Do African Women Dislike Black American Women?

tell the nigerian girls who don't like u to kiss your AFRICAN AMERICAN A** hope that advice helps

hero im i in trouble for making that comment, sorry but im a tad sick of naija babes acting up.  and yes im very much and igbo lady

to hero,

You look Igbo too, pretty much like my childhood friend.

Yes, I've seen SOME Yoruba who've looked comparable to SOME AA's, yet not so to anywhere near the level in which Igbo and other related South-Eastern Naija groups do. Actually to tell you the truth, the only Yoruba I've met that resembled your everyday AA have all--- with the exception of one, been mixed with Igbo and another South-Eastern descent in which I can't recall the name of right now.

Drusilla, I don't know what history sources you've been reading, telling you that we AA are of stronger Yoruba descent than Igbo, cause my many, many, many sources on this situation tell a totally opposite story, and the proof in the accuracy of these sources in easily found in the indisputable compatibility in average facial, bodily and vocal, as well as temperament of the AA and Igbo with the addition of other SE Naija groups, all of which are of the same family tree to that of the Igbo. I'll repeat what I told you before; genetically speaking AA's are the holders of the worlds second largest Igbo population.  Well over half of the slaves brought to the US and the Colonies in which it was formed from---- were of SE Nigerian descent with the vast majority of them being IGBO.

 Prior to the Civil WAR a RECORDED whopping 65%-80% (record keeping of population wasn't that great back then) of the AA population in the Chesapeake/Delaware Vally area, (Virginia, Northern-North Carolina, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey and Southern Pennsylvania)--- was of majority IGBO descent.

Yoruba historical books.  And just what books might these be, if you happen to know of their name off hand. Yoruba, were brought to the AMERICAS in large numbers, possibly even larger numbers than the Igbo, though they were not brought here to the US in that large a number--- as they were to places like Brazil, Cuba, Mexico, Haiti, and Argentina, hence the strong influential presence of their cultural entities throughout many Latin American nations and the Caribbean ones as well. But look around, and into our cultural history--- and you'll see NONE of that, and it's not because it was stripped of us, but rather because it was never present amongst us from getgo.

If you meet 10 african American's at least 7 must look Igbo, faces don't lye.

so how do igbos look 

the slave population consisted of Africans and there are several different ethnic groups so there definitely aren't clear distinctions.

I don't get the part about african americans looking Igbo though.
i think it's stupid because although i sometimes can tell if a nigerian is igbo, hausa (some of them look yoruba), yoruba
but i don't think AA's look anyhow.
so i don't get the 7/10 AAs look Igbo thing (I thought it was a joke at first)

I get the part about some cubans and south americans speaking Yoruba though.


usually, when my mom's friends say someone looks AA it means they're chubby or something like that.
i never looked at it as "looking igbo" and i really don't see the connection. 

can someone who sees the connection post pictures of AAs and Igbos so we can see?

ok mr. i guess only igbos see the connection.   

This one show a mixture of Igbo and AA's.


This shows another mixture of Igbo and AA talking.


Igbo(SE Nigerian)








African Americans


 

can't tell either 

some of these comparisons are sounding ridiculous now lol, AA, A, etc i have seen many Cameronian who look IGBO, some Gambian males that look African american, Do we not all have African blood? so of course there will be similarities. Some are making sound as if its some honour to look that way or this way. DR Dre looks like one Edo guy i know, go figure.

If there is dislike amongst african and African Americans, then its just a shame.

Euphoria, Igboland used to stretch into what is today Western Cameroon territory. One must not forget that the Atlantic slave trade took place PRIOR to the colonization of the African continent by the Europeans who took over and chopped up the land into tens of artificial border lines--- in the process dividing up whole priory set Kingdoms, Empires and general ethnically helled territories,  like Igboland, Oyo, Hausaland, Borno and more.

