I exist as a human being in GHANA - African American laments
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- Опубликовано: 16 мар 2021
- Meet Mr. Tim Swain is an award-winning poet, educator, and catalyst for social change. He has used poetry to transform thousands of lives across the globe and has been the keynote speaker at dozens of conferences, colleges, and churches. Mr. Swain has headlined venues in Mexico and Africa focusing on empowerment through literacy, as well had his work serve as the inspiration for Why I Write, a national anti-bullying campaign in London, England.
He holds a M.Ed. from Texas State University-San Marcos and works diligently to improve the lives of disenfranchised communities through the performing arts, mentoring, and community empowerment programs.
Tim and his family, Tia his wife, and Tohaji their son relocated to Ghana in Dec 2019 to help enhance www.anidaso360.com an NGO he co-founded as well as have an alternative life outside of America. The radial climate, rat race, and overall state of affairs in America helped him made this decision and it took several years of planning.
On tonight's episode on Diaspora Transition, Tim shares his journey with his family from the U.S. to Ghana with Dentaa..
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When a black man goes to Africa for the first time, he instantly becomes taller, you don't realize the atmosphere you're being compressed by, I found that the first time in my life, that atmosphere was lifted.
Beautiful
@@falpinagu1401 he means they stand up straight because they feel more worthy and confident walking in Africa, not that they literally grow taller
@@ninisky2706 that makes more sense. it still sounds kinda dumb lmao
❤💛🖤💚
This was how I felt when I went there in 2003. You're no longer a "black man" you're just a man. It's hard to describe, you must experience it.
My favorite uncle moved to Ghana, refused to come back to the states (Imma little salty bout that😏), he loved it, he died there. Thank you for making him feel welcomed.
I'm alive nephew, I faked my death for tax reasons.
@@kr3539 that's not funny
@@kr3539 That's wrong. R I P to the gentleman. Sorry for your loss!
Come on, this is not funny
@@hardworker1503 Thank you, and I am a Lady.
I'm a 51 year old AFRICAN/american man and when i watched this video especially what he said in the end i (CRIED!!😢) i want to go to the motherland AFRICA
You will be most welcome brother from America.
One love from Angola, Africa 🙌.
What's sad is most African Americans hate Africa. Iv personally seen African Americans make fun of Africans.
@@forextrader6246
I usually say that for African Americans with that mindset, they are already lost and the USA is exactly the place they should be.
People like this couple are the complete opposite: they have seen the light and they are better off for it now.
And they are most welcome here in the continent.
@@forextrader6246 Really! Wow!
All of mostly 4o million of them?
How ever did you find the time?
@@forextrader6246 Those that do that need to stay right here in the US.Africa is not for them.
I've visited Ghana twice. First time, I visited a friend who lived in Adenta. Hands down my best experience in Accra. Similarities to my small town in the Mississippi Delta were uncanny. Yes, the soil was red just like back home. Neighbors sit out in the front of a small shop to just socialize and chill. Corner shops blaring music was reminiscent of the juke joints that were open even during the day where one could just walk in and enjoy a cold beer (yes I was throwing back a club beer or three every evening, respectfully). My family farmed so I noticed even some agricultural similarities. One afternoon, I was sitting in front of my friend Yvonne's shop as we'd done every evening and, out of nowhere, I burst into tears. Scared the hell out of the rest of the ladies. I was convulsing. That was my spiritual moment on the continent. I cried for ancestors who were taken away from their homes, and for every one that were lost at sea and every one that had to meet their fate beneath whips and in chains. I cried that after 400 years of beating Africa out of them, they'd manage to hold on to some things, even if those things were subtle. Those subtleties broke me down.
Another time I cried was when I sat down to eat and was able to do something that is foreign to most Americans, but was long-standing behavior in my family. My family has always eaten dishes like greens and cornbread with our hands. As a child, I would always feel ashamed for this and thought we were acting "primitive". I didn't know why we did this. We were too poor to travel anywhere to learn it, and when I would ask adults why do we eat certain dishes with our hands, they would just say it tastes better from the fingers. As my great aunt, who was quite animated, picked greens in the garden she would say "When I cook these greens for supper, I ain't inviting nobody over but me and my five sisters!" She meant she and her five fingers 🤣.
Anywho, I grew up with free range chickens, ducks, cows, dogs...you name it. So yeah, Ghana felt like home to me -- until I went to the market. 🤣 Then it feels like a gladiator arena and I knew my wallet was about to get destroyed! After watching my friends haggle, I was tired, I only had energy for a club beer and a bed.
Since my trip to Ghana, everything that can be picked up with a fork, I eat with my hands. Why? Because it tastes better from the fingers. ❤️
Love it. Welcome home.
yall are so damn drramatic jesus.
@@kwamenyame1277 Thank you kindly, Sir! Headed to Senegal in June but will definitely return to Ghana soon!
When you going to the market, you should go with a friend who's known to stuff here. Else they gon cheat you it's common everywhere 🤣
Hugs to you, African Sista! 🤎
I’m a black African-American 🇺🇸 married to a Nigerian 🇳🇬! When I visited Nigeria for the first time, I felt like I was back home from where my ancestors originated. I took a DNA 🧬 test, and it traced it back to Yoruba and Esan descent.
I’m Yoruba and Esan too welcome to the family my sister
What kind of dna test did you take to identify African tribal connections?
Welcome home Siz..........sure you enjoy amala and ewedu 😂
@@kimberaustin8415 that's what I want to know.
I took Ancestry's test, but at best only regions are pinpointed.
I would love to be able to narrow it down.
@@kimberaustin8415 I did the CRI Genetics 🧬 test
They are starting to sound like Ghanaians😍😍🇬🇭
For real 😊
I hear that too.
The man has mastered the Ghanaian accent.
They are not starting..they actually sound like one 🤣
They never lived in Ghana before?
