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Ichirouganaim

I hate to look at the Barbados tourists site that give the history of Barbados.The ones that talk of Columbus discovering these islands and the other foolish tales that the Bob Marley and Burning Spear called 'mis-education'.I agree with them as a matter of fact Burning Spear referred to Christopher Columbus as a 'damn blasted liar'.Thank god for Rastafari.

One of the funniest stories is the one of the bearded fig tree and the name Los Barbados which was supposed to mean 'the bearded one'.

In the words of Gary Cole from the book reflections;

The Colonization of Barbados is one of the darkest events and evil stories of modern history.Four centuries ago,Spanish and Portuguese slavers started to kidnap,kill and drive out the thousands of peaceful Indians found on the island the Indians called Ichirouganaim.The exact location of the island was a carefully kept secret but Spanish and Portuguese soldiers and sailors knew the island as the barbarous island,"Los Barbados",where brutality and crime could be committed with immunity.The island lay just outside the Caribbean and far away from watchful eyes.

.......and by the way the not so funny tale of the Caribs being cannibals is just a symptom of the culture of European colonization that would want to be continually perpetrated.Not on this Bajan though.

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Anonymous said…
Barbados has nothing to do with "barbarous" which is the Portuguese word for "bearded" based on the way the Palm trees look. This is easily checked.

Talk about "mis-education" Your ideology got in the way of your facts. You're no better than the Columbuses you claim to hate (really--you envy)

Pathetic.

Sincerely

A REAL Barabadian
3:09 PM
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