Random Acts of Blackness: TonyaTko Talks abt Trip 2 Africa

[ddenniscoleman3]

Not enough space. I feel like I'm writing an essay but this is my comment, I promise, LOL! Since Tonya that you're traveler and interested in visiting West Africa, I thought that book might be of interest to you. It has a catchy title called: Roots Recovered: The How To Guide For Tracing African-American and West Indian Roots Back to Africa and Going There For Free Or On a Shoestring Budget by James E. White, Esq. and Jean-Gontran Quenum, MBA.

[ddenniscoleman3]

Typo. Last comment, I lied! LOL!

[TonyaTko]

After ALL of that typed I felt I HAD to respond :-P

Thank you for taking the time to educate us on your experience as well as provide some resources for us to follow up iwith... I appreciate it.

-Tko

[ddenniscoleman3]

Thanks for the reply. Wish I can put smileys on this comment but I guess this will do.

[yourdreamgirl87]

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!

[ddenniscoleman3]

... I actually went to Ghana last year in the Spring and the funny thing about it was that unknowingly in hindsight I was going to the place of my recent ancestors and my father went there twice during his college years and had thought of living there.

[ddenniscoleman3]

Also, sorry for saturating up the comments section but I'm so passionate about this. Another EX: is that Haitians, who practice Voodoo, share a very similar link to the Vodun practiced in Benin. Most Haitian's ancestry link to the Bight of Benin (also known as the Slave Coast) which would include the countries of Benin and Nigeria.

[ddenniscoleman3]

I read a book called Slavery and African Ethnicities in the Americas that touches on how certain slaves of certain ethnic groups were sent to specific geograpical locations in the Americas and not at random. The documentation on certain ethnic markers were kept at times intact not only by slave or court records but also by the slaves themselves...

[ddenniscoleman3]

There's ways of figuring out when you're roots are. I did a DNA test on both my mother and father's sides indication that on my father's side I am of Akan descent in Ghana and on my mother's side of Tikar (Quincy Jones on his mother's side happens to be of Tikar descent as well), Hausa and Fulani descent in Cameroon...

[yourdreamgirl87]

HOW???? !!!! TELL ME MORE PLEASE, LOL

is there a website

[loki3965]

keep up the good work

[mercedes0602]

I loved this vlog and the way you talk to us as if we are walking with you! The random interrputions were so funny. You are right about feeling that commonality in Africa. On my first trips to Ghana and Liberia (both in West Africa), I was so overwhelmed (in a good way) by all of the black skin, black hair, and people who looked just like me! It's an amazing feeling and more people need to take that journey to Africa and around the world in general.

[dancerbx]

i just love ur videos =]

[slickslack7000]

Hi Tonya,

First time I've seen your walking vlog. All I can say is, AMAZING!!! You're so real, and it was very entertaining. Don't change a thing. You're one beautiful black woman!

I do need to know what camera you're using. The picture is so sharp, zoom so quick and you seemed to have no trouble carrying, aiming and just operating it in general for 25 minutes.

Love ya.

[drawde2004new]

Love you girl...Your videos are great! Ive been to the motherland too...last year..

[artistnme4life]

I enjoy all of your topis and especially the walking vlogs..I appreciate the time u take outt o do all that you do and share with us.You are a good speaker and seem to relate to many things.I feel like we think on the same wavelength and have similar things in common.I am saying all this to say thank you and I appreciate you.

[TonyaTko]

Okay Art..... How much do you want to borrow? You are butterin me up TOO good! :-P

-Tko

[Aiah19]

IDK if im mistaken or wat but u looook soooo familiar like i either saw u on tv or in person..WAS u on a show called GET THE HOOK UP??????

[EatSmartAgeSmart]

Tonya I enjoyed your video so much that I had to post a video comment. I hope you'll enjoy it!

[ImpatientDieter]

OMG, you look like you're 15! Looking great! I'm going to do a video soon about your shea butter cream. Everyone is asking about stretch marks And you are the friggin authority on that. Your skin is amazing!

