Tabom people

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Tabom people
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The Tabom or Agudas are the

Afro-Brazilian community in the south of Ghana who are mostly of Yoruba descent.[1][2] The Tabom People are an Afro-Brazilian community of former enslaved peoples who returned to Africa (Ghana). When they arrived in Jamestown, Accra they could speak only Portuguese, and would conspicuously use the phrase "Tá bom" ("Okay"),[3] so the Ga-Adangbe people,[4]
who primarily inhabited the Jamestown neighborhood in Accra, started to call them the Tabom.

Origins of the Afro-Brazilian community in Ghana

The Afro-Brazilian descendants and community in the south of Ghana dates back to one study from the 19th century that between an estimated 3,000 and 8,000 former slaves decided to return to Africa.[5]

Up to now, it is not very clear if the Tabom really bought their freedom and decided to immediately come back or if they were at that time free workers in Brazil who came after the Malê revolt of 1835 in Bahia. A lot of Afro-Brazilians when persecuted found their way back to Ghana, Togo, Benin and Nigeria especially those who organised the Malê Revolt.[5] In Ghana, it is common to find family names like de Souza, Silva, or Cardoso. Some of them have been very well known in Ghana.

Afro-Brazilians in Ghana

James Town in 1836.[5] The reception by the Mantse Nii Ankrah of the Otublohum area was so warm that they decided to settle down in Accra.[5] The leader of the Tabom group at the time of their arrival was a certain Nii Azumah Nelson.[5] The eldest son of Azumah Nelson, Nii Alasha, was his successor and a very close friend to the Ga King Nii Tackie Tawiah.[5] Together they helped in the development of the whole community in commerce.[5]

At the present, the Tabom Mantse is Nii Azumah V, a descendant of the Nelsons. The Taboms are also known as the founders of the First Scissors House in 1854, the first

tailoring shop in the country, which had amongst other activities, the task to provide the Ghanaian Army with uniforms.[5] One notable figure is Dan Morton, a Tabom and one of the most famous tailors in Accra today.[5]

In Ghana, the de Souza family can be found around

Ga-Adangbe
. [5] This is because most of the Afro-Brazilian people married Ga-Adangbes.[5]

Because they were welcomed by the

gold smithing, tailoring, amongst others, which certainly improved the quality of life of the whole community.[5]

Nowadays the Taboms are completely integrated into Ghanaian society and are a part of the Ga-Adangbe people.[5][6]

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References

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  2. ^ "Ghana:The Tabon(Yoruba descendants)of Accra". 28 April 2010.
  3. ^ "Tá bom? Tabom!". Folha de S. Paulo. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  4. ^ "Folha de S.Paulo - Tá bom? Tabom! - 26/06/2006". www1.folha.uol.com.br. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Alcione Meira Amos e Ebenezer Ayesu "Sou Brasileiro: Historia dos Tabom, Afro-Brasileiros em Acra, Gana", Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brasil, 2005, Afro-Ásia, número 033
  6. ^ "Folha de S.Paulo - Tá bom? Tabom! - 26/06/2006". www1.folha.uol.com.br. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
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