Comments on: “Where are you from?” http://ybpguide.com/2007/03/14/where-are-you-from/ Young Black Professional Guide Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:10:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Kimberly http://ybpguide.com/2007/03/14/where-are-you-from/comment-page-1/#comment-3984 Kimberly Sat, 21 Jun 2008 14:00:38 +0000 http://www.ybpguide.com/2007/03/14/where-are-you-from/#comment-3984 Yes! Fredric and I both lived in London and would love to share more of our experiences. Please contact us at ybpguide [at] gmail [dot] com. Yes! Fredric and I both lived in London and would love to share more of our experiences. Please contact us at ybpguide [at] gmail [dot] com.

]]> By: Malinda http://ybpguide.com/2007/03/14/where-are-you-from/comment-page-1/#comment-3983 Malinda Sat, 21 Jun 2008 11:49:30 +0000 http://www.ybpguide.com/2007/03/14/where-are-you-from/#comment-3983 interesting interaction here. i'm actually a graduate student doing some research on black americans in london(uk) and the diaspora. do you or have you lived in london? would you be willing to share some of your experiences? interesting interaction here. i’m actually a graduate student doing some research on black americans in london(uk) and the diaspora. do you or have you lived in london? would you be willing to share some of your experiences?

]]> By: David McQueen http://ybpguide.com/2007/03/14/where-are-you-from/comment-page-1/#comment-445 David McQueen Fri, 23 Mar 2007 09:17:23 +0000 http://www.ybpguide.com/2007/03/14/where-are-you-from/#comment-445 Unfortunately Kimberley Black History month in the UK is a gimmick. I am constantly telling black students to study their history all year round. When I talk to them about WE Dubois, Patrice Lumumba, Steve Biko, Cheik Antia Diop, Frantz Fanon and many of the heroes I discovered in my Dad's library they either are shocked that there is so much history or don't care. Schools are not allowing speakers like myself in to teach either as they are afraid of the direct speech and research of such history which flies in the face of what they have been told about world or African history. I have Nigerian (paternal) and Ghanian(maternal) in my lineage, along with a hodgepdge of Carib, Portuguese and Celtic. By discovering where I am came from it empowers me to where I am going. Truth be told I believe many of the students if they really understood where they were coming from wouldnt have the issues of misplaced ego and identity. Sad really! Unfortunately Kimberley Black History month in the UK is a gimmick. I am constantly telling black students to study their history all year round. When I talk to them about WE Dubois, Patrice Lumumba, Steve Biko, Cheik Antia Diop, Frantz Fanon and many of the heroes I discovered in my Dad’s library they either are shocked that there is so much history or don’t care. Schools are not allowing speakers like myself in to teach either as they are afraid of the direct speech and research of such history which flies in the face of what they have been told about world or African history.

I have Nigerian (paternal) and Ghanian(maternal) in my lineage, along with a hodgepdge of Carib, Portuguese and Celtic. By discovering where I am came from it empowers me to where I am going.

Truth be told I believe many of the students if they really understood where they were coming from wouldnt have the issues of misplaced ego and identity. Sad really!

]]> By: YBP Guide — ‘Door of No Return’ in Ghana open to tourists http://ybpguide.com/2007/03/14/where-are-you-from/comment-page-1/#comment-335 YBP Guide — ‘Door of No Return’ in Ghana open to tourists Tue, 20 Mar 2007 13:49:47 +0000 http://www.ybpguide.com/2007/03/14/where-are-you-from/#comment-335 [...] week I wrote a post how many African-Americans do not know what part of Africa they come from. My cousin commented on [...] [...] week I wrote a post how many African-Americans do not know what part of Africa they come from. My cousin commented on [...]

]]> By: YBP Guide — weekly roundup: 3/17 http://ybpguide.com/2007/03/14/where-are-you-from/comment-page-1/#comment-310 YBP Guide — weekly roundup: 3/17 Sat, 17 Mar 2007 13:20:10 +0000 http://www.ybpguide.com/2007/03/14/where-are-you-from/#comment-310 [...] “Where are you from?” [...] [...] “Where are you from?” [...]