I always watch this kind of video to remind myself how blessed I am to be a Ghanaian and how lucky I am to raised in Ghana,I will never take that for granted.❤️🇬🇭
thank you- you get it. l hope you can teach our fellow Ghanaian
Yes, Laud Sekyere, you are indeed blessed.
Africans in America have been kidnapped for over 400 years. They took our language, names culture and God and gave us self hate. Unfortunately most of us victims of this international kidnapped can't afford to come back home, and our family in Africa cant afford to help us return home. So we continue to suffer as victims of this great crime against humanity. Woe are Africans in America.
You're thinking right my brother...we have it in abundance so we forget to appreciate... we sometimes feel less privileged but we're rather the privileged ones
I know a good woman when I see one. This man is pursuing a happy, meaningful and fulfilled life because he has the support of a gracious and amiable wife. She speaks so intelligently and with candour, same with the husband. What a wonderful couple!
I feel their marriage is going to be stronger and even fulfilling. Their confidence and self-possession is going to soar to higher up in the sky.
Asè
FACTS
I remember some years back when the leader of Ghana invited people of African decent back home. Ugh. I CRIED...bawling. That anyone wants us, asked for us... that never happens never. Just felt so emotional for me and I didn't even know I felt that way 💔
It would of been great if Ghana was offering dual citizenship.
@@tyrn25 They are. Please look into it.
@@unbought6058 I heard something,but nothing on paper
Dude...that was powerful...thats the same way I feel about God...just awe struck that He chooses to love us...
Well if the American government said that they wanted black people it would be discrimination. It would be the same if they asked for white people, asian people, or hispanic people.
Everything you said I probably will forget but one thing I will never forget is how that boy sat there for 54 minutes in the background. The worlds best mannered child.
Wow didn't notice him until I read your comment.
Town/City planners in the country should revise their approach to include places for children while building up neighborhoods. Ghana like many countries in Africa has a very youthful population and yet we have not provided outlets for CHILDREN and family recreation. We can add neighborhood libraries,family parks,recreation centers ,skating rinks,public pools,and other beautiful and safe places for kids to meet and have fun. Malls,betting parlors and Restaurants do not count.
That's normal really with African kids. We would be on the background doing our things and subconsciously listening to what the adults are saying. Sometimes we forget ourselves and get into the conversation. If the parents had been oblivious of us and had started talking adult stuff and we jump into the conversation repeating what they said, the would gasp in shock and then send us to our room, LOL!
@@ndingere7857
haha.. U are right
@RepentJesusisComing, I did the same remark as you and I am very surprise!!! here in France I never see a child with so good behavior
If the hostess is typical of Ghananian beauty, I'm going there soon; she's gorgeous
Yes, she is typical....lol!
Yeah....she is a beautiful sister
She looks classy tbh
yup, the women there are gorgeous and black. lol
Oh you should see Joselyn Dumas, Yvonne Okoro & etc. Ghanaian women are extremely curvy & very classy.
As an American who briefly lived in Nigeria 8 years ago, I fully understand WPO. I feel it all the time at work. I'm blessed to have visited Ghana when I was a resident of Nigeria. I miss Ghana and would love to return, potentially permanently.
I like how his accent is almost Ghanaian. He feels at home.
That's not the accent of a Ghanaian lol
But yes he's trying
I can understand why they moved to Ghana. I’m
Very proud to be Ghanian both my parents are Ghanian. What I don’t understand is why a lot of African diaspora specifically settle in Ghana when
Africa is a huge continent. I imagine this couple had a lot of challenges as being African is much more than a dna test . You have to think as an African in this case a Ghanian to fully assimilate into the culture. Even people who are of direct Ghanian descent and know who they are & have kept their culture, can find it challenging to settle back in Ghana if they lived in say Europe for 20yrs.
It's great to hear his cadence it's not quite there but it's getting close...
I don't really hear him trying to have any accent... seems like a normal American to me
Ghanians are honestly some of the best people I have ever met. My humble physics teacher in Lagos was Ghanian. I am a Yoruba man living in London
I agree, they are so kind and welcoming.
Thank you
@@Lovely-wy4fo Thank you
I worked with a Nigerian lady who did not like the fact that we were too laid back as Ghanaians. That was eye opening for me
We are really hospitable and that's why Nigerians always feel at home when they come to Ghana. 😍🇬🇭🇳🇬
The husband start having African accent, that is so cute😚
So cute
I'm of Congolese descent and I love Ghanaians. I would love to visit Ghana one day. They are really great people.
Same here..
We all great people in Africa except south Africa
I am half Congolese and want to visit D.R. Congo, Ghana and Nigeria to begin with and then the rest. I love African people and our culture.
@@maijonson6464 really though. Your comment was going so well...until the "except" part. You can mention good and/or bad things about ALL people equally, or say nothing at all.
@@maijonson6464 ???
His explanation about the disconnect between us has really made me understand African Americans a lot more. We really need to make the effort to reconnect.
Same here. I feel like I can now embrace them when they don't understand where we come from or ask strange questions. That will be our connection right there.
Yeah exactly, I see a lot of AA making the effort and we need to start trying to understand too.
Amen !! I love it and he explained everything perfectly
100%
So true! Effort is growing on both sides to learn each others cultures.
Yes! This is what I’m talking about moving from America 🇺🇸. I’m 56 years old and never been to Africa. The propaganda America shows to us is always negative on Africa. I see the positivity this channel and Wode Maya are doing to educate us.
Thank you,
Coach Donnie B.
Atlanta, GA.
Divide and conquer. The last thing they want is for us to join forces and help uplift the motherland.
i just left Ghana thursday. go see for yourself especially if you've been hearing negativity about Africa. I had seen Djbouti Africa before which abolished my training of thought of africa 30 years ago but this was my first time to Ghana. ready to go back already.
Coach Donnie B. Please my dear you just come on holidays to verify your self, don't let any one tells you.
You'll love it here
@@Afrikaislife Fact!!
I love that this father loved his son enough to move him out of the oppressors house 🏡
Ghanaians are simply free spirited people .... Trust my words 🇬🇭🇬🇭.... we create happiness from even situations we think is challenging.... I'm proud to be Ghanaian.
