nayga yam

[Tropicana]

da name "naygah."

stereotypical reference to blakk butt dem chatt bout lower grade yam.

neva figgit wan missa chin woo use fe cawl peeps ole naygah. mii use fe chrow wurd wen non-blakk jamaicans chatt bout naygah ar ole naygah

Yes I know for example ole naygah...but what has that got to do with yam?

[j-kid]

If dem call it by ah derogatory name, ah doubt dat di upper crust people would ah nyam it. Tink back, memba wen wealthy people would tun up dem nose, an would not nyam dark bulla? Dem would ongle nyam,....correction eat, di light color bulla an call it "light cake" wen dem ah order it ah bakery.

so its was food of the ruling class and the name was handed down to the masses?and is jus speaky spokey when dem call it negro yam?

[j-kid]

Yuh naa follow di conversation too close are yuh? Di point is, dat di yam was called dat because ah racist mentality.

Yes I know for example ole naygah...but what has that got to do with yam?

[Tropicana]

How do you know that? What proof do you have of this?

[j-kid]

I tink yuh hav it backwards. What proof do you hav dat it was not? All di evidence srating yuh in di face, seem to conclude dat dem did. Yuh ah liv in denial?

Yuh need fi memba who owned di farms, an plantations.

[blugiant]

How do you know that? What proof do you have of this?

saww wan yaawd ooman cook sum tunn carnmeal fe ar doggs. ooman leff ar pot fe cool wan wanngah gut sneaked behind da ooman ann dish oww imm share. mii ask imm y imm nyamin dog food. imm told mii tunn carnmeal annoo dagg food

yam iss afrikkan wurd. naygah iss jamaican wurd fe describe stereotype blakks. so wen dem putt naygah in front aff da wurd yam dem a tell dat wat dem use fe used fe feed da enslaved afrikkans. slave language fram oyinbo oppressors dat blakk peeps still usinn widdout ovatandinn da racist connotations

[Tropicana]

ME in denial...surely you jest.

I do not know enough about the yam to be able to conclude why it was called naygah yam. Is the outside of the yam Black? I have yet to find a photo.

yam iss afrikkan wurd. naygah iss jamaican wurd fe describe stereotype blakks. so wen dem putt naygah in front aff da wurd yam dem a tell dat wat dem use fe used fe feed da enslaved afrikkans. slave language fram oyinbo oppressors dat blakk peeps still usinn widdout ovatandinn da racist connotations

I am sure the white people did not name it naygah...they would have said Negro. If the outside of the yam is black or dark brown (and no one has told me yet) then at the time the word Negro was not considered to be racist....it is today.

So enlighten me.

[Wahalla]

Naygah is I believe from some forgotten ancestors tounge means farmer......

I grew up eating Vincent it always comes out as a inverted Y..relatively shallow small .. Buttery in texture...the bush is small ..... It is the earliest reaped. Before Christmas....taw an mozella then yellow then renta.

Yam is too hard a crop to plant... The hills the sticks...the length of time to reap and the reaping..it is hard work.... Renta u dig an oil well to get them out...

The book My father Son Son Johnson..... Son Son was a farmer man who wife left I'm cause im never earn enough money from a farm....and his son stuck with him... He made his money back by planting 5 acre of yam...…thats a lot of digging....a lot of hills..

But unno know mi nutting nuh gun suh....

[blugiant]

Naygah is I believe from some forgotten ancestors tounge means farmer......

..

intarestinn take

mii awlso eard wan blakk man sed da origin aff da n-wurd wurd id da countee niger. so yuh tellinn mii naygah yam iss da farmer yam. natt sure mii buy dat

[Wahalla]

intarestinn take

mii awlso eard wan blakk man sed da origin aff da n-wurd wurd id da countee niger. so yuh tellinn mii naygah yam iss da farmer yam. natt sure mii buy dat

and the basis of the term Niger as in the river ,,meaning river of rivers ,, is a Tuareg word not the latinate word for black...... DYOR....

ehgerewey ni gerewen

the term Nay gah in o;d fashion patwa was meant as farmer... But wahalla is a sell out so im nuh now nutting.....

[j-kid]

Yuh sure dem would not sey n#gg*r?

I am sure the white people did not name it naygah...they would have said Negro.

[Tropicana]

Yuh sure dem would not sey n#gg*r?

Yes that is possible too.

[blugiant]

and the basis of the term Niger as in the river ,,meaning river of rivers ,, is a Tuareg word not the latinate word for black...... DYOR....

ehgerewey ni gerewen

the term Nay gah in o;d fashion patwa was meant as farmer... But wahalla is a sell out so im nuh now nutting.....

nah doubt yuh wahalla cah mii doan kno ann yuh knowledgeable pon certain tings dan mii ann mii respekk dat. mii teach mii yuths itt bettar fe sey dem doan kno sintinn dat fe act like dem kno wey dem doan know cah dat a sign aff real intelligence.

even iff itt mean farmer inn ole patwah didd dat wurd ariginated inn slaveree fe chatt bout ar describe da enslaved afrikkan farmers. naygah yam iss da yam grown bye naygah woo were afrikkans. iss naygah still da cheapest yam? itt remind mii aff wen ali ask y angel food cake was oyinbo ann devil food cake was blakk? itt like durinn slaveree inn merikka, da afrikkans woo took care aff oyinbo enslavers cows were cawl cowboys. oyinbo were cawlinn enslaved afrikkan men cow "boys" dose widdout knowledge aff dat miss seeinn da racism widd da term cowboys ann manee oyinbo now identifii demselves as cowboys. sum see cowboys as term aff endearment ignore dat racist histaree.

similar tings a gawn now widd da n-wurd dat manee oyinbo ann sum blakk ar embracinn as nan racist. mii saw red peeps, oyinbo ann missa chin inn ja cawl certain blakks ole naygah as a cuss. even iff naygah meant farmers inn ole patwah itt took on as racist coloration as inferior yam

suesumba a probably bawl dat onlee blu wood tunn good jamaica naygah yam inna racist sintinn inn ackee ann salt fish

since saltfish iss awlso a slave food itt was onlee a matter aff thyme

[j-kid]

People figet sey, years back wealthy people neva use tuh nyam ackee an salt fish. Ah jus likkle afta dem mek it di National Dish dat many upscale Jamaican restaurants, an rich folks start fi nyam ie.

[Tropicana]

People figet sey, years back wealthy people neva use tuh nyam ackee an salt fish. Ah jus likkle afta dem mek it di National Dish dat many upscale Jamaican restaurants, an rich folks start fi nyam ie.

Mi noh know nutten bout dis. My family has always served ackee and salt fish but then they did not grow up eating from high table.