My Search For Yanga and the Black Mexicans of Veracruz, Mexico! - Were The Olmecs Black?
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- Join Dr. Perry Kyles as he endeavors to find the descendants of Gaspar Yanga, deep in the heart of Mexico. Gaspar Yanga freed himself from slavery and established one of the first free black cities in all of the Americas.
The major themes of this video are:
-the life and contributions of Gaspar Yanga
-African cultural retentions in the Yanga region
-the importance of music and Son Jarocho in Veracruz
-the economy of Yanga
-the history of the Olmecs
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Intro
1:38 The Rise Yanga and Other Maroons
5:33 The Long Road To The Yanga Region
12:24 Things To See In Yanga
28:32 Making Friends In Yanga
31:05 Breakfast With Yanga's Descendants
34:43 Growing Political Presence
43:04 Son Jarocho & Tia Choma
43:59 The Economy of Yanga
49:00 My Thoughts On Yanga's People
51:17 Background On Olmec Heads
55:58 Olmecs Were Black & Why The Pyramids?
1:01:15 Delicious Foods of Veracruz!
BELOW ARE LINKS MENTIONED IN THE VIDEO:
David Heredia Channel: / @heroesofcolor
Fear of A Black Goddess by Dr. Perry Kyles amzn.to/3JrwC1T
Quilombo (Full Movie) • Quilombo - Full Movie ...
"A Mi Veracruz" by Salvador, Omar, and Family • A Mi Veracruz
They Came Before Columbus by Ivan Van Sertima amzn.to/3vYvfEI
Fingerprints of the Gods by Graham Hancock amzn.to/3xyuFxN
Beyond Maafa by Dr. Perry Kyles amzn.to/4dgdTEj
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Thank you for doing this video. I love that you did this trip. My friends and I are going to go now.
I'm glad you enjoyed the video. Enjoy your trip!
Out the Port of Veracruz cristal clear water and white sand
Gracias for presenting this informative piece on African descendants in Mexico. Thank you for the information on Yanga, the man, and the town.
I live near NY if you go back to Veracruz look for La isla de enmedio
Thank you for this video! It's so educational and this story needs to be told! I've learned so much. I'm a brown skinned female of Nubian Native American decent Yamassee Creek and Muskogee. I've posted this on my Facebook page to help educate people.
Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it. More to come.
Just for clarification. We Latinos identify with nationality first over race. I bet uf you were to ask them they will say they are Mexican first and black second.
Everyone calls Hispanics Mexicans, not just the Blacks. You can take that qualm to the whites that you mixed people worship.
@User...You are talking about Latinos' rhetoric, not their reality. I've been to Spain and several Spanish speaking countries. I grew up around Hispanics. You all put white Anglos over your own nationality. You are submissive to them and long for their acceptance as "legitimate" white people. Furthermore, Latin countries are racist against their own Black countrymen and women. Latinos are race first, not nation first.
@@AfricanDiasporaPress if that is true why most Latino nations have their largest group being the mixed race population? Our mixed race population reaches about 50% of any given Latino nations. In the USA it about 5 to 15% percent. If we were really racist , our mixed race population wouldn't be so high. It would look more like usa population with people staying with in their race.
@@timasuna1756 hi good to see you.
I would love to see what an ancestry DNA test results for them would look like
I am a 48yo Mexican born man that now lives on the most northern part of California away from all the people living in the redwoods, I have been raised in both countries, during my childhood in the highlands of Jalisco (los altos de Jalisco) particularly in the town of Jesus Maria I had a couple of childhood friends that not until this year I found out that they have African ancestry it was not something any of us ever really noticed or pointed out, my eyes did not see color, it seems as if my environment has changed how I see things around me
I never meet my Father. Took DNA test. I'm Meso American Andean with Senegalese and Nigerian. Also shows my recent peoples in towns by Jalisco. I grew up in Los Angeles.
this is a great book ,about mexico.1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus Paperback - October 10, 2006
by Charles C. Mann (Author)
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Thank you! Cheers!