Did anyone notice how disciplined the child was throughout the period of the interview? This kid is already picking something good from his school
He has his device in his hands and so focused 🙌
@ Tim Swain
How many times did you have to give the police something small? Even playing the peace broker for the other man ? 😃😃😂😂
@Frank Bekoe, I did the same remark as you and I am very surprise!!! here in France it is very rare to see a child with so good behavior
That's not America, it's the parents responsibility to train and teach your children whatever behaviour you want to enforced
The Parents
The hostess is a gorgeous woman, I feel bad that the family moved all the way to Ghana to feel human but I understand what he's saying, I hope everything works out for this family God bless.
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She is our own beautiful Dentaa MBE.
Moses Tekper yes she is stunning!
I honestly believe that we all can choose to feel the way that we want. I will always refuse to give anyone the power to control my emotions. Both of my parents where born in Europe and I have lived in communities where I was the lightest person around for miles and always felt at home.
@@mauriciomilano1197 when systems are created against you....you don't have a choice. I'm sure you've heard other AAs describe this same experience. 'Everybody ain't lying'.
Would be dope if a million Americans shifted to Africa!!!! Would flourish the economy!
I think all American blacks that don't like America or think they are being hunted down should move to Ghana where they are safe.
I think this is why the government of Ghana extended this invitation.
@@BaconNBeer yup, and you can go back to europe.
@@ladylaurenia As I said the reason is they will feel safe not being in the US. If they are afraid they are being hunted down they can always leave. Nobody is keeping them here. My family has been here since at least 1650 when one of the grandfathers was born here. Don't know when his parents immigrated. I think it would be good for more blacks to see Africa as a real option so these videos of people that have made the move are inspirational and I have watched many of them. It is time to go where you are treated the best. IMO.
I have a humorous aside. Many people have told other races to go back where they belong and it is a racist statement for sure. But the covid thing shown a spotlight on an interesting point. Blacks were hit harder by covid from what I hear I don't know the numbers. The reason they were hit harder is their darker skin which doesn't allow that production of vitamin D like a lighter skinned person does. Africa would increase the production of vitamin D shielding blacks from the disease. So concluding. If someone tells you to go back where you belong they may just be helping you out. All racism aside.
Tim and his wife is the reason I’ve been praying my husband and I leave America as well. I’ll never forget when he made the announcement to move to Ghana , their journey has been so encouraging to watch. Blessings and favor of God to them
As a Ghanaian 🇬🇭 🇬🇭 living in North America all I can say is Welcome Home brother...
Why didn't you stay in Ghana? Why did you pick the US to move to? No
disrespect intended. Just curious.
@@stox5988 Why didn’t the Europeans stay in Europe? Why didn’t the Asian Americans stay in Asia? Migration is as old as time and people do it for different reasons be it for economic reasons, wanting a change of scenery or wanting a fresh start.
@@ameetachi9510 well said 👏👏👏
@@stox5988 hahaha 😂 how did Ghanaians and rest of Africa find out about America and the west in the first place? Just curious no disrespect intended.
Brother you need to come back home.Ghana owes China Billions.We see the Chinese schools,police etc,In 5 years the Chinese gonna make Ghana a communist country.
I am a Jamaican 62 years old. Since I was a little girl my mom usually dressed as an African always talk about Africa. She has never been there but always called herself an African. My mom never said "I am a Jamaican" although she was born in Jamaica. As a result of that I always have the idea in my head that one day I really want to see Africa one day. Right now at my age I would sell all my possessions and go to Africa if I only know how. It doesn't matter to me where in Africa . That would be my Mecca the feeling that I would get from that.
Jamaican born here too. I went to Ghana in 2017. I can say that being born in Jamaica, I've always known I am one of Africa's children.❤️❤️ There are a lot of Jamaicans in Ghana and they love everything Jamaica.
Ghana is as good as any other African country. Please ask for advice, do a little research and go for it! You won't regret it.
Email me, and I'll help you through this. Your comment moved me.
@@karimakarumut5038 what is your actual email address
K F@ come to Ethiopia🖐🏿
OMG I love how I can hear the Ghanaian accent creeping into the way the husband speaks, and hearing how safe and at home they feel makes me oh so happy!
My fellow Africans, let’s continue to connect inter-continentally! This is absolutely beautiful
When I went to Ghana for the first time I DEFINITELY felt like a black/brown woman! That is, I felt the way we are all SUPPOSED to feel and not the way white people work to make us feel and IT WAS GLORIOUS!
But wouldn't you feel less like a "black" person if everyone is black?
@@IslenoGutierrez This will sound argumentative only because it is in writing and you cannot hear my tone but it's not meant to be. Think about what you asked above and then answer it by inserting other races or ethnicities into your question like this...
would a white person feel less like a white person when everyone is white?
Would latinos and hispanics feel less like themselves when everyone around them is the same? Or do they all feel MORE like themselves or more at home?
Because from what I've seen, in both of those cases, each one of those groups of people would feel MORE like themselves, more at ease and at home, not less. White people because they have an almost instinctual narcissism and issue with anything or anyone that is different from them and latinos and hispanics would feel more like themselves because they would feel the peace of experiencing a rich culture without the interference of white people who tend to insert themselves into everyone else's culture. The same felt true when I went to Africa. I felt more like who I am (of African descent or "black") because I was surrounded by people who looked like me, everything around me was made with me in mind and there was no one there who made it their sole purpose to make us feel otherwise. It was freeing.
@@MakeWay4CJ But it's because you live in a nation made up of many races and your race is a small minority, so maybe you would feel good being around more people that look like you I guess. But when you live in a nation where everyone is the same race, you just feel normal, just Human. You don't attach it to skin tone or race. If you're American (I assume you're American) wouldn't you feel less African since you have a different culture? Im not trying to be argumentative either, it just seems like a weird thing to me to say one would feel more "black/African" in Africa when black in Africa is not seen as an in-group ethnic group like it does in the USA and you being a foreigner would have a different culture despite having somewhat similar origins. Again, not trying to be rude, I'm just puzzled at the response.
