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Wednesday, December 8, 2021

African American YouTube Vlogger Mansa Mayne Visits South Africa In December 2021 In Spite Of Covid-19's Omicron Variant



Mansa Mayne, Dec. 8, 2021

Trying Cow Intestines for the first time in South Africa πŸ˜…
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As of Dec. 8, 2021 at 10:30 PM EDT this video had 
122,991 views and 2,134 comments.

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Edited by Azizi Powell

Latest update: December 25, 2021 

This pancocojams post showcases a Dec. 8, 2021 YouTube video of African American YouTube reaction music vlogger Mansa Mayne who is visiting South Africa.

This post also includes biographical information about Mansa Mayne. In addition, selected comments from that embedded video's discussion thread are presented in this pancocojams post.

The content of this post is presented for historical and sociocultural purposes. 
I consider the visit of an African American vlogger who has a large South African following to South Africa during the omicron pandemic to have both historical significance and socio-cultural ramifications.

Thanks to Mansa Mayne for raising awareness about contemporary South African and other contemporary African music among people in the United States and other people throughout the world. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post.
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Click the "Mansa Mayne in South Africa" tag and other tags for earlier pancocojams posts about those subject.

My apologies. I mistakenly gave Mansa Mayne's name as "Mansa Musa" in the title for this pancocojams post, but I corrected that mistake almost a day after publishing this post.

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ICOMMENTS ABOUT THE FOCUS OF THIS PANCOCOJAMS POST
Mansa Mayne in a young African American who is the host of a YouTube vlog (video log) where he reacts to YouTube music videos. That vlog encourages reactions to that same video from its subscribers and others watching his vlog, and also encourages people to share which other songs he should react to next. Mansa Mayne is highly regarded by many South Africans in large part because his vlog mostly focuses on contemporary secular South African music, especially Amapiano music/dance. Many South Africans are also fans of Mansa Mayne because of his personality and his enthusiasm for the contemporary South African music scene.

I base these conclusions on South Africans' comments on his YouTube vlog, including the discussion thread for this embedded video. (That vlog also has a number of non- South African subscribers and non African subscribers, including African Americans like me.)  South Africans' high regard for Mansa Musa is probably  also demonstrated by their participation on Mansa Musa's instagram account. However, I don't have an IG account and have no direct knowledge of Mansa Musa's or anyone else's instagram account. 

The focus of this pancocojams post is on the discussion thread for this embedded video/vlog much more than on the video itself. Mansa Mayne shot that video and -as the video shows & some commenters in that discussion thread testify- he isn't experienced in doing the type of vlogging that is based on camera shots.

I read all of the comments as of this date & time (Dec. 8, 2021, mostly ending around 10:30 PM EDT and a few comments from Dec. 8, 2021 that I read and added in the early morning of Dec. 9, 2021.) I recognize that a discussion thread compilation of selected comments that is made by anyone else would be different than any that I make. Almost all of the comments in this video's (vlog's) discussion thread are about Mansa Mayne's visit to South Africa.

There are some socio-political comments about South Africans' relationship with/opinions about Nigerians and other socio-political comments that I purposely didn't include in this compilation.  I also didn't include any examples of the multiple comments asking Mansa to visit other African countries since he is now in Africa. The only comments that I made sure to include in this pancocojams compilation were those that refer to Covid-19 itself, and/or Covid preventative measures such as wearing a mask, and/or the United States (or other nation's) travel ban/restrictions on people coming from South Africa because of the new Covid variant.

My guess is that Mansa Mayne chose the "Mansa" part of his name from the historical "Mansa Musa". The word "Mansa" was the title of the ruler of the Islamic West African empire of Mali (c. 1280 – c.1337). "Mansa" means "ruler" and/or "priest-king". The name "Musa" means the same thing as the name "Moses". Click https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mansa_Musa for more information about Mansa Musa.

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NOTE ABOUT COVID-19 & TRAVEL BANS 
Since this post is about travel to South Africa during this phase of the Covid-19 pandemic, I'm including this quote from the United States CDC that was included in this Dec. 8, 2021 article: https://news.yahoo.com/cdc-now-advises-against-travel-160857998.html

"Do not travel internationally until you are fully vaccinated," the CDC advises. "Fully vaccinated travelers are less likely to get and spread COVID-19. However, international travel poses additional risks, and even fully vaccinated travelers might be at increased risk for getting and possibly spreading some COVID-19 variants.

This week, the United States implemented a new policy requiring all international travelers, including U.S. citizens, to show proof of a negative COVID-19 test taken within one day of their flight, regardless of their vaccination status.".

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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION ABOUT MANSA MAYNE
Mansa Mayne is the screen name for an African American male cultural influencer via his instagram account and his YouTube channel.  Mansa's YouTube channel consist of him reacting to music videos which he shows on his screen and which he is seeing for the first time.

