#tutnese

We don't NEED to adopt African cultures to have culture because we already have a culture of our own.

We as African Americans are an ethnic group of our own. We have ties to Africa, yes, but we are not their extension. We are us. We have flags of our own for a reason

We have Tutnese, Gullah, and other creole languages. We are our own people and it is important to teach our people just what we are.

The schools won't teach us, so we have to learn and keep the stories and culture alive. We need to revive our stuff and reclaim what everyone else decided is not just ours.

Yes we have every right to gate keep, and we will. No you may not speak our languages, no you may not wear our hair.

You wanna be black until it's time to become strange fruit.

Our culture is real and deserves to be made known and respected. I stand on that and I will keep saying it until I see a change. I will proudly display my culture until I die, and I'll teach the next generations the importance of it all.

Tutnese

Hashesqualulo fufamum 👋🏾 ❗️

So I went down this rabbit hole after finding out that I come from the Soulaan people.

I’ve learned that our ancestors spoke a secret language or argot known as “Tutnese” or “Tut” for short.

Apparently, this is an actual language that our ancestors who were enslaved used to communicate with each other in private and to learn how to read.

I remember being told that tut was “fake” and just “a made up language.” (Mind you, all languages are made up, but I digress😅) However, this language was almost becoming extinct until Gloria McIlwain published her book on the tut language.

I’m currently self learning/ teaching this language, in hopes to communicate with my fellow Soulaan brothers and sisters.

I’ve been trying to find her book but only 1500 copies were made and sold in 1995. But once I get my hands on a pdf version it’s over😭

African Americans everywhere we have found a secret language our ancestors from slavery developed to keep between us so we can have dialects between each other . Would bring a sense of community .

A lot of us have been learning it fast in just a few days of knowing about it . It somewhat comes natural . We also have our own heritage flag . We create group chats and have a vetting process to make sure the people are African Americans only so we can learn between us