RIP Chef Leah Chase, an influential woman who touched many hearts through her food, conversations, and activism. Also, RIP to Leah's husband Chef Dooky Chase, a supporting and loving husband, brother, friend.
@@JM-nt5ex I agree with you. Louisiana history is separate from Southern Anglo History. I would also argue that separating Cajuns and Créoles along the color divide is part of the divide and conquer. I'm from Puerto Rico and that would be like dividing Puerto Ricans into blacks and white Spanish speakers. All of Louisiana should be restored as francophone.
I love black eyed peas, yams, jollof, gumbo, collards, okra & rice. I know My Roots are proudly African...my ancestors were enslaved and oppressed but I thank God that even in slavery they passed down the ways of our motherland Africa.
Between 1816 to 1865 Louisiana Creole people did emigrate to Haiti, the Desdunes family were Louisiana Creole people who maintained relationships with their relatives in Haiti, they even had connections to the Haitian government.
Louisiana creoles and Haitian creoles are entirely separate groups, they speak a different language, have different traditions etc. Gotta rebuild the bonds at home with all the separate francophone groups and rally for French language schooling with Kouri Vini representation similar to how they have it in Canada. They speak creole forms of French up there locally, but protect their language through the law, and send their kids to francophone schools they fought for
@@abrahamisaacmuciusiii9192 Creoles(especially the white ones) did immigrate to Louisiana from Haiti sometimes, but they are separate cultures with separate origins and cultures.
@@abrahamisaacmuciusiii9192 that’s fact. My cousins went back and was surprised at how much in common we have here. They even have brass bands and dance just like us!!! She said it was a wonderful experience. I’m gonna go really soon and I have someone to help me tour around and experience the kinfolks. And they do know we are kinsmen here that came here after the Haitian revolution
If your family is haitian, then yeah. My family isn’t cajun anyhow, it’s louisiana creole/french. We are not Haitians. Louisiana creoles≠Haitian creoles If you’re haitian, cool, I just see a lot of people pretending that Louisiana creoles are haitian, or are the same, which is misinformation. Haitians don’t get to appropriate louisiana culture because they use the same word for their people. They have a proud history of their own, their own language, their own foods, their own culture. Hell, many of the people of haitian descent that did integrate into Louisiana creole society did so because they got pushed out of haiti. Louisiana creoles are historicall closer to Cajuns than they are to Haiti, at least many of us can share french, they don’t even speak French in Haiti, only Kreyol, which no Louisiana creole has ever spoken. People believing the misinformation and divide and conquer mentality for Louisiana francophones is a large part of the reason Francophone Louisiana culture is dying rapidly, and it breaks my heart, people are too eager to be exotic they let their culture at home fade as they don’t even bother to learn/speak French, or Kouri Vini, and fight for it like they did in Canada.
I was born in Hammond Louisiana. I took a DNA Test and it told me I was about 77 percent African. However I want to meet Henry Louis Gates Jr. He is well trusted if u want to trace your ancestry. Louisiana has changed alot over the yrs.
@Singles' Day 11-11 of course Ricard is my mom's last name. Ricard is a Creole last name. I was born in Hammond La. I'm interested in finding more about my African heritage. Ancestry.com told me I was Eastern and Central African.
I am quite fascinated with New Orleans. I want to visit one day and just feel the history under my feet as I walk through the streets. I wish that I could go back in time, and make things better for everyone. Even my ancestors in Florida was treated harshly on my Cuban side, and it makes me sad but strong at the same time.
I literally just came inside from a parade it’s mardi gras out here right now! I was not and raised in new orleans and i’m telling you if you haven’t visited yet PLEASE DO!!
My ancestor My 6th grandma is Marie metoyer aka coin coin. Born in Natchitoches lousiana and played a big part in helping create melrose plantation which is the largest plantation in the United States EVER built by people of color.. The only slave plantation to literally free other creole from slavery. Her parents are full African decent from Ghana. Aka ewe/Togo. She was born into slavery owned by the founder of Natchitoches. Her spouse was a French man which they had 10 kids together. My ancestry goes back to the 1400s but I just recently found this put about this woman. I am of french/creole/african/Scottish and native decent. Originated from west Africa. Oh they also created the first town and church for creoles in Natchitoches. I must say it's an amazing feeling knowing I come from a line of people that truly made an impact in the world. I will walk around so proudly knowing my grandma made such an impact on my fellow creoles
What an incredible cuisine & cultural documentary which needs to be preserved & handed down for generations. A national treasure combining the best of everyone who came through New Orleans, Louisana.
My Grandmother was Creole from New Orleans. I even got to spend time with my Great Grandmother who was Creole. I miss going down to NOLA to visit. I still have Creole cousins who still live in New Orleans. Being there is like going home. My Creole ancestry means a lot to me.
My dad is from New Orleans he said his Grandfather was from Senegal! So happy to see Senegal represented, because my husband is from there and I see so many similarities in this footage that my dad told us about! Senegal Music is so beautiful, thank you for playing it at the end! This history of New Orleans is powerful, the African part, in particular! My dad left New Orleans at 19, never to return, because of the racism and the hate! As people of African descent, who recognizes their Africaness and how we built america we deserve reparations! Then we descendants (African Descendants of Enslaved Africans) ADOS can buy the lands and build on the lands that our Ancestors, built for free and were horrifically tortured in the process, all over america! Until you do right by us America, nothing will go right! Our Ancestors demand it!