Mansa Mayne doesn't have a Wikipedia page and biographical information about him is difficult to find. However, I found the following biographical information about Mansa Mayne on 
https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/reaction-videos-are-helping-uk-rappers-reach-a-us-audiencebut-could-marketing-money-spoil-that/ "Reaction Videos Are Helping UK Rappers Reach a U.S. Audience
Could marketing money spoil that?" by Will Pritchard, July 30, 2019
…."Louisville, Kentucky’s Tremayne Yocum, 25, spends his time outside of work filming reactions to UK rap videos under the moniker Mansa Mayne. Yocum originally launched his channel in April 2018 to document the growth of his dreadlocks. Within a few months, one of his UK-based subscribers, Dan Gill, sent him a message suggesting he respond to British rap. Per Gill’s recommendation, the YouTuber started surfing key UK rap channels like GRM Daily and Link Up TV, looking for tracks to include in reaction videos. As he embraced the format, his subscriber numbers grew from hundreds to thousands—and the most dedicated among them had plenty to say. “I’ll be honest with you,” Yocum says with a chuckle, “I had no type of knowledge of UK music. It was so bad because I was pronouncing people’s names wrong, and I would hear about it in the comments section.”

While Yocum maintains that his channel is mostly about entertaining people, he also acknowledges that his videos provide a platform for UK artists to reach a broader audience. “Somebody like me, I’d never heard of these artists before,” he says, referring to rappers like Fredo, Dave, and Stormzy, “but now I know other Americans who’ve heard of them because of me.”…
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At some point, Mansa Mayne began to focus almost exclusively on YouTube videos of South African music, especially Amapiano music videos. As a result of that focus, Mansa Maynes' YouTube vlog has a lot of South African followers. Those subscribers even gave him the South African name "Tshepo" (a Sotho language name meaning "hope", "trustworthy", "reliable").

According to various commenters, sometimes in 2019 Mansa promised his vlog's subscribers (known as "Maniacs") that he would visit South Africa. And in spite of the new Covid-19 variant that South African researchers announced was in that nation and in spite of the United States' ban on travelers arriving from South Africa, Mansa arrived in that country on December 7, 2021. 
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Click https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4THo2dsJPY&ab_channel=MansaMayne for a March 5, 2021 Mansa Mayne vlog titled "
Reacting to my @TrendingSA SABC 3. Interview!". "SABC 3".

Here's information about SABC 3 from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SABC_3
"SABC 3 (stylised as S3) is a South African free-to-air television network owned by the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC). It carries programming in English and, as of April 2009, Afrikaans"...
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That March  5, 2021  vlog shows the early 2019 virtual interview that Mansa Mayne on the South African television talk show "TrendingSA" . (Mansa was in the USA for that interview). Commenters on that video's discussion thread wrote that this talk series is very highly regarded and that show was seen by millions of people throughout the nation of South Africa.

That March 2021 vlog confirms all of the information that was given in that pitchfork.com article which is quoted above (including Mansa Mayne's "government name"), and it also adds more comments from Mansa Mayne about how his vlog became centered around South African music. The large number of comments in that discussion thread from South Africans exhorting him to visit that nation probably helped motivate Mansa Mayne to make that visit in December 2021, inspite of the Covid-19 pandemic and the travel warnings the United States Center for Disease Control (CDC) made about travel to South Africa and to various other nations around the world.   

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SELECTED COMMENTS FROM THE DISCUSSION THREAD OF THIS EMBEDDED VIDEO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4hhppkYrVc&ab_channel=MansaMayne

All of these comments are from Dec. 8, 2021. These comments are given with very few explanations. 
Numbers are added for referencing purposes.

1. Angong Brenda
"Welcome to Africa"

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2. SerA BoY De GlorY
"Welcome to South Africa bro πŸ’―πŸ˜"

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3. Kgaugelo Makgakga
"πŸ”₯πŸ”₯mansa in the building"

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4. Xoli M
"Welcome πŸ™πŸ½πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ’―πŸ’―You coming to Soweto ??"

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5. Da vibes with Slash
"Where in Johannesburg are you?"

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6. 
πŸ’―that_kid_canon
"Ur in sandton bro, wen are pulling up in da hood of Soweto"

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7. Onica Matidze
"Wow! Mansa r u really home in Africa South Africa wooow! stil in disbelief,u n i bn together from de beginning,soo much love for u my brother,God bless u,n may de spirit of yo african ancestors guide n richly bless u,may dey protect de son of de soil,on behalf of all South Africans n Africans i welcome u forever"

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8. Richard Mashigo
"The fact that you here in S.A, while there's a travel ban on us Due to the omicron variant, I respect you bro I hope you enjoy yourself here ........."

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9. Thabang Matsela
"Mansa is  having the ultimate South African experience, not all the Americans that go to Cape Town and assume thats all that SA has to offer"


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10. R Singo
"No activity ? No site seeing? These guys ain't taking you places mus πŸ€”"

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11. W
endy Nkomo
"So you came during omicron, you must really love SAπŸ€”πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚, I thought everyone was scared to come here"

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12. Wazir Dawood
"Mansa is Famous out here in South Africa, he's noticed by Random people, Now thats Respect"

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13. chun kaybee
"Crazy how many people actually recognize mansa"

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14. Permie James
"He's so down to earth... OMG, his attitude towards the fans who come across him πŸ₯Ί wow ❤πŸ’―πŸ”₯"

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15. 
Khethokuhle Mapumulo
"Welcome to Mzansi Durban are waiting for you"

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16. Nomathemba Melaphi
"It's so heartwarming to see people recognising you @Mansa Mayne just like that I mean it shows they are following you and enjoy your content keep up the good work you have no idea how happy we are that you have finally arrived you could swear you are here to visit us personally. The fact that you are in SA πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦ it's good enough for us we would like you to have the best of fun.❤"

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17. Rachel Mashego
"South Africa loves you mansa"

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18. n X m
"It's crazy what the internet does.... Globalisation"

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19. Sine Good
"
this is a whole vibe . enjoy bro!"

