Okh wow!!! Am a Sierra Leonean and I live here in Sierra Leone, West Africa 🌍 am happy to see my fellow Sierra Leoneans in Jamaica, I'll one day visit Jamaica ❤❤
You might have cousins there. We had free slaves from there in Jamaica. One of your governors, Zachary McCauley was a book keeper in Jamaica then was appointed governor of Sierra Leone. He was an abolitionist after he saw the ill treatment of slaves in Jamaica.
This was by farrrrr my favourite interview, wish it was longer , I love her , so accurate, as a Jamaican living in Canada, i so miss Jamrock, was on a visit 2020 , got back to Canada just when Covid got here😞, looking forward to going back real soon.
@@westkingston3135, if "poverty stricken" is all you have then you are clutching at straws. What you wanted was for her to say Jamaica is a paradise compared to Sierra Leone, and judging from your tone, compared to anywhere in Africa. And that's not the case. I've visited both Sierra Leone and Ghana and would live in any of them in a heartbeat; not so with my native Jamaica. Imagine, someone named "West Kingston" denigrating another country. Broaden your horizon and your worldview, boss; go visit West Africa. --Æ.
It is so sad that because we weren't taught "our history" many Caribbean people have no idea that after the end of slavery many former slaves returned to the Motherland, in particular Liberia,Sierra Leonne and the Gambia hence the English family names eg Brown, Smith etc etc.
Ms. Bertina, Your dad was destined to be in Jamaica. Zachary McCauley was a Scottish bookkeeper in Jamaica who was distraught by the treatment of slaves in Jamaica. He was sent to Sierra Leone and became the governor there. He fought for the abolition of slavery. He also took 6 free slaves back to Jamaica. So technically if Macaulay is your family name or through marriage your home is Jamaica. Your family was there before you returned.
I wonder if I will be able to connect with Bertina and/or a Sierra Leonean community in Jamaica. I was also born in Freetown but grew up in London England. On my visit to Jamaica in 1999, I had the same feeling as Bertina's dad. Essentially, it comes down to the fact that the British built the Commonwealth cities. I love Jamaica.
I fell in love with Bertina from the first time I saw and heard her back in the 80’s in “Guess who’s coming to dinner” on Oliver At Large but was never fortunate to have met her in person. She still looks just as good today as she did back then ❤. Another great find Xavier 👌🏿 👍 ✅
Her dad resided there a long time. We have another family there the Morgan’s. My great grandfather was from Maroon town. Her creole is good. Happy to see her.❤
I really enjoyed Bertina, as far as I'm concerned she is Jamaican as anyone else. I had a brief contact with her thru Facebook a few years ago, or possibly it may have been her Sister, and she informed me she was from Sierra Leone. I was curious to find members of my Dad's family in Jamaica, because Dad was the family rebel and he really didn't keep up with his folks after he left the Island. He told me that some of the McCauleys in JA spell their name Macaulay and that he had Uncles who spelled their name that way, Dad's family was very racially mixed. Strangely enough her facial features etc, coloring etc are similar to mine, she resembles family. So generations back who's to know especially with the Jamaica Sierra Leone connection which I was not aware of. Great interview, she would be a great cultural ambassador for both Sierra Leone and Jamaica, so I would encourage her to try and go back and share her time between the two countries. Very lovely and vibrant person...great interview.
That is true. Zachary McCauley lived in Jamaica before he became governor of Sierra Leone. He was an abolitionist. One branch of the McCauley family of Jamaica went to Kentucky in the USA after slavery too.
Lovely interview; knew Bertina's father quite well. He and my dad were briefly partners in a law firm they planned to set up in Bo, the second city. It ended after 4 months but they remained friends.
Enjoyed Bettina interview. I like her bubbling energy plus the fact how she blends Africa and Jamaica together. Thanks for sharing and educating us on the mixture of both countries. Excellent job. One love! Barbara
Your guest Tina, her story is fantastic and unique . Listening to you made my story part of your show. We will love ❤️ Tina to come and start this festival competition, sound wonderful. Your love for Sierra Leone comes across so authentic.
