The 1619 Project

*Wɔatwerɛ nsɛm wei *'Asante Twi*' mu*

The 1619 Project yɛ abakɔsɛm mu abakɔsɛm mu nsɛm ho amanneɛbɔ adwuma a ɛtwe adwene si nnipa ne nsɛm a ɛkɔɔ so wɔ Amerika abakɔsɛm mu no so, a nea ɛka ho ne Patriots wɔ Amerika Ahemman no mu, Agyanom a Wɔhyehyɛɛ, ne Abraham Lincoln ne Union wɔ Ɔmanko no mu. Nikole Hannah-Jones, a ɔyɛ The New York Times, ne *[[:en:The New York Times Magazine|The New York Times Magazine]]* atwerɛfoɔ na wɔyɛɛ no. Ɛfa nkoayɛ ne United States asefoɔ ho asɛm. Deɛ edi kan a wɔtintimii wɔ adwuma no mu no baa *[[:en:The New York Times Magazine|The New York Times Magazine]]* a wɔtintimii wɔ Ɔsanaa bosome mu wɔ afe mpem-abien-na-du-nkron no mu. Adwuma no yɛɛ nwomasua nhyehyɛeɛ, a Pulitzer Center boaa no, a akyiri yi wɔde asɛm bi, nsɛm a ɛresisi, ne podcasts kaa ho. Adwuma yi abɛyɛ Amerika abakɔsɛm akodi mu asɛmti titire, na abakɔsɛm atwerɛfoɔ a wɔwɔ amanyɔsɛm mu benkum ne nifa nyinaa kasa tia no, na wɔn adwenem yɛ wɔn naa wɔ abakɔsɛm mu nokware no ho. Wɔ krataa bi a wɔtintimii wɔ *[[:en:The New York Times Magazine|The New York Times]]* mu wɔ Ɔpɛnimaa bosome wɔ afe mpem-abien-na-du-nkron mu no, abakɔsɛm atwerɛfoɔ Gordon S. Wood, James M. McPherson, Sean Wilentz, Victoria E. Bynum, ne James Oakes gyee "mmɔden biara a wɔabɔ sɛ wɔbɛka nkoasom ne nnipa mu nyiyim ho asɛm wɔ yɛn abakɔsɛm mu" no toom, na wɔkaa ho asɛm sɛ ɛyɛ "ɔmanfo som adwuma a ɛfata ayeyi na ɛho hia", nanso wɔkaa "n'adwene a emu yɛ den" wɔ "nneɛma a ɛho hia" bi a ɛwɔ adwuma no mu ho, na wɔsrɛɛ sɛ wɔnyɛ nsakrae wɔ nsɛm no mu. Nhomanimfo yi poo adwuma no mu asɛm a ɛne sɛ na nkoasom ho hia na ama Amerika Ahemman no adi kan. Bere a Jake Silverstein, The New York Times Nsɛmma Nhoma no so samufo, yii 1619 Adwuma no ano, na wampene sɛ ɔbɛyɛ nsakrae biara. Wɔ Kɔtɔnimaa bosome da mu a ɛtɔ so nnan wɔ afe mpem-abien-na-aduonu mu no, Pulitzer Prize boayikuo no bɔɔ amanneɛ sɛ wɔde mpem-abien-na-aduonu Pulitzer Prize for Commentary no rema Hannah-Jones wɔ ne kyerɛwtohɔ a ɔde fii ase no ho.

## Ɛho asɛm

Wɔhyɛɛ 1619 Adwuma ase wɔ Ɔpɛnimma mpem-abien-na-du-nkron mu de kae Afrikafoɔ a wɔdii kan yɛɛ wɔn nkoa a

wɔdii kan kɔɔ Britaniafoɔ atenaeɛ a ɛwɔ Virginia no. Wɔ afe 1619 mu no, Afrika nneduafoɔ a wɔn dodoɔ yɛ "aduonu ne kakra" baa Virginia Koloni no mu. Engiresi po so hyɛn bi a na ɛreyɛ adwuma wɔ Dutch ahyɛnsode krataa so, White Lion, faa Afrikafo aduonu - aduasa a na wɔakyere wɔn wɔ Afrika-Portugal asraafoɔ a wɔakɔto hyɛɛ Ndongo Ahennie a ɛwɔ nnɛyi Angola so no so, na ɔsii fam wɔ Point Comfort a ɛwɔ Engiresi mantam a wɔfrɛ no Virginia mu.

Ɛwom sɛ saa adwuma yi de saa bere yi gyina hɔ ma nkoasom wɔ United States amammerɛ mu de, nanso wɔn a wɔkasa tia no bi agye akyinnyeɛ. Wɔde Afrikafoɔ a wodii kan de wɔn yɛɛ nkoa no baa Amerika Atifi fam wɔ afe 1526 mu, na wɔde Europefoɔ nkoa a wɔyɛ Native Amerikafoɔ ayɛ wɔn nkoa wɔ Columbus berɛ so wɔ afe 1493 - 1494.

## Project ahodoɔ
Adwuma a wɔyɛeɛ no de nsɛmma nhoma no mu asɛm bi hyɛɛ nkoa a wɔsan de wɔn kɔɔ Amerika no abakɔsɛm mu, wɔ afe 1619 mu bere a nnipa a wodii kan de wɔn kɔɔ Virginia a na wɔyɛ nkoa no duu hɔ no. Saa kwan a wɔfa so ka nsɛm yi kyerɛ sɛ American abakɔsɛm fi ase wɔ 1776 mu, bere a wɔhyɛɛ Independence Declaration ase, a ɛmaa United States bɛyɛɛ ɔman no, anaa bere a Pilgrimfo baa hɔ wɔ 1620 mu no.

Adwuma no nyaa nkɔanim ntɛmntɛm, na ɛkaa nsɛmma nhoma no mu nsɛm pii, ne nneɛma a ɛfa ho wɔ Times nwoma afoforɔ mu, ne sukuu adesua nhyehyɛe a wɔyɛe wɔ Pulitzer Center no ne mu. Smithsonian mmoa so no, wɔfaa abakɔsɛm akyerɛwfo kuw bi ma wɔyɛɛ nhwehwɛmu, de yɛɛ adwuma, na wɔhwɛɛ nsɛm mu. Wɔyɛɛ adwuma no wɔ tebea no mu sɛ emu nsɛm no nyinaa bɛyɛ nea efi Afrika-Amerikafo a wɔboa, na wɔhwɛ sɛ tuntum akyerɛwfo no ani so yɛ asɛm no mu asɛnhia.

## Hwɛ nso

* Akra ahannan: Mpɔtam Abakɔsɛm a ɛfa Afrika Amerika ho, 1619–2019 (2021)
* 500 mfeɛ akyi (2005)
* Jamestown 2007
* 1776 Unites
* 1776 commission
* Voyages: Trans-Atlantic Nkoa Aguadiɛ Nsɛm a Wɔahyehyɛ
* Abakɔsɛm mu Nsakraeɛ
* 1836 Dwumadie

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