I am always interested in the history of the Tabom/Tabon as we are also descendants on my maternal side. My maternal grandfather was Nathan Francisco Ribeiro-Ayeh (a former Assistant Principal Secretary of Trade.) Please note the formal spelling of the name. I see you spell it as Riberio? Anyhoo... As I understand it, in Ghana, the Tabom are also referred to as Tabon. The street we live on in North Ridge is named Tabon Loop after these ancestral folk. It is noted in this article on line "Short History of the Tabom People of Ghana"." Our home at North Ridge was built by my maternal grandfather whose previous residence was also on Farrah Ave in Asylum Down where many Ribeiros owned property. I guess we are fortunate to still be living on ancestral grounds. Fast forward to present day, my sister recently did the genetic tracing and found links to Ribeiro relations in Haiti believe it or not. Anyway, unfortunately we weren't handed down any secret family recipes that I can share with you. Sorry😪😔.
Yup. Got my ei's mixed up. Normal for me! Will fix. Yes, I knew your Mom was Tabom for some reason. I was going to tag you when I posted on Facebook. Apparently the Tabom had big properties in the Asylum Down / Ridge area from titi! We need to shine light on this part of our history and preserve it better than we do...architecture/food/rituals. This is a longish but readable write up: https://themetropole.blog/2019/11/21/an-obscure-afro-brazilian-colony-in-ghana-accras-tabon-community/ Great stuff.
I am always interested in the history of the Tabom/Tabon as we are also descendants on my maternal side. My maternal grandfather was Nathan Francisco Ribeiro-Ayeh (a former Assistant Principal Secretary of Trade.) Please note the formal spelling of the name. I see you spell it as Riberio? Anyhoo... As I understand it, in Ghana, the Tabom are also referred to as Tabon. The street we live on in North Ridge is named Tabon Loop after these ancestral folk. It is noted in this article on line "Short History of the Tabom People of Ghana"." Our home at North Ridge was built by my maternal grandfather whose previous residence was also on Farrah Ave in Asylum Down where many Ribeiros owned property. I guess we are fortunate to still be living on ancestral grounds. Fast forward to present day, my sister recently did the genetic tracing and found links to Ribeiro relations in Haiti believe it or not. Anyway, unfortunately we weren't handed down any secret family recipes that I can share with you. Sorry😪😔.
Yup. Got my ei's mixed up. Normal for me! Will fix. Yes, I knew your Mom was Tabom for some reason. I was going to tag you when I posted on Facebook. Apparently the Tabom had big properties in the Asylum Down / Ridge area from titi! We need to shine light on this part of our history and preserve it better than we do...architecture/food/rituals. This is a longish but readable write up: https://themetropole.blog/2019/11/21/an-obscure-afro-brazilian-colony-in-ghana-accras-tabon-community/ Great stuff.
Also, curious if you know of family links to people in Benin, Togo, Nigeria?
So, I just got confirmation ethnicity 47% ivory coast & Ghana, and 43% Benin and Togo. Tralaaa!💃🏼