My dna results revealed am from mende people of sierre Leone, I am so proud to be part of the motherland & intend to visit sierre leone soon. My parents are africans born in jamaica. Lovely interview with my sister ❤
Yes Jamaicans have relatives in Sierra Leone. Some free slaves from there came to Jamaica. This lady might not know it but the McCauleys lived in Jamaica before they went to Sierra Leone. Zachary McCauley was a Scottish bookkeeper in Jamaica who was against slavery. He went to Sierra Leone and became governor there. There is more to the story but I'll continue it above.
@@eileenwatt8283 thank you, the important thing to remember is we are All Africans, we were explorers b4 the europeans came on the scene and Africans were found all over the globe , europe, america, china, america india etc in fact all over the globe. Our relatives travelled as moors (Christian's & Moslems) please watch on youtube "Hidden History of Africans wiped out of England" showing historical evidence of our presence in Scotland, Ireland & wales. We have been on this planet for thousands of years. My fathers dna results revealed nigerian and Cameroon roots which makes sense as both countries sit next to each other. My grandparents are originally from maroon town, jamaica although I was birthed in uk i identify as african. Am now married to a Nigerian, I believe my ancestor have been central in my knowledge of the motherland and return to it. Thank you so much for feedback. Please take time out to watch the said video as our history is indeed hidden
@@eileenwatt8283 apologies Eileen that I should add that sierre leone and Liberia (border each other) was a colony of the british and europeans (americans) and when the enslaved africans were freed some were sent to sierre leone and liberia, the capital of both countries was Freetown and they named both capitals so as, it was constructed for the freed enslaved african.
Wow representing the green white and blue …. Kudos to Bettina for being a good ambassador for our motherland Sierra Leone. Her dad was a respected legal minded intellectual . Great interview
Great interview! I come from a Sierra Leonean background!. I have also visited 🇯🇲 in Ohio Rios twice end I noticed lots of simimlirities! Even going back in to slavery, there was a strong tie with between the 2 countries!
A lot of Jamaicans are just in denial about being African. I knew we were from West Africa without being told when I came to London and heard Soerra Leon's creole and Nigerians temperament , I Worked it out myself. I was amazed when I saw African video and the girls were doing what we called gogo whine we were dancing d same dance unknowingly....
Have Jamaicans ever questioned having African ancestors and who are the lots of Jamaican you talking about? I have never met a black Jamaican who deny that our ancestors are from Africa
Would love to see part 2 of this interview. Part 1 was very interesting, the history between Africa and the Caribbean, food, culture, everything its fascinating. ❤
Loved the very interesting and equally amusing,light hearted and highly informative interview. Knew her very well known and exceptionally brilliant dad , Berthan Macaulay , one of Sierra Leone's best attornies for a very long time, the mum and infact the highly respected and respectable family too. I like her spirit, her addictive aura that makes you want some more . A brilliant interview. Thanks Bertina, Sierra Leone is a naturally beautiful country and you're a fine ambassadorial material. Well done!
Lady you are a joke you make me laugh and you rock the talk. May God keep you in His gracious keeping. Yes I live in U.K. and I know we are from Africa. Yes lady you look pretty like a beauty queen, make sure you win Miss Jamaica this year. Love your jokes.
The term "ajereke" is actually a Yoruba word for Carribbean and is one of several Yoruba words in Krio pidgin. A large portion of Sierra Leone's Krio community are descendants of freed re-captive people that were enslaved during the Yoruba civil wars and rescued by the royal navy and resettled in Freetown as part of the "liberated Africans" scheme, so Bertina very possibly has Yoruba roots (They are specifically known as the Aku krio). Thousands of Krios returned to their homelands in Nigeria towards the end of the Yoruba wars. One of the most famous returnees from Sierra Leone was Herbert Macauley who may have been related to Bertina. He helped pave the way for eventual Nigerian independence from britain. Often working closely with the British as local administrators, the Krio community in Sierra Leone and their returnees to Nigeria formed the first middle class in Sierra Leone and Nigeria during colonial rule, working in areas like education, clergy, civil service, lawyers, shipping etc. This probably explains the seemingly privileged life she lived in Sierra Leone. One more thing, the royal West India regiment also has its roots in these Sierra LeoneCarribean connections.
My dad (Sierra Leonean) was a very good friend of your father and i too have connections with Jamaica through my mum. I also have a very good friend, a lawyer named John Basie, who is also of Sierra Leone & Jamaican parentage. Perhaps you might even know him. Out of many One people, big up to all my brethren in Jamrock.