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20. JAY CARNELL
"Been waiting on this mug for lord knows how long bro I've been watching you since 2019 I'm disappointed you ain't coming to Durban I know next year you gonna turn up"

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21. TOP 10 AFRICA
"Mansa please go clubbing, malls, tourist attraction places"

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22. Musicology
"Bro this time of the year ,you don't need a jersey...it be blazing"

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23. nomfuneko nosilela
"
Nice vlog, welcome home Mansa. Only so you know, it's not compulsory but as a sign of Ubuntu when we enter the elevator we do greet whoever is already inside. You don't necessarily have to know them. Enjoy the rest of your stay"

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24.Cooking Music
"Mad respect for you Mansa, and all the South Africans showing you love."

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25. Asanda Sibiya
"Yall want some hand sanitize " "

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26. 
Jayden Andrews
"I was suprised Mansa wasn't that scared of the foodπŸ˜‚

And they fed the food to him SA style.. with your hands.. one plate.. and a lot of gents eating from that plateπŸ˜‚πŸ”₯"

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27. Minni Universe Enhle
"Right??πŸ˜‚"

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28. 
karabo karabo
"That's the way g"

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29. Karabo Moganetsi
"ACTUALLY WASNT ONLY AN SA STYLE ITS A BANTU STYLE FRIEND WE DO THE SAME EVEN IN BOTSWANA"

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30. Jayden Andrews
"@Karabo Moganetsi   I get your point.. but I had no knowledge of that.. thus I said SA style cause that's what we do here... I didn't imply that it's an SA only thing.. If that's what you were thinking"

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31. Refiloe Comakae
"@Jayden Andrews  he is in SA so it's SA style."

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32. Mel
"@Karabo Moganetsi  we do the same in Namibia.They actually  gave him the real african experience that most AA's or euro tourists never gets to experience."

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33. TEE
"Mansa is there eating and everyone is taking pictures and videos😭😭✋🏾poor guy πŸ’€"

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34. ntosh NXT
"All these guys are youtubers they were  probably making their own vids for their channels."

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35. QuinMissGT
"
Here for the tea😊πŸ₯°❤❤#love from SA❤❤"
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“tea” = African American Vernacular English term for "gossip", "inside scoop (information)"

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36. Benevolence Moyo
"
I don't think mansa knows how famous isπŸ˜”"

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37. Sisasenkosi Nkomo
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"Bro just eat, if we tell you now you won't eat"🀣🀣🀣"

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38. Cebo88
"It's tripe, not cow intestines, my goodness. You have something similar in your country and it's called chitlins."

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39. Ntsika Mhlanga
"I'm proudly south African, and have never eaten that"

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40. World Wide2
"
Cow intestines are not for the weak in heart🀣🀣

Even me as a South African I’m not big in cow intestines"

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41. nobuhle dlamini
"
I was scared for him, coz it was his first time, this food can upset ur stomach when it ur first time. but I'm happy you tried it."

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42. ctrl
"Can we all please put mansa maynes girl in prayers as mansa visits and gets surrounded by those irresistible amapiano shawties . πŸ˜‡πŸ™πŸ™"

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43. Nonhlanhla Nunsy
"
πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚"

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44. 
Sello Ngoepe
"Kept smiling the entire 33min.If this isn't hospitality then I don't know.South Africa loves you and thanks for being the man of your word for finally visiting the mother land.bless up"


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45. Phumulani Malatji
"Welcome to S.A bruh  hope u enjoy   though u got a good company  so u definitely safe hope I bump into youπŸ•ΊπŸ•ΊπŸ•Ί anyway  hope we get to that 500k followersπŸ’― peace✌"
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As of Dec. 8, 2021, Mansa Musa has 481,000 subscribers on his YouTube vlog and has a caption below his video summary that he is on the road to 500,000 subscriptions.

** 46. Bontle Cebekulu
"
I really didn't think you were gonna come, thank you bro"

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47. Ziyanda Nkalitshana
"Wait whoa, what is Mansa’s African name?? Cause he needs to be addressed by it now!!😭🀣🀣"

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48. Reotshepile Moeng
"We call him Tshepo πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦ phela he's one of us πŸ˜πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦"

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49. Anna Monyamane
"
Our very own celebrity

Tshepo Mayne πŸ”₯πŸ€—"

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50. G 421
"
Mansa lowkey a celebrity out here in SAπŸ˜†πŸ‘Š..enjoy yourself broπŸ’―

Holla when you touch down in CPT"

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51. Tall Nikk The Gamer
"Bro didn't greet in the elevator 😹😹"

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52. pamela .m
"
Do you greet in the elavator? πŸ˜‚"

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53. Thabiso Khumalo
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@pamela .m  You are supposed too. It's called respect 🀣"

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54. pamela .m
"
Sometimes they dont even greet back but ayt i hear you πŸ˜‚"

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55. Tall Nikk The Gamer
"
Not as in hello but a wave nyana😹😹🀷🏽‍♂️angithi he's American thine vele we dont greet"

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56. Thabo Merane
"
You are not a visitor bro you are a South AfricanπŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦welcome home Mansa♥️"

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57. TK-X Animations
"
I never knew you loved our country this much"

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58. Just Whitney
"Mansa is in South Africa and we are all excited πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦. We all just want to see you have a great time and experience south africa with all it has to offer and create great memories.

