Continuing with his agenda in Accra, the capital of Ghana, former president Lula met Saturday afternoon, March 16, with the elders of the community of Tabom, made up of descendents of African eslaved people in Brazil who later returned to Africa. The members of the community are from various parts of the African continent, but the time that they lived in Brazil distanced them from their ancestral heritage and created strong ties with the culture of Brazil. In his conversation, Lula invited the Taboms to visit Brazil.
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The name “Tabom” comes from the fact that they returned to Ghana unable to speak the local language and therefore used the expression “Tá bom” in Portuguese, meaning “okay”, to answer all questions made to them. Their identification with Brazilian culture is an important element in their union.
