifamilyvlogs7738 5 лет назад +7

    As an African American women, visiting Nigeria changed my life. There 👏is👏a👏spirit👏in👏that👏place

  • @mwinyimwenyi
    @mwinyimwenyi 8 лет назад +360

    Am I the only one that thinks Erykah Badu looks like she is related that old man?

    • @TheLionsden75
      @TheLionsden75 8 лет назад +16

      Bantu Muntu noooo....I saw the same thing....its amazing

    • @kemlaurin
      @kemlaurin 5 лет назад +7

      Omg I just said that. Same eye glimmer

    • @chrisgakuru5002
      @chrisgakuru5002 5 лет назад +8

      By the way there is similarity a DNA should be taken she looks exactly like that old man.She might be from the same clan.He is a relative.

    • @AandP4dummieslikeme
      @AandP4dummieslikeme 5 лет назад +11

      They have the same short nose, cheekbones/flattish face and smile :-)

    • @girlinterrupted2625
      @girlinterrupted2625 5 лет назад +4

      Nope I saw it too. I thought it was just me.

  • @ishtaroshun7429
    @ishtaroshun7429 8 лет назад +41

    Her teeth are sooo big and beautiful 😍

  • @umbrella5231
    @umbrella5231 9 лет назад +133

    i think its more of an african thing. we call it running on african time lol applies especially to Nigerians who love to be fashionably late. Guilty myself

    • @chrisgakuru5002
      @chrisgakuru5002 5 лет назад +12

      Not even in Nigeria, even in Kenya you will hear phrases like....There is no hurry in Africa.If you want guys to show up at 9am tell them meeting will officially start at 8am.

    • @adamsmith487
      @adamsmith487 5 лет назад +4

      We call it "Trini time" here in the Caribbean

    • @charx9149
      @charx9149 5 лет назад +19

      In the US we call it CP time (colored ppl time). We always say black folk will be late to their own funerals..lol

    • @freemanbako1586
      @freemanbako1586 5 лет назад +5

      Very true as popularly called AFRICAN TIME in NIGERIA...LOL

    • @BigThapelo
      @BigThapelo 5 лет назад +4

      Even in South Africa it's called Afrikan Time or Bantu Time. I know for sure for sure that God functions on this time as well. Always late, yet still on time

  • @kathyboykin5335
    @kathyboykin5335 4 года назад +5

    This is so profound. The culture is still thriving. I wonder how she felt.

  • @augustvirgo6773
    @augustvirgo6773 Год назад +2

    Africa is calling me, I am Jamaican would love to visit the Motherland.

  • @candy5742
    @candy5742 10 лет назад +44

    Not to be Funny But She Looks like she is related to the old man she was hugging from Cameroon by the eyes. So this is real

    • @kayquan9072
      @kayquan9072 4 года назад +1

      The facial expressions too

    • @beauttty072
      @beauttty072 4 года назад +2

      That is what the video is about she is from Cameroon and those people she look like are Cameroon. That is her tribe of DNA

  • @diannaflood226
    @diannaflood226 4 года назад +4

    😂😂 this video actually found me... The funny thing is I just received my African Ancestry results.
    Bamileke, Cameroon. I see you mother, sister, antie. ❣

  • @TebogoWills
    @TebogoWills 10 лет назад +17

    AFRICA!!!! PROUD TO BE AFRICAN!
    Also, I just feel like Africa's okay, we don't need 'industrial civilization' frankly, id be fine with nature, nature all around me, although that isn't what we have, but if we did id be OKAY!

    • @thebridge5483
      @thebridge5483 6 лет назад +2

      Carol Wills we could use solar energy

    • @GullibleTarget
      @GullibleTarget 6 лет назад +1

      That is still industry. You just replace fossil feuls with natural resources. This woman wants to live without modern technology. 'Off the grid'. She can start today if she hasn't, already.