@@IslenoGutierrez, no, you feel so very good about being Black like everyone else. It's like being among people who support the same football team as you, rather than being the only one, or facing antagonism from supporters of other teams. See how fellow football supporters act around each other? Celebrating shared bonds? You feel a strong sense of Black pride. Just take it from those who know.
@@oma7698 There have been whites that have said the same thing but in a context of whiteness and majority white nations or areas yet they were labeled as racists for it. Do you see them as racist for it and then do you see yourself racist for it?
Omg the host lady is gorgeous!
I came to Ghana once and fell in love with it... I'll be graduating with two masters which I can use anywhere--including Ghana! I really hope to go back long term in a few years. I understand Bro Tim, because I had the same experience in Ghana. I remember heading to my hotel one evening after dinner and in the darkness of the street, I passed several people, men as well as women, and no one crossed the street to avoid passing me. I wept. I knew I was home. My ancestors helped build America, but make no mistake, Africa is my home. See you again soon, I hope, Ghana.
You should even visit Uganda and experience something diffirent, the pearl of Africa.
Kind of like jealousy.
@@juukocharles8689 mtcheww,wey pearl of africa
I hope your dream will come true
We are waiting for you dear.
@@georgebanin4812 uhm 🙄
I am a Liberian who lives in Pennsylvania. I lived in Ghana from 2001 until 2006 when I left. I lived in Nungua and went to Preseco/Datusec. From listening to Tim, I understand where he's coming from interms of culture shocks. However, the key to integrating into the Ghanaian system is to eat the food and learn the language. Once you do that you will find life a little easier. Best of luck to them and God bless Africa.
Very informative. I live in America and want to learn about Ghana. My mom said my descendants are from West Africa. Ghana Indian.
Im moving to motherland soon too,love from a jamaican😌😌🇯🇲🇯🇲🇬🇭🇬🇭
We can’t wait
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They love us there. Our cultures are similar, but of course we are all Africans. I loved it there and I felt so connected to the land and the people. It will be my home one day very soon!
Come to the motherland but please come with plenty of money to set up businesses and employ the locals to help the economies of the continent. The thing is not many people pay taxes in the continent so everything has always fallen on the governments with limited finances and because you might like to have your own car or cars on the road and without paying taxes to the government which won't be fair on the locals so you're always invited to come to Africa but come and help the country, yourself and the people and not just to add to the population or to have easy life.
You must check out Little Jamaica when you get there.
The interviewer is very good. She allows the people to speak and ask the right questions. I wish them all well.
Yes she did I want travel there for awhile
True, noticed the same thing. It allows for the pple to express themselves.
Yes she is very pleasant
My family and I are reconnecting to our Continent of Afrika. We have done our DNA, we know where we originated. We have legally changed our name and our business name. We are expanding our business to Afrika and obtaining a dual citizenship. We love our heritage and are eagerly learning more. We have started learning Swahili. We are so looking forward to living on both continents but ultimately relocating to either Ghana, Rwanda or Senegal.
Ma'at Hotep, Ase'
💯💯💯👍🏾👊🏾
Swahili is mostly in East Africa n abit central African it's not much help in Ghana or Senegal ,,,,welcome home whichever country u choose u will enjoy it,,,
@@mimiriley4591 Thank you so much Marci for the welcome. Yes we were aware of the language regions. However we've been closely connected to the African Union along with the African Diaspora Development Institute. There is a major push to make Swahili the national language of the continent in the coming years for business purposes, since it is a non-tribal language. We just want to be ahead of the game.
@@kimaspurplelife Thank you so much! 🥰
Aaaah got u n smart planning ahead👍,,,,,have a vacation in East Africa it's an awesome place,,,,,
This guy already speaks like an African, the accent and the body movement.. welcome home, brother..
I love to hear their American accents melting away into Ghanaian accents! 🥳
Randy moss
Me too, I don’t know why it delights me to hear them switch in and out of it!! 🥰
It’s no different than when Caribbeans and Africans switch between patois and American slang. Or switch between patois/African accent with British accent.
I'm South African who has Ghanaian friends, this brother has become a complete Ghanaian. The Ghanaian mannerisms are popping out in this discussion. I too want to move to Ghana, but for at least five years. I'm working on it.
Lol homie I love Ghana too I’m South African based in Canada
@@mishy-documentingmylife5287 Yo Homie! The Ghanaians living here in SA represents the people of Ghana very well. They intelligent, well mannered and hard working. Through them, I got to fall in love with Ghana. I hope you are well over there in Canada and staying away from this horrible virus.
I hear a slight none American accent.. He speaks like he is orginally from Africa.
@@charlesjames1464 He's an African American, a lawyer by profession in the United States. If you want to be well understood in Africa, you'll have to conform in terms of the country lingo or local lingo and he learnt that, hence he's enjoying his stay in Ghana😊
I am ghanian but i would like to move to south africa from u.s.
Do you think that would be a good move since i do not know anybody in south africa?
I'm from South Africa and i lived in Ghana, North Legon. Awesome place and wish to show South Africans the hospitality of Ghana. Really great people and very receptive. I lived Kofi Annan Avenue. I want to do a video on that, buy I'm not on RUclips
The Hostess is BEAUTIFUL..❤
Halleluja our people are moving back, God bless you all
Sister how is Maame Timah and Angie.
I am happy too.❤️❤️🇳🇬
Yes God Bless you and God moves through you.
@THE TRUTH IS HIDDEN IN PLAINSIGHT We are not Africans, But we are Hebrews decendents of the biblical Shem. Our journey of captivity was foretold in Deutoronomy 28 Trans Atlantic Slave Trade. Shem and Ham are both melinated, but different blood lines. America hate us we will never own anything or be allowed to live up to our full potential here 😒
@@karenthomas4849 some tribes in Africa are also Shemites.
