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People’s Revolutionary Army. Grenada, 1979-1983.

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Kofi Badu, was a slave revolutionary that led one of the biggest slave rebellions in the Caribbean, the 1763 Berbice Rebellion. (1/20)🧵

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The construction of the monument to Kofi Badu. Guyana, 1976. Sculpted by Philip Moore.

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The construction of the monument to Kofi Badu. Guyana, 1976. Sculpted by Philip Moore.

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This is misrepresented. It was the Akan slaves that had the tendency to rebel. This is because the Akan slaves mostly had military backgrounds and would constantly start slave revolutions. The Igbo were the ones meant to keep the Akans calm, not the other way around.

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Most Jamaicans have mixed Igbo (maternal) and Akan (paternal) ancestry. If you read the memoirs of English slavers, they intentionally paired them since Igbo slaves had a tendency to rebel lol.

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Jamaican Rastafarians come to meet Haile Selassie, 1966.

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Jamaican Rastafarians come to meet Haile Selassie, 1966.

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Caribbean culture is actually extremely rooted in African culture, with stories from the Akan tribes like Anansi, and folk religious figures like Chango. This is also further shown in many Caribbean names like Cuffy, Cudjoe, and Quamina.

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Enslaved Africans dance. Trinidad, 1830.

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“Home, Sweet Home.” Jamaica, 1899.

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Jamaican Rastafarians come to meet Haile Selassie, 1966.

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Fiesta Dress. Haiti, 1970.

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Kofi began his life somewhere in Ghana. Most Africans brought to Guyana were Akan, so it tracks that Kofi himself was also Akan himself. This makes him a part of a group of slaves called the Coromanti. A group of slaves that were known for their rebellious activities.

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Dutty Boukman, 1791. Painted by Unknown.

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Jonkunnu, Jamaica.

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Three boys pose for the camera. Jamaica, 1974.

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Bahamian man. Bahamas, 1935.

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Blacks on Tobacco Plantation. Jamaica, 1895.

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The Berbice Slave Rebellion was a noble fight for freedom, and an attempt to usher in a new age of Caribbean history. Long live the revolutionaries that fought for our freedom, long live those who had the courage to defeat the oppressors.

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Toussaint L’Overture. By George DeBaptiste.

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@SosoTheWanderer Wrong, Igbo landing was not a rebellion, it was mass suicide. It wasn’t isolated either. It was a common thing that captured Igbos would often commit suicide, often for apparent religious beliefs. Akans would start revolutions, for example, Berbice, Queen Nanny, Cudjoe, etc.

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At one point they lead an attack on a brick house, where many of the white people had taken shelter. While there they asked why the slaves were attacking white Christians. Cossala stated that “They would not tolerate them-”.

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Kofi was brought to the Dutch colony of Berbice(Modern Day Guyana), a colony that specialized in agriculture. However, Kofi was a house slave, and had been trained as a Cooper(Barrel Repairer).

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On February 23, 1763, the rebellion started. It first kicked off on another plantation on the Canje River. Those slaves killed two people, and burned down the owner of said plantation’s house to ashes. Meanwhile, Kofi and other slaves on another plantation were also rebelling.

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During his time as a Cooper, another slave revolt had broken out in the same area. However said slave revolt was unfortunately crushed by Dutch forces. This event likely played a part in the uprising that would come in later months that was the Berbice Slave Rebellion.

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During their rebellion, they began marching through Berbice, killing the Europeans and seizing their weapons and plantations.

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Kofi, his forces, and the initial forces that had rebelled on the Canje River, came together under the leadership of Kofi and several other slave leaders. These leaders being Akara, Atta, Accabre, Cossala, and Goussari.

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They were later allowed to leave, but as they left the house, the slaves took their guns and opened fire, killing many and taking some prisoner. Kofi took one slave master’s wife as his own mistress.

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@SosoTheWanderer It’s very well documented that it was the Akans in that region that were the ones notorious for revolution and rebellion, which is why most slave revolutions were led by those Akan groups. Resistance does not always equal rebellion, Igbo resistance was suicide. I have no gripe.

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After, Kofi organized the revolutionary slave army, and marched through Berbice liberating the rest of the slaves. He later declared himself governor of Berbice, and began instituting “work gangs” to sustain the population in times of war.

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Sources: “The Guyana Story” by Odeen Ishmael “The history of Jamaica or, General survey of the antient and modern state of the island: with reflections on its situation settlements, inhabitants, climate, products, commerce, laws, and government.” By Edward Long

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Papa Loi(Pierre). Haiti, 1905.

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The Ndyuka. Suriname, 1919.

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Indentured Trinidadian Woman and her child. 1906-1915.

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Unfortunately, even he was overthrown, and the revolution crumbled.

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Akara, seeing this, launched three attacks in succession against the white forces, but were nevertheless driven back.

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Cuffy did not approve the attacks, and therefore attempted to make an agreement to split Berbice in half, one being a black state and the other being a white state.

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During this, the former military leader of Berbice, Van Hoogenheim, was preparing military action to use against the revolutionaries, and was stationed at Fort Nassau.

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However, the defeats had caused factionalism, and internal issues caused a fight to break out within the revolutionary forces. This fight ended with Kofi committing suicide, and Atta taking control. Under his leadership, the revolutionaries gained some victories.

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This was in vain however, and Hoogenheim continued trying to get support from other parts of Guyana.

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After a while, Kofi lost patience with Hoogenheim, and launched an attack on Dageraad, where Hoogenheim and his forces had come to reside. With large guns, ships, and trained soldiers on his side, Van Hoogenheim won. Cuffy wrote another petition proposal to maintain peace.

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Gwa Tambu in Carriacou. Grenada, 1968.

