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Origin of Africa slaves in Guyana - ketchim - 09-21-2015
[quote author=ramesh link=topic=99809.msg656180#msg656180 date=1442724262]
[size=12pt]I proudly accept my Ashanti Dahomey heritage[/size]
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Is there any other Afro Guyanese who can substantiate this ?
I thought these folks were of ZULU origin .
Re: Origin of Africa slaves in Guyana - ketchim - 09-21-2015
where are records of the slaves name and country of capture ?
Guyana national Archives ?
as in the case of the indentureds from India :-\
Re: Origin of Africa slaves in Guyana - Captain - 09-21-2015
I will ask Granger
Re: Origin of Africa slaves in Guyana - ramesh - 09-21-2015
[quote author=ketchim link=topic=100386.msg656419#msg656419 date=1442851565]
where are records of the slaves name and country of capture ?
Guyana national Archives ?
as in the case of the indentureds from India :-\
[/quote] You don't seem like a bright fellow . Any one with a little knowledge of History and Geography will know that the Zulus are from South Africa , mainly concentrated in the province of Natal .
Moreover you should have known that slaves mostly came from West Africa
Re: Origin of Africa slaves in Guyana - ketchim - 09-22-2015
Note that Ghana is only close in spelling to Guyana :
Home of the Ashanti !
and they ended up mostly in Jamaica , where they morphed into Rastafaris.
Re: Origin of Africa slaves in Guyana - ketchim - 09-22-2015
http://globalfusionproductions.com/art-books/jamaica-ghana-one-blood-one-language-kromanti-language-of-the-jamaican-maroons-similar-to-akan/
some help for Jala in finding his roots :
I have an extra compass IF you wanna borrow !
![[Image: Geography-world-map-compass.jpg]](http://www.thewildsmithberrys.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Geography-world-map-compass.jpg)
Re: Origin of Africa slaves in Guyana - ketchim - 09-22-2015
Jala claims he is from this Kingdom as well ::LOL:: It is now called Benin
Dahomey was an African kingdom which lasted from about 1600 until 1894 :
when the last chief Behanzin was defeated by the French
and the country was annexed into the French colonial empire
Re: Origin of Africa slaves in Guyana - TRINIDADDY - 09-22-2015
! No longer available
The Dutch brought them, so probably some north western coastal part of Africa. The shortest route from Africa to Guyana is from the Gold Coast to Guyana, which was controlled by the Dutch.
EDIT- some info here:
https://tracingafricanroots.wordpress.com/2015/02/01/berbice-guyana-slave-census-of-1819-much-less-specified-but-still-representative/
Re: Origin of Africa slaves in Guyana - ketchim - 09-22-2015
Okay so maybe ramesh is Mandingo or Buju !
I wouldda guess the Congo : but there are not traits of him being a Cannibal ::LOL::
Guyana was also a Dutch colony
[quote author=TRINIDADDY link=topic=100386.msg656513#msg656513 date=1442934386]
The Dutch brought them, so probably some north western coastal part of Africa. The shortest route from Africa to Guyana
is from the Gold Coast to Guyana, which was controlled by the Dutch.
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Re: Origin of Africa slaves in Guyana - Googley - 09-22-2015
Maps know where he from?