Here are a few pointers  for the guys who are hosting you:

1. Organize Mansa a videographer so he doesn't have to worry about vlogging and trying to be present

2. Prepared an itinerary for him ( Let Mansa experience South Africa in all of it's diversity.

3. Give Mansa time to rest as well- The time difference alone is already throwing him off.

4. Let's not overwhelm him with doing too much in a day, e.g podcasts and so forth and promoting brands he doesn't know. Let's give him time to slowly adjust to S.A

5. Let's give Mansa his Private Space at the apartment - his apartment should really be off limits. I felt really uncomfortable when everyone was at Mansa apartment chilling inside of exploring JHB.

Let's make Mansa feel at home!!

Mansa is shy you can clearly see in the videos. I'm sure there's certain things he didn't like but didn't say because he didn't want to be rude..

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59. Palesa Mogorosi
"
You're very observant, I noticed the same things. I feel like he's being overwhelmed. I understand they're excited and all but damn...πŸ˜«πŸ˜‚"

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60. MELENY MEL
"Thank you for the observations 😍 they should definitely keep that in mind"

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61. 
Nkululeko Linda
"
Surely mansa will miss the motherland as soon as he departures πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚ it rock in mzansi please take him to the midnight club"

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62. Palesa Mogorosi
"Trust South African boys to be the mini-Americans. They now also wear durags? Claps once! Amen πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚"

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63. Nelly Buru
"Durag has been a thing njeπŸ˜‚"

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64. BeautybyPhumi
"Not amen 🀣🀣🀣"

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65. Palesa Mogorosi
"Hayi nithanda izinto zabantu, niyasithusa....ngapha it's the accents Nkosi yami
πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸƒπŸ½πŸƒπŸ½️.

 

It's cool though"
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Google translate from Xhosa to English:
“No you love people's stuff, you scare us .... over here it’s the accents  My Lord”

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66. music
"
Nice to see Mansa in SA. Why you guys South Africans also sound like Americans when u talk?

🀣🀣🀣 dead"

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67. Luzo ll
"
Imagine him on the macg podcast πŸ”₯"

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68. Khwezi Sitwayi
"
No Cap I want to see Mansa Mayne at Mac G's Postcat[Biggest Potcast in SA]"
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"No cap" is an African American Vernacular English phrase that means "no lie".  

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69. Talk with the Big R
"These boys has failed the first day of Mansa to properly introduce him to the culture. I couldn't see the food (Mogodu) and the whole trip is about them jumping like hip hop artist. Ey fellas do better the next couple of days otherwise you'll have failed as hosts"

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70. Sabzamatic Khumalo
"
Guys you can give Mensa a very dope experience. take him to the hood to try the food, Iskobo, etc. tour to Vilakazi street, Hector Peterson Museum, Apartheid Music to learn more about South African  History, Take him to Union Buildings, etc.  Groove in the hood there are nice dope clubs in the hood before you can do Taboos and stuff, invite him to your homes to meet your families, cook nice Sunday Koos and invite him for lunch, braai meat, drive him around to meet people who can teach him more about being African and Black our socio-economic. visit gold reef City, Zoo. chill in the hood let him try Black label, Castle. Hansa Heineken, Stout Ngudus .... ahhh guys there is a lot you can do maan ,let the guy learn and know more about his heritage its not only about fun but also knowledge that he can take back and share, Don't disappoint please."

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71. 
Zoe Tyatya
"it doesn't seem like Mansa Mayne is having fun for me. The didn't welcome him well enough marn. And people weren't themselves too they were wanna bees"

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72. Bheki Nkosi
"S/O to Nochill and his friends for the warm welcome but you need to rest a bit bor and maybe get a proper tour guide to show you around. You not getting the experience for you Vlog"
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"S/O" is an abbreviation of the African American phrase which means "Shout out"

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73. Bonolo Nkwana
"
You should've gone to more serious places πŸ’”"

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74. Daniel Tebogo
"Guy  need to leave soon as possible, airports soon going to closeπŸ€•πŸ€•πŸ€•"

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75. Deez Nuts
"Collab with Julian albino he's in Capetown"
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Julian Albino is an African American YouTube vlogger. 

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76. sthombe nkosi
"
I like dis, mansa is a real african bro"

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77. Olwethu Ncaphayi
"
What’s the point of having the mask if y’all aren’t even wearing them properly. I’m excited you’re in SA Tshepo but be careful or they won’t let you back in the US"
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Throughout most of the video Mansa Mayne wore his face mask on his chin (and not over his mouth and nose). Almost all of the other people in the video didn't have a mask or wore their mask on their chin. They also didn't practice social distancing. 