@@Moonewitch your point? Always remember Africa is our throne and the earth is our home! Our footsteps are all over this earth! Our throne is where we focused on the greatest civilizations, where we built and developed natural and scientific knowledge! Where we emphasized our genius, governance, and beauty! Those skills were transferred somewhat all over this earth but there is nowhere so profoundly displayed and documented as rich as in the beginning of humanity ! That is Africa!! Never forget that!
President Senghor of Senegal was a poet who was part of the negritude literary movement. He visited Trinidad when I was in school and as usual we lined the streets to wave little flags to honour them. I hope Paula D Coar reads this.
I always found New Orleans to be fascinating, different and set apart from the rest of the US; almost a country of it's own. I also got the impression that movies alone do not tell the whole story. What I find very interesting is the way the speak the English with a "drawl" on the words; I wondered why that was.
"Drawls" are associated with southern/country speech, New Orleans has a DISTINCT speech pattern and accent unique to that city and that city alone, It's been said that "New Orleans is IN the south, but not OF the south", c'est tout. ⚜️⚜️⚜️
My grandmother was Creole and Apache Indian and my grandfather were of Caribbean descent. I miss them both so much but I miss her so so much more because I was older @17 when she past six grade when my grandfather passed😢😢😢😢❤️
*I love being creole, even though my mom moved us to Texas when I was young we still went seen fam in NO, (family reunions) in Opelousas, and franklin*
This documentary was most enjoyed. From my first time visiting New Orleans, I fell in love❤ The second time I visited, I was standing on Bourbon street facing Csnal street and i heard a voice from deep within that said "Home" I said yes indeed.... 😊
I absolutely adore history. Without history we would not be here. A lot of bad things happened many hundreds of years ago, but we do not have to bring it into the future. we may not be able to rewrite history; however, in the years to come we could change the history of years to come by loving one another and treating each other no matter who we are or where we're from with much respect and love. By: CubaMi Amor aka Lisa Hays September 10th, 2022
You know it just shows how Africa is ingrained in the Creole faces No matter how light-skinned you are if you call yourself real the culture the food is African not the other way around
@@Renzee-ct4wz African blood is what kept them at the back the bus in segregation, not their French or European blood. Keep it real: Africa is the culture that deserves the respect, and perhaps the Catholic French tradtions after that.
@@MrResearcher122 I understand that is the main narrative today but it is a fact early New Orleans culture and identity is rooted with Catholic Spanish and French origin which was different than the rest of Anglo English colonies. Mixed offsprings of the Spanish and French had full rights and were able to own property, move to Europe, own slaves, marry full blooded Europeans and serve in the military which in essence allowed them to identify the same as there full blooded European family members who called themselves Creole as well which is not talked about. Black and White labels became a thing after the Anglo Occupation of Louisiana. Where Anglo settlers called themselves white and everyone else “including there half Anglo offspring” black. Identify how you want but you need to acknowledge the different history of Louisiana than of the Anglo colonies and respect Creoles who choose not to identify with Black and White labels.
@@Renzee-ct4wz SPOT ON- but seldom discussed these days- black people get offended - but the men- hate on creole men- but chase their women- fact- look around
Super good documentary. I liked the show because I really miss being in New Orleans. Its a comfort to see the culture will survive after another horrible hurricane.
This version and the other version of the story of new orleans creole work well together. Thank you for both presentations. DURCP are the basis and maybe it just what was edited out. If youve only seen one version here, please go and find the other one.
This bitter-sweet yet lovely documentary has an natural soul to it. It's got Africa there, as a base for the creole culture. Other documentaries, with State Funding, have a watered down, even slightly Eurocentric touristy feel to them, and separating the Creole culture from Africa.
This is an excellent documentary on creole new Orleans! I am creole born and raised in new Orleans, as are my parents. They grew up in 7th ward and are now in their 80s. I can't wait to show them this video. They know many of the folks in it. Do you have DVDs for purchase? Thanks again for sharing our unique and beloved heritage.
Two Creole culture a in my family. Dad's family is Creole of color from Louisiana and Mississippi. Mixture of African, Choctaw, Irish, Jewish, French and mums side is Gullah from South Carolina. So both rice based and with distinct culture, crafts, foods and history. Double Creole
There's no such thing as 100% Creole. Creole is a ethnic-group comprised of all races and ethnic-backgrounds. Just like no one can be 100% Black American. Black American is a ethnic-group
These men are from Senegal ,but I can see the influence and the pronunciation in Louisiana Crealo and Hiatain creole. I can hear the pronunciation of Jamicans ,Haitians ,Bahamains and Afro -Caribbeans in Florida and Afro communities in Florida . Those old New Orleans churches remains me of old churches in Miami,Key West,Tampa,etc .
@@moniquen.torres9201 most people think u are the same nationality as your last name but this is not always the case. I'm African and Middle Eastern descent. My mom heritage has French ancestry. But I like my last name
@@thenobleone-3384 Absolutely not!. My first, middle & part of my last name is French too. I'm Puerto Rican & well some of us are mixed with many ethnicities. The main one's being African, Taino, Spaniard but some of us can be mixed Middle Eastern, East Indian, Chinese, Eastern European etc.
They should feature Beyoncé and her mom.I’d like to know more about her family. Her mother always seems more eager to talk about her Creole heritage than Beyoncé being a celebrity
Beyonce's background is more Cajun-Acadian background. Genealogist and Historians know that. She would never be on a documentary like this. Beyonce's ppl from the swamps of New Iberia and Erath , deep SWLA.