Along with these divisions came the divisions of the people whom lived within these established zones, and in the case of Igboland--- tens of thousands of Igbo were divided from the rest of their people when the Germans and Brits took their land and split it into two separate parts, most of which stayed in the British hands and became part of their newly foundered Colony of Nigeria, and the other part in which went to the Germans under their newly established colony of "Kamerun" in which later was renamed "Cameroon" by the French who during WW1 took the colony from the Germans. Still to this day, there are thousands of Igbo descendants from that period of time whom still preside in Cameroon, though the vast majority of that groups existence has by this time been diluted by the larger groups in the are who the Igbo over time integrated into, while others in due time left Cameroon and migrated across the border to join their larger stock of kin in Nigeria.

So yes, it should be a rather common thing to see Cameroonians who look like an Igbo person you many know--- in that many may just be mixed with Igbo and or are in fact ethnically Igbo. A very, very small amount of slaves were taken from the area in which is today Cameroon, outside of the area of the nation in which was once part of pre-colonial Igboland, and of those whom were taken from outside of that area, all of them were transported by the Portuguese who sold about 85% of ALL of their slaves to Brazilian buyers and or buyers within other South American colonies, and the vast majority of the rest went to Central American buyers.

Now, I'll also have you know that,  After Igbo and general SE Nigerian ethnic descent, African-Americans are secondly highest in Senegambian ethnic descent, and thirdly is Angolan. Together, the 3 cover well over 95% of the AA population's African genetic makeup, so yes--- you may see Cameroonians and Gambians who resemble many AA you may encounter.

I think you've misunderstood my words Sis, cause I've said nothing about Yoruba. I said Igbos and other SE groups. The Yoruba are a SW group. 

@Hero, thanks for posting those pics, I have been trying to get someone to post pics of AA people and C/A because in AA people, I do see a variety of C/A looks. Those women are absolutely gorgeous! It would be nice to post these in the other topic. "Should AA's have their genes tested?" I will have to find the link.

I had forgotten about this topic because for some reason I wasn't receiving any more notifications on this topic.

Sista, I assure you that all of my answers are absolutely truthful. I'm fairly well studied on these topics.


Sista, let me tell you, there aint all that much of a difference between the Igbo and Yoruba traditional musical styles, and in fact--- the untrained or familiarized ear--- would have a super hard time distinguishing most of the west African traditional ethnic musical styles from each other if they were to hear them, so the fact is that upon coming to the Americas a bit of musical influence from nearly every tribe that was brought over went into the creation of the proceeding musics formulated by their descendents. So remember while some groups like the Yoruba may have been a bit more significant than others in some descendant groups musics, their musical style was not wholly responsible for these musics. In fact the Angolan tribes in which were taken to South America and Central America/Caribbean in massive, massive numbers are credited with having a much greater influence on these regions musics than the Yoruba.

Now back to the us AA's. Our musical creations are a much more complex creation than our cousins to the south. While there musics follow a much more solid and very noticible line of connection their African roots, our musics do not.  JAZZ, ROCK-N-ROLL, HIP-HOP, R&B, and that's just a few; they were all created of a very intricate complex mixture of what very little African musical ties we were ALLOWED to hold on to, the traditional European musics in which we were forced to substitute for our African music, and a whole lot of crafty homegrown self established musical flow in which we garnered up from out of our souls and experiences here in the US. We ingeniously managed to take all of this and tie it together to create some of the world's most liked and profitable musics to ever exist.

Now, with that said, let me say this; it's an absolute fact that AA's are genetically of majority SE Nigerian (vastly mostly Igbo), Angolan ethnic, and Senegambian ethnic descent by like 90%-95% between the 3, and since we--- unlike our south of the border neighbors, were NOT allowed to our African musics in full form, it's only safe to assume that what little bit of African rhythm that has been harnessed into our musics is not in anyway traceable to any one group, although it's only sensible to sagest that it's certainly majoritively descendant of SE Nigerian (most Igbo), Angolan ethnic and Senegambian Ethnic forms, much as our genetic make up is.