I wish you could’ve held that camera a little more steady, but thanks for sharing bro. 😂 Gaspar Nyanga was a Prince from Nyanga region in Gabon who was sold into slavery. There were many different tribes of people who landed in Mexico with him but in time they all came to recognize him as royalty, and a strong leader. So he was chosen to lead the people out of slavery and they became cimarrons (Spanish for “runaways”) and established Maroon communities. This movement created a great rift in the slave trade and slave traders as they feared more slaves would rebel upon hearing about Gaspar Yanga’s successful 30 year rebellion. There are many other quilombos all over Central and South America and there are many Afro-Mexicans who are proud of their heritage and culture and can trace it all the way back to West and Central Africa. There is also an Afro-Mexican museum in Guerrero. Many Afro-Mexicans today are still fighting for their right to establish themselves as a separate race from others and also are fighting for recognition from the government in general. I’ve traveled to Mexico (Chichen Itza) and my tour guide explained to me about the silence. They were African Chiefs/Generals/leaders who came from Africa and established themselves in Veracruz…The story of the Amistad rebellion is another amazing story of how the slaves revolted. These slaves were sold into slavery by King Siaka, a self-proclaimed King/Chief who sold neighboring tribes into slavery. Sengbe, was another great leader like Gaspar who was chosen to lead the revolt. In the Amistad were Mende, Gbandi, Temne, Gola, Kono, Sherbro, who all spoke the Mende language and were part of the secret Porro warrior society. The Porro goes across tribes. They all had the secrecy, the oath and loyalty to the secret society. That’s why they were successful. Their individual names changed but they eventually returned to their homelands and their families recognized them. Years later, they are still remembered, revered and honored by the families and tribes to this day. 🙏🏾🤲🏾
*not the silence but the Olmecs civilization.
OK. Nice info. Thanks for sharing.
@@AfricanDiasporaPress you’re welcome bro. Thank YOU. 🙏🏾
Awesome! The first man on earth has the "Hu" Which means person of color. Human being man of color. Aka Black man is the first man on Earth!
Thanks for sharing that.
Your welcome. Love that Interview.
iF IT WAS THE FIRST, HOW DID THEY KNOW IT WAS A MAN OF COLOR, IF THERE WAS NO ONE ELSE TO COMPARE IT TO?
Great interview 👍🏽👍🏽
Is there any way i can order a shirt from the yanga store and have you heard of Costa Chica Guerrero
I don't know how you can order a shirt. There are several business opportunities in Yanga from what I saw. I have heard of Costa Chica. Perhaps I'll be able to visit in the future.
Excellent presentation!
Muchos gracias!
"Gaspar Yanga was a Gabonese captive that [sic] was forced into slavery in Mexico."
More than likely, he was "forced into slavery" in Africa, by other blacks, then sold to the Spanish, who sold them to fellow Spaniards who had colonized Mexico.
Those "other blacks" were enemy tribes. Africans were not enslaving their own people. The reason you, and many others, think like this is because all you see is skin color and don't make any differentiation between the separate tribes and cultures. Elevate your thinking.
Obviously he was taken captive in Africa and forced into slavery in Mexico, which is exactly what I said. If you have a true issue or can add something to the discussion then please do so. Your comment added "0" to the discussion.
Yanga came from today Angola. Changa fast, runner.
I enjoy my trip south of the border where los morenos vivir...Dr. ivan Sertima lectures lead me to explore.... American Indigenous aka blacks were in Southeast nort America, Mexico, central and south america before the Mongolian strains poured in..olmec heads is not in memory of slaves...its sad people believe aka socalled Blacks or moors came here as slaves
Moors were conquers!
The black people?
So out of the thousands upon thousands of languages why you guys only use English words to describe yourselves?
The unfortunate reality is that was an imposed label and while it’s upheld by many, it actually doesn’t have favorable definition, nor favorable legal stance. It is a term made popular by specific individuals backed by Americans of European descent, in a long string of names in which NONE correctly identifies particular people. The name “Afro Mexican” is also problematic. Afro being the name of a hairstyle popularized in the 70s and has zero to do with any cultural identity for the different groups of highly melanated peoples.
Colonized minds... British empire was the last largest one
Very nice discussion on this thread. Thank you.
they certainly were not african
Who are you referring to here?