Beyoncés mom is Creole African,Native American and French/Spanish and her dad is African American. You only get 50% of random dna from each parent so her mom may have mixed ancestry or claim Creole because of her family and where she was born but Creole isn’t a race. Beyoncé is black with mixed ancestry like 98% of African Americans
@@geni412 That don't make sense. No black in Africa. Best say like most African Americans, she is of mixed ancestry, with strong links to the creole culture of Louisiana (which is also partly African). A lot more clearer, and makes sense to people who no longer use color terms inherited from dualistic minded racists (Chinese do not call themselves 'yellow')
The jambalaya has influences of Iberian rice dishes: paellas ,but mostly Spanish and Portuguese zarzuelas .Also the cooking of Southern France : Provence .But also influences of Breton cooking .
Those menjurjes ( mixture of things) as they are called in Afro-Spanish : Cuban,Dominican Puerto Rican,Colombian( both Atlantic and Pacific coast ),Venezuela(Atlantic coast ) Ecuador coast (Pacific coast),Peru coast ..Asopaos .Looks like Guyanese( some Guyanese have curries and other Indina influences) ,Suriname( some Suriname have Javanese influences ) , French Guiana cooking
During Spanish Louisiana there were people being brought from Congo.Yes Cuba has an Afro-Congolose religion called Palo:Palo Mayor . Yes .many slaves from Cuba,St.Domingue had come from Yoruba:Nigeria,Benin ,Togo,Ivory Coast ,Sene-Gambia ,Angola,Congo
Iam related to Marie Motoyer- coin coin from Natchatioche La. By way of St. Maurice, la.. Through the sanders, Joyners, allstocks, and Phillips. My grandmother is Mary Jane Bradley , wife of Ollie Bradley Jr. Of the St. John / Iron spring communty in Chestnut La. I have a uncle steven bradley ( children Deniece and Alvin)that have a homestead on Cane River.
My grandfather on my Mom's side came from Louisiana(Bastrop/Baton Rouge) . He also spoke a dialect called "geechee". I'm not sure if he was Creole or not, but when I'm in New Orleans, everyone says I am a 100% Creole 😄😄
Very interesting Yeye! My aunt used to speak a strange language to me and my cousins when we were kids. I would laugh at her words back then. But when I found out recently she was speaking Geechee it opened up alot of questions lol.
I had a neighbor who told me she was Creole. When I said "Oh as in French Creole from Louisiana??" She took offense and said "Nooo I'm Spanish Creole not French at all!!". She claimed there is a community of Spanish Creoles who trace back to the Spanish soldiers stationed in Louisiana years ago. I'm not sure how true that is but thought I would share with you.
The term "Creole" was originally applied to those of French and Spanish heritage born in Louisiana. Later it expanded to include free blacks that were offspring of French, Spanish or Creoles.
Yes but not all from France, some came from the French West Indies like Martinique, Guadeloupe, St Lucia and Spanish Cuba, Brazil etc even Haiti . The Haitians brought most of the Voodoo practices to Louisiana.
The African influence has always been questionable to me considering most of our Black American Creole cuisine has New World ingredients and the flavor profile and cooking style is so different. For full transparency, I have been to West Africa. Senegalese cooking is delicious in it's own right but tastes nothing like Creole cuisine. I think the indigenous roots are downplayed, but were essential when you consider how native Black Americans understood what roots and vegetables to work with to get that distinct flavor.
Alot of white cajuns are starting to take the creole culture for themselves now. In the past a white person would never say that they were creole now being associated with black/creole culture is cool.
Oh please, creoles have always been multiracial, stop trying to keep them separated with the idiotic anglophone racial politics, they've been a stain of Louisiana for years and are the reason Francophones have no representation. Why should a white creole be forced to identify with cajun culture if they are not Cajun?
@@davehart2094 Cajuns and creoles of all colors were all forcefully assimilated, all had their culture and state corrupted and destroyed, and all have no representation in their own state where they make up the majority. Jim crow created those divisions, not creoles, and Anglo southerners brought that to Louisiana. And you should remember that being a cajun was a bad thing too, for a very long time. Cajuns and creoles are intertwined by their language and heritage, they have their own history before they got to Louisiana but they integrated into French Louisiana, along with the creoles. Outside Louisiana people don't know the difference between us, it's a detrimental division that only stops real representation, we're two leaves off the same tree
I stop saying I was creole because some of are own creoles was say I was to dark to be creole and I stop say I was Haitian creole because they will make fun of you if you wear the Haitian flag and don't speak creole or not being born from there.so now I just identify as African American where I can be accepted at even though I Know I'm creole born and raised in Chicago Creole are not just in Louisiana neither.the Haitian Dusable discover Chicago we have Dusable school and museum here in Chicago he was a Haitian man. The Haitian was the free people of color in new Orleans Jim crow disconnected both through the Jim crow laws doing slavery he damage the creoles one of the laws is to destroy the identity.jean Baptist-point of prince Du Sable his father was a french man married to a Haitian slave lady.
I’m sorry you went through that Charles. Yes, old guard Creoles didn’t play as most were light skin. I know my dad is still this way. If you can’t speak French he writes you off but dad is in his 80s now. Ironically enough, none of us girls speak French and all of us look Hispanic to people unless we tell them we’re from Louisiana. The black women seem to instantly dislike us women because of our skin color, facial features, and hair texture. So yes, our culture is slowly becoming extinct and our history altered to strong African influence while diminishing the European and Native influences.
@@MayMay-el4wg Were creoles subjected to Jim Crow? And if so, Madme, can you please tell me why. I'm in England, but my father is St Lucian with Martinique roots, like most St Lucians, and we have strong creole heritage and French name (Duboulay, Duchastanet etc).
the volume is too low. Even with my computer volume turned all the way up there are parts that are barely audible. What I can hear is great, but I'm missing A LOT.