The term African American was adopted by Blacks in the US to reaffirm our connection to Africa. Growing up in the 1970's we were proud to be of African descent while still being proud of the culture that we developed here in the US. I wonder if the disconnect is generational? My mother was a product of segregated schools in the south where she learned positive things about Africa. She attended an HBCU where she was entrenched in the Pan African movement. My children didn't learn anything of the sort in their predominantly white schools. My parents, my husband and I had to teach them. It is crucial that we establish our own schools and universities on both the continent and the US. The HBCU model is a great one.
Well said, and note the term African American was the first time that black people in America chose their own name to be identified by. Before that, we were given names.
Please do not feed the trolls by responding to comments surely meant to get a rise out of those of us engaged in respectful fact based discourse.
@@GeeBee212 My bad my apologies have deleted it
BrooklynBorn 83 the interviewer lost me when she said she was in an uber and was asking the uber driver where his parents and grandparents are from. she keeps forgetting Black Americans' ancestors during slavery had their culture beat out of them. How was the uber driver suppose to know where in Africa his ancestors are from (i mean besides taking a DNA test)
@THE TRUTH IS HIDDEN IN PLAINSIGHT shame on you one million times for such a filthy language. African., British african, afro Caribbean, afro indian etc are all Africans but identified by the geographical region and culture. They are basically Africans in their DNA.
Loving the realistic representation of Africa. I'm Zambian 🇿🇲 and visited a number of countries in the south and 2 in east Africa. Our continent is beautiful, vast and full of opportunities. Let's all visit more African countries no matter where we are from
yes, AFricans, be proud to be AFrican. Patronize other AFrican countries!!
You guys made me laugh about the bed
The old man is home! He has began to breathe and live rather than exist. I am always filled with incredible joy when an African American(especially the men)finds peace,acceptance and happiness in Ghana. They deserve all the peace and happiness in the world.
From Ghana: " I exist as a human being in Ghana", I did not feel black. Bro, you moved me to tears by the heading. Welcome home .A friend told me the first time he realized his color as "black" was when he studied in the US. Thanks for the bold decision to move back to the home of peace & tranquillity.
When I was in Liberia I felt the same way. I felt just like a person not thinking about my race
It really feels like that , you are constantly mindful that you are a target for racial abuse or hate crime . So you are never really relaxed, always careful about not offending anybody or you will be perceived as the angry black man or women. You can’t voice your opinion especially against blatant injustices thy will be quick to say here we go again she is using black race card 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️it’s exhausting
Very true. The black concept only exists outside of Africa. I did not even know I was black until I left Nigeria.
@@Kalagenesis What is the need to think of one's race? Lets talk......somebody enlighten me.......blessings to all.
He made a CHOICE of existing as a human being in Ghana......Could have done the same in the U.S.........But FEAR.........living while black......will not allow it........Mindset........101.......The outer world does not create your experiences and reality........Your inner world......creates your outer world experiences, it is a reflection you......all created by your mind.......Lets talk......Somebody enlighten me......blessings.
I am Latino and my dream is to start my company in Ghana when I finish my degree.
I don't know much English yet, but I always watch these videos♥😅
Best of luck!
Where are you from by the way if I may ask
Yo soy de ghana pero hablo un poco de español. Ustedes los latinos son nuestros hermanos! Y han escondido la verdad de nuestra conexión de sangre. Llámame si necesitas ayuda con información de ghana.
Bienvenido a nuestro país :)
@@smasher90ful Gracias bro!
I love her interviewing style so gracious and patient
Wish she had her shoes off like they did tho
Ghanaians are more listeners than speakers
Even some of his mannerisms have become Ghanaian. How endearing!
Many years ago I lived in Ghana. I loved it. When I returned to the States I used to wake up and think I was still in Ghana. When I would realize I was back in the states I would be so disappointed. I hope to return to Ghana, or another African country, as a permanent resident. My desire is to leave the States asap. If my family was not in the states I would never return once I left.
Maybe you would want to explore Rwanda as well
You almost brought me to tears ♥️
Please our brothers and sisters please we need u back home , Ghana (Cape coast) has just prepare some land for u
Same me, I have my kids here in UK. Only if I could turn back time
Come to Kenya.
Just love the way the man is looking at his wife.......a sign of sincere true love .
Big ups👍👏❤❤❤❤❤
Positive vibes Jamaica 🇯🇲/Africa to the world 🌎
The interviewer is soooo beautiful 😍and feminine without all the extras.
he is speaking more like a Ghanaian haha
His accent is changing by the day 😃😃
Lol yes! And his mannerisms and exclamations are very African. ❤️
I spent two months in Kenya and Uganda in 2018, living with locals and had a wonderful time. He reminds me of my Ugandan friends! 🤗
I am from New Zealand, and I knew from 10 years old that I would go to Africa 🌍 one day. I went when I was 60, and as I was flying over the mainland heading for Nairobi, I felt like I was coming home. 😊
So true. But like he said, his American accent from the South would have been difficult for many Ghanaians understand. I guess that's why he has dived in the Ghanaian accent. And another good thing is as time passes by, no one will notice if he's a local or foreigner. His wife looks very much like a Ghanaian.
It’s our natural tongue. We belong in Africa.
Do you know how hard it is to talk like white folk with an African muscles in your mouth. It is not natural at all. No matter how much I am around them.
It’s not fair.
@@MrsJammer4 I can imagine that must be very hard to talk like we white folks with your beautiful African mouth. I love the way African people speak, and I could listen to you guys all day!
I loved listening to all my friends in Kenya and Uganda. ❤️
The husband is definitely more Ghanaian than he thinks. His accent is spot on. He should get a DNA test. His son is a very lucky boy to have a father like him. If more AA men think that way, more of us will move to Africa and our children and Africa will be much healthier and better for it.