  • @stanstantambe4563
    @stanstantambe4563 5 лет назад +4

    Welcome home sister ,from Cameroon

  • @maatamandala7257
    @maatamandala7257 3 года назад +11

    This is beautiful beyond words! I felt it when big Sis Badu said "it's something that's just in us" in reference to things that we do subconsciously from soul/sp
    POIA: Africa and to be African is a VIBRATION not just a genetic affiliation like we understand it in the lesser, non spiritual Western world.

  • @rosabivins2558
    @rosabivins2558 6 лет назад +4

    We as blacks have so much out there in our roots that we can over come every thing in life because then we get to understand us as s nation of black people what we can learn is how to being and use what we know about ourselves to teach our young that this is who we are ..Erykah Badu now you can pass all that to your children and they can pass it to their children I'm so full of joy right now .. thanks for sharing 🤗

  • @retsej515
    @retsej515 5 лет назад +63

    Erykah has a spell in her eyes.... I understand why so many men fall for her.

    • @rogerwilliams4742
      @rogerwilliams4742 4 года назад +7

      They are simps bro. And I enjoy her music and a lot of her energy. The one thing I don't like is that she is weird with men. She is always trying to manipulate them sexually imo. It's off putting.

    • @feliciae98
      @feliciae98 4 года назад +6

      Bilal said in an interview that he never looks her in the eyes. Something about them are enchanting..

    • @beauttty072
      @beauttty072 4 года назад +2

      @@rogerwilliams4742 yeah ain't no telling she was molested by the opposite gender when she was younger or never had a father in her life

    • @badmanthings
      @badmanthings 4 года назад +6

      She looks like she practices voodoo. Personally i would stay far away from her

    • @aloiba100
      @aloiba100 4 года назад

      She’s just a lil confused that’s all she will shake free from her manipulators

  • @serenamiles8146
    @serenamiles8146 5 лет назад +5

    I learned today that I have roots in Cameroon. I'm excited to learn more about my roots

    • @levelsuponlevels
      @levelsuponlevels 5 лет назад +1

      Congrats Sis! They are a humble, down to earth good people.

    • @AGENT-dl2lu
      @AGENT-dl2lu 5 лет назад

      How did you find out

    • @atangafrankline3664
      @atangafrankline3664 4 года назад

      Wow great your welcome to a wonderful place on earth ,all of Africa in one country ..😋😄

  • @kosmoswithak1290
    @kosmoswithak1290 4 года назад +2

    its awesome to know all sides of your lineage. Not just one or the other. Many of us from the North American shores have complicated backgrounds through caribbean, southern, african, etc etc. I've always been a fan of knowing it all since my family is Kikapoo and have held on to our family heritage and traditions that's always been paramount with me. know your tribe, know your lineage, know your ancestors, know yourself.

  • @samurai9559
    @samurai9559 5 лет назад +1

    Your music has been a healer for me for so many years. In that way, you have been a world mother channeling your ancestors for so long. Thank you for your healing presence on this earth, you're making your ancestors very proud.

  • @NeishaNineStarz
    @NeishaNineStarz 5 лет назад +5

    I love her so much and it was beautiful that she shared her tribal experience. I feel inspired to trace mine too.

  • @chidimmanjoku6573
    @chidimmanjoku6573 5 лет назад +6

    As a Nigerian (Igbo) growing up in Cameroon, I used to hear my people call them 'Ndi graffi'. Now I know it's 'Grassfield people'...

  • @kamichaels7941
    @kamichaels7941 5 лет назад +5

    I am 100% Bamileke. And I tell you something! You look exactly like my eldest sister. I just forwarded this video to her.

  • @princessgigiking
    @princessgigiking 2 года назад +5

    I love you Erykah Badu, Welcome My Cousin. I was also tested and I, am Cameroon from Tikar Tribe but we have strong connection to Bamileke tribe, we are one! ❤️🇨🇲❤️🇨🇲❤️

    • @increduleingrate83
      @increduleingrate83 Год назад

      Indeed, we (Bamileke, Tikar, and Bamoun) all share a same ancestor. We’re family ❤️

  • @Uchawibeatz
    @Uchawibeatz 6 лет назад +1

    I am proud to call her sister! I hope she visits Cameroon one day, place is great. The food is divine

  • @saucy05
    @saucy05 10 лет назад +13

    One of five of so artists who always puts out masterpiece music. Coincidentally the other few artist were also part of the soulquarians.