@@vatricegeorge yes but that doesn’t mean everyone has a white or fpoc émigré ancestor. They mainly concentrated themselves in NO and married amongst the white creole population idk if you know but being Creole expands far past NO city limits
@@sabrinaa3075 we also have Taino language too, so you have Native American, African words mixing together .. that what’s make up & ours isn’t called Creole it’s pronounce Kreyol
He was speaking to those that were brought here, because yes, Africans were stolen and brought to the US. At 6:15 it is addressed that there were indigenous blacks who were here and their influences in cuisine. Why did you address this as a problem of being ignored when it was mentioned?
@@LilliLamour - Not necessarily. When the Brits decided to outlaw slavery, the 'U.S.' still had their Barbary slavery connects and those that they held as slaves were from many places - some weren't even POC. There were, indeed, indigenous POC Moundbuilders here. I address this as a problem because most of our People believe the Indigenous here were, "African", and that's not totally accurate. Again, the "african" and the Indigenous here were both POC. MUCH Love.
@Cavebaby Beserkers basically we are Indigenous people of the south, or west coast, eastcoast, midwest, central of America in USA...ok..be proud of that..!
That dude who was prepping vegetables talking about “who really had the power” bs ruined the video for me. He’s hung up on history he never experienced. Your resentment and poisoned mind is what’s going to keep you enslaved, man. I’m light-skinned Creole (my mom is brown, my dad is white). I feel sorry for this growing hate within our community (Europe as well). We continue to suppress our own progress. I’m tired of it.
That is so sad how they corrupt the food but it's true as she said. You'd be looking at chicken legs that be looking like turkey drumsticks it's not normal
RIP Chef Leah Chase, an influential woman who touched many hearts through her food, conversations, and activism. Also, RIP to Leah's husband Chef Dooky Chase, a supporting and loving husband, brother, friend.
Leah Chase is my cousin from the Raymond and Landry side of tee family.
His name was Dooky?
@@g2000chat Dookey was a nickname. His real name was Edgar Lawrence Chase II, he was a jazz trumpeter.
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Qui ne parle ni français ni créole 😮
Creoles come in ALL shades of skin tones 🙌🏼🙌🏼
No one is disputing this- a culture not a color
I am obsessed with Southern history. Love this!
Me too
This ain't Southern history, this is french louisiana history. Southerners are the ones that destroyed it when they came here.
@@JM-nt5ex I agree
Me too ever since eves bayou
@@JM-nt5ex I agree with you. Louisiana history is separate from Southern Anglo History. I would also argue that separating Cajuns and Créoles along the color divide is part of the divide and conquer. I'm from Puerto Rico and that would be like dividing Puerto Ricans into blacks and white Spanish speakers. All of Louisiana should be restored as francophone.
I love my creole culture . My family make sure we keep our culture alive.
Yassss!!!!
As you should
So u dont allow to marry darker black folks?
@@sonofsoweto if the darker people are creole yes we do
@@creolito9600 huh? What’s that mean?😂😂😂
My maternal grandma was from New Orleans and was Creole. Great documentary.
I love black eyed peas, yams, jollof, gumbo, collards, okra & rice. I know My Roots are proudly African...my ancestors were enslaved and oppressed but I thank God that even in slavery they passed down the ways of our motherland Africa.
Agreed sis 😌
I visited New Orleans and feel in love with the energy there. So historical. I pray that this city keeps its traditions and culture.
Bonjour de Nouvelle Orleans Mon Ami . merci beacoups madame .
I truly enjoyed watching this and learning about where it all started of creole food and family history.
Proud to be Louisiana Creole! We should have a creole heritage month and begin voyaging to our kin in Haiti
Between 1816 to 1865 Louisiana Creole people did emigrate to Haiti, the Desdunes family were Louisiana Creole people who maintained relationships with their relatives in Haiti, they even had connections to the Haitian government.
Louisiana creoles and Haitian creoles are entirely separate groups, they speak a different language, have different traditions etc. Gotta rebuild the bonds at home with all the separate francophone groups and rally for French language schooling with Kouri Vini representation similar to how they have it in Canada. They speak creole forms of French up there locally, but protect their language through the law, and send their kids to francophone schools they fought for
@@abrahamisaacmuciusiii9192 Creoles(especially the white ones) did immigrate to Louisiana from Haiti sometimes, but they are separate cultures with separate origins and cultures.
@@abrahamisaacmuciusiii9192 that’s fact. My cousins went back and was surprised at how much in common we have here. They even have brass bands and dance just like us!!! She said it was a wonderful experience. I’m gonna go really soon and I have someone to help me tour around and experience the kinfolks. And they do know we are kinsmen here that came here after the Haitian revolution
If your family is haitian, then yeah. My family isn’t cajun anyhow, it’s louisiana creole/french. We are not Haitians.
Louisiana creoles≠Haitian creoles
If you’re haitian, cool, I just see a lot of people pretending that Louisiana creoles are haitian, or are the same, which is misinformation. Haitians don’t get to appropriate louisiana culture because they use the same word for their people. They have a proud history of their own, their own language, their own foods, their own culture. Hell, many of the people of haitian descent that did integrate into Louisiana creole society did so because they got pushed out of haiti.
Louisiana creoles are historicall closer to Cajuns than they are to Haiti, at least many of us can share french, they don’t even speak French in Haiti, only Kreyol, which no Louisiana creole has ever spoken.
