tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2625710219374323467.post3771732145396686257..comments2024-03-23T10:47:39.662-04:00Comments on Notes From Atlanta: Surprising American Cousins Through My Mother’s AncestryFarooq A. Kperogihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13257188893371334162noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2625710219374323467.post-75024396880624039652021-03-02T08:42:05.928-05:002021-03-02T08:42:05.928-05:00Prof Kperoogi yes it is Chadic. It is Kanuri that ...Prof Kperoogi yes it is Chadic. It is Kanuri that is Nilo Saharan. Interestingly, most Nilo Saharans ended up adopting Chadic tongues, but not befoe they themselves lent key phrases to their adopted Chadic tongues. <br /> <br /> Have you read "Searching For Boko Haram" ? It is a very interesting work on ethnography history and prehistory of the Lake Chad basin. Reading your blogs, reminds me of it. The Venetianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17054847881118013869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2625710219374323467.post-1758141473387437952021-02-19T12:23:47.802-05:002021-02-19T12:23:47.802-05:00If such an ANCESTRY DNA Test is conducted on a goo...If such an ANCESTRY DNA Test is conducted on a good sample of people from Mali, Niger republic, Katsina, Kano, Kwara yorubas, Oyo/Ogun yorubas plus the Benin republic peoples,all this talk of 'settlers' , indigenous people would be a thing of the past as AncestryDNA will reveal their 'real' identity and genetic connections.May Allah (SWT) make your (our) traducers realize your worth as we do now .Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03662235483704104065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2625710219374323467.post-25626465509251965462021-02-14T13:25:18.223-05:002021-02-14T13:25:18.223-05:00Hausa is Afro-Asiatic, not Nilo-Saharan. I'm n...Hausa is Afro-Asiatic, not Nilo-Saharan. I'm not sure any linguist dates languages the way you have. Hausa belongs to the Chadic branch of the Afro-Asiatic family, and Chadic languages are indigenous to West Africa.Farooq A. Kperogihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13257188893371334162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2625710219374323467.post-12636839181806484662021-02-14T12:34:42.528-05:002021-02-14T12:34:42.528-05:00Surprisingly, it has been found that Fulani Fulfud...Surprisingly, it has been found that Fulani Fulfude as a language has deeper roots in West Africa than Hausa which Nilo-saharan. It may be that Hausa being a later language displaced some originally indigenous languages of the sahelian tribes. As for DNA, the mix of origins suggests one ancestral tree for most southern Nigerian, even middle belt groups. Tests and authentication will in due course reveal that truth. For now, Nigerians look more to political claims and convenience, not scientific parameters, to guess or assert their originsTony Odiadihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07165180497109883723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2625710219374323467.post-58311218545797339012021-02-13T11:08:15.364-05:002021-02-13T11:08:15.364-05:00There was a massive migration of the Wangara into ...There was a massive migration of the Wangara into Kano. They were the ones that introduced Islam to the Hausa people. You're most probably Wangara. The Tuaregs are what Hausa people call Buzu, who are part of the Berber cluster in North Africa.Farooq A. Kperogihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13257188893371334162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2625710219374323467.post-31951443069153719202021-02-13T06:45:57.766-05:002021-02-13T06:45:57.766-05:00We are all connected in Africa. My ancestors were ...We are all connected in Africa. My ancestors were one of the first rulers of the Mande Kingdom<br />The Camaras Camara Porehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03488374896017628322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2625710219374323467.post-48418170989934845012021-02-13T06:19:12.995-05:002021-02-13T06:19:12.995-05:00Insightful
Insightful<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03698357735126245669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2625710219374323467.post-67881547318552827182021-02-13T06:00:54.447-05:002021-02-13T06:00:54.447-05:00Reading your write ups, especially those about ...Reading your write ups, especially those about 'ethnic identity' is always a delight. <br /><br />Your piece, "In search of my maternal roots in Parakou, Benin Republic," spoured me to dig deep to find out who I am, ethnically. <br /><br />Hausa/Fulani has been used as our ethnic identity right from birth, but I have never been comfortable with it from when I became aware of the possibilities of us not being Hausa/Fulani we've identified with for years. <br /><br />I asked my father to tell me what our true ethnicity is, he always answered that we are Tuareg. If I further ask why we have been using Hausa/Fulani,his response never satisfied my curiosity. <br /><br />My discovery, through a radio programme on one of Kano's FM stations, that most residents of Kofa town of Bebeji local government are immigrants from Niger, Mali and other West African countries, coupled with the fact that my father never told me where his grandparents came to Kofa from, and the revelation that Mandinka/Soninke/Wangara people dropped their ancestral language and adopted Dendi, and having lived in some parts of Niger Republic, Katsina and Borno, I have been suspecting we might be Wangara ethnically. <br /><br />I look forward to coming to America one day, to do this AncestryDNA test to unravel my true ancestral ethnicity. <br /><br />Jazakal Lah for the knowledge you've tirelessly been feeding us with. Moukhtar Kofahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09069890379146318257noreply@blogger.com