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Re: Black Celebrities, What African peoples could they be from? by Busybody2(f): 7:07pm On Feb 04, 2009
grafikdon:

Rhianna with her massive forehead looks like lipsrsealed lipsrsealed lipsrsealed I can't say (But she's beautiful sha)

shocked shocked shocked Are you saying she has a lantern jaw grin lipsrsealed lipsrsealed lipsrsealed
Re: Black Celebrities, What African peoples could they be from? by NegroNtns(m): 5:39pm On Feb 06, 2009
Busy Body,

Your own na wah! grin make you go work for FBI.

Oya tell me where my babe from, Mary J Blige. . .

I think she be Nupe (Tapa) girl.
Re: Black Celebrities, What African peoples could they be from? by ezeagu(m): 12:17am On Feb 07, 2009
Olu Maintain and Colin Powell, of course he's a Yoruba man!  grin
Re: Black Celebrities, What African peoples could they be from? by ezeagu(m): 12:58am On Feb 07, 2009
Other Americans who look Igbo:
jackson 5, James Brown, Jackie Wilson, Billy Dee Williams, Timbaland, Missy Elliott, Mary J Blige and MC Hammer.
Re: Black Celebrities, What African peoples could they be from? by afiamanu(f): 6:07am On Feb 08, 2009
haha okayyy are y'all comparingg the celebrities to nigerian people or all of africa because personally i think your just grouping all the light skin stars as igbo and darker ones yoruba, but refering to the first page oof the thread i think solange should be categorized as being from southern africa specifically zimbabwe
Re: Black Celebrities, What African peoples could they be from? by ezeagu(m): 4:40pm On Feb 09, 2009
afiamanu:

haha okayyy are y'all comparingg the celebrities to nigerian people or all of africa because personally i think y[b]our just grouping all the light skin stars as igbo and darker ones yoruba[/b], but refering to the first page oof the thread i think solange should be categorized as being from southern africa specifically zimbabwe

Could you show me where I did that, thanks.
Re: Black Celebrities, What African peoples could they be from? by Busybody2(f): 4:51pm On Feb 09, 2009
afiamanu:

haha okayyy are y'all comparingg the celebrities to nigerian people or all of africa because personally i think your just grouping all the light skin stars as igbo and darker ones yoruba, but refering to the first page oof the thread i think solange should be categorized as being from southern africa specifically zimbabwe


No one is doing that at all wink Twas just that we found it hard to place Solange with her unique look cheesy


Negro_Ntns:

Busy Body,

Your own na wah! grin make you go work for FBI.

Oya tell me where my babe from, Mary J Blige. . .

I think she be Nupe (Tapa) girl.


Nah, she looks more like an Igbira to me grin grin grin
Re: Black Celebrities, What African peoples could they be from? by Busybody2(f): 4:54pm On Feb 09, 2009
ezeagu:

Other Americans who look Igbo:





Na true James Brown looks like someone you would call Cletus shocked but I disagree with Snoop Dogg being Ibo, when next you buy Suya, look at the man serving you well well, and then come and tell me what you think lipsrsealed lipsrsealed lipsrsealed
Re: Black Celebrities, What African peoples could they be from? by ezeagu(m): 1:16am On Feb 14, 2009
Busy_body:



Na true James Brown looks like someone you would call Cletus shocked[b] but I disagree with Snoop Dogg being Ibo, when next you buy Suya, look at the man serving you well well, and then come and tell me what you think[/b] lipsrsealed lipsrsealed lipsrsealed

grin grin grin grin grin grin grin grin
Re: Black Celebrities, What African peoples could they be from? by afiamanu(f): 12:56am On Feb 17, 2009
ezeagu:

Could you show me where I did that, thanks.

When I said you, I meant that collectively as a group

Rhiana looks like an Ibo girl.
Morris Chestnut looks Yoruba.
JenniferHudson looks like a Yoruba girl called Bose
R.Kelly looks Yoruba.
Brandy looks Igbo.
Chingy looks igbo

these are just a couple i found. But don't get me wrong I guess they could look like those nigerian sub-groups but there are other countries that these facial characteristics are found in more abundance
Re: Black Celebrities, What African peoples could they be from? by UNLEASHED(m): 12:58pm On Feb 17, 2009
Taye Diggs looks Yoruba, his twin bro, Kehinde is one of my classmates lol!
Re: Black Celebrities, What African peoples could they be from? by Nobody: 3:28pm On Feb 17, 2009
er. . .what tribe do you think these peeps are from  lipsrsealed cheesy lipsrsealed cheesy lipsrsealed cheesy

Re: Black Celebrities, What African peoples could they be from? by comfort3: 5:59pm On Feb 17, 2009
an igbo man and a calabar lady. grin
Re: Black Celebrities, What African peoples could they be from? by Nobody: 6:05pm On Feb 17, 2009
*comfort:

an igbo man and a calabar lady. grin

dede 1 will be so happy to hear you say that - even if osisi says otherwise
Re: Black Celebrities, What African peoples could they be from? by Ndipe(m): 9:54am On Feb 18, 2009
These celebrities (who are 100 percent black) are just three/four/five generations away from Africa, so why would anybody be surprised that they look like an African?
What are they expected to look like?
Re: Black Celebrities, What African peoples could they be from? by ezeagu(m): 12:36am On Feb 20, 2009
Ndipe:

These celebrities (who are 100 percent black) are just three/four/five generations away from Africa, so why would anybody be surprised that they look like an African?
What are they expected to look like?