People believing the misinformation and divide and conquer mentality for Louisiana francophones is a large part of the reason Francophone Louisiana culture is dying rapidly, and it breaks my heart, people are too eager to be exotic they let their culture at home fade as they don’t even bother to learn/speak French, or Kouri Vini, and fight for it like they did in Canada.
I was born in Hammond Louisiana. I took a DNA Test and it told me I was about 77 percent African. However I want to meet Henry Louis Gates Jr. He is well trusted if u want to trace your ancestry. Louisiana has changed alot over the yrs.
@Singles' Day 11-11 of course Ricard is my mom's last name. Ricard is a Creole last name. I was born in Hammond La. I'm interested in finding more about my African heritage. Ancestry.com told me I was Eastern and Central African.
I am quite fascinated with New Orleans. I want to visit one day and just feel the history under my feet as I walk through the streets. I wish that I could go back in time, and make things better for everyone. Even my ancestors in Florida was treated harshly on my Cuban side, and it makes me sad but strong at the same time.
I literally just came inside from a parade it’s mardi gras out here right now! I was not and raised in new orleans and i’m telling you if you haven’t visited yet PLEASE DO!!
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Aucun souci si la Louisiane redevenait un jour française 😅
My ancestor My 6th grandma is Marie metoyer aka coin coin. Born in Natchitoches lousiana and played a big part in helping create melrose plantation which is the largest plantation in the United States EVER built by people of color.. The only slave plantation to literally free other creole from slavery. Her parents are full African decent from Ghana. Aka ewe/Togo. She was born into slavery owned by the founder of Natchitoches. Her spouse was a French man which they had 10 kids together. My ancestry goes back to the 1400s but I just recently found this put about this woman. I am of french/creole/african/Scottish and native decent. Originated from west Africa. Oh they also created the first town and church for creoles in Natchitoches. I must say it's an amazing feeling knowing I come from a line of people that truly made an impact in the world. I will walk around so proudly knowing my grandma made such an impact on my fellow creoles
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Créole selon vous, qu'est-ce que c'est exactement ?
Wow, what a story! Thanks for sharing :)
This was really good, it’s good learning more and more about my Louisiana Creole heritage. 👍🏽😁
What an incredible cuisine & cultural documentary which needs to be preserved & handed down for generations. A national treasure combining the best of everyone who came through New Orleans, Louisana.
My Grandmother was Creole from New Orleans. I even got to spend time with my Great Grandmother who was Creole. I miss going down to NOLA to visit. I still have Creole cousins who still live in New Orleans. Being there is like going home. My Creole ancestry means a lot to me.
My dad is from New Orleans he said his Grandfather was from Senegal! So happy to see Senegal represented, because my husband is from there and I see so many similarities in this footage that my dad told us about! Senegal Music is so beautiful, thank you for playing it at the end! This history of New Orleans is powerful, the African part, in particular! My dad left New Orleans at 19, never to return, because of the racism and the hate! As people of African descent, who recognizes their Africaness and how we built america we deserve reparations! Then we descendants (African Descendants of Enslaved Africans) ADOS can buy the lands and build on the lands that our Ancestors, built for free and were horrifically tortured in the process, all over america! Until you do right by us America, nothing will go right! Our Ancestors demand it!
All of us aren't African.
@@Moonewitch your point? Always remember Africa is our throne and the earth is our home! Our footsteps are all over this earth! Our throne is where we focused on the greatest civilizations, where we built and developed natural and scientific knowledge! Where we emphasized our genius, governance, and beauty! Those skills were transferred somewhat all over this earth but there is nowhere so profoundly displayed and documented as rich as in the beginning of humanity ! That is Africa!! Never forget that!
Do u have darn paperwork from Sengenal Country or African..periods..not about they told u..show us proof
My maternal lineage is Senegalese
President Senghor of Senegal was a poet who was part of the negritude literary movement. He visited Trinidad when I was in school and as usual we lined the streets to wave little flags to honour them. I hope Paula D Coar reads this.
I love to hear the elders tell the stories. 💕
I always found New Orleans to be fascinating, different and set apart from the rest of the US; almost a country of it's own. I also got the impression that movies alone do not tell the whole story. What I find very interesting is the way the speak the English with a "drawl" on the words; I wondered why that was.
"Drawls" are associated with southern/country speech, New Orleans has a DISTINCT speech pattern and accent unique to that city and that city alone, It's been said that "New Orleans is IN the south, but not OF the south", c'est tout. ⚜️⚜️⚜️
@@nola3058 ah merci 🙂
I'm a proud Louisiana Creole from New Orleans to Gonzales, head of Island, and Prairieville. It will forever live in me and my future generations.
My grandmother was Creole and Apache Indian and my grandfather were of Caribbean descent. I miss them both so much but I miss her so so much more because I was older @17 when she past six grade when my grandfather passed😢😢😢😢❤️
I L❤️VE New Orleans.
I grew up in GA and my great grandparents raised chickens....til this day I've never tasted chicken that tasted the same as fresh chicken
*I love being creole, even though my mom moved us to Texas when I was young we still went seen fam in NO, (family reunions) in Opelousas, and franklin*
This documentary was most enjoyed. From my first time visiting New Orleans, I fell in love❤ The second time I visited, I was standing on Bourbon street facing Csnal street and i heard a voice from deep within that said "Home" I said yes indeed.... 😊
Wonderfully piece that truly shows creole culture. I love this.
Thanks for speaking the truth in the documentary. Great documentary.
