“Tá bom”: the Afro-Brazilian returnees who made Jamestown their home
The Tabom are descendants of formerly enslaved Afro-Brazilians who returned to West Africa in the 19th century and settled in Jamestown, Accra. Speaking only Portuguese on arrival, they often said "Tá bom", meaning "okay", and the Ga people named them after the phrase. Their story is preserved at the Brazil House in Jamestown.