]]> By: Brittania http://ybpguide.com/2007/03/14/where-are-you-from/comment-page-1/#comment-255 Brittania Thu, 15 Mar 2007 16:16:20 +0000 http://www.ybpguide.com/2007/03/14/where-are-you-from/#comment-255 Well they have DNA technology now that helps you figure out where/what tribe some of your ancestors are from in Africa. Check it out at www.africanancestry.com Well they have DNA technology now that helps you figure out where/what tribe some of your ancestors are from in Africa. Check it out at http://www.africanancestry.com

]]> By: Kimberly http://ybpguide.com/2007/03/14/where-are-you-from/comment-page-1/#comment-247 Kimberly Thu, 15 Mar 2007 12:09:14 +0000 http://www.ybpguide.com/2007/03/14/where-are-you-from/#comment-247 Cool Dad, so if we're from the Mandinka tribe that means we are from Gambia (West Africa). It's the largest tribe in Gambia. Author of Roots, Alex Haley also traced his roots to that tribe. http://www.africaguide.com/culture/tribes/mandinka.htm It's a start, but I think I'll definitely do a search on ancestry.com Cool Dad, so if we’re from the Mandinka tribe that means we are from Gambia (West Africa). It’s the largest tribe in Gambia. Author of Roots, Alex Haley also traced his roots to that tribe. http://www.africaguide.com/culture/tribes/mandinka.htm

It’s a start, but I think I’ll definitely do a search on ancestry.com

]]> By: Fredric http://ybpguide.com/2007/03/14/where-are-you-from/comment-page-1/#comment-246 Fredric Thu, 15 Mar 2007 11:37:48 +0000 http://www.ybpguide.com/2007/03/14/where-are-you-from/#comment-246 wow. Mandinka tribe. that is what's up right there. wow. Mandinka tribe. that is what’s up right there.

]]> By: Jess http://ybpguide.com/2007/03/14/where-are-you-from/comment-page-1/#comment-242 Jess Thu, 15 Mar 2007 02:11:46 +0000 http://www.ybpguide.com/2007/03/14/where-are-you-from/#comment-242 I was blessed to go to Ghana my junior year of college. The feeling that overcame me when I stood in the Cape Coast castle, which still has the metallic stench of blood in its walls, and looked out from THE DOOR OF RETURN to the Ocean was one of pure and total consuming pain. It was as if all of the tragedy and horror of the lives of those who had been confined in that room locked itself around my heart. I could not breathe. My life was forever changed in that moment. It may sound cliche, but you truly can have no appreciation for where you are going until you understand where you come from. If you have the chance, go. I was blessed to go to Ghana my junior year of college. The feeling that overcame me when I stood in the Cape Coast castle, which still has the metallic stench of blood in its walls, and looked out from THE DOOR OF RETURN to the Ocean was one of pure and total consuming pain. It was as if all of the tragedy and horror of the lives of those who had been confined in that room locked itself around my heart. I could not breathe. My life was forever changed in that moment. It may sound cliche, but you truly can have no appreciation for where you are going until you understand where you come from. If you have the chance, go.

]]> By: dr robert l. mcmiller http://ybpguide.com/2007/03/14/where-are-you-from/comment-page-1/#comment-241 dr robert l. mcmiller Thu, 15 Mar 2007 00:47:18 +0000 http://www.ybpguide.com/2007/03/14/where-are-you-from/#comment-241 This is an interesting piece. I am reminded of an art gallery I attended with a colleague of mind. One of the art professor attending mentioned he was from Africa, Chad. Our conversations were many but one was about what tribe, based on my demeanor, I probably came from. He said my ancestors are probably from the Mandinka tribe. I was amazed. This is an interesting piece. I am reminded of an
art gallery I attended with a colleague of mind. One of the art professor attending mentioned he was from Africa, Chad. Our conversations were many but one was about what tribe, based on my demeanor, I probably came from. He said my ancestors are probably from the Mandinka tribe. I was amazed.

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