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78. Nomawethu Mvinjelwa
"
I'm so worried about the crowd circle.  Not feeling comfortable"

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79. Njayam
"
Next time don't walk alone in the street holding that cam..we got some crazy snatchers out there and they fast!! But then, welcome home cuz,I hope you come to Limpopo if you come back to SA...wanna show you some witches and teach you how to ride a donkey trailer"

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80. Lefa Molete
"Yo Mansa, ask the homies about MacG"

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81. Destiny Okeke
"
You should do street interviews if you can"

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82. Simon Bongani Mlombo
"I cannot believe this young Americans think about South Africa πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦

πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦πŸ’―πŸ’―πŸ’―πŸ’―πŸ’―πŸ’―πŸ’―πŸ’―πŸŒπŸŒπŸŒπŸŒπŸŒπŸŒπŸŒπŸ–€πŸ–€πŸ–€πŸ–€πŸ–€

πŸ–€πŸ–€πŸ–€πŸ–€πŸ–€πŸ–€πŸŽΆπŸŽΆπŸŽΆπŸ‘‘πŸ‘‘πŸ‘‘πŸ‘‘πŸ‘‘πŸ‘‘πŸ‘‘πŸ‘‘"

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83. raymond sebeela
"
Tshepo welcome to Jozi. please while you on tour of our city please show the people back home how much your dollar stretches here"

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84. 
Moipone
"He is a sweetheart...he loves South Africa and the feeling is mutual❤"

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85. Sihle Gova
"
Hi Mansa... I think you did yourself a disservice by allowing these kids to be your tour guides. I got nothing against them... But their not giving you the real experience e.g for Mgodu they should've taken you to Alex so you can also experience the kasi life. They should given you atleast 1 experience of what it's like to ride a taxi in S.A. These kids will only show Sandton and all these bujy places but you won't get the 'real' South African experience... Right now it's just one sides... Just my opinion but otherwise enjoy your stay"

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86. Vumani Phungula
"12 December  maphorisa is performing live at moboneng  mansa can meet most amapiano artist there"

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87. Georgina Sbo
"
I wish to see mansa mayne. Guys make sure his safe guys we don't want to be Embarrassed"

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88. Gezimuthi Ngwenya
"
I hope they didn't feed Mansa cold mogodu, if they did he's stomach will usain bolt..."

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89. Missy S
"
Mansa in Africa😩,nah he's in South Africa live πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜,SA is a place to be that's y some pips jump fences just to be in this country,issa vibeπŸ»πŸ»πŸ’ƒ"

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90. 
Angeetheboy_Music AngeeMusic
"πŸ˜…But then mansa no mean to disrespect but you wll have to learn to really vlog to get used to it because u really bad with the camera bro or maybe u can get someone to do that part for you bro

Much love"

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91. Stanley Matsobane
"
Not to put you off bro, but please be safe with your phones and accessories.  They do snatch, could be anywhere. They run into a car and take off. Minimize holding your phone a lot in outdoor restaurants.  When requesting the Uber keep I your pockets. Roll windows up in the car when you in your phone. All this is good. We are all happy you are home. Hope you meet all the artists"

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92. Jamie lee Jamie lee
"are you coming ti cape town feel like you have such a cape town vibe after that first vlog.... and does Jozi really not have gatsbys im shocked how they didn't know what that was"

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93. Gunner4life
"We don't have gatsby we have a kota almost similar"

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94. BONOLO EUGENE MOSIKATSI
"i hope you meet all SA artist you always push bro"

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95. Olivia Rodrigo
"i definitely feel like Mansa is south african"

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96. Halalisani Dlamini
"You fit in just perfectly"

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97. Ntombifuthi Dlamini
"
Sanitize your hands before touching the lift/ elevator button. We don't want you to catch any Corona Virus. I've seen you twice in your vlogs not sanitizing. If I'm wrong, sorry πŸ™".

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98. thandeka bhengani
"
You're so humble mansa please stay the same"

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99. Jackie Govender
"Welcome to SA. Will watch all of your vlogs. Would be nice if you could film the surroundings and experiences. We can only see faces."

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100. Xolani Blaze Williams
"Tell em to take you to the hood"

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101. KATLEGO RAMBAU
"Mansa get out of the city man, and come to Kasi, where the vibe is."

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102. Mametja FXtidi
"That's dangerous"

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103. REALM PHOTOCRED
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S/o to No chill, treating brother good πŸ‘Œ"
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"No Chill" is the main South African who is looking after Mansa Mayne in Johannesburg, South African.  

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104. DBaleni Football Channel
"Take Mansa to a proper club where they play and dance for Amapiano so he gets the vibe"

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105. Insane Malik
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I was excited for this dude to come here boom he got surrounded by lame asses..."

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106. Simphiwe Asah
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Why don't you all take the guy to Ekasi? Let him explore our real life, he's used to those long buildings isn't? Anyway happy to see him in his real mother land!!!!"

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107. LastΓΈ & MalasteΕ™n
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I like how you know amapiano more than your uber driver"

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108. Karabo Modisha
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πŸ˜‚ πŸ˜‚ Bro you're trending everywhere in SA shout out"

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109. Charlton Ngwenya
"When are they taking him to clubs to enjoy amapiano experience?? πŸ€”These boys look too young for him 🀦🏽‍♂️"

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110. Charlton Ngwenya
"They are kids these ones mxm. Skri skris for that matter πŸ˜‚"

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111. Charlton Ngwenya
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He's surrounded by abo skrii skrii 😏"

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112. Simphiwe Asah
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@Charlton Ngwenya  precisely!"