Many of the creoles in Sierra Leone who founded Freetown were from Jamaica. Also many of the missionaries to west Africa were from Jamaica. 10,000 Africans came to Jamaica as freemen to work as indentured servants most settled in St Thomas and Portland.
I would have heard about that being that I'm from both parishes but I have never heard of any Africans who came as indentured servants and lived in Portland and St Thomas. As a matter o fact, both parishes are equipped for agriculture but because of bad memories from slavery, most people would never do farming as an occupation. It's only until recently people start to open up to the idea that farming can be more than slavery.
I am watching from connecticut.glad to know this lady has fallen in love with jamaica.we should cherish to his god bless island land of wood and water.i wonder if she is working in Jamaica because we need a lot of skill workers nurses are the main profession.i do wish this lady all the best she adapt our style of talking
Great interview. One of your best. Now, most of the comments were on the happy and cheerful side and I don't want to spoil that, but Bertina spoke a little about a subject that's close to my heart. When we were young and very impressionable. The riots and protests in America by black Americans fighting for justice really got our attention and empathy. Or so I thought. The fashion and solidarity statement back then was to own and wear a dashiki. So I said to a close friend of mine, "When are yor getting a dashiki." His response was that he is a Jamaican, not an African. This was coming from a seemingly intelligent high school graduate. This immediately revealed to me that, depending on your upbringing, we can be very different. Thank God, I didn't need Peter to instruct me on my ethnic background.
Mr. Murphy Sir, this interview with Bertina, reminds me of Sankofa (reach back and fetch it bird). I am in the mood to repatriate especially since she is considering returning home. Bertina, please include me in those people whom you want to take to Sierra Leone with you, as I am a descendant of the Accompong Maroons. Give thanks for sharing!
Respec & Mannaz Xavier & empress Bertina!!! 😂😢 Wikid intavue (great interview). This interview for me 😅. All Africans are lovely! Thumbs up to my Sierra Leonean people- Listen mi man when my Nigerians talk about fish it's "hed an fut" (head & foot- fish head and tail)😅😂 Her vibration...😅😂
I am aware that many free slaves who went back to Africa settled in Sierra Leone. We have the same Ancestry. A lot of them are descendants of slaves and unfortunately, as we do have slave surnames. I love this Lady's energy and really enjoyed the interview. 👍🏾
Hello mr murphy thank you for such a oppertrinity to hear and learn about africa by way of your interveiws. I am a jamaican living in the usa for several years .now i would like to relocate to an african country mainly uganda . I have never been there but judging on the things i have seen and heard by way of videos about uganda i have developed a passion to live there.however in one of your interveiws with lysandra she mention about a organization that is been form to help people like myself to go home back to africa .would you by chance have the connections that would enable me to be help by the organization .it is my desire to start a farming business if i get the chance to be there . Thanks again for your good work . .
Sierra Leonians are some of the sweetest people. And their patois is similar to ours.
We actually borrow our patois from Jamaica thru the recaptured slaves directly from Jamaica
@@raheemturay7641 okay. That makes sense. I can understand them when they speak.
Her Accent is so sweet
WE SIERRA LEONEAN ARE SWEET PEOPLE
Trus mi
One thing about us Sierra Leonean is we can quickly adapt to any culture and situation. Look how brilliant Madam Macaulay sound.
Okh wow!!! Am a Sierra Leonean and I live here in Sierra Leone, West Africa 🌍 am happy to see my fellow Sierra Leoneans in Jamaica, I'll one day visit Jamaica ❤❤
You might have cousins there. We had free slaves from there in Jamaica.
One of your governors, Zachary McCauley was a book keeper in Jamaica then was appointed governor of Sierra Leone. He was an abolitionist after he saw the ill treatment of slaves in Jamaica.
I miss Sierrea Leone, served there as IMATT, left in 2011
I want to visit Mama Slone. Can I get your contact info, Edward?
I have percentage of SierriaLeone
This was by farrrrr my favourite interview, wish it was longer , I love her , so accurate, as a Jamaican living in Canada, i so miss Jamrock, was on a visit 2020 , got back to Canada just when Covid got here😞, looking forward to going back real soon.
I work with a lot of the Sierra Leoneans and I always have been saying we have a lot in common of all the other African countries.