[erjanica25]

I've been to West Africa before. (Ghana, Togo, Benin, Burkina Faso) actually I lived in Ghana for almost a year. I'm actually gonna be heading back soon. Drop me a note if you have any questions. Love your videos!!!

[DrewryOnlineLive]

TonyaTKO needs to do some "Midnight Cardio"..LOL

[joshipoo16]

omg tonya! havent left a comment or watched you in ages! Looking gorgeous! keep up the great work. love josh from australia

[mecrabmen]

I LOVE YOU TONYA TKO

[FlyJayCeezy]

Too cute, LOL! Distractions, distractions..."african booty", "choppin' up the trees", "lord have mercy!"...candy day in the park", "Oh wow look! this is like the sparkly stuff","...barney rubble- so anyway right?", "look at this sista gettin' hers in", "dust on my lense?", "He got the pep in his step". LOL, very attentive and entertaining as usual!

[merob89]

lool

[merob89]

tonya y9ou seen sketcho

[4thletta]

Nice blog, but you might have ADD. LOL

[BreadWinner06]

You're gorgeous, by the way my father is nigerian and you do have the look kind of.

You get distracted VERY VERY easily lol : )

its ight though, its cute when you do. im definetly featuring this on my page.

[BreadWinner06]

its gathers boo gathers, men are the hunters

[clickclopclack]

was there a rabid Racoon eating corn on the cob

why she gathering leaves did you find her

[PClaytonHuggins]

I usually enjoy your walking vlogs. this one was a bit frustrating. I found what you had to say about the vibes human beings give off to be soo fascinating that I kept getting frustrated by all the little self-interruptions...and usually I find them entertaining, for some reason I found it a distraction today. Your perspective on life and how you see your experiences are always interesting and worth listening to.

Oh, by the way we in Nevis are linguistically from Northern Nigeria...

[AlwaysBeMyThunder21]

Ou ive been to central park! its soo nice there!! :D lol that guy matched his ball! that was hilarious!

[NativeOfAfrica]

you made my day Tonya

[jjay226]

how do you spell the man name she says from 1:33 to 1:35?

[TonyaTko]

Who Lou Ferrigno?

-Tko

[zheahra]

Hey, Tonya,

Girl, I'd like to go walkin' with you (like I could keep up). You know the "hunks" come out while you're doin' your walkin' vid. Yes, I lov me a dark man and the deeper the dark skin the more beautiful it is. I use to walk into my dad in the dark and he would get so mad at me. I wouldn't see him unitl I bumped into him. He is a beautiful man. I just love to look at my skin against a man with darker skin. I'm fair and tan well but not the same.

Love the vid,

Zheahra

[jagjagin]

"get out of the way old man" that was rude, lol

[foreveropti79]

The walking vlogs are better because, it's funny how off-topic you can get with the all the different people you're interacting with. And the eye candy helps.

[MsDivaOneLuv812]

The felled trees are from the storm earlier this week.

[truwoman01]

19:50 LOL ah he!

[brnize1969]

i love, love your walking vlogs.

[ReviveUK]

Y'know, my uncle was the 1st in the fam to come to the UK from Jamaica...and the 1st to leave...he realised he and a lot of his comrades had lost their spiritual sunshine after a few yrs of being here...through the climate, racism and just those long dark winters we have .....that sparked him to get quick on the ship back home

[tofupooh]

youre so funny and fun to listen to, i love how distracted you get by everything in the middle of your stories lol!

[graycious3]

i live upstate ny they were talking about tornado forces in central park area girl mother nature happened black people are called children of the sun

MotherNature know all

[pslovekrystal]

guy around 11:50 waves!

hi random guy! and tonya you are very intertaining and educating! thank you

[lunaone]

LMAOOO at 19:50 - 20:00

[cassie120962]

Wow, Tonya

I was worried about you the other day. There was a severe storm that swept thru the park. And the first thing I thought about was you because that's where you do your vlogs.

At 19:50 of your vid, was funny with the older lady creeping up behind you and then she let out that little laugh.

