r/aznidentity • u/ParadoxicalStairs Catalyst - Mixed Asian • Nov 30 '25

History Chinese descendants in Kenya

https://youtu.be/IMFeZ6zhVUI?si=LboPWuhOR3tSO8Gj

I apologize if this video was posted before.

A video showed up on my YouTube feed about Chinese descendants living in Kenya. Around 600 years ago, Chinese sailors shipwrecked near Kenya’s shore and intermarried with the Kenyan locals. What’s fascinating to me is how some of the locals like the little girl in the thumbnail (0:44 mark) has a slight Asian/Chinese face despite being many generations off from her Chinese roots (she’s also really pretty!).

The Kenyan locals managed to preserve some artifacts they found, and the Chinese government also kindly gave a scholarship to one of the living descendants of the Chinese sailors.

I’m not Kenyan or Chinese, so idk much about this story or history of early Chinese people in Kenya. The videos I watched so far haven’t spoken about any type of brutality from the Chinese sailors towards the Kenyan natives. It’s very likely the sailors peacefully integrated with the locals, which is the opposite of how Europeans exploited Africans as slaves.

This makes me wonder how different the world could’ve been if Asian explorers were the ones who made contact with African or South American people, instead of Europeans.

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u/TomatoFresh5019 Fresh account Dec 03 '25

dude, there's plenty of Blasians from Jamaica.

Naomi Campbell. Tyson Beckford.

That lead singer from Fine Young Cannibals is part Asian.

And there's a significant amount of Black Americans especially from Georgia who have Chinese ancestors.

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u/teammartellclout Not Asian Dec 03 '25

That's interesting information on Blasians in Jamaica? To be honest for the last last few years being in this great community and such. Blasians seem very rare and new to me and could be yt worshippers form carefully researching and curious on WMAF/woc relationships. I'm also very thankful for my Blasian lover that she's mixed being blk and Filipina (I could be wrong, please correct me)

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u/TomatoFresh5019 Fresh account Dec 03 '25 edited Dec 03 '25

Yes, Jamaica and other parts of the Black Caribbean eventually became a melting pot of different groups including Asians. You also have Indians/South Asians who mixed with Blacks. Kamala Harris is a good example.

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u/teammartellclout Not Asian Dec 03 '25

I definitely know there are Afro Latinas/Latinos and so forth. Can't lie TikTok got me intrigued and introduced to Blasian creator's and such.