AFRO GREECE: The African Diaspora in Greece

In this jam-packed episode we look at Afro-Greek history and culture all the way from the Minoans to the present day! Did you know there is a town in Greece called Avato where the residents are historically black? Did you know the ancient Greeks refered to all Africans as 'Ethiopians' and the word Ethiopia comes from the Greek words for 'burnt face'? All this and more coming right up!

Illustration by: Jimena Isabel Merchán. Find her on Instagram at: @jimenaimm

Music:
Zeus by GRILLABEATS
Emptiness by Chill Bill Beats

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[bbg]

African-Greeks are still Greeks!!! We love you, you matter🤎🤎🤎

[IonPumpkin]

For some people who are going to say that Greeks are originally Black Africans please no, they aren't but mediterranean people and ofc they are some minority

[pontiacpaul]

I'm Greek American .how times have changed. Back in 1980 never meet a greek black person .

[rogerdodger]

There are remnants of Africans from the Ottoman empire in northern Greece.Now Greek Africans.

[abrahamisaacmuciusiii]

Hi do you have a video on Afro Italians? By the way, I enjoy watching your videos they're very educational.

[beethat]

Our people are scattered everywhere, facing the same oppression thus say the Lord. We are the Israelites.

[Πελασγός-ζξ]

Minoans are not Africans
They are the ancestors of Greece
A Mediterranean race

[broadminded]

Opa, opa, opa there you have it! the """hellenes""" this says it all!

[cloudtravelagencyllc]

You're culture is like mine in America ❤️✌🏿 My DNA traces me to 13 different regions around the world.

[AG-xcyh]

0:28 wrong! It was Ancient Greek aesthetic to have men depicted in a darker shade then the women

[pankratoshellas]

If the Greeks mentioned any Blacks, it was as oddities. It clearly shows it in the Sculptures

[Azv_ink]

I think that it really shows that some of our ancestors where black since we tend to get very tan especially in the summer

[godwindei]

Ghana to the world forever and ever and ever and ever

[r.austin]

Very informative and well done video. I suggest taking the term "sub-Saharan" African out of your lexicon when referring to people and only use it when necessary to describe specific countries or places. It's a white supremacist term that began getting use in the late 70's meant to separate "black people" from North Africa and it's history.

[DipanjanPaul]

What's your name lady? You are so knowledgeable and beautiful.

[mypanexogamouslineage]

If African migrants want to permanently settle in a country that's physically in Western Europe, why would they pass through Greece first, why not first land in Italy, Malta, Gibraltar, Spain, France, or Portugal if they want to reach the UK, Ireland, Scandinavian countries, Germany, Poland, Belgium, The Netherlands, Austria, Luxembourg, Denmark, or Switzerland?

[kushking]

you are doing a good job and i love your works and i would like to add that long before there was white people black people ruled the world it do not matter where you come from or was born as long as you are a black man you are an african. light skin dark skin all came from the burnt skined people africa is the mother of all creation and civilization the greeks came to africa late but they got their education from egypt and timbuktu all we need to do is more research and we will find the truth