kumbayah came from the jews that fleed to what we now know as Africa
to get away from the evil of the romans. It was never an african song but a jewish song. THat is why when people was being sold to the white man they were singing that song. Africans now would even tell that they would never sell their own people.

so they sold the people that was not from there land which were the jews. AN yes the jews were of dark color. read and you shall know the truth