Benkos Biohó
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Benkos Biohó | |
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Guinea Bissau | |
Died | 16 March 1621 |
Other names | King of Arcabuco |
Benkos Biohó (late 16th century — 1621), also known as Domingo Biohó was a Mandinka and South American leader who escaped from the slave port of Cartagena with ten others and founded
Biography
Biohó was born into a royal family in Guinea Bissau. He was of Mandinka origin
On 18 July 1605, the Governor of Cartagena,
The betrayal contributed to the history of distrust of Colombia's government.[5]
By the end of the seventeenth century, Montes de María had over 600 maroons, under the command of Domingo Padilla, who claimed for himself the title of captain while his wife Jane adopted that of viceroy, and successfully challenged further attempts at sovereignty from the colonial authorities.
San Basilio de Palenque was declared Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO in 2005.[6] At about 80 kilometres (50 mi) east of Cartagena, hills of strategic value, used as lookout posts, still bear the names of the runaway neighborhood: Sincerin, Mahates, Gambote.
References
- ^ Tomaselli, Wesley (November 20, 2017). "The Colonial Betrayal that Haunts Colombian Peace". Ozy. Retrieved November 20, 2017.
- ^ "How this runaway slave founded San Basilio de Palenque, first free town in the Americas". Face2Face Africa. 2018-05-18. Retrieved 2020-08-31.
- ^ "Benkos Bioho's Life Mattered! And Here's the Proof!". The African American Heritage Museum & Cultural Center. 2021-03-03. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
- ^ Aquiles Escalante, Palenques in Colombia, in "Maroon Societies: Rebel Slave Communities in the Americas", ed. by Richard Price (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996), pp. 77-9.
- ^ Tomaselli, Wesley (November 20, 2017). "The Colonial Betrayal that Haunts Colombian Peace". Ozy. Retrieved November 20, 2017.
- ^ Cultural Space of Palenque de San Basilio (in Palenquero), Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Colombia, 15 May 2010, retrieved 2018-06-12
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Further reading
- Djemâa Chraïti Benkos Biohò L'esclave libre ou le roi de la Matuna chraitihttps://editions-sydney-laurent.fr/brand/djemaa-/Prada Fortul, Antonio (2001), Benkos Biohó: las alas de un cimarrón, Barranquilla: Antillas, ISBN 9789588152189
External links
- Africans in Americas
- Central Africans and Cultural Transformations in the American Diaspora By Linda Marinda Heywood ISBN 0-521-00278-8
- Africa and the Americas: Interconnections During the Slave Trade By José C. Curto, Renée Soulodre-LaFrance Published 2005 Africa World Press Slave trade ISBN 1-59221-272-7
- Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience By Henry Louis Gates, Anthony Appiah ISBN 0-465-00071-1