Origins of African Slaves in Americas
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Topic: Origins of African Slaves in Americas
Posted By: Fula
Subject: Origins of African Slaves in Americas
Date Posted: 05-Apr-2012 at 10:30
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Posted By: Nick1986
Date Posted: 05-Apr-2012 at 21:22
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According to my teacher many of them were Igbo and Yoruba from Nigeria and Angola. Some were Muslims, but most were pagans. The Muslim slaves were more likely to escape as they were better educated and well-organised ------------- Me Grimlock not nice Dino! Me bash brains! |
Posted By: Nick1986
Date Posted: 06-Apr-2012 at 20:12
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Yoruba disapora in the Atlantic world: http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Uk1Tbdsq99gC&lpg=PA33&dq=igbo%20yoruba%20slaves&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false - http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Uk1Tbdsq99gC&lpg=PA33&dq=igbo%20yoruba%20slaves&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false ------------- Me Grimlock not nice Dino! Me bash brains! |
Posted By: Nick1986
Date Posted: 07-Apr-2012 at 19:17
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Africa to America: http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=pGsfOVQ4yG8C&lpg=PA73&dq=igbo%20america&pg=PA73#v=onepage&q&f=false - http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=pGsfOVQ4yG8C&lpg=PA73&dq=igbo%20america&pg=PA73#v=onepage&q&f=false ------------- Me Grimlock not nice Dino! Me bash brains! |
Posted By: Fula
Date Posted: 09-Apr-2012 at 12:05
| Igbo and Yoruba are not in Angola...their Nigerians Mbundu people Maybe? |
Posted By: Nick1986
Date Posted: 09-Apr-2012 at 19:54
Possibly. Can you tell me more about them? ------------- Me Grimlock not nice Dino! Me bash brains! |
Posted By: Nick1986
Date Posted: 10-Apr-2012 at 21:29
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What tribe did the Angolans and Gambians belong to? Igbo?
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Posted By: Fula
Date Posted: 12-Apr-2012 at 10:38
From my understanding:
From the Senegambia region these tribes were taken: Wolof, Mandinka, Balanta, Fula (subgroup of Fulani)
From the Southwestern Central Africa region (mostly Angola): Ndungo, Mbundu, Bambo (way more cant name them)
Sierra Leone: Temne, Mende, Kru
Gold Coast: Ewe, Ga, Fante, Ashante,
Nigeria: Yoruba, Hausa, Igbo, Fulani
A little about these people from the top of my head and some sources:
Balanta people: Means "those who resist"
 Oral tradition amongst the Balanta has it that they migrated westward from the area that is now Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia to escape drought and wars. Today, the Balanta are mostly found in the south and central regions of Guinea-Bissau.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balanta_people - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balanta_people The presence of M1 in Balanta populations supports the earlier suggestion of their Sudanese origin. http://mathildasanthropologyblog.wor...ian-admixture/ - http://mathildasanthropologyblog.wor...ian-admixture/ Mandinka people:
 They are descendants of the Mali Empire and are Majority Muslim
Mbundu people:
 As the largest ethnic group in Angola, they make up almost 40 percent of the country's population. Overwhelmingly the Ovimbundu follow http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity - Christianity , with roughly equal shares falling to the Catholic Church and to different Protestant denominations-Wiki
Mende people:
 Mende people were the ones on the Amistad
Ashante people:
 Ashante people had a very prominent and succesful West African Kingdom and posed the biggest threat to European colonization. They were well known for their Gold
Fulani people:
 Fulani are the largest nomadic tribe in the world and they are muslim. They claim origin in East Africa and were very invovled with slave trading and jihads (sometimes being taken as slaves themselves). They were a very dominant tribe and established a Fulani Empire within West Africa. They are also located in East Africa (Sudan)
Hausa people:
 Hausa people are related to the Fulani people (mostly because the Fulani invaded their area) and they also claim origin in East Africa. They are also Muslim
Most Hausa remain in small villages, where they grow crops and raise livestock, including cattle. They speak the Hausa language, an Afro-Asiatic language of the Chadic group.
Between 500 CE and 700 CE Hausa people, who had been slowly moving west from Nubia and mixing in with the local Northern and Central Nigerian population, established a number of strong states in what is now Northern and Central Nigeria and Eastern Niger. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hausa_people - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hausa_people Igbo people:
 Located in Nigeria...many of them speak English. Traditional Igbo political organization was based on a quasi-democratic republican system of government. In tight knit communities, this system guaranteed its citizens equality-Wiki |
Posted By: medenaywe
Date Posted: 12-Apr-2012 at 14:21
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If it helps,there is exhibition in New York till 31th of may about Black History Trade: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufM5Oig05u4 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufM5Oig05u4 Last year film is above. |