This DNA thing is really quite problematic for me, since it essentializes DNA differences between African groups, something that Africans never embraced - culture and custom is our primary distinguishers. Anyone, regardless of bloodline should be able to join a tribe or nation and be part of it. Africans should avoid the Western essentialization of race and DNA. It’s fine if AAs do it just to know where their ancestors originated, but not as a guide to which African society to join.
We are not African
@@houseofaboriginal Speak for yourself. You think trying to attach yourself to other lands will let you escape racial domination but it won’t.
@@houseofaboriginal yes,we are!!all day everyday, you damn fool.❤️🖤💚💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾👹😖😵🤯👹🤺👏🏾🔨👏🏾👊🏾👊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾👍🏾
@@houseofaboriginal African, american are nothing but political tags. The biological fact is you belong to the entire black race. Ignoramus
Hey family. I'm from Detroit Michigan and so happy to see other Americans here. I've been here for 5 years now and I love it 🇬🇭🥰
This interview is powerful and enlightening. I love it and enjoy how Tim and his wife break things down as a black man in America. Compare to the relief you get when you arrive in Ghana is priceless. Much appreciated!
When he said Black men being able to shed the hardness and just laugh. 😔😥
Yes! I say this all the time. I forget I'm Black in Ghana, I literally just wake up and exist and go about my day. In the UK/US I'm reminded every time I step outside my house. Great interview, I love the way she lets people talk and listens attentively.
exactly, people groups should live separately.
It doesn't matter where you go you are black. We all African are black. Just love your self. Stop worrying about,how other people think of you. Love your self . At the end of the day, your confidence and love toward yourself that truly matters.
@@RomanRoman-vj5xz what they are saying is that being reminded you are black in Amerikka...includes..FEAR OF BEING KILLED BY KKOPS...OTHER RACES VIEWING YOU AS A DANGEROUS PERSON..OTHER RACES SHOWING FEAR WHEN THEY SEE YOU...etc etc....
@@RomanRoman-vj5xz I can stop worrying and still be reminded at the same time, That's reality. Pretending like it doesn't happen is fantasy.
@@RomanRoman-vj5xz that's bull you'll always be different if your with people not from your native group. Some people like that feeling, others like the feeling of being with there group. I think africans in america regardless if it's for fear or happiness try to reconnect with there native side. As an italian american my roots are deep back home and i always feel that I need to move back to be truly happy.
Thank God for Internet and Africans telling our story..shout out to Wode maya
I’m currently planning a trip to Ghana for June. I’m so nervous but so excited and feel like I’m headed home!
Great if you want friends I'm down for ya ☺️
I am Jamaican raising two black boys in Canada. I also teach in the school system here and what I see is frightening so much so I want to pick up and run home to Jamaica. My older son has been to two private schools and the second day of the first one the teacher asked me if my child needs to be medicated. I took him out. The next school the teacher said he is "socially challenged" because he plays too "rough". What's worst she said because he is giving "so much challenges and he is so brilliant then he must be autistic". This is how they see Black children. They push them into some labelled corners, and then they think they are too black to be brilliant.
AA
Are you from home?
@Caribbean Ín The House oh boy y’all didn’t had it worster then us black Americans all that what u saying should be me
@Caribbean Ín The House Judah is the most high children 🦁🤲🏿
@Caribbean Ín The House Judah sound special 🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🐆
This goes to all Africans: we JUST NEED TO DO MORE.
We in America wish things were better here, but we as a whole still have the remnants of those who see us as less than and haters are real.
@@lorebay2593 AA's still hopelessly yearning for recognition from their masters which will never happen.
@@kwmalin9169 our justice will only come through God.
@@kwmalin9169 all the white people are not crazy with hate, just many more than you would believe after all these years.
@@lorebay2593 it's not white people as much as it is the racist system. If speaking individualism then you can find a good and a bad person from any race
I grew up a human as well!! We are all created in God's Image!! I pray We come together as people and have Goodwill towards each other!!
Thank you to all the African Americans that have not forgot us I am from Congo but living in the US now but regretting it now want to come back now
This is one of the best interviews I've seen of Black expats to Ghana. That main positive of just being able to live as a human being rather than by your skin color is wonderful.
I'm a Filipino living in Canada and really enjoyed this. I can also very much relate to the aspects in common with Philippine society like expecting "gifts" and having to carefully vet people, but as Tim described, getting references from people you know and trust, very community oriented. And also the positives like people just wanting to be very helpful with one another.
You might be able tell Ghanaian diet is low in processed sugars by...
1) the host’s skin. Her skin is beautiful. She has some skin glowing that looks super attractive.
2) the kid . He’s able to stay focused, no ocd nor short attention span.
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My name is rasndu fr jamaica i love your story blessings mi bradda.
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@@shahid8545 Exactly!
I salute this brother. He’s very much at home and his Ghanaian accent is spot on. 14 months in Ghana and has adopted to the mannerism is encouraging and inspiring.❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🇳🇬🇳🇬
I hope I can do the same when I move!
Omo, even me I'm shocked!
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I don't care where the diaspora want to settle. Much love from 🇿🇦🇿🇦
thanks so much
Me too bro . I really don't care where in africa they go but as long as they don't have to live in fear for the rest of their lives
I'm here for both 🇿🇦 and 🇬🇭. I live in South Africa and have visited Ghana. Believe you me, while on my visitation I had to fight the edge to start seeking employment in Ghana as soon as I get back home. Basically, I fell for Ghana hard.
I hear the Ghanaian accent in Tim 😉.
I had the pleasure of meeting a woman from Ghana and she was the sweetest omg. I picked her brain so much about how it’s like living in Africa. She was so inviting letting me know how we are welcome. I’m ready to visit once I get my finances together.
@ross fingal 🙄 you’re doing too much.
