French, English and Spaniards brought African slaves to Jamaica, the Moroons resisted and do so to this day.
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source from wikipedia:Nigerian Pidgin, along with the various pidgin and creole languages of West Africa, displays a remarkable similarity to the various dialects of English found in the Caribbean. Linguists hypothesize that this stems from the fact that the majority of slaves taken to the New World were of West African origin, and many words and phrases in Nigerian Pidgin can be found in Jamaican Creole (Patois) and the other creole languages of the West Indies.
Wow, times really …
Wow, times really do change from the past. The demographic in Jamaica is so very mixed and diverse now. Blacks, a large number of Chinese, Indians, etc., a huge number of mixed people, so very diverse. That’s why the national motto is “Out of Many, One People.”
when I say mostly …
when I say mostly Igbo I mean the good majority can trace their roots to a igbo ancestry. I’m not saying the majority have 100% igbo blood. which afro carribean or american has full blood really? Believe me alot of igbo’s were taken.
Yoruba slaves are …
Yoruba slaves are mostly found in all South America and North America. Haiti have mostly yorubas from Benin Republic (Dahomey) Jamaicans are mostly Ghananian slaves hence they still bear some Ghanian names e.g Badu et.c. Barbados have Yorubas and Gambians they too have common yoruba names like Obadele et.c. Congo are predominantly in Bolivia and Ecuador. Bolivian African King is called King Congo. This does not signify that they are no other tribes of Africa in all those places
Jamaicans are …
Jamaicans are mostly decendants of Ghana
In Jamaica the …
In Jamaica the people originating from the east of the island would be more Ghanaian ancestry. My cousin traced her roots back to Ghana. Igbo yoruba would be more on the west of Jamaica. So I do not agree that most Jamaicans are Igbo. Cuba I know has more Yoruba. Jamaica has a big blend of Africans from all over because the british took the slaves to Jamaica then transported some to other islands and the U.S..
But the mix in the …
But the mix in the Jamaican patois would be different from the U.S. and other islands. Only other Island that would be like Jamaican patois would be Cayman.
prof douglas …
prof douglas chamber made the discovery
No, where did you …
No, where did you get “60 percent of african americans have traced the igbo ethnic group in their linage” and “The majority of afro carribean who have traced their roots most have found out they have igbo roots as well”
the pkin info? I am …
the pkin info? I am Nigerian and it’s quite common sense but you can go to any search engine and do research it’ll all be there.
Could you tell me …
Could you tell me where you found all that out?
60 percent of …
60 percent of african americans have traced the igbo ethnic group in their linage. from TJ Jakes, forrest withiker,etc. The majority of afro carribean who have traced their roots most have found out they have igbo roots as well. the slave port where they were taken is literally in my back yard here in nigeria.
Pickanniny was used …
Pickanniny was used in the states. It originates from the Portuguese word called pequenino. Now used by Nigerians as “pikin” The portugese enslaved africans from the current day nigeria before the British came along. Like I said pidgin is a combation of the colonizers language,english,igbo,yoruba,etc. Same with the AA ebonics and afro carribean patois.
Not most, but a big …
Not most, but a big percentage of them.
Could you then …
Could you then explain how the word Pickanniny (Pikin) got into our vocabulary if the creole wasn’t brought to West Africa by ex-slaves?
Yes, this is true, …
Yes, this is true, but aldrewdeano5 stated there were no Muslims in West Africa at the time of the slave trade which is not true as the Ghana Empire had long gone before this era.
The majority of …
The majority of african carribeans are igbo people from current day Nigerian. hence why there are igbo languages in the patois. every afro carribean should search “Igbo people, Culture and History” on youtube. it explains the history of afro carribeans
Not true infact …
Not true infact impossible. The slaves from different ethnic group took their language,mixed with english,etc which developed patois. Jamaicans say “unu” meaning “you guys” “unu” originates from the igbo people from west africa which I am. Also pidgeon english depending where you are is a mixture of english and thenic languages. Nigeria’s pidgeon is a mix of the igbo language, yoruba “wahala”,etc, and english. The slaves were not fluent in african language meaning it was IMPOSSIBLE to invent it
and jamaica had …
and jamaica had much rebelious slaves but surinam also and haiti also guyana also and dont forget brazil the first rebelion was in guyana they launch it and the rest folow it read the facts about itthe surinam maroons where the first free people than the brazil and haiti was the first former lave state that kill those stupid europians search it!
dont talk crap ia …
dont talk crap ia tell you read facts! most africans come from west and central dont forget north also most africans they brougt to the america’s where muslim because before this slave trade the africans had big kingdoms and the where islamic the white and the jew they dont want us to know this fact reat search and you will see africans wher and are muslims hamdoeliliaah iam a surinamese muslim from african amerindian roots may allah show you all the truth!
I thought it was …
I thought it was during the Ghana Kingdom when the muslims (Almoravid) converted West Africans in a.d. to islam.
There were/are …
There were/are Muslims all over west Africa who created empires way before Atlantic slavery like the Mali Empire.
The other way round …
The other way round, Jamaicans developed Patois on their own. Pigeon English came about when some of the Jamaicans were sent back to Africa, the people then picked it up from these groups of Jamaicans that went to places like Sierra Leone.
true true
true true
yes ur right and …
yes ur right and all 3 are from Nigeria which wud mean most of the slaves wer from der…I wonder though if pigin englsih had soemthin to do wid patua?