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113. Xoliswa Mdleko kaGumede
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I like how you quickly adjust. Hope you enjoy your visit"

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114. Angela Mellisa
"Oh wow....what a down to earth soul. Enjoy your trip"

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115. Kabelo Innocent Silabi
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Dude came to SA even after we have discovered a new variantπŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ€£πŸ€£admire your love and your braveness"

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116. LastQueenK
"How can we meet you Mansa? Your fans..... can't you atleast organize an event atleast or gig to meet yo fans please please...plus South Africa Issa whole vibe

Please think about it"

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117. Dunga Thandanani
"
Mansa Mayne! πŸ™ŒπŸΌπŸ™ŒπŸΌ Welcome to the Motherland bro. Its about time you have feeling of being a majority. How it feels setting your foot where your ancestors were snatched from?πŸ’―πŸ’―πŸ’―πŸ’―πŸ’―πŸ’―πŸ’―πŸ’―"

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118. Bantu Dlamini
"Mansa trying to give them hand sanitizer not knowing we don't usually wash hands when eatingπŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚"

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119. zandile sibiya
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He's in SA!!!!!!!! πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯

Wait . .... Why is he not using his S.African name?! Hheyyy, Tsepho!!!! Stop introducing yourself as Mansa 🀣🀣🀣🀣🀣"

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120. Joel Lebakeng
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Now your fully initiated Mansa...so wish you could come to Limpopo but as long you in SA you represent the whole 9 Provinces...Yes SirπŸ™πŸ™πŸ™"

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121. Isaac Makhatheng
"I am so excited you're here and so glad you're eating all that, can't you go hang out with different people thou like... Just go to a night club or gold reef or museum (boring yah) but genuinely I'm excited for you!!!!welcome menses my mom is soon hooked,"

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123. gladwn_
"Lov
ed the vlog! ✨πŸ”₯ would like to see you explore different restaurants, visiting museums and national landmarks to learn more about the country’s history and its diverse people. ✨"

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124. Mpiloe Ndaba
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I can’t believe you’re actually here we’ll have fun don’t let Covid steal your joy"

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125. 
Benjamin Freedom
"Aye Man I still can’t believe you’re home πŸ˜‚πŸ’ͺ🏿πŸ”₯πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦

 Pull up at my gig in Sandton at the Sands nightclub, December 19th  πŸ’ͺ🏿🎫🍾πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯"

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126. I'mZulu
"No Chill and the rest of the crew thank you so much for taking care of our boy Mansa 😁 he's in good hands so happy for him. πŸ˜πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦"

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127. Nocie's fun space
"Thank you very much. keep on doing the great job"

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128. The GOVERNOR
"It is so funny how every SA guy you meet is trying to sound as American as possible...it's so amusing! Welcome to SA Mansa."

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129. Silence Katisi M∆dia
"I thought I am the one who notices that🀣🀣🀣"

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130. Avuya G
"I'm also noticing it hey"

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131. Sebs The Servant
"Its young guys and girls who do that especially those from the university it's not something new that sort of English is called Twang!"

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132. Sibulelo Matsimela
"Right? And it's soooooo cringe πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ€¦"

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134. Siphamandla Nkwanyana
"It's feels FORCED... like they TRYING to HARD. SMDHπŸ€¬πŸ€¨πŸ‘Ž"

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135. masj m
" @Siphamandla Nkwanyana  TRUE!! They Do Identify With the STRUGGLE of Afro Americans, Thus they Adopt their URBAN Culture and FUSING it WITH SA s URBAN Culture as A UNIFYING Concept ONE TRIBEπŸ–€πŸ–€which is an ADVANTAGE to Unifying The BLACK Youth of BOTH Hemispheres !!THUS BLACK  Urban Cultural Fusion✊🏽✊πŸ½πŸ™ŒπŸ½πŸ™ŒπŸ½"

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136. Sibulele mancesa
"bro I thought it was just me who noticed that,its annoying though"

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137. 
Sinazo SIyothula
"I'm so happy you are enjoying life in the Motherland, you being here got me smiling and judging from your IG posts..last night was πŸ”₯πŸ”₯"

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138. 
Chocon
"The guy waited till he got to SA to get a haircut.  That is a way to put money in the hands of our brothers in Africa.  Black people from across the world going back to Africa on vacation and spending.  Got to love it."


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139. Ben Mbadamana
"Finally Made it to the mother land , we welcome you with open arms brother , God bless you and hope you enjoy your stay πŸ˜πŸ˜ŽπŸ’―❤πŸ™πŸ½πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦ this is your home"

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140. 
Word Up with Tshego Kelly
"Loving the vlog, but please have more camera control because I feel like we are missing out on a lot. Please and thank you"

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141. M_workspace M_workspace
"We appreciate all the people whose making Mansa feel welcome in SA. The Ubuntu being displayed I'm sure is unexpected and appreciated by him.....BUT!!! please guys ...Yes you all have your own channels that you are pushing as well....BUT let's be a   bit more considerate for the man...."