True but she try to limit Jamaica to make her poverty stricken country seem on par with Jamaica.Africans Loooooove to do that.
@@westkingston3135 Well Jamaica is also a poor country
@@Frank-xp7bp India is a poor country..Argentina is a poor country 🤔🤔LEVELS..JAMAICA IS WAAAAY MORE ADVANCE THAN SIERRA LEON.
@@westkingston3135, if "poverty stricken" is all you have then you are clutching at straws. What you wanted was for her to say Jamaica is a paradise compared to Sierra Leone, and judging from your tone, compared to anywhere in Africa. And that's not the case. I've visited both Sierra Leone and Ghana and would live in any of them in a heartbeat; not so with my native Jamaica. Imagine, someone named "West Kingston" denigrating another country. Broaden your horizon and your worldview, boss; go visit West Africa.
--Æ.
@@AckeeEater. ok
It is so sad that because we weren't taught "our history" many Caribbean people have no idea that after the end of slavery many former slaves returned to the Motherland, in particular Liberia,Sierra Leonne and the Gambia hence the English family names eg Brown, Smith etc etc.
Yep my ancestors were some off those people. People always used to ask me why my last is Campbell, when I'm from Sierra Leone, an African Country
Ms. Bertina, Your dad was destined to be in Jamaica.
Zachary McCauley was a Scottish bookkeeper in Jamaica who was distraught by the treatment of slaves in Jamaica. He was sent to Sierra Leone and became the governor there.
He fought for the abolition of slavery.
He also took 6 free slaves back to Jamaica.
So technically if Macaulay is your family name or through marriage your home is Jamaica. Your family was there before you returned.
I wonder if I will be able to connect with Bertina and/or a Sierra Leonean community in Jamaica. I was also born in Freetown but grew up in London England. On my visit to Jamaica in 1999, I had the same feeling as Bertina's dad. Essentially, it comes down to the fact that the British built the Commonwealth cities. I love Jamaica.
The British didn't build any city in either nation
I fell in love with Bertina from the first time I saw and heard her back in the 80’s in “Guess who’s coming to dinner” on Oliver At Large but was never fortunate to have met her in person. She still looks just as good today as she did back then ❤. Another great find Xavier 👌🏿 👍 ✅
Am glad she said ....about Jamaicans going back to Sierra Leone. Thanks for sharing that story.
Her dad resided there a long time. We have another family there the Morgan’s. My great grandfather was from Maroon town. Her creole is good. Happy to see her.❤
❤❤❤❤
Sierra Leone and Jamaica has a lot of commonalities. Lifestyle and everything
Wonderful person, I attended college with her. I remember her special song ,she would sing for us.
Birth ina Siera Leon Jamaican 😄 lovely interview! sent to me by my beautiful, amazing Sierra Leon friend. I will be going there with her 1 day 🇯🇲🇺🇿
WHEN YOU MEET WITH HER ,JUST SAY ME SALONE SISTER
I love their energy,positive vibrations! ❤
I really enjoyed Bertina, as far as I'm concerned she is Jamaican as anyone else. I had a brief contact with her thru Facebook a few years ago, or possibly it may have been her Sister, and she informed me she was from Sierra Leone. I was curious to find members of my Dad's family in Jamaica, because Dad was the family rebel and he really didn't keep up with his folks after he left the Island. He told me that some of the McCauleys in JA spell their name Macaulay and that he had Uncles who spelled their name that way, Dad's family was very racially mixed. Strangely enough her facial features etc, coloring etc are similar to mine, she resembles family. So generations back who's to know especially with the Jamaica Sierra Leone connection which I was not aware of. Great interview, she would be a great cultural ambassador for both Sierra Leone and Jamaica, so I would encourage her to try and go back and share her time between the two countries. Very lovely and vibrant person...great interview.
That is true. Zachary McCauley lived in Jamaica before he became governor of Sierra Leone. He was an abolitionist.
One branch of the McCauley family of Jamaica went to Kentucky in the USA after slavery too.
i agree .... especially that Jamaica Sierra Leone blood connections
One of my coworker here in Saskatchewan Canada is from Sierra Leone. She is one of the sweetest soul I ever met
Lovely interview; knew Bertina's father quite well. He and my dad were briefly partners in a law firm they planned to set up in Bo, the second city. It ended after 4 months but they remained friends.
