Kai Li's TABOM project

26/05/2020

Hi friends I hope you've been keeping well despite the current pandemic. Yesterday was Africa Day, and it was such a pleasure to be included in this list of innovative Africans, curated Paulo Rogério Nunes based in Salvador, Brazil!

I'll be updating you on future projects relating to my Tabom project in the near future (COVID19 will not steal my 2020!)

https://travelmakerkai.com/2020/05/25/15-people-you-should-know-redefining-african-culture-in-the-world/

Africa Day is an annual commemoration of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU, now known as the African Union) founded on the 25th May 1963.

08/08/2019

Thank you MisBeee Writes for sharing my Tabom story in the first issue of AKADi... Shining a light on our stories!
More at: https://msbwrites.co.uk/2019/08/06/welcome-to-your-magazine-akadi/

Your new magazine has arrived! - https://mailchi.mp/580bf9f79a3a/your-new-magazine-has-arrived

28/01/2019

My reflections of the Malê revolt... https://travelmakerkai.blog/2019/01/28/tabom-no-brasil-reflections-of-the-male-revolt-184-years-later/

  Part of understanding who my Tabom ancestors were, and subsequently who I am, includes unravelling the past events which lead to them fleeing Brazil for their freedom back in West Africa& #82…

28/01/2019

Nice to learn women also played a role in the Malê revolt fight for freedom! Axé!

Luiza Mahin
Afro-Brazilian freedom fighter

Born at the beginning of the nineteenth century, Mahin was natural leader. She became involved in revolts and uprisings of slaves in the Brazilian province of Bahia. She was a street vendor by profession but she used her business as a distributory cell for messages and leaflets in the resistance struggle. She played a central role in the significant “Revolta dos Males” (1835) and “Sabina” (1837-1838) slave rebellions.

28/01/2019

Malê revolt

No dia 24 de janeiro de 1835, ou seja, há 184 anos, ocorreu a chamada “Revolta dos Malês”, na cidade de Salvador, na Bahia. Ela é considerada uma das maiores revoltas da história do estado.

A Revolta dos Malês foi resultado da instabilidade política do governo imperial brasileiro que teria início a partir dos anos de 1830. Entre os acontecimentos desse período, estão a renúncia de Dom Pedro I (1831) e a Regência Provisória que duraria até 1840, quando Dom Pedro II recebe a Declaração de Maioridade e obtém, assim, o direito a se tornar o imperador do Brasil daquela época.

Texto publicado no diário da causa operária, confira integra no link abaixo:

https://www.causaoperaria.org.br/24-de-janeiro-de-1835-acontece-a-revolta-dos-males-levante-de-escravos-em-salvador/ #.XEmrY9e8mWU.facebook

21/01/2019

I've arrived - our Tabom ancestral home! I've shared a bit of that journey in my latest blog post. Feel free to share! Axé!

I'm also accepting commissions for written or video content whilst in Brazil. If you know any editors that might be interested in my Tabom research or general info about blackness/African heritage in Brazil, please reach out to me [email protected]

Obrigada!

I arrived in Salvador da Bahia, the land my Tabom ancestors left close to 200 years ago for their freedom in West Africa, more specifically Accra Ghana (then the Gold Coast). I almost didn’t …

12/01/2019

Yesterday I had an opportunity to screen the film 'Tabom In Bahia' and discuss my Tabom ancestry at Aparelha Luzia, São Paulo!... Will be sharing more from the event this week on the blog!

2019 marks 400 years since the start of the West Africa Trans Atlantic Slave Trade which which is documented to have began in 1419. 2019 marca os 400 anos do início do tráfico de escravos do oeste …

28/12/2018

Season's Greetings everyone!
My stay in Brazil has inspired me to blow the dust off my travel blog and start writing again. Here's more from my visit to the Museu Afro Brasil earlier this month...

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Earlier this month I paid a visit to the Museu Afro Brasil / AfroBrazil museum in São Paulo, a space which highlights the African perspective in the formation of heritage, identity and Brazilian cu…

06/12/2018

Finally got round to visiting the AfroBrazilian museum Museu Afro Brasil in São Paulo yesterday..
I remember my first visit 5yrs ago during a research trip on my heritage, feeling slightly frustrated that there wasn't any information on a community close to 200yrs old... I did however learn a lot about their more researched cousins, the who were Afrobrazilian returnees to .

So I don't think it's a coincidence that the lives of some prominent Taboms in Accra and Agudas in Lagos in the mid to late 1800s/early 1900s were almost parallel - a middle class lifestyle which afforded them the privilege to study and work within the British Empire.

I have some blog posts I wrote on this subject in 2013 on www.travelmakerkai.wordpress.com and I'll be sharing more on my findings/self enlightenment later this month!

Thank you for the continued support!

28/11/2018

Just submitted my pitch for this... Hopefully it's just what I need to revive my Tabom research again!

New international bursaries for UK bloggers Friday 9 November 2018 Tags: International collaboration Opportunity Apply by 29 November for the chance to travel overseas – to Nigeria, Romania or a country of your choice – and get a piece of work published We’re thrilled to announce a brand new o...

31/01/2018

Interesting read. Some parallels with the Tabom history perhaps.

Benin was a hub of the slave trade. But many people want to forget their families’ role.

21/11/2017

Today I had a meeting with the BBC about my Tabom Project.... 🙌🏿

04/11/2017

"Tabom In Bahia" film screening at the Institute of Latin American Studies which I was invited to speak on the panel, to share my own "Tabom in Bahia" experience during my trip to Brazil 2012/13! Great documentary - I was truly moved! I'm reminded there's more than one way to tell a story, so I will persevere with securing funding towards making my own Tabom film!

23/10/2017

If you're London based please join us for a screening of "Tabom In Bahia" followed by discussion 2nd November of Institute of Latin American Studies!
https://ilas.sas.ac.uk/events/event/13900

23/10/2017

20/10/2017

I'm excited to be invited to speak on the panel of the screening of "Tabom In Bahia" on the 2nd November in London. If you're in town please to join us (see poster for details)! I'll be sharing a review after the event date ✨
Last weekend I has the pleasure to meeting Prof Juan Diego Diaz who kindly presented me with a copy of the DVD "Tabom in Bahia" with an encouraging note to continue exploring my Brazilian roots.
During my time in Brazil, I did a bit of research tracing my heritage. I didn't discover much more than I already knew about the group of African slaves from Brazil who returned to West Africa (the ones who went to Ghana were called Tabom, and those to Nigeria and Benin called Aguda), however I do remember what a spiritual journey it was to be in the land my ancestors left. I was myself a once... And I hope to return again!

12/02/2017

Thank you MsBeeeWrites!

British-Ghanaian journalist and videographer Kai Lutterodt can trace her ancestry back five generations to the Tabom people, (check part...

19/01/2017

Thank you MisBeee Writes for the spotlight on my Tabom heritage!

http://misbeee.blogspot.co.ke/2017/01/roots-and-culture-personal-exploration.html

The story of how the Tabom people (a community of enslaved West Africans) migrated from Brazil Kai Lutterodt can trace her ancestry bac...