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142. Francinah Machaka
"I've been smiling the whole video  Mansa is so down to but the guys were overwhelming him you could see it his eyes sometimes but didn't want to earth be rude they should give at least a few hours alone I mean he must be jetlaged"

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143. Ayanda K2
"Shout out to Nochill for making sure they have an armed security with them"

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144. Sethembile Gwamanda
"Url guys must remember to wash your hands before you eat.. πŸ˜ŽπŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

And Of course Mansa it wouldn't be tripe, if didn't have that funny smellπŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚ but OMG!! you just dug in like you knew what you was eating.

So proud of youπŸ˜‚ πŸ‘ πŸ‘ manage to eat without puking."

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145. Kapper music
"Thing is about SA is We know which hotel you in but we not like American fans where we goin stalk you and pull up to your door and sh-t* πŸ˜­πŸ˜­"
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*This word is fully spelled out in this comment.

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146. African and Proud
"All these  American accents though. Wow  Yeh , yeh , shout out , check this out πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚"

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147. Nthobake Angel
"It's a pity these young South Africans thinking they are fitting in with this f#%k  this and f#^#k that, its just so distasteful!! I've never heard Mamsa curse, he is quite measured in his language!!"
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148. Lehlohonolo Ndhlovu
"Mansa aKa Tshepo is ours . He’s home"

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149. Blue Gumede
"You know what??!!!we've made up our minds,You're South African πŸ’“"

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150. AG
"Bro just became a South African legend 🌹πŸ”₯mad respect"

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151. 
Oliphantom
"Mansa Came at the right time. December 😭Khani Hlahla"

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152. 
Me
"Thank you everyone that is taking care of Mansa. Ubuntu benu will go a long way for people that want to visit the motherland.You are dismantling all the  beliefs about Africa or SA .Look after Mansa ,taking this initiative to test the waters takes a lot of courage .Am sure he was discouraged but he followed his intuition to connect with the motherland.Let him enjoy and want to come back"

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8 comments:

  1. A number of commenters in that video (vlog)'s discussion thread indicate great disappointment in the young South African men who are serving as Mansa Mayne's "tour guides" during his visit to that nation. A lot of these commenters suggested places in Johannesburg that Mansa Mayne should experience instead of just eating & drinking and hanging out with the guys (my terms and not theirs).

    What interests me is that there are only a few comments that appear to regard Covid-19 and its Omicron variant as a factor that could or should impact Mansa's or any other person's actions, interactions, and itinerary in South Africa during this time.

    I hope that Mansa Mayne and others are right to disregard Covid-19- if that is what they are doing. However, I'm afraid that they are wrong to do so.

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    1. Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2021/12/discussion-thread-comments-about-covid.html for the pancocojams post entitled "Comments About Covid-19 From Various YouTube Vlogs About African Americans Visiting South Africa (December 2021)"

      I published that post on Dec. 18, 2021 and continued to include comments through Dec. 23, 2021.

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  2. "That Fire La" is a very similar YouTube reaction video blog (vlog) as Mansa Mayne's vlog. Both of those vlogs are hosted by young African American men and both usually react to South African contemporary music videos. Big Ralph is the host of That Fire LA and the "LA" refers to Los Angeles, California.

    I'm not sure which of these two vlogs was the first. However, it's clear from this comment exchange from their South African subscribers love both of these African American vloggers and see no rivalry between them.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lT-3FHp7mW8&ab_channel=ThatFireLA

    Dec. 27, 2021
    (Numbers given for referencing purposes only)

    1. Vivian Naledi, Dec. 17, 2021
    "Ralph you & Mansa please make same plan to collaborate 2022 for SA fun..it will be lit πŸ”₯πŸ”₯I remember that time when they taken his YouTube channel down you are the only person who was There for him telling us to support him it was you.for me personally love to see you two YoutubersπŸ’žπŸ₯‚πŸŽ‰"

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    2. Yolisa watch this Denge, Dec. 17, 2021
    "You guys as US YouTubers should just link up n plan a Trip to SA n enjoy our Country..... Bcz we really follow you guys a lot, n also Mensa didn't know he was a Celebrity until he came down here n felt the love πŸ™Œ"

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    3. RO Tail, Dec. 17, 2021
    "It's actually nice to see how Ralph is able to collaborate with his rivalry. Keep it up bro!"

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    4. Siyavuya Sydney Mdolo, Dec, 18, 2021
    "There's no rivalry"

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    5. African and Proud, Dec. 18, 2021
    "What rivalry? These guys are brothers."

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    1. Mansa Mayne hasn't published a vlog since Dec. 22, 2021. In that vlog he indicated that he was going to take a Covid test and hoped that it was negative so that he could fly back to his home in the USA. Like others subscribers of that vlog, I'm worried about what is going on with that brother.

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    2. Here are three comments from a subscriber on Mansa Mayne's Dec. 22, 2021 vlog [written on December 24 and Dec 25, 2021:

      tu.mii_ww, Dec. 24, 2021
      "I'm just glad you had a great experience of South Africa even though you haven't explored South Africa thoroughly πŸ˜‚❤which is why you HAVE TO COME BACK sometime around 2022 , it's a MUST !πŸ™πŸ½❤😩and maybe have a meet and greet
      But overall we're gonna miss you and your vlogs and experiences πŸ˜‚hope to see you again soon! SOUTH AFRICA LOVES YOU...DON'T YOU FORGET THAT!😭❤πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦

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      2. Siphephelo Mbuyazi, Dec. 25, 2021
      "I'ma be real with you bro. Your first few vlogs were great but the rest were not so good but we've supported you anyways. You haven't really been showing as much love as we have been showing you. You've reached 500k subscribers and still your silent. This is where Ralph has the upper hand, he somehow shows gratitude and that he genuinely likes his subscribers. If he comes to Africa and does better vlogs his going to grow way too faster and you will never catch up to him again"
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      "Ralph's YouTube channel, "the fire la" is very similar to Mansa Mayne's channel.Both are African American reaction vloggers (instead of travel vloggers) who mostly react to South African contemporary music.