*Aunty Phyliss*-aka #SisterBaker*Jamaican🇯🇲 who lived in England for over 60 years was a Missionary back and forth to Sierra Leone.
RIP #SisterBaker ❤
2:25 She seh " raay raay" 😄😄😄 Woie... Dis sweet.
Like her hair and speech..and honesty.
Quite an enlightened and fascinating interview. She just spark the curiosity in me to learn more about Sierra Leone ancestry.
6:59😂😂😂😂😂😂 " One big piece ah bawling ."
There used to be a popular phrase: thousand-watt smile. You two have One Million Watt smiles!!! 😘🥰
Enjoyed Bettina interview. I like her bubbling energy plus the fact how she blends Africa and Jamaica together. Thanks for sharing and educating us on the mixture of both countries. Excellent job. One love! Barbara
There is a strong connection with Sierra Leone and 🇯🇲 especially during our history with slavery!
Very honest and lovely.
25:37🤣🤣🤣🤣 Invite har back Xavier ! She full a vibes.
Hey Xavier, lovely interview. Please fix your caption whenever you have a minute.🇯🇲🇨🇦❤️
I love Bertina so much since I was a child. Talk about charm, grace, and being down-to-earth.
This lady was a JOY!!
Nice to see you Bertina. You reminded me so much of your mom in your mannerism and speech. Florence was my workmate in Falkenberg & Braun Ltd (F&B).
Love Bertina interview...❤❤...Thank God Jamaica 🇯🇲 welcomed you and your family..Wonderful interview as always Xavier.
Your guest Tina, her story is fantastic and unique .
Listening to you made my story part of your show.
We will love ❤️ Tina to come and start this festival competition, sound wonderful.
Your love for Sierra Leone comes across so authentic.
My dna results revealed am from mende people of sierre Leone, I am so proud to be part of the motherland & intend to visit sierre leone soon. My parents are africans born in jamaica. Lovely interview with my sister ❤
Yes Jamaicans have relatives in Sierra Leone. Some free slaves from there came to Jamaica.
This lady might not know it but the McCauleys lived in Jamaica before they went to Sierra Leone.
Zachary McCauley was a Scottish bookkeeper in Jamaica who was against slavery.
He went to Sierra Leone and became governor there.
There is more to the story but I'll continue it above.
@@eileenwatt8283 thank you, the important thing to remember is we are All Africans, we were explorers b4 the europeans came on the scene and Africans were found all over the globe , europe, america, china, america india etc in fact all over the globe. Our relatives travelled as moors (Christian's & Moslems) please watch on youtube "Hidden History of Africans wiped out of England" showing historical evidence of our presence in Scotland, Ireland & wales. We have been on this planet for thousands of years. My fathers dna results revealed nigerian and Cameroon roots which makes sense as both countries sit next to each other. My grandparents are originally from maroon town, jamaica although I was birthed in uk i identify as african. Am now married to a Nigerian, I believe my ancestor have been central in my knowledge of the motherland and return to it. Thank you so much for feedback. Please take time out to watch the said video as our history is indeed hidden
@@eileenwatt8283 apologies Eileen that I should add that sierre leone and Liberia (border each other) was a colony of the british and europeans (americans) and when the enslaved africans were freed some were sent to sierre leone and liberia, the capital of both countries was Freetown and they named both capitals so as, it was constructed for the freed enslaved african.
@@jacquedelsol3347 I know.
Just got mine and I am from the Temne ppl of Sierra Leone. Love this interview 🥰
Bring her back we need to hear more frm hear❤
Love to go to Africa, maybe even to retire, from north America, via Ja. Big up the mother land. ❤❤
Wow representing the green white and blue …. Kudos to Bettina for being a good ambassador for our motherland Sierra Leone. Her dad was a respected legal minded intellectual . Great interview
Great interview! I come from a Sierra Leonean background!. I have also visited 🇯🇲 in Ohio Rios twice end I noticed lots of simimlirities! Even going back in to slavery, there was a strong tie with between the 2 countries!
NA WE SALONE SISTER ONE LOVE ...,
Great interview, definitely Sierra Leone and Jamaica have a lot in common!
Africa is our origin one love to the motherland 🇯🇲
😂😂😂luv this interview. She might be Sierra Leonian but she is definitely a Jamaican now.
