2019 has been dubbed ‘The Year of Return‘ by Ghana’s Tourism Board who’s campaign to acknowledge 400 years since the first Trans-Atlantic slave ships left its shores for North America (Virginia), has attracted the Black Diaspora – particularly those from North America, to visit Ghana.
The Year of Return is particularly symbolic in my journey of discovering my Tabom (Afro-Brazilian) roots in Ghana. I was fortunate to start the year, 2019, in Brazil, and I went on to stay in Salvador da Bahia for almost two months. ‘Returning‘ to Ghana during this festive season, after a 3 year absence, is an opportunity for me to try to delve a little further into my Tabom research by speaking to elders, particularly those from Otublohum where the Taboms settled as far back as 1829.
2019 has been a blessed year for me, and as it draws to a close I realise just how fortunate I am to have visited both places of my Tabom heritage; Brazil and Ghana, in the same year! As they say in Brazil (derives from Yoruba) – Axé (higher power)!
For The Year of Return programmes please click here.
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