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“Gwa Tambu". A dance with roots in West Africa. The dance is done to remember our enslaved ancestors that were taken and brought on ships to the Caribbean. Danced in the country of Grenada, but most often in the small island of Carriacou. Slightly north of mainland Grenada.

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Later Hoogenheim would respond, but in an attempt to stall, he would say he was waiting on word from Holland.

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The Quadrille. Grenada, 1995.

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History of Quadrille in Jamaica as a form of mockery Deep Roots 1983

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“Gwa Tambu". A dance with roots in West Africa. The dance is done to remember our enslaved ancestors that were taken and brought on ships to the Caribbean. Danced in the country of Grenada, but most often in the small island of Carriacou. Slightly north of mainland Grenada.

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@cokebyparis Exactly, it was the Akan who were the most militant because of their background, a whole ethnic group was created and designanted because of said militance. The Coromanti.

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Carnival Costumes. Haiti, 1978.

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Djab Djab, Grenada.

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A festival during the Grenadian Revolution. Grenada, 1979-1983.

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Trini woman.

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Nyabinghi Drummers in the age before reggae. Dates Unknown.

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Vehicles of Guyana, 1959.

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Fidel Castro raises his guns with a group of revolutionaries.

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Carnival Parade, Barbados. 1986.

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Cécile Fatiman, 19th Century. Painted by Unknown.

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Dutty Boukman, 1791. Painted by Unknown.

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Rastafarian. Barbados, 2004.

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Painting of Woman Beating Cassava, Jamaica. 1808.

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Port-Au-Prince, Haiti. 1911.

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Maroon Mask, Jacmel. Haiti, 2004.

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@cornrowchuks @SosoTheWanderer More of an act of final submittance I’d say. Committing suicide is self destructive, not self liberating. It’s the biggest submission possible.

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Jamaicans socializing. Jamaica, 2003.

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Youthful Toilers on a Lime and Cocoa Estate, Dominica. 1903.

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“Negro House in Porto Rico” 1907. NYPL.

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@kurtszoe @dreezabz Caribbean people do not often deny our roots. Looking African isn’t an insult.

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Trinidad and Tobago.

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Shakespeare Mas in Carriacou. Grenada, 2010.

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Jean-Bertrand Aristide. 1990.

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A Slave Woman And Her Child. West Indies, 1800.

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@plantbasedkadaf @cokebyparis What I did is address the historical inaccuracy. According to slave traders at that time, the Igbo were known to be docile, in comparison to the Akan at least, by quote of Edward Long, “Blacks of a more docile tractable disposition and better inclined to peace and agriculture.”

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@svrpong You’re right, Kofi was an enslaved Ghanaian.

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Kofi Badu, was a slave revolutionary that led one of the biggest slave rebellions in the Caribbean, the 1763 Berbice Rebellion. (1/20)🧵

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A Guyanese woman from 1870.

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The Grenada Mace, 1891.

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Frantz Fanon.

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Haile Selassie shirts. Harlem, 2021.

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Conga Drums at Carnival Time. Cuba, 1957.

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“Mother’s Funeral”, 1987. Haiti.

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Men play dominoes. Cuba, 1999. David Alan Harvey.

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“Before the market of Port-au-Prince rises the national cathedral, the building of which was attended by so much graft that out of the funds appropriated for it the contractors were able to construct also the best hotel in the city.” Haiti, 1926. NYPL.

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Impressive Magnificence of a Volcanic Outburst- A Mile Straight Into The Heavens. St. Vincent, 1903.

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Slave Housing on Plantation. Suriname, 1831.

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In 1979, the Grenadian Revolution occurred. This revolution was in the words of the government, for food, education, and the path to socialism. During this revolution, cultural bonds were strengthened throughout the Caribbean, and the African diaspora in general.🧵

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@MCRBangoura It’s just our culture, not all cultures do things similarly. As Bagaboy said, there are some things about us you may not understand, just like some things we can’t understand about you. Many cultures put on smaller clothes during their customs as well.

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Kwame Ture and Nina Simone eat together. Date unknown.

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Nyabinghi Drummers in the age before reggae. Dates Unknown.

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Two girls run from the photographer. Cap Haitién, Haiti, 2011. 📸: James P. Blair.

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“Washer Women”, Early 1900s, Dominica.

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Two married Grenadian police officers speak with eachother, 1961.

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Shangó Ceremony. Grenada, 1971.

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Woman looks over the horizon, Jamaica, 2012-2019.

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“Waterloo Lilies.” Georgetown, Guyana. 1907.

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Just some elaboration, these songs are still sung in various West African languages, this shows how even after 500 years, the cultural influence still holds extremely strong.

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“Gwa Tambu". A dance with roots in West Africa. The dance is done to remember our enslaved ancestors that were taken and brought on ships to the Caribbean. Danced in the country of Grenada, but most often in the small island of Carriacou. Slightly north of mainland Grenada.

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@aalariwo @SosoTheWanderer It is not. It’s the highest amount of submission possible. Once in real life, never again

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Haiti, date unknown, but I believe it was taken during the Duvalier dictatorship.

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Two women weaving rope, Cayman Islands, 1948.

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Carnival. Grenada, 1967.

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Jacmel Costumes. Haiti, 2004.

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Kanaval, Jacmel, Haiti.

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Rainforest House. Guyana, 1960.

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A member of the Tonton Macoute. Haiti, 1980.

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@plantbasedkadaf @cokebyparis What agenda? I’m just going off of what the slavers said. I have no animosity towards Igbo, I’m addressing a historical inaccuracy, she misrepresented a fact when she said that the Igbo were the ones married to the Akans because it would keep the Igbo docile when it was the other

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“Negro Porters.” Guadeloupe, 1875.

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Dominican Civil War, 1965.

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