  • @fab7224
    @fab7224 10 лет назад +8

    Wow, Badu is from the grassland too?? Nice to know she's from the same place like myself

  • @christiandavis9031
    @christiandavis9031 5 лет назад +4

    Her African history is in Sunny South Dallas...3 blocks from Fair Park. DFW!!!!

  • @queenbae5566
    @queenbae5566 5 лет назад

    Things like this make me in motional. My heart is pounding whit love Right now.stay bless Big Sister.we all from Africa loves you. From Ghana

  • @JahFadah
    @JahFadah 5 лет назад +2

    Erykah I'm Cameroonian & proud to find that a Legend/Goddess like you of the same ROOTS as I. #OneLove✊🏾🖤

    • @aunjanaue08
      @aunjanaue08 5 лет назад +1

      You both have similiar features 💜💜

  • @kofirey6752
    @kofirey6752 5 лет назад +3

    "Love U Erica" I have never performed a DNA test but in my spirit i know my background is Cameroon. I will be relocating back home oneway.

  • @angellg25
    @angellg25 4 года назад +8

    Dont u just love her authenticity 🧬🧬🧬🧬👸🏿👸🏿👸🏿

  • @kimberlykim4756
    @kimberlykim4756 5 лет назад +9

    Simon and Erykah have same cheek bones and nose wow

  • @glowingmyway
    @glowingmyway 7 лет назад +1

    Wow! I cant wait to do this! I have such a deep connection to AFRICA. Im glad I was able to visit and cant wait to go back ❤️✊🏾

  • @tanham007
    @tanham007 7 лет назад +2

    I LOVE THIS! All love and light from one Dallas chic to all.... Praying that OUR ancestors bridge us back to our home.

  • @MooseKatJar
    @MooseKatJar 10 лет назад +22

    I wish I had enough money to do this. One day, one day it shall be done.

  • @soundangel13
    @soundangel13 7 лет назад +15

    You can see the Cameroon resemblance... foreal

  • @yahyakamara1221
    @yahyakamara1221 9 лет назад +7

    I am happy for you Erykah Badu and now that you know your Nationality and Tribe how do you feel?

  • @feleecsnkweta8416
    @feleecsnkweta8416 4 года назад +1

    Miss badu I have been a great fan of yours and I happen to be a German with ancestry from kamerun...love u more Erykah

  • @allenmitchell3770
    @allenmitchell3770 2 года назад +1

    Erykah Badu you went down sister real and I'm a fan in my late 60s I listen to your music come into my culture I'm into my roots back home in Africa it's such a pleasure knowing you exist you sincerely appreciated 🙏

  • @imarifolami
    @imarifolami 5 лет назад +3

    Can you see that she looks just like the man that was explaining to her about time? She’s just lighter. This is amazing! The eyes, the nose , the mouth, the cheek bones and jaw line. Same. ❤️❤️❤️

  • @TRProz
    @TRProz 10 лет назад +6

    I appreciate you Erykah..

  • @AliveWithPassion
    @AliveWithPassion 7 лет назад +6

    Erykah Badu is stunning!

  • @Minoritynomad
    @Minoritynomad 4 года назад

    I met Simon. Such a wonderful and kind man. Taught me so much. This was beautiful to watch,

  • @cookiedough3199
    @cookiedough3199 4 года назад +1

    Omgg what a coincidence! I am also from the Bamileke tribe in Cameroon ❤

  • @ZawadiBirya
    @ZawadiBirya 5 лет назад +47

    Most African Americans come from West Africa.

    • @shalimaar444
      @shalimaar444 3 года назад +1

      what do you aspected? the African west coast was the shortest distance from their home right!!

    • @moimoimoi2585
      @moimoimoi2585 3 года назад

      True
      But Cameroon ain't in West Africa

    • @rodneydavies9604
      @rodneydavies9604 3 года назад

      False! We come from America! Ask your elders of their Indigenous root's in the Americas!