I absolutely adore history. Without history we would not be here. A lot of bad things happened many hundreds of years ago, but we do not have to bring it into the future.
we may not be able to rewrite history; however, in the years to come we could change the history of years to come by loving one another and treating each other no matter who we are or where we're from with much respect and love. By: CubaMi Amor aka Lisa Hays September 10th, 2022
This was so educational and triggering. Thinking about my enslaved ancestors 💔🕊. Our ppl made a way out of no way.
You know it just shows how Africa is ingrained in the Creole faces No matter how light-skinned you are if you call yourself real the culture the food is African not the other way around
It's a mixture not black or white.
@@Renzee-ct4wz it has to have Black in it...
@@Renzee-ct4wz African blood is what kept them at the back the bus in segregation, not their French or European blood. Keep it real: Africa is the culture that deserves the respect, and perhaps the Catholic French tradtions after that.
@@MrResearcher122 I understand that is the main narrative today but it is a fact early New Orleans culture and identity is rooted with Catholic Spanish and French origin which was different than the rest of Anglo English colonies. Mixed offsprings of the Spanish and French had full rights and were able to own property, move to Europe, own slaves, marry full blooded Europeans and serve in the military which in essence allowed them to identify the same as there full blooded European family members who called themselves Creole as well which is not talked about. Black and White labels became a thing after the Anglo Occupation of Louisiana. Where Anglo settlers called themselves white and everyone else “including there half Anglo offspring” black.
Identify how you want but you need to acknowledge the different history of Louisiana than of the Anglo colonies and respect Creoles who choose not to identify with Black and White labels.
@@Renzee-ct4wz SPOT ON- but seldom discussed these days- black people get offended - but the men- hate on creole men- but chase their women- fact- look around
Super good documentary. I liked the show because I really miss being in New Orleans. Its a comfort to see the culture will survive after another horrible hurricane.
This version and the other version of the story of new orleans creole work well together. Thank you for both presentations. DURCP are the basis and maybe it just what was edited out. If youve only seen one version here, please go and find the other one.
I am from the East Coast (New York). However, I love Creole cooking! Just delicious! 💖💖💖💖
A creole King 👑 right here and proud to be one!!
No I am da creole King- just joking - welcome to u - my kin
love this thank u
Zella palmer,
I appreciate you for sharing this content.
I enjoyed the video immensely,
Good culture.
This bitter-sweet yet lovely documentary has an natural soul to it. It's got Africa there, as a base for the creole culture. Other documentaries, with State Funding, have a watered down, even slightly Eurocentric touristy feel to them, and separating the Creole culture from Africa.
Well done thank you for creating a factual documentary that honors the rich history of New Orleans and it’s peopls
I love visiting new orleans. Its a connection I can't explain but i feel it sooo strong everytime I step on the grounds of Nola
This is an excellent documentary on creole new Orleans! I am creole born and raised in new Orleans, as are my parents. They grew up in 7th ward and are now in their 80s. I can't wait to show them this video. They know many of the folks in it. Do you have DVDs for purchase? Thanks again for sharing our unique and beloved heritage.
We're all over New Orleans..
My grandpa was creole n he was from New Orleans street
Remembering my dad telling stories like this. #native
Two Creole culture a in my family. Dad's family is Creole of color from Louisiana and Mississippi. Mixture of African, Choctaw, Irish, Jewish, French and mums side is Gullah from South Carolina. So both rice based and with distinct culture, crafts, foods and history. Double Creole
#Native- New Orleans 👏🏾
Wow beautiful Creole people and great stories and heritage.
Superb!
This wAs a beautiful film. And yummy it made me hungry for creole food 🥘😊
I'm A Louisiana Creole For Life. 💯
Excellent documen tary
Thank you for posting this
Proud to be Louisiana creole. Entire family is from Tula/Monroe Louisiana. Want to connect more to my roots.
This is awesome
That Jumbalya and Gumbo is on point! Those were the first dishes that I thought about when I first went to the state of Louisiana! 😋😋🤤
I'm 100% Creole. I love my culture and ancestry.
There's no such thing as 100% Creole. Creole is a ethnic-group comprised of all races and ethnic-backgrounds. Just like no one can be 100% Black American. Black American is a ethnic-group
@@ninpobudo3876 I would appreciate it if you delete your comment and go away
you cannot be 100%! As Creole's are blend of African, French, Italian perhaps Spanish, maybe Native American!
@@bonnienero9415 go away. I literally wouldn’t give you the time of the day in person .
@@kemoine4751 as if I care
Great video.
These men are from Senegal ,but I can see the influence and the pronunciation in Louisiana Crealo and Hiatain creole. I can hear the pronunciation of Jamicans ,Haitians ,Bahamains and Afro -Caribbeans in Florida and Afro communities in Florida . Those old New Orleans churches remains me of old churches in Miami,Key West,Tampa,etc .
I’m starving now!! I need to visit Nola again
My mom is Creole and I'm learning more about it. It's an interesting culture. My last name Ricard has French origin.
Some Dominicans from the Republic have that last name " Ricard".
@@moniquen.torres9201 most people think u are the same nationality as your last name but this is not always the case. I'm African and Middle Eastern descent. My mom heritage has French ancestry. But I like my last name
@@thenobleone-3384 Absolutely not!. My first, middle & part of my last name is French too. I'm Puerto Rican & well some of us are mixed with many ethnicities. The main one's being African, Taino, Spaniard but some of us can be mixed Middle Eastern, East Indian, Chinese, Eastern European etc.
That means we're related
@Singles' Day 11-11 Pointe Coupee and Iberville Parishes
They should feature Beyoncé and her mom.I’d like to know more about her family. Her mother always seems more eager to talk about her Creole heritage than Beyoncé being a celebrity
Beyonce is from Houston born and bred. If they were on here as a representative of creole people or food I would have clicked off instantly.