I'm a black man from Mississippi 52 yr old those of us from Mississippi Alabama Georgia Louisiana know where Africans from birth GOD'S blessing i will visit Africa but I didn't know the land was so developed
Damn!..developed? Jesus!..Only God knows what B.S y'all's been fed about Africa..we're literally very educated and civilized people..you've got to seek enlightenment
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Please come to africa it will help u
We are actually many peoples
Wow...im sorry to hear of that miseducation
I agree 1000%...I am AA and my husband is Nigerian...I felt the connection when I first visited and my spirit just kept pulling me back. I moved to Naija and have not looked back. America is exhausting for African Americans and we all some form of PTSD from living there. Only perk of living in US is convenience on certain things.
Well said.You are blessed.
Real_ facts'👁️🍹
True, I am from Africa living in United States. It is convenient to live in US, but it is not as fulfilling living as in Africa.
@ross fingal perhaps most of the ones you have met. Many would go back if they had the financial wherewithal. They stay in the US because they have built or are pursuing a sufficient income stream there. Many Africans abroad are building in the diaspora so they can return home better than they left.
@@HealthEri I feel safe here as a Black American...It feels good to wake up and see my people who if they choose not to like me it won't be because the color of my skin!!
When his accent switches😍🥺🥺🥺
Switch to what
@@fabulousfarrahinsouthafrica Ghanaian accent
I just came from Cameroon last week and immediately I touched down I was ready to turn around and go back 😅
I can't explain the feelings it's like being home but you've never been there before
I'm hoping every young African person in the diaspora, especially those who are born and raised in the U.S. would get the mindset to repatriate back to the lands of their origins, Africa. I truly believe it'd be beneficial. I think Africa is the right place to obtain a peace of mind and place to recuperate.
@JerseyGurl8999
You live I. N.J. now?
Peace of mind is not based on your physical location.......It is a state of mind.........It is a choice one makes regardless of where they happen to be. Inner world creates outer world.....If you choose to have a peace of mind in the US.......That will be your reality........Same thing in Africa.......Once you stop being BLACK you will be free.....Lets talk.....somebody enlighten me........Blessings
I'm born and raised in the U.S but half Sudanese, half Haitian and I adore Africa and will be moving to Sudan next yr after I get my degree. I'm so excited and so sick of America. Lol 🖤
@JerseyGurl8999 so u from nj now?
I was just going to watch for 5 minutes, ended up watching everything. Great interview! 🇬🇭❤️
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I did the same thing lol. I put it on my watch later, then I’ll watch just a few minutes and ended up watching the whole interview
Me to lol
Same here
The same here !! I was like ... Naaah I'm not gonna waste my time watching this . But i did ..lol
I'm a Ghanaian American married to a Nigerian and I love going home to mama Ghana our peaceful nation. Ready to pack it up !! Thanks for sharing this was a good interview..
Hugz&💋 I wished when my boy's was younger I moved to Ghana, Although I pondered writing National Geographic, to see if I can get sponsored some way to get my boy's to Africa. Single working class Mother, social media was not like today. I heard of MySpace, but I really didn't use my computer at home,after on computer at work even before I had my 1st.Child at 25yrs. Old. I never had a mentor. & my family everyone retired out of state. I wish I would've moved forward to getn to Ghana. Knowledge is key.Take time to research. There's a reason The gentleman was protecting with questions to make sure the child is good. Here in the U.S. American Descendants of Chattle Slavery ADOS, the atrocities bestowed on our ancestors damaged Blacks in the U.S. For generations to come. The Black women & Black children are the most unprotected folk in the U.S. Black folk so spiritual & we just don't think or do the same. We are the most loving.& want to help. I'm sad to say many Blacks especially Social media, T.V. Some so called woke,or Black journalists, Black police, urban neighborhoods etc.Are white washed, or affected by these european americans,& do some sick evil junk white folk do, you would neva think a Black would do.Men suppose to protect women & promote manhood. Raising beautiful Black boy's in the hood with no father figure can be done. But the Mother got to be vigilant neve let yr boy's leave the front porch etc. & Do alot. Preditors can be in tbe schools, neighborhood police,judges etc. Come with many faces. The racism is systematically put here to destroy Blacks.& America still got unfinished business for Blacks. Conquer÷ is real. Right not white social media is tryna push the narrative Blacks attacking Chinese.That's a lie. The chinese& whites know it's a lie. The world is seeing the hate& racism whites done to Blacks, for over 400yrs. The chinese know better to. They have already gotten grants, money.& it's the other way around. The chinese & Asian have killed, us beat us, racist to us, in their restaurants, beauty supply's & across the board. The couple of chinese that was attacked here in San Francisco, the Bay. Where I now live. But I was raised in West Oakland & during the Black Panthers era. The men were mentally ill, came from behind& didn't even know they was chinese. It's all on camera. One Mid age Chinese man called the police& lied. He was on camera& was not attacked. Chinese have already raised money. & the whites know it's a lie. Yet America have not paid the Blacks our reparations for the atrocities bestowed on our ancestors for over 400yrs. Stripped of our language, kids, husbands, etc. took from us. It's 2021. Prison pipeline for or boy's&girls. But with God on yr. Side. You neva alone. It all just draws me closer to God. Fasting, praying without ceasing. Reading&standing on God's word. Keeping my mind on the things up above.Not the junk down here. Oh yes, we will God Willing someday visit Ghana, or some part of Africa. I no longer have small boy's. I only want to visit & feel every Black should visit Africa. Shout out to that strong father in this interview & his beautiful wife. & the interviewer. I pray God continue to bless this family. 💘
This is beautiful, simply beautiful. I spent the last 3 months in Kigali Rwanda, it was my first time on the continent. I fell in love with the people, the city, the weather and myself all over again. The experience was so enlightening that the ancestors revealed to me that this is my home. I'm going back in August to look for a place to rent initially until I find that house that says "I'm yours"...I kept saying to myself, damn, I wish I had done this 20 years ago...
True... I'm from Kenya & visited Rwanda in 2016...still in love with the place.
Hook up with my bro... he lives and work there for like 7 years.
Do you hear the passion in their voices speaking about their experiences? Yeah you can’t deny the truth and freedom.
