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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.34,0:00:01.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Friends
Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.72,0:00:02.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Loved ones
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.04,0:00:04.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brothers
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.31,0:00:07.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I welcome you all this Sunday
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.84,0:00:09.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today, I don't want to speak too long
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.39,0:00:11.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I'll talk a little about myself
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.93,0:00:13.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if I have time, I'll continue
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.82,0:00:15.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My name is Collins Agyeman
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.40,0:00:16.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But my house name
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.87,0:00:17.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or my Fante name
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.75,0:00:18.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is Papa Ekow
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.88,0:00:20.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My family calls me Ekow
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.78,0:00:23.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am 18 years old
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.20,0:00:24.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I am a Fante
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.98,0:00:26.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was born in America
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.51,0:00:28.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a city called New Orleans
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.60,0:00:31.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I lived in Ghana for about 8 years
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.49,0:00:34.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that's where I learned the Fante language
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.85,0:00:37.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right now, I go to Vanderbilt University
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.17,0:00:40.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the American city of Nashville
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.79,0:00:43.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I am majoring in History
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.11,0:00:44.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or how we say in Fante
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.29,0:00:45.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Abakosem
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.51,0:00:47.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm also studying the Arabic Language
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.28,0:00:52.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am very fascinated by all the languages in the world
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.18,0:00:55.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So one day, I decided that I would record a video
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.51,0:00:57.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And upload it to WikiTongues
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.34,0:00:58.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that the people will see that
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.94,0:01:01.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Fante are also here
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.53,0:01:06.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What many people don't know about the Fante language is
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.22,0:01:07.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No matter what
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.69,0:01:09.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,English is part of it
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.70,0:01:11.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even someone who has never been educated
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.96,0:01:12.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You will hear that
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.94,0:01:13.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When he's speaking Fante
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.98,0:01:15.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is a little English mixed in
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.09,0:01:19.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because if you look at the history of Ghana
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.51,0:01:20.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You will see that
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.44,0:01:22.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the olden days, where the Fante lived
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.80,0:01:24.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was near the sea
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.55,0:01:27.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's also where the British came from
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.20,0:01:29.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And while we're on the topic of the English
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.84,0:01:32.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You will notice that many Fante
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.49,0:01:33.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have English lastnames
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.06,0:01:35.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not everyone
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.04,0:01:37.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But many have English lastnames
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.97,0:01:40.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My own uncle is called Thompson
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.61,0:01:42.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And before my mother got married
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.05,0:01:43.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she was called Ghartey
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.08,0:01:46.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you see that there are many English names
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.21,0:01:48.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And also, there isn't just one Fante language
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.99,0:01:51.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The people of Cape Coast speak their Fante
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.53,0:01:53.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The people of Swedru speak their Fante
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.27,0:01:54.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The people of Gomoa speak their Fante
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.90,0:01:58.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Fante I'm speaking right now is known as Takoradi Fante
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.88,0:02:01.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the dialect spoken in the Secondi-Takoradi area
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.17,0:02:05.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everything I'm saying comes down to this
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.57,0:02:07.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you know your native langauge
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.35,0:02:08.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Never stop speaking it
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.84,0:02:10.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those of us who were born overseas
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.01,0:02:14.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are so many who can't even speak with their own extended family
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.47,0:02:16.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because they never learned the langauge
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.41,0:02:17.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nobody taught them
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.83,0:02:19.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So let's keep on teaching our culture
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.90,0:02:21.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our history
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.75,0:02:23.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and our language
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.52,0:02:24.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that in the future
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.93,0:02:26.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It remains
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.25,0:02:27.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Peace be unto you all