Beyonce's background is more Cajun-Acadian background. Genealogist and Historians know that. She would never be on a documentary like this. Beyonce's ppl from the swamps of New Iberia and Erath , deep SWLA.
Beyoncés mom is Creole African,Native American and French/Spanish and her dad is African American. You only get 50% of random dna from each parent so her mom may have mixed ancestry or claim Creole because of her family and where she was born but Creole isn’t a race. Beyoncé is black with mixed ancestry like 98% of African Americans
@@geni412 …Tina is French Creole with more European and Native American heritage. Beyoncé is half black on her mother’s side.
@@geni412 That don't make sense. No black in Africa. Best say like most African Americans, she is of mixed ancestry, with strong links to the creole culture of Louisiana (which is also partly African). A lot more clearer, and makes sense to people who no longer use color terms inherited from dualistic minded racists (Chinese do not call themselves 'yellow')
The jambalaya has influences of Iberian rice dishes: paellas ,but mostly Spanish and Portuguese zarzuelas .Also the cooking of Southern France : Provence .But also influences of Breton cooking .
What a fascinating documentary.
Those menjurjes ( mixture of things) as they are called in Afro-Spanish : Cuban,Dominican Puerto Rican,Colombian( both Atlantic and Pacific coast ),Venezuela(Atlantic coast ) Ecuador coast (Pacific coast),Peru coast ..Asopaos .Looks like Guyanese( some Guyanese have curries and other Indina influences) ,Suriname( some Suriname have Javanese influences ) , French Guiana cooking
During Spanish Louisiana there were people being brought from Congo.Yes Cuba has an Afro-Congolose religion called Palo:Palo Mayor . Yes .many slaves from Cuba,St.Domingue had come from Yoruba:Nigeria,Benin ,Togo,Ivory Coast ,Sene-Gambia ,Angola,Congo
Great documentary! I want to visit this winter, hopefully ( COVID) ? Does anyone have any suggestions?
This is great to see! Les Bon Temp Roulle'
Iam related to Marie Motoyer- coin coin from Natchatioche La. By way of St. Maurice, la.. Through the sanders, Joyners, allstocks, and Phillips. My grandmother is Mary Jane Bradley , wife of Ollie Bradley Jr. Of the St. John / Iron spring communty in Chestnut La. I have a uncle steven bradley ( children Deniece and Alvin)that have a homestead on Cane River.
My grandfather on my Mom's side came from Louisiana(Bastrop/Baton Rouge) . He also spoke a dialect called "geechee". I'm not sure if he was Creole or not, but when I'm in New Orleans, everyone says I am a 100% Creole 😄😄
Geechee is South Carolina. SC Geechee ppl did migrate to places like North La - Bastrop working the railroad and forestry.
@@LouisianaVodouEmpressbitches Thank you for the information much appreciated. That answers a big question I had.
@@d.t.5400 no problem. I have Geechee-Gullah on a branch of my father's side. They settled on Louisiana-Ark border.
Very interesting Yeye! My aunt used to speak a strange language to me and my cousins when we were kids. I would laugh at her words back then. But when I found out recently she was speaking Geechee it opened up alot of questions lol.
Born in Bastrop Louisiana 😇
I have believed for a long while now that part of my Father's side has a Creole history and my Mother's side is Geechee.
This is truly astonishing my god
Are all Louisiana Creoles mixed? Or are there also White Creoles ( French and Spanish descent)?
I had a neighbor who told me she was Creole. When I said "Oh as in French Creole from Louisiana??" She took offense and said "Nooo I'm Spanish Creole not French at all!!". She claimed there is a community of Spanish Creoles who trace back to the Spanish soldiers stationed in Louisiana years ago.
I'm not sure how true that is but thought I would share with you.
I'm Creole with African, Spanish, French, German, and Native American
The term "Creole" was originally applied to those of French and Spanish heritage born in Louisiana. Later it expanded to include free blacks that were offspring of French, Spanish or Creoles.
Yes but not all from France, some came from the French West Indies like Martinique, Guadeloupe, St Lucia and Spanish Cuba, Brazil etc even Haiti . The Haitians brought most of the Voodoo practices to Louisiana.
Arcadiana was where Cajun comes from.
The African influence has always been questionable to me considering most of our Black American Creole cuisine has New World ingredients and the flavor profile and cooking style is so different. For full transparency, I have been to West Africa. Senegalese cooking is delicious in it's own right but tastes nothing like Creole cuisine. I think the indigenous roots are downplayed, but were essential when you consider how native Black Americans understood what roots and vegetables to work with to get that distinct flavor.
I love my creol roots
Me too.
We are living in the new world now and you must change with the time💳🏦
Being PR I wonder how they got the red beans like us. Even the Cubans whom we're supposed to have the most affinity with have black beans.
I 💜 my Louisiana creole heritage
with all the changes to new orleans as a result of katrina and the people from "off" moving in, we are losing new orleans. breaks my heart.
Alot of white cajuns are starting to take the creole culture for themselves now. In the past a white person would never say that they were creole now being associated with black/creole culture is cool.
Oh please, creoles have always been multiracial, stop trying to keep them separated with the idiotic anglophone racial politics, they've been a stain of Louisiana for years and are the reason Francophones have no representation. Why should a white creole be forced to identify with cajun culture if they are not Cajun?