Bless, sis. Heard of your grandparents growing up. Fab family 👪
Well done Xavier.This is an amazing lady and for me one of the best interviews.
The best interview !!! Love it - she had me cracking up & totally engaged
Fabulous interview, I enjoyed this very much. Bettina is a great joyous person.
Xavier, I felt shivers running through me when big sister is saying those words she is so true.
This was a warm and cosy interview. i wish it was longer
A lot of Jamaicans are just in denial about being African. I knew we were from West Africa without being told when I came to London and heard Soerra Leon's creole and Nigerians temperament , I Worked it out myself. I was amazed when I saw African video and the girls were doing what we called gogo whine we were dancing d same dance unknowingly....
Have Jamaicans ever questioned having African ancestors and who are the lots of Jamaican you talking about? I have never met a black Jamaican who deny that our ancestors are from Africa
"A lot of Jamaicans are just in denial about being African." i disagree completely ...not a lot
@@donovantaylor3137They confuse Jamaicans' refusal to be called African rather than Jamaican as a rejection of Africanness
Would love to see part 2 of this interview. Part 1 was very interesting, the history between Africa and the Caribbean, food, culture, everything its fascinating. ❤
Great interview Javier...loved it.
Loved the very interesting and equally amusing,light hearted and highly informative interview. Knew her very well known and exceptionally brilliant dad , Berthan Macaulay , one of Sierra Leone's best attornies for a very long time, the mum and infact the highly respected and respectable family too.
I like her spirit, her addictive aura that makes you want some more . A brilliant interview. Thanks Bertina, Sierra Leone is a naturally beautiful country and you're a fine ambassadorial material. Well done!
Lady you are a joke you make me laugh and you rock the talk. May God keep you in His gracious keeping. Yes I live in U.K. and I know we are from Africa. Yes lady you look pretty like a beauty queen, make sure you win Miss Jamaica this year. Love your jokes.
Ah, my beautiful big sister shining as usual. Superstar ❤
The term "ajereke" is actually a Yoruba word for Carribbean and is one of several Yoruba words in Krio pidgin. A large portion of Sierra Leone's Krio community are descendants of freed re-captive people that were enslaved during the Yoruba civil wars and rescued by the royal navy and resettled in Freetown as part of the "liberated Africans" scheme, so Bertina very possibly has Yoruba roots (They are specifically known as the Aku krio). Thousands of Krios returned to their homelands in Nigeria towards the end of the Yoruba wars. One of the most famous returnees from Sierra Leone was Herbert Macauley who may have been related to Bertina. He helped pave the way for eventual Nigerian independence from britain. Often working closely with the British as local administrators, the Krio community in Sierra Leone and their returnees to Nigeria formed the first middle class in Sierra Leone and Nigeria during colonial rule, working in areas like education, clergy, civil service, lawyers, shipping etc. This probably explains the seemingly privileged life she lived in Sierra Leone. One more thing, the royal West India regiment also has its roots in these Sierra LeoneCarribean connections.
This interview is one my favourite i learnt alot from Bertina your accent is so sweet best of both ...continue enjoying jamrock ❤
Wow i love these vibes, nice to know that these migrant love Jamaica 🇯🇲
Loved it!!! Thank you? 🇸🇱🇯🇲❤️
My dad (Sierra Leonean) was a very good friend of your father and i too have connections with Jamaica through my mum.
I also have a very good friend, a lawyer named John Basie, who is also of Sierra Leone & Jamaican parentage. Perhaps you might even know him.
Out of many One people, big up to all my brethren in Jamrock.
Great interview with Bettina . Love her very information about Jamaica connection to Sierra Leone😊
I truly enjoyed this! Inspiring! Warm! Pleasantly surprised! Educating! Amazing!
Great story absolutely love her, she has a vibe.
Many of the creoles in Sierra Leone who founded Freetown were from Jamaica. Also many of the missionaries to west Africa were from Jamaica. 10,000 Africans came to Jamaica as freemen to work as indentured servants most settled in St Thomas and Portland.
I would have heard about that being that I'm from both parishes but I have never heard of any Africans who came as indentured servants and lived in Portland and St Thomas. As a matter o fact, both parishes are equipped for agriculture but because of bad memories from slavery, most people would never do farming as an occupation. It's only until recently people start to open up to the idea that farming can be more than slavery.
