🌍 Bance Island: Untold Stories

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🌍 Bance Island: Was More Than a Port — It Was a Portal

From the banks of the Sierra Leone River, Bance Island (also known as Bunce or Bense) launched more than ships.
It launched lineage.

From the 1700s onward, this small fortress funneled Mende, Temne, Bullom, and Susu people into the heart of the Americas — from Antigua to Brazil. But what they carried wasn’t just labor.
They brought rice wisdom.
They brought praise songs.
They brought resistance.
They brought resilience.

They weren’t just trafficked.
They were transmitters.

And now, their stories — once buried in ledgers — are rising again.

This is the other side of Bance Island. Just 1700 feet long and 350 feet wide, it stood on a river in Sierra Leone with global reach.
And we’re only just beginning to uncover the full truth.

Stay tuned. The full research is coming.
#DiasporaScavenger #BanceIsland #WeStillRise #GullahConnection #RepairersOfTheBreach
#FromBanceToBeyond

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AJM

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