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      3. Bronwyn Charles, Dec. 25, 2021
      "We happy you had a great time in SA we appreciate you for coming down to us and being here and enjoying every moment of it we love u❤❤"

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    3. I published this comment from me as the first reply to my comment about the fire la's vlog, but re-published it as I had made a mistake regarding the numbers that I cited.

      For the record, the fire la's YouTube channel has 567,000 susbscribers (as of Dec. 25, 2021) and Mansa Mayne's YouTube channel just reached 500,000 subscribers on Dec. 24, 2021. Thousands of Mansa Mayne's new subscribers signed up during his visit to South Africa.

      Mansa Mayne hasn't published a vlog since Dec. 22, 2021. In that vlog he indicated that he was going to take a Covid test and hoped that it was negative so that he could fly back to his home in the USA. Like others subscribers of that vlog, I'm worried about what is going on with that brother.

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  3. I'm glad to report that Mansa Mayne was able to return to the USA and also published this vlog: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivn2HNzK4BM&ab_channel=MansaMayne MERRY CHRISTMAS & 500K SPECIAL (MOTIVATIONAL/INSPIRATIONAL), The earliest comments in that vlog's discussion thread are from around 5:00PM EDT, Dec. 25, 2021

    Here are a few comments from that vlog (numbered for referencing purposes only)
    1. God'sBabe Born-again
    "I'm emotional 😒 thanks for visiting us, Mansa! South Africa loves you. Glad you are back home safe. Merry Christmas to you and yours. Tons of love."

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    2. Karabo Mmatabane
    "Thank God you got home safe , we appreciate you coming to SA, not anybody can do what you did , you can let everybody know in the USA that South Africa is not all about Lions and wild animals, WE LOVE YOU!!!!!!11!11!!!!!11!!!!!!!!!!!1!!!111!11!11!111!11!!!1!!! WHAT YOU DID CAN NEVER BE DONE........................................"

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    3. Tshepang Julie
    "Bro, you making the trip to SA, I think that just pushed you up another level.

    I think all your other fans in other countries would love to see you too. "

    Big ups G"

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    4. Themba Tim
    "Your president said it's not safe to come to SA but you came anyway. Real love man and we appreciate you😭"


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  4. Since I've published four posts about that trip, I've decided to share some of my opinions about Mansa Mayne's visit to the nation of South Africa during the Covid-19 pandemic (Dec. 2021).

    I can understand how Mansa Mayne may have felt (may still feel) that going to South Africa this December was something he should do, in part, because he wanted to experience South Africa, and so many of his subscribers are South African, and he & his vlog had just gotten recognition this year on a national South African talk show, and so many of those subscribers were asking him to visit South Africa.

    I also get why Mansa Mayne may have decided to travel to South Africa during December since December is considered THE festive/party time in that nation (and in other African nations such as Ghana and Liberia).

    The South African announcement about the highly contagious omicron variant of Covid-19 might have caused him to cancel his plans, and perhaps it was courageous and honorable not to do so.

    I assume that Mansa had to have testing and vaccinations in order to travel to South Africa and also had testing when he arrived in South Africa.

    When Mansa Mayne made the decision to travel to South Africa DURING THE PANDEMIC, I believe he should have planned to follow and then should have followed the protocols that were set up for how people should act and interact during a pandemic such as wearing a face mask PROPERLY while around other people, not being in over crowded settings, maintainin social distancing, going to a doctor if and when they felt sick, and quarantining themselves if and when they felt sick even if they didn't have Covid-19.*

    Unfortunately, as his South African vlogs and some of the comments in their discussion threads document, Mansa Mayne didn't follow these protocols. .

    Watching Mansa Mayne's South Africa vlogs and particularly reading the comments in those vlogs' discussion threads motivated me (as an arm chair traveler) to surf the internet and watch and read discussion threads for a number of other travel vloggers who I hadn't been familiar with (some African American and some from other African nations). As a result, I learned more about the history and current dynamics of South Africa (such as the differences between Coloured and mixed race in that nation compared to in the USA). And I'm still learning.

    I think Mansa Mayne also learned from his experiences in South Africa and I dare say if and when he has to travel again during a pandemic, I think he would do a lot of things differently than he did this time-including following pandemic health and safety protocols, not just to protect himself*, but also to protect others and to serve as a role model for others to do the same.

    *I don't know whether Mansa Mayne had Covid-19 in South Africa. He may have "just" had a bad cold or flu. However, I think that when he felt ill for a couple of days, he still should have followed protocols such as going to a doctor rather than continuing to self-medicate himself. Not going to a doctor or getting tested when he felt sick is part of what I mean that I believe that Mansa Mayne wasn't a good role model during a pandemic.

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