  • @hurricane5125
    @hurricane5125 8 лет назад +21

    very attractive lady

  • @jbeautay
    @jbeautay 10 лет назад +14

    yea I totally agree time does not exist

  • @livtobeblessed
    @livtobeblessed 5 лет назад +1

    This is absolutely beautiful! This is something that your children will learn and treasure learning about their heritage.

  • @youngkingtv5155
    @youngkingtv5155 6 лет назад

    All this while thought she is Ghanaian becuz of her name ..I'm from Ghana and my sister called Badu ...meaning the 10th child of the family ...all the same you are my sister ..much love ..YoungKing TV

  • @bombaelisee3083
    @bombaelisee3083 3 года назад +3

    Im cameroonian i will like to see afroamericans back to their roots. I think their are the messiahs of africa's Development ❤🇨🇲.

  • @mamay366
    @mamay366 5 лет назад +30

    "Badu" is a Ghanaian name.You can also be half Ghanaian and half of any of the African countries.

    • @thelitestgames9709
      @thelitestgames9709 5 лет назад

      Mamay mamay yes it’s true

    • @ekinemounier9044
      @ekinemounier9044 5 лет назад +6

      Mamay mamay BADU is not her real name ! Her real name is Wright .

    • @bernarda9084
      @bernarda9084 5 лет назад +2

      @@ekinemounier9044 Badu is the name she chose by herself not one she had no input in. To be that's realer.

    • @yeboahpatrick9973
      @yeboahpatrick9973 5 лет назад +1

      Badu is a name given to the tenth born in Akan - Ghana

    • @jordanking1486
      @jordanking1486 5 лет назад +2

      Badu is part of my family name traced back to my late grandpa (my mother's father) who was a king. ma mom & unties are all Badu...

  • @doctorfeline9911
    @doctorfeline9911 5 лет назад +7

    💋 i AM a proud West African woman from Nigeria who is sincerely greatful for all the positive experiences many in the west & across the world are having with retracing their roots
    ☝HOWEVER
    so much of what I've noticed is people also picking up the occult practices we Africans are being demonized and tormented by.
    from ancestry worship to ceremonies that are done signifying a reconnecting to one's communal tribe.. such as what you see here with Erykah.. and also receiving honorary chieftain titles (check out Michael J. White in Ghana).
    these practices are suuuuuper demonic and open up spiritual channels which give the demonic direct access to come in order to. ..
    deceive.. distort.. malign.. confuse.. oppress & eventually kill you.. if you choose to remain foolishly obstinate about their activity in your life.
    sooooo many practitioners and lay people who are in these circles are fleeing to T.B. JOSHUA seeking deliverance from his ministry in order to be set free and escape the torments these spirits bring..
    My point is that these ceremonies invite illness.. poverty.. premature death & all forms of spiritual harassment from demonic entities posing as our so called ancestors.
    PLEASE DON'T BE STUPID
    and if you get a moment.. please watch👇 and allow the Lord to lead you in these types of matters💋
    ruclips.net/video/tE0u9__4GhI/видео.html

  • @kiyahb5106
    @kiyahb5106 4 года назад +1

    My goodness its 2020 and I have to say I stumbled along this video researching tribes in Africa. Erykah looks just like that man I had to pause the tele. The nose, cheeks, dent in jaw line when smiling, the eyes. That man can go for a great uncle. You see similarities even with the women. WOW...

  • @RaMahUganda
    @RaMahUganda 6 лет назад +2

    as a visual artist , i love the print!!!!! and it seems my dna/ (Ancestry/com) reading shows my largest connection being Cameroon as well. your vid gives me hope tenky tenky eh fambul.

    • @RaMahUganda
      @RaMahUganda 3 года назад

      ✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿💯💯💯just had family take anfricanancestery test down mothers bloodline... and yes it goes to Cameroon Bamiliki tribe! bought here to S.C. ports... so thatcconfirms the geechee blood as well