In our latest installment of "The Roots Of…" series, comedian Wyatt Cenac and Comedy Central's The Daily Show correspondent Jessica Williams swap saliva with a fuzzy piece of cotton to determine where in Africa – and what tribe – some of their ancestors may have come from. Hosted by The Wire's Gbenga Akinnagbe, Wyatt and Jessica embark on a brief discovery of their respective African Ancestry – what they learn takes them on a whirlwind trip to the Bronx ("the Cameroon of Manhattan") and teaches them about the meaning of "farm car penis husband" (hint: it's NOT a hipster band from Williamsburg). For the real reveal, watch below, and for more laughs, find Wyatt at this month's Shouting At The Screen ("The baddest 70's Blaxploitation! The loudest loud mouths! And a whole lot of drinking!"), and find Jessica guest starring on HBO's GIRLS when she's not suggesting that Bloomberg should have been stop-and-frisking white guys on Wall St.
If you haven’t yet seen our first episodes in “The Roots Of…” series, check here to watch The Roots‘ African ancestry revealed to ?uesto and Black Thought, here to check out Q-Tip‘s real tribe, here to see Flying Lotus trace his own soul makossa to the motherland, and here to see why Michael K Williams has the "Heart of a king, blood of a slave." You too can discover the country and even tribe where it all began: to get your own DNA test, check out our partners over at African Ancestry.
Videographers: Myo Campbell, Chinisha Scott
Sound: Greg Scott
Editor: Jake Remington