As I stated before, I was just trying to get the post in a short title, I know their Africans.

afiamanu:

When I said you, I meant that collectively as a group

these are just a couple i found. But don't get me wrong I guess they could look like those nigerian sub-groups but there are other countries that these facial characteristics are found in more abundance

Well tell that to the study that shows that a lot of AA's are of Igbo descent.
Re: Black Celebrities, What African peoples could they be from? by KB1(m): 12:09am On Feb 21, 2009
All of these guys look straight Igbo.














[img]http://getsomespice.files./2008/11/ginuwine.jpg[/img]





Re: Black Celebrities, What African peoples could they be from? by ezeagu(m): 4:24pm On Feb 23, 2009
KB1:

All of these guys look straight Igbo.

Marques Houston is questionable.
Re: Black Celebrities, What African peoples could they be from? by comfort3: 7:32pm On Feb 23, 2009
:-x
Re: Black Celebrities, What African peoples could they be from? by ezeagu(m): 11:39pm On Feb 26, 2009
*comfort:

:-x

Re: Black Celebrities, What African peoples could they be from? by Busybody2(f): 12:48am On Feb 27, 2009
ezeagu:

Marques Houston is questionable.

I would have said Tupac and Ray-J looks Yoruba, and Kobe Byrant looks Hausa wink
Re: Black Celebrities, What African peoples could they be from? by Treetop20(m): 12:49am On Feb 27, 2009
just the title of this post is laughable cheesy cheesy cheesy
Re: Black Celebrities, What African peoples could they be from? by Busybody2(f): 12:51am On Feb 27, 2009
Negro_Ntns:

Busy Body,

Your own na wah! grin make you go work for FBI.

Oya tell me where my babe from, Mary J Blige. . .

I think she be Nupe (Tapa) girl.


On second thoughts, have you seen those Mallams that beg for alms chanting "bambi Allah . . ." Doesn't she look like the girls leading those Mallams cool


Treetop20:

just the title of this post is laughable cheesy cheesy cheesy

grin grin grin
Re: Black Celebrities, What African peoples could they be from? by Treetop20(m): 12:54am On Feb 27, 2009
Busy_body:


On second thoughts, have you seen those Mallams that beg for alms chanting "bambi Allah . . ." Doesn't she look like the girls leading those Mallams cool


grin grin grin
lol ray j looks like one of my uncles in Nigeria
how funny is that?
cheesy cheesy
Re: Black Celebrities, What African peoples could they be from? by ezeagu(m): 1:12am On Feb 28, 2009
Treetop20:

just the title of this post is laughable cheesy cheesy cheesy

Give a title or don't say anything at all.
Re: Black Celebrities, What African peoples could they be from? by ezeagu(m): 7:44pm On Mar 01, 2009
Yoruba
Re: Black Celebrities, What African peoples could they be from? by KB1(m): 9:14pm On Mar 01, 2009
ezeagu:

Yoruba



Yoruba?, cheesy Heeeelll, no!! You must be nearly blind to think she looks anything like a Yoruba girl.
Re: Black Celebrities, What African peoples could they be from? by ezeagu(m): 12:02am On Mar 02, 2009
KB1:

Yoruba?, cheesy Heeeelll, no!! You must be nearly blind to think she looks anything like a Yoruba girl.

To me Eve looks Yoruba . . . . . I don't know
Re: Black Celebrities, What African peoples could they be from? by lovelylady: 4:49am On Mar 12, 2009
This is an interesting topic. I still don't understand how you can look at a persons features and tell what tribe they came from.
Re: Black Celebrities, What African peoples could they be from? by davidif: 1:56am On Mar 16, 2009
Ray J and Reggie Bush look Yoruba.

By the way, Wesley Snipes looks my Dad and he happens to be my dad's favorite actor.
Re: Black Celebrities, What African peoples could they be from? by davidif: 1:58am On Mar 16, 2009
Eve looks igbo by the way.
Re: Black Celebrities, What African peoples could they be from? by ezeagu(m): 6:07pm On Mar 24, 2009
lovelylady:

This is an interesting topic. I still don't understand how you can look at a persons features and tell what tribe they came from.

I usually picture them speaking different languages and then see if they look like anyone I remember, then that's how I kind of get it.

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