[TonyaTko]

Oh lord! I didnt even know that there had been a storm that bad that had swept thru. Im over there all dumbfounded

Yeah that woman creeping up looked like something from a horror movie

-Tko

[freeverb]

TKO: A guy who worked at Google got hit in the head from a falling dead branch during a walk in Central Park and is in a coma.

I think they're cutting down the trees to close the barn door after the horse has galloped off.

[TonyaTko]

Freeverb, is this an urban legend? What horse? What barn door? This sounds like a ghost-tale :-p

Either that, or Im really lucky to be here :)

-Tko

[yagurlnell]

I've been to the Door of No Return and it really is an emotional experience. I cried for like two hours and I am NOT a cryer!!! It's just like....you have no control. It honestly was surreal and so many emotions come over you. That place like speaks to you, and the sound sound of the ocean. It SOOO rough, almost angry. But it was amazing! Wonderful video Tonya. Stay blessed!

[shadowpond5]

You are AWESOME Tonya! I am IN LOVE with that BEAUTIFUL lip gloss (it shows off your eyes and hair) where did you get and what brand is it? Thanks!

~shadowpond5

[lunaone]

Thanks for sharing your travel stories. :)

[shojinstudios]

For the first time in a long time I have no idea what this vid was about I was lost 2 minutes in, but I do feel refreshed from such a hardy walk!

[TonyaTko]

Whats the first word in the title Shojin? LOL! the vid is random. Im just telling a story.

-Tko

[shojinstudios]

LMAO!!!!! U know I LUV me some Tonya Vloggin!

[derekandkeyasha01]

We are cloaked in the dark for a reason....we can hide from the enemy, feel me...lmao!!

[TheJazz20]

wow you acturally hold your camere for 24mins man tonya you super tonya

[krenzzzo]

1. I was in LA when an Egyptian waitress that was "Blessed in the back" like that was talking to me. I fell in love..no, I don't remember what she looked like...

2. Don Cornelius would have proud of your comment @ 8:39.

3 Dwayne Johnson running???

4. Refugees

5. Do you see auras?

[policeboy1288]

hahaha omg how you love your lip-gloss

[ultravulva]

and i will never crackbook or tweet. What's wrong with the website!?

[ultravulva]

#1. The leaf gathering woman could have easily been someone like me who likes to press leaves and small flowers to make stationary out of.

#2. The uprooted tree gave me flashbacks of hurricane Katrina , except imagine 2/3 of all the trees surrounding you in that condition and hitting th ground like bombs all over.

#3. How you gonna tell that old man to get out of the way so you could see brawny dude LOL

#4. You sounded like my Grandma talkin' 'bout keep yaself still, she'd say that to me.

[ankae76]

I grew up in Kenya it is BEAUTIFUL ..................different places are different for different things .............. its beautiful everywhere . I appreciate traveling and seeing new things

[africanTHEfire]

the cloaking in the darkness..maybe for more efficient hunting back in the tribal savannah days?

[brain96969]

I cant wait to go to Africa to learn to play drums and show the beauty of Africa through my art pictures :)

[TheMsboo35]

hi tonya,im trying 2 watch ur video...there is a problem.try again later.

[Pannef]

Haha, I love you Tonya. All your comments on men are just hilarious. I love how you appreciate them.

I was lucky though to get to go to Ghana and Togo when I was fourteen and fifteen. It was a very spiritual experience. Even though I'm white by their standards, everyone there just accepted me.

[pinker90]

can you make a video on your skin care routine?

your skin is sooo pretty!

[crayola342]

its the shea butter, duh

[TonyaTko]

I've actually been using the natural golden vitamin e oil on my face getting ready to sell it to you all... so I wanted to test it again. Im surprised that you all can see a difference! WOW! I really have to get this into you all's hands!!!

-Tko

[gothfreakgurl]

you always make me laugh

[upallhours9]

Nice Descriptions LMAO!

You look pretty fine in or out of the sun :-)

[ItsMattsWorld]

cool vid