tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6152307338772205194.post2092459633003282319..comments2024-01-30T11:14:25.598-05:00Comments on Electronic Village: Africa ... Alkebulan ... Our Mother CountryAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05001965827509309490noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6152307338772205194.post-74020178525878560182008-01-11T11:50:00.000-05:002008-01-11T11:50:00.000-05:00LadyShay - Yikes ... I'll have to be careful when ...<B>LadyShay</B> - Yikes ... I'll have to be careful when I do the post on Morocco! Anyhow, I am looking forward to this journey. It will be a learning experience for me as well as others that travel on the journey with me. I should start it over the coming weekend...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05001965827509309490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6152307338772205194.post-30258645619309487842008-01-11T10:41:00.000-05:002008-01-11T10:41:00.000-05:00I know that my great great grandmother was an Afri...I know that my great great grandmother was an African Slave and she conceived my great grandfather with a Dutch slave trader. I don't know where she came from though. <BR/><BR/>And my stepfather [we used to call him Saddam] was from Morocco. So I can't wait to SKIP that week's exploration:)Amazonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04433943577904522772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6152307338772205194.post-41838471507924243922008-01-10T03:41:00.000-05:002008-01-10T03:41:00.000-05:00Dragonfly - Welcome to our village. I hope you wi...<B>Dragonfly</B> - Welcome to our <I>village</I>. I hope you will come back often. Thank you very much to the link re: DNA testing. That is some interesting stuff...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05001965827509309490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6152307338772205194.post-37095818940716087232008-01-10T00:55:00.000-05:002008-01-10T00:55:00.000-05:00hey Villager, I found your blog from listening to ...hey Villager, I found your blog from listening to an NPR show. Nice blog man. Very informative. I wanted to tell you that there is a DNA test that you can take that will tell you what part of modern day Africa you come from. I did a quick google search and found this page. I am sure others are doing it as well. Hope this is helpful and keep up the good work<BR/>http://www.infoplease.com/spot/slavery2.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6152307338772205194.post-63305224201098400642008-01-09T14:18:00.000-05:002008-01-09T14:18:00.000-05:00HomelandColors - I didn't know that so many Africa...<B>HomelandColors</B> - I didn't know that so many Africans were enslaved from Angola and brought her to America. In any case, I will probably go in alphabetical order ... so Angola should be near the top. If I can complete one per week ... then it will be a nice journey over the course of 2008...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05001965827509309490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6152307338772205194.post-62592272025668350152008-01-09T10:27:00.000-05:002008-01-09T10:27:00.000-05:00I would start with Angola, 1 in 4 of us was taken ...I would start with Angola, 1 in 4 of us was taken from there.homelandcolorshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08166197749476126115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6152307338772205194.post-42438909296736356012008-01-08T02:55:00.000-05:002008-01-08T02:55:00.000-05:00Saba, Ink - Thank you for the referral to jamati.c...<B>Saba, Ink</B> - Thank you for the referral to jamati.com and the information about AfroKicks. <BR/><BR/><B>Mrs. Grapevine and BHC</B> - I hope that I'm able to pull this thing off. I appreciate the suggestions that you've each made. I should post my first one today.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05001965827509309490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6152307338772205194.post-6004248510876254302008-01-07T22:30:00.000-05:002008-01-07T22:30:00.000-05:00Africa has changed so much since the slave trade, ...Africa has changed so much since the slave trade, and countries that exist now didn't exist then. Most of us come from the coast of West Africa, but that's all we will know. <BR/><BR/>I think you should begin with coastal countries of the west, since they will probably have the most in common with us, since that's where we probably originated.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6152307338772205194.post-28855319225879170632008-01-07T21:51:00.000-05:002008-01-07T21:51:00.000-05:00Excellent idea Wayne! I'm looking forward to readi...Excellent idea Wayne! I'm looking forward to reading this. I've also wondered which African country my ancestors were from.Bohemian Chickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15303759600777955615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6152307338772205194.post-31737445031331863722008-01-07T10:22:00.000-05:002008-01-07T10:22:00.000-05:00And then please be sure to stop by Jamati.com, Afr...And then please be sure to stop by Jamati.com, Africa's Premiere Entertainment Portal for exciting and inspiring information about Africans at home and in the Diaspora.<BR/><BR/>P.S. We're giving away AFROKICKS --sneakers that bear the flags of African nations.....stop by soon<BR/>and continue the Village lessons there. Thanks Villager for this...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6152307338772205194.post-26180869998465837122008-01-07T06:09:00.000-05:002008-01-07T06:09:00.000-05:00Saboma - Asante sana for the recognition. All thr...<B>Saboma</B> - Asante sana for the recognition. All three awards have been acknowledged in my sidebar as part of the <I>Village Honors</I>.<BR/><BR/><B>Krokodil</B> - I appreciate your comments. I look forward to starting the journey/exploration of African countries. I appreciate your speculation about the birthplace of my ancestors. Your guess is as good as anyone!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05001965827509309490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6152307338772205194.post-9094054602473675832008-01-06T16:34:00.000-05:002008-01-06T16:34:00.000-05:00You most likely come from somewhere on the north w...You most likely come from somewhere on the north western side of Africa where Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea and Senegal lie.<BR/>I am from South Africa, so naturally I think you should start your journey in my country. We are headed for turbulent times with conflict looming around the change of leadership of the ruling party, the African National Congress.<BR/>Africa is a diverse place and unique.Krokodil Ngwenyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05734622816350425115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6152307338772205194.post-53744703963864988732008-01-06T12:44:00.000-05:002008-01-06T12:44:00.000-05:00Please don't forget to also retrieve the awards in...Please don't forget to also retrieve the awards in the immediate two posts below the one you left the comment in, Wayne.<BR/><BR/>I have the Village in my reader. I regret to say that I don't always drop in but I do read each new post here at Electronic Village.<BR/><BR/>You deserve all three awards, kiddo. Please accept them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6152307338772205194.post-455425384681854092008-01-06T11:33:00.000-05:002008-01-06T11:33:00.000-05:00I can hardly wait for this exploration to launch, ...I can hardly wait for this exploration to launch, Wayne. Meanwhile, until it does launch, I have three items for Electronic Village I'd like to share with you but you'll need to pick them up, if you'll be so kind. You may pick them up, <A HREF="http://maryannaville.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow"> here</A> anytime you have a free moment.<BR/><BR/>Thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com