I am an African. I never looked at Africa, as just poor. I just need to be there in Africa 🥰🥰 I can't wait to visit and prepare to move 🖤❤💚💛
This is how I feel. My father was from the US and my mother from Canada. My dad always said that he did us wrong by raising up in NS as a Black Canadian. Since I moved from NS to Alberta, I have been looking into where I can live as a human being. Ghana is one of my choices. Growing up in Nova Scotia is no treat for any Black person. Good for you that you found your home! I hope I am blessed to find the same opportunity.
It's been 3 months since you made this comment. May i ask if you've had the chance to look into different African countries to visit for a start? I've been to Senegal and Ghana and i loved both places though i live in Lagos. West Africa is a cool place to visit and live in so also are the rest of Africa. It all depends on the kind of life and environment you prefer.
More blacks should organize to help their own people return to live in Ghana.
This brother really look like an Akan for me he IS a TRUE son of Ghana. I'm Happy you are at back home. Akwaba.
Ghana is a wonderful country with the most loving and welcoming people! I went there last year to marry my Nigerian bride in Accra, and the thing that struck me most was how friendly everyone was. I'm as white as rice but not once did I feel unsafe, even in some of the less than prosperous areas. As Canada, and the west in general, is moving in a direction that I feel is wrong, and with our natural blessings being stolen by, ahem, a certain Asian country, I'm seriously thinking of moving to Ghana. I have no doubt that there will be challenges but with God all things are possible! God bless Ghana and her people.
And thank you for this interview. It really saddens me that racism is still a thing in this world. I wish Tim and his family much success and blessings....
That’s freaking awesome 👏🏿 and congratulations 🎈🎉🎊🍾!! Blessings and welcome to Ghana 🇬🇭. I grew I was born in Ghana 🇬🇭 till age 5 then Liverpool, England 🏴 1990-1993 then moved to Vancouver Canada 🇨🇦 1993-2000 then moved to Baltimore Maryland USA. I was in Ghana 2012.
@@journeytrials Wow, our paths almost crossed when you were in Vancouver. I was born and raised there. 😊
@@outintheboondocks1466 What the Western World did & still upto date doing to Afrika i.e Stealing her resources & making sure Her children remain poor, the same shall be done unto them in a double dose!
So,that “certain Asian country“ you said is just bringing the harvest of what the Western countries have been planting!!
@@outintheboondocks1466 I hear now it’s too expensive to live on the main land!! I’ll visit again one day!!
There’s no racism in Africa
I plan to make my first trip to Mama Africa this year. I enjoy listening to all three of you.
I've been to Ghana twice. I can't wait to go back.
African American to me means, I'm African and there's roots that follow that. American simply implies that I was born in America. American by birth, African by roots. This is my view on it.
By the way, I love Ghana 🇬🇭 went there 2018 and 2019. I plan to move there God's will. #Blessings 💕💖💕
@THE TRUTH IS HIDDEN IN PLAINSIGHT 👍🏽🙏🏽
@THE TRUTH IS HIDDEN IN PLAINSIGHT Who are you to determine what people are? Go and tell a multigenerational Asian or Indian family that they are not Asian or Indian and see the response you get.
You are always welcome
@@harrietacquah2545 Aww.... Blessings to you and thank you. 🙏🏽
@THE TRUTH IS HIDDEN IN PLAINSIGHT Before Jesse Jackson came up with that terms blacks in the US were always called Enslaved Africans over the centuries. So what is exactly your point?
Tim Swain is *awesome* he gives the best advice to black Americans moving to Ghana. I *love* his RUclips channel. I'm glad that he made it to this channel 😂👍🏾 🇬🇭🇬🇭❤💛💚
I thought Eric McNeal gives the best advice? 😂😂😂😂
@@dandiablo3809 Yeah Mr. McNeal and Tim Swain gives the best advice and they are *not* the only ones that I watch that gives the *best advice* so what's your point?? And why are you following me on other people's youtube channel posting that same stup*d question over and over again? If you dont have anything important to ask me well then get lost and go and troll somewhere else I do not have time for your stup*dity
Yea he does...he's awesome
What's the name of his channel
@@MsViva710 just type in 'tim swain ghana' his channel should pop up
AFRICA IS BEAUTIFUL 😍❤💙♥
No matter how organized, beautiful, fancy lifestyle, easy life, or negative things said about African... I have always loved Africa more than any continent cos I am BLACK... Cos I wanna feel more human within than trying to be human.
I can relate...I feel like that too every time I travel to Africa. It’s weird, I feel like a human and the racial stress lifts off your soul. It’s like you can breathe, it can feel suffocating living in the US.
Move to Africa .
Even in Europe too,am Ghanaian living in England,but I have never felt home or welcomed here, can't wait to relocate back home at the right time
Texas to Ghana...Here I come.......
I’m from Texas and moving to Ghana also. I’m so excited
@@sherrysearcy1608 That's great!I'm in Houston.Where are you?
Thank his wife for her honesty
It's right for for them to feel at home, because it's their home. Much love 💜
no its not lmao
Is this not one of the most beautiful, classy women you've ever seen. This is the true representation of a beautiful black woman. Intelligence, humility, beauty and worldliness.
Welcome to West Africa, Ghana our home land. I am originally from Nigeria
I am very happy for you guys you made it home in Ghana 🇬🇭 ... it is sad for any parent to worry about the kids like that. I wish you guys the best of luck and bright future for your son
Very soon every African American will move to Ghana, courtesy of @Odana Network. She is doing an excellent job of promoting Ghana to the world. I wish Africans at home love themselves as much as these African Americans love the continent.
wow , i am african but not from ghana, your talksare urging me to move to ghana. Tim , you are blessed with an awesome family. May all your dreams come true in Africa and ghana precisely.
So far as u are black dear u are a family okay
@New Vission and Hope. Yes Africa is Where The New Vission and Hope, The Future of This Countinent is Starting to Rise because They just Woke Up. Good Luck to You Africa. May You Be Bless with Many Million Spring and Holds infinite Wisdom.