Tsion,you are blessed.I agree with what you said.Continue to digout African culture & value system where it was burried.Thank you for inspiring the young people like you.
As an African American that’s been practicing African Spirituality for 8 years now. I agree with this, people want to participate in the trends but not be super knowledgeable. I would also pull out the African-American culture is being gentrified as well.
When being African started being cool I was so confused like what! I remember back in elementary school I used to be called an African booty scratcher and getting made fun of but later on in 8th grade I found out about the Tyla-water trend and at first I thought people were going to make fun of her music but people loved it! I also remember in class this one time I heard the popular girls in my class talking about fufu and that make me think, how do these people like fufu or even know what it is?
since when was islam not a coloniser religion to africa??? Rejecting christianity and converting to Islam is like going from one coloniser to the other
Exactly, we keep forgetting about the Trans-saharan slave trade which took place for 17th centuries, they had to cross the sahara barefoot and were castrated when they got to their countries
Ethiopians were Christian before Europeans came to Africa. Also Catholicism (which my parents came out of) is not authentic Christianity. They follow a different “gospel” which isn’t a gospel at all
What I hope for the future is for people to actually use the knowledge that internet has and put that inside their brain, so at least they know that Africa was a continent and still is. That should be basic knowledge at the very least!
@@tiredoftheworld4834 nope it never happened to me or ppl from my country. Do u know how big and diverse africa is. Not all of us are Nigerian and Ghanaian and carry their behaviours abd cultures
@@Jennyxx-ie5jwwest africans in general, or if you had similar features to people from there, because i’m neither nigerian or ghanaian and still got it
I don't think there is any specific metric. I would assume if one of your parents is from the region the label would work. Because it is related to identity and culture though this depends on the person too.
Personally it was never a problen for me. As an African i actually grew up having alot of Issues with Africans more than any group of people. It mostly affected Nigerians and Ghanaians
What are your thoughts on people being divisive on Tyla identifying as Coloured instead of Black? Coloured is a term used to describe mixed people in South Africa.
Race is viewed differently in different countries (since it is a social construct). So it makes sense for her to identify as coloured. She’s South African so it makes sense that she is using South African terminology.
Answering the question: I don't really think so. There is no African nation with a good reputation, measured economic stability, or real influence in the western world. Even outside the west, the reputation of "Africa" isn't good. I think its possible, but there is no African nation with real soft power/cultural pull. That would imply influence outside of the African diaspora and I don't even see African artists or leaders having any real pull within the diaspora, and much less outside of it. Not to say it won't eventually happen. As of now there isn't a African nation with a cultural export that's a major global player that is comparable to the way we can see KDramas charting in multiople South American countries, Japanese food enjoyed in the suburbs of nowhere US or Canada or retired R&B singers getting a second career in Asia due to an old album of their's going triple platinum there. I definitely think it's possible, but a lot of conscientious thought has to be behind it---for example the way South Korea went from being one of the poorest nations in the world during the 60s to now one of the richest and a soft power giant should. They should be studied by many African nations. The history may be different but it shows that a change like that is very possible.
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"African culture is more than just a trend." Yes!
Even kpop are adding afro dance, beats,..
they copy everything. EVERYTHING lol
And claim to be Kpop
I totally agree with you. A lot of people don’t even know that Africa is a continent 🤣🤣🤣🤣 it’s wild how short people attention span is
Tsion,you are blessed.I agree with what you said.Continue to digout African culture & value system where it was burried.Thank you for inspiring the young people like you.
As an African American that’s been practicing African Spirituality for 8 years now. I agree with this, people want to participate in the trends but not be super knowledgeable. I would also pull out the African-American culture is being gentrified as well.
When being African started being cool I was so confused like what! I remember back in elementary school I used to be called an African booty scratcher and getting made fun of but later on in 8th grade I found out about the Tyla-water trend and at first I thought people were going to make fun of her music but people loved it! I also remember in class this one time I heard the popular girls in my class talking about fufu and that make me think, how do these people like fufu or even know what it is?
i feel like more African culture is being consumed online but I'm not really seeing it in real life
since when was islam not a coloniser religion to africa??? Rejecting christianity and converting to Islam is like going from one coloniser to the other
She never said it was. Historically those moving away from eurocentrism have moved to Islam.
I more so meant European colonialism
Exactly, we keep forgetting about the Trans-saharan slave trade which took place for 17th centuries, they had to cross the sahara barefoot and were castrated when they got to their countries
Ethiopians were Christian before Europeans came to Africa. Also Catholicism (which my parents came out of) is not authentic Christianity. They follow a different “gospel” which isn’t a gospel at all
What I hope for the future is for people to actually use the knowledge that internet has and put that inside their brain, so at least they know that Africa was a continent and still is. That should be basic knowledge at the very least!
Omg more people need to see this fr
Thank youuu for this video I felt like I was just bitter because no one was taking about it 😭
Great job! I like it.
you ate with this one!
fav vid so far
Rubi rose dad is half Japanese & half of European decent
Nag he's blasian...
glad to know I wasn't the only one being called African booty scratcher 😓
What does mean??
It was mostly Nigerians and Ghanaians who experienced this bullying. It didn't affect all of us
@@Jennyxx-ie5jw umm it’s all Africans….
@@tiredoftheworld4834 nope it never happened to me or ppl from my country. Do u know how big and diverse africa is. Not all of us are Nigerian and Ghanaian and carry their behaviours abd cultures
@@Jennyxx-ie5jwwest africans in general, or if you had similar features to people from there, because i’m neither nigerian or ghanaian and still got it
what's the dance called? the ethiopian dance?
I’ve been saying this!!!
How do habesha people define who is habesha? Is it matrilineal or patrilineal?
I don't think there is any specific metric. I would assume if one of your parents is from the region the label would work. Because it is related to identity and culture though this depends on the person too.
@@tsionmm oh okay interesting thanks
I think people are beginning to get back to their roots💌
Personally it was never a problen for me. As an African i actually grew up having alot of Issues with Africans more than any group of people.
It mostly affected Nigerians and Ghanaians
You are everywhere nobody cares
@@storyteller6777 and no one cares ab ur experienes either tf😂 stay mad
@@storyteller6777 if u didnt care so much why comment? Thats why yall mfks got bulli3d
What are your thoughts on people being divisive on Tyla identifying as Coloured instead of Black? Coloured is a term used to describe mixed people in South Africa.
Race is viewed differently in different countries (since it is a social construct). So it makes sense for her to identify as coloured. She’s South African so it makes sense that she is using South African terminology.
Imagine if someone told you a word you identify with is wrong because that’s not what they say in their country.
Being African, especially Nigerian has always been cool, maybe you're not.
Answering the question: I don't really think so. There is no African nation with a good reputation, measured economic stability, or real influence in the western world. Even outside the west, the reputation of "Africa" isn't good. I think its possible, but there is no African nation with real soft power/cultural pull. That would imply influence outside of the African diaspora and I don't even see African artists or leaders having any real pull within the diaspora, and much less outside of it. Not to say it won't eventually happen.
As of now there isn't a African nation with a cultural export that's a major global player that is comparable to the way we can see KDramas charting in multiople South American countries, Japanese food enjoyed in the suburbs of nowhere US or Canada or retired R&B singers getting a second career in Asia due to an old album of their's going triple platinum there.
I definitely think it's possible, but a lot of conscientious thought has to be behind it---for example the way South Korea went from being one of the poorest nations in the world during the 60s to now one of the richest and a soft power giant should. They should be studied by many African nations. The history may be different but it shows that a change like that is very possible.