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19th century Yorùbá repatriation

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http://www.orishaimage.com/blog/yoruba-repatriation

I was reading a lot on Yorùbá and Orisha culture, but I hardly ever heard about the Nagô, the Afro-Brazilians, and the Lukumí, the Afro-Cubans, who returned back to West Africa. Not to mention Sierra Leone. The idea that the Yorùbá people share one identity is strongly related to the transatlantic experience of the slave trade and the returnees’ influence in the homeland. This story contributes a lot to the classical discussions of what is ‘Original-Yorùbá’ and what a diaspora invention - as not even the word ‘Yorùbá’ is of ‘Yorùbá’ origin itself.
 
850credit said:
Too tired to read tonight but I am on it in the morning. Fantastic post
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Here. This video describes the Brazilian community that still exists in Lagos today. These are from a large group of Africans taken BACK to Nigeria after a huge rebellion that took place in Bahia Brazil. The Malè rebellion lead by Muslims. After the rebellion was crushed Portuguese said fuck this, send them back lol. They sent a bunch of em back and they brought the architecture styles and some crops from the Americas like cocoa, and casava. Casava is still a huge part of the west African diet and cocoa is that major cash crop exported from Ghana and ivory coast
 
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ShortyCumStain said:
Man, props.
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In a lot of ways the Yoruba people have a similar history to Black Americans, in that they saw themselves as separate tribes who all spoke the same language (Yoruba) but didn't consider themselves the same. They fought a large intertribal war, as well as against fulamis from the north, and Dahomeyans from the east. As a result , they were one of the last major populations to end up sent to the Americas, which is also why their spiritual system (IFA) is so widespread thoughout the Caribbean, Brazil, and here.

By the time many of them were returning from Sierra Leone, Brazil, Cuba, etc, they did have a chance to come back to the region they were from, and eventually all the people who spoke Yoruba considered themselves one people.

Some of them practice Islam, some Christianity, and some the traditional spiritual system. Some mix it all up together. But they were very early in adapting to western education and ways, which made the returnees "outsiders", like we are sort of considered now.

They also eventually lead the fight against colonialism. Abeokuta, and Lagos are places where their influence grew. The ones who returned from Sierra Leone were called SAROS (short way to say Sierra Leone).

Fela comes from that. His grandfather translated Christian hymns to Yoruba and was heavy in education in abeokuta. Felas mom, Funmilayo Ransome Kuti grew up to organize and fight against the colonisers to help make Nigeria independent, but also ended up being killed by one of the early Nigerian presidents, who was just as corrupt as the white men. Fela got his game from her though.

His family was a very prominent one in Nigerian society. His cousin ,Wole Soyinka won the Nobel prize and is still a bad muhfucka worldwide to this day. His brothers were doctors, lawyers, and preachers.
 
@exiledking Props, again. I actively practice and follow a couple of Afrikan/Diasporic Traditional Religions (one of which is based on a Yoruba tradition) and as such, it's always important to know one's history/origins in which many don't.
 
exiledking said:
http://www.orishailid mage.com/blog/yoruba-repatriation

I was reading a lot on Yorùbá and Orisha culture, but I hardly ever heard about the Nagô, the Afro-Brazilians, and the Lukumí, the Afro-Cubans, who returned back to West Africa. Not to mention Sierra Leone. The idea that the Yorùbá people share one identity is strongly related to the transatlantic experience of the slave trade and the returnees’ influence in the homeland. This story contributes a lot to the classical discussions of what is ‘Original-Yorùbá’ and what a diaspora invention - as not even the word ‘Yorùbá’ is of ‘Yorùbá’ origin itself.
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Solid post
 
ShortyCumStain said:
@exiledking Props, again. I actively practice and follow a couple of Afrikan/Diasporic Traditional Religions (one of which is based on a Yoruba tradition) and as such, it's always important to know one's history/origins in which many don't.
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Nigga, Africans don't fuck with that zod shit. Da fuck you talking?
 

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