How I found my African roots – Haitian author, Francoise Merus

Francoise Merus lived all her life in Haiti and the US of America.

She grew up in Haiti and schooled largely in America. The one cultures she knew had been that of the folks on the Caribbean Island of Haiti and the American folks till destiny took her on a journey that modified her life utterly.

“I’ve at all times seen myself as a Haitian till I took a DNA and found I’m really Ghanaian. My mother and father didn’t even know. I took an ancestry check and as soon as I came upon I went to Ghana. Black folks within the Islands are unaware of their African historical past. We’ve got to seek out out by means of testing and analysis, that’s the reason I actually need extra black folks from the Islands to seek out out their historical past. I informed my mother and father now they wish to know extra,” she revealed in a latest interview the place she talked about her ardour for Black love and Black excellence.

“I’m now on a mission to be taught extra about my roots and I wish to give again extra to Ghana. We’ve got such a painful historical past with slavery however I do know there’s extra to us than simply that. Additionally, I wish to share tales about Ghanaians and their love tales extra on my platform. I really feel a way of obligation to provide extra mild to my folks. My total outlook is on what slavery and separation has introduced on black peoples and it’s nonetheless happening. Take a look at how I needed to go digging to know extra about my roots. We should always all go digging to know extra about the place we come from. Additionally, Ghana is a really peaceable nation and I really feel so at dwelling. I’m very proud,” she added.

She admitted that there are cultures on the Island that replicate African ancestry however held that lots of the Island folks don’t see past what it seems to be.

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“There’s nonetheless an enormous disconnect. Many Island folks embrace the tradition however don’t go digging to know extra. There are lots of similarities however I needed to discover out my tribe which my mother and father didn’t know. We’re from the Ashanti tribe,” she mentioned.

Francoise Merus grew up in Haiti as a baby, then moved to Miami, Florida the place she completed highschool, then went to Barry College, additionally in , Florida the place she studied public relations

Three years in the past she created a neighborhood known as BlackLovePage.com. with over half 1,000,000 followers on Instagram. It’s a cultural web site celebrating black excellence and black love. She’s additionally an creator who had revealed 4 books about poetry and self assist. She has held lots of occasions and have performed so much in controlling the narrative about black love and black excellence.

Francoise can be a world traveler, serving to others to journey the world at reasonably priced charges by means of a platform she created known as TheUltimateTravelers.com. She’s a full time entrepreneur.

“I aspire to point out my people who with social media you may create a residing and earnings; comply with your ardour. I’m managing my Black Love Web page weblog web site full time the place I make a residing by means of operating adverts and I’ve memberships for wedding ceremony distributors and I attend weddings to assist them go viral” she enthused.