jenifer daniels ♎ :verified:from reddit /TIL: #TIL a family in Georgia claimed to have passed down a song in an unknown language from the time of their enslavement; scientists identified the song as a genuine West African funeral song in the Mende language that had survived multiple transmissions from mother to daughter over multiple centuries
Molly in Missouri@jentrification I imagine kidnapped humans singing this song, must have felt like their own burial. The families torn apart and the longing to be returned to their home. It's a joyous thing to be reunited now, but devastating to know generations suffered torture and murder before this song helped some find the homeland of their ancestors. Only liars claim people of the past didn't realize slavery was evil. Everyone always *knew* but justified it for money and power.
@whatzaname whew, you just said a word