@@JM-nt5ex the plight
@@davehart2094 Cajuns and creoles of all colors were all forcefully assimilated, all had their culture and state corrupted and destroyed, and all have no representation in their own state where they make up the majority. Jim crow created those divisions, not creoles, and Anglo southerners brought that to Louisiana.
And you should remember that being a cajun was a bad thing too, for a very long time. Cajuns and creoles are intertwined by their language and heritage, they have their own history before they got to Louisiana but they integrated into French Louisiana, along with the creoles. Outside Louisiana people don't know the difference between us, it's a detrimental division that only stops real representation, we're two leaves off the same tree
@@JM-nt5ex k
Agreed! now it’s cool to be associated with a black side now a days, it’s crazy.
Love ❤️ our culture Opelousas
Opelousas is the heart of true Creole culture.
POLITICAL POWER TO MAKE FORTUNES. WE ARE EQUEL.
I stop saying I was creole because some of are own creoles was say I was to dark to be creole and I stop say I was Haitian creole because they will make fun of you if you wear the Haitian flag and don't speak creole or not being born from there.so now I just identify as African American where I can be accepted at even though I Know I'm creole born and raised in Chicago Creole are not just in Louisiana neither.the Haitian Dusable discover Chicago we have Dusable school and museum here in Chicago he was a Haitian man. The Haitian was the free people of color in new Orleans Jim crow disconnected both through the Jim crow laws doing slavery he damage the creoles one of the laws is to destroy the identity.jean Baptist-point of prince Du Sable his father was a french man married to a Haitian slave lady.
I’m sorry you went through that Charles. Yes, old guard Creoles didn’t play as most were light skin. I know my dad is still this way. If you can’t speak French he writes you off but dad is in his 80s now. Ironically enough, none of us girls speak French and all of us look Hispanic to people unless we tell them we’re from Louisiana. The black women seem to instantly dislike us women because of our skin color, facial features, and hair texture. So yes, our culture is slowly becoming extinct and our history altered to strong African influence while diminishing the European and Native influences.
@@MayMay-el4wg Were creoles subjected to Jim Crow? And if so, Madme, can you please tell me why. I'm in England, but my father is St Lucian with Martinique roots, like most St Lucians, and we have strong creole heritage and French name (Duboulay, Duchastanet etc).
If nobody never had yakamein from Mrs. Linda . Baby !!!! You better get some.
MUCH RESPECT to "MY" NOLA People ! 😎
The music in this video is so unnecessary. It takes over the documentary. The music is only needed in certain parts of the documentary.
Mother of New Orleans, Mrs. Morial
What's the name of the song playing at the very beginning?
the volume is too low. Even with my computer volume turned all the way up there are parts that are barely audible. What I can hear is great, but I'm missing A LOT.
30:52 girl power!!! The lost art of cooking Creole. What are you wining about?
We are not Haitians. No shade but people seem to group us with them. We are Louisiana FRENCH CREOLE.
So there wasn’t Louisiana haitian creoles in America since the late 1700s?
Haitians are Africans. Louisiana French Creoles are part of New France
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@@vatricegeorge yes but that doesn’t mean everyone has a white or fpoc émigré ancestor. They mainly concentrated themselves in NO and married amongst the white creole population idk if you know but being Creole expands far past NO city limits
@@saintseer9578 I clearly typed Louisiana not Nola. Yes I know creoles expand outside of Nola.
You think office as Asian ,but there's a story of Carolina rice growing .
The Louisiana creole (I don' know if it's that sorry) is so similar to french and easy to understand ! But the Haitian creole is more complicated
Yeah creole from the west indies(haiti guadeloupe etc...) Is more hard to understand
Because our language is more African based not French, Louisiana Creole has more French influence
@@dreeco1762 yeah, I’ve seen that,
@@sabrinaa3075 we also have Taino language too, so you have Native American, African words mixing together .. that what’s make up & ours isn’t called Creole it’s pronounce Kreyol
@@dreeco1762 in the us ? So french Creole is different to Kreyol. But it’s also different to island creole
a dark history, indeed
My mother's is from Louisiana
1:30 - Not totally accurate. Not all held as slaves were African. And it was the 'choctaw' that made the file' for your gumbo.
He was speaking to those that were brought here, because yes, Africans were stolen and brought to the US. At 6:15 it is addressed that there were indigenous blacks who were here and their influences in cuisine. Why did you address this as a problem of being ignored when it was mentioned?
@@LilliLamour - Not necessarily. When the Brits decided to outlaw slavery, the 'U.S.' still had their Barbary slavery connects and those that they held as slaves were from many places - some weren't even POC. There were, indeed, indigenous POC Moundbuilders here. I address this as a problem because most of our People believe the Indigenous here were, "African", and that's not totally accurate. Again, the "african" and the Indigenous here were both POC. MUCH Love.
Where's my quadroons and octoroons at? I got a rich white man for ya'll.
My roots...
Loved to...used that words...Native American and we are not Native and we're American Indian by blood here...not black or African American...periods
@Cavebaby Beserkers basically we are Indigenous people of the south, or west coast, eastcoast, midwest, central of America in USA...ok..be proud of that..!
I thought Bay Leaves came from India ?
That dude who was prepping vegetables talking about “who really had the power” bs ruined the video for me. He’s hung up on history he never experienced. Your resentment and poisoned mind is what’s going to keep you enslaved, man. I’m light-skinned Creole (my mom is brown, my dad is white).
I feel sorry for this growing hate within our community (Europe as well). We continue to suppress our own progress. I’m tired of it.
That is so sad how they corrupt the food but it's true as she said. You'd be looking at chicken legs that be looking like turkey drumsticks it's not normal
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