Very interesting interview
This interview should to be longer you need to do a follow up next week
I love this!
Great Interview
I am watching from connecticut.glad to know this lady has fallen in love with jamaica.we should cherish to his god bless island land of wood and water.i wonder if she is working in Jamaica because we need a lot of skill workers nurses are the main profession.i do wish this lady all the best she adapt our style of talking
Great interview Xavier
Great interview. One of your best.
Now, most of the comments were on the happy and cheerful side and I don't want to spoil that, but Bertina spoke a little about a subject that's close to my heart.
When we were young and very impressionable. The riots and protests in America by black Americans fighting for justice really got our attention and empathy. Or so I thought. The fashion and solidarity statement back then was to own and wear a dashiki. So I said to a close friend of mine, "When are yor getting a dashiki." His response was that he is a Jamaican, not an African. This was coming from a seemingly intelligent high school graduate. This immediately revealed to me that, depending on your upbringing, we can be very different.
Thank God, I didn't need Peter to instruct me on my ethnic background.
Very interesting interview!!! Loving the Jamaica/Sierra Leon connection!!!
Mr. Murphy Sir, this interview with Bertina, reminds me of Sankofa (reach back and fetch it bird). I am in the mood to repatriate especially since she is considering returning home. Bertina, please include me in those people whom you want to take to Sierra Leone with you, as I am a descendant of the Accompong Maroons. Give thanks for sharing!
I've lived in Monrovia, Liberia which also likely looks much like Kingston
Love Hellshire...the mood is so family.
Lovely Bertina!
Can we get a part 2, please? Loved this interview.
Many African captives from Jamaica was shipped back to sierra Leone
Respec & Mannaz Xavier & empress Bertina!!! 😂😢 Wikid intavue (great interview).
This interview for me 😅.
All Africans are lovely! Thumbs up to my Sierra Leonean people- Listen mi man when my Nigerians talk about fish it's "hed an fut" (head & foot- fish head and tail)😅😂 Her vibration...😅😂
13:32 Yep ! I've gotten into heated debate with someone over that same thing . Mi couldn't win,so mi tap.
5:05 Your dad made a wise move .
This is an interesting story
'If I don't see the head and the tail, I don't know what I'm getting ' 🤣😂🤣 But I guess when you think about it, it rings true.
8:08🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Please, only talk patwah for me . Too sweet .
I am proud of our big sister. ARJAYKA
Tell them about Maroon Town
Aje ireke means “those who eat sugarcane” it is Yoruba language from South-Western Nigeria.
Sound exciting . See you in sierra leone
10:40 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 So true . And you better don't act like yuh too " stush " or else him ask if you think yuh " sh%t can mek patty " . 😆😆
I am aware that many free slaves who went back to Africa settled in Sierra Leone. We have the same Ancestry. A lot of them are descendants of slaves and unfortunately, as we do have slave surnames. I love this Lady's energy and really enjoyed the interview. 👍🏾
Nice interview
1:04 Exactly !! I dislike this " village " thing myself.
Many Jamaicans were shipped to Sera Leon in the 1800s.
So proud of you sister, i will call you Yardie Salone Tity
Hi, please edit the description as it describes the story the opposite of how it happened. Thank you!🙏🏿
We have a Freetown in jamaica too wow
freemans hall
West Indians were repatriated to Sierra Leone about 150 years ago.
The Title is backwards. It says "A Jamaican Living In Sierra Leone."
Remember it all started in Africa, her descendants were taken to Jamiaca and they returned to Africa. She left Sierra Leone and went to Jamaica.
11:41 True man , damn crime rate juyst dampens everything . 😕
Yep it’s crazy
Hello mr murphy thank you for such a oppertrinity to hear and learn about africa by way of your interveiws. I am a jamaican living in the usa for several years .now i would like to relocate to an african country mainly uganda . I have never been there but judging on the things i have seen and heard by way of videos about uganda i have developed a passion to live there.however in one of your interveiws with lysandra she mention about a organization that is been form to help people like myself to go home back to africa .would you by chance have the connections that would enable me to be help by the organization .it is my desire to start a farming business if i get the chance to be there . Thanks again for your good work . .
Is it just me or is this lady very attractive?
What happen to Etta Mae the sierra leone woman who was living in jamaica and returned to sierra leone.
Nice, Nice!! Just imagining you 😂😂