Who do Afro-Brazilians feel closer to culturally: Afro Americans or the the Yoruba people?

[time67]

Obviously, there's a strong Yoruba influence in Brazil but I noticed that a lot of blacks from Canada, the UK, and France are heavily influenced by Afro-American culture. Is that also the case in the black communities of Brazil?

[Carlito's Way]

Canada and the UK are majority influence by Jamaican culture, in France its majority a mix of African and Afram culture but leaning more towards African culture

[time67]

Canada and the UK are majority influence by Jamaican culture, in France its majority a mix of African and Afram culture but leaning more towards African culture

I don't know. I have some Black Canadian friends and they seem to follow African American culture much more than Jamaican culture. Maybe in the 90's, Jamaican culture was still popular but, now, Drake and the Weeknd seem much more popular than any dancehall artist from Toronto.


In the UK, they have a genre called "grime" which sounds just like trap music today but with Patois thrown in and it's become really popular.

[Carlito's Way]

I don't know. I have some Black Canadian friends and they seem to follow African American culture much more than Jamaican culture. Maybe in the 90's, Jamaican culture was still popular but, now, Drake and the Weeknd seem much more popular than any dancehall artist from Toronto.

Black Canadians talk with a Jamaican influence, they do not sound like African Americans at all, they also use heavy Caribbean slang
they do follow African American culture but only when it comes to music, other than that, nothing else

ive been to Canada myself, and their overall major influence has been Caribbeans, not African American

In the UK, they have a genre called "grime" which sounds just like trap music today but with Patois thrown in and it's become really popular.

grime was created by Caribbeans and it contains Caribbean elements
UK are heavily influence by Caribbeans due to their large Jamaican population out there

I think you see the influence because African Americans were influence by Caribbeans especially from Jamaica, Trinidad and such places

[Joso]

Neither, they feel close to who is next to them, obviously

[Carlito's Way]

Neither, they feel close to who is next to them, obviously

i would say Yorubas, Yorubas have been visting Bahia over the years and Yorubas have influence Bahia culture

[Alvorada Potente]

They feel closer to other brazilians for sure.

[KMack]

They feel closer to other brazilians for sure.

That is what I would guess.

[Congolese Rice]

What do Afro-Brazilians feel most connected to? others of their own kind


just the same way a Afro-Caribbean doesnt feel connected to africans, because hes raised in caribbean culture, and not born in Africa, LOL. i consider myself half afro-caribbean too, not 21% west african, 15% ethiopian, 8% moroccan whatever the fuck im just a mulatto or afro-caribbean, simple as that. i feel most connected to my own people.

[Heather Duval]

They feel closer to other brazilians for sure.

This.