By OSWALD T. BROWN
WASHINGTON, D.C., October 2, 2023 –: Members of Shaback certainly have been “great cultural ambassadors” for The Bahamas during their current visit to South Africa for a concert sponsored by South Africa’s Kingdom Community in honour of late renowned Bahamian religious leader Dr. Myles Munroe on Saturday, September 30.
Most Black Bahamians who visit South Africa are genealogically “Sons and Daughters” of Africa, given the fact that their ancestral roots are in Mother Africa as a result of the involvement of European countries in the cruel, vicious and ungodly African slave trade in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Bahamians visiting South Africa generally visit metropolitan cities like Johannesburg, South Africa’s largest city, with a population of 4.4 million, and Cape Town, seat of the National Parliament, with a population of 3.7 million.
But members of Shaback today toured some the indigenous African villages. I absolutely had to share Clint’s post with readers of my online publication, BAHAMAS CHRONICLE, which has a huge following among the Bahamian diaspora across the United States , Canada and the United Kingdom as well as in The Bahamas and the wider Caribbean
Clint posted the photos with the following narrative:
“It’s the cultural village experience today! What a history lesson. We visited four tribes. Learnt about their way of life and cuisine, sampled coconut worms (not me). Shaback in South Africa. Enjoy the journey!”
EDITOR’S NOTE: I have been a serious student of African history for many years and my research has traced my ancestry to the Ivory Coast (the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire) on the southern coast of West Africa. My interest in researching my ancestral roots was fueled by the fact that The Bahamas, the country of my birth, is a former colony of Great Britain, which was heavily involved in the transatlantic slave trade from 1560–1690.
