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Meeting Turn and Me: A Look at Our Life in Barbados
Meeting turn is known by many names in the Caribbean such as: sou sou, susu, osusu, partner, or by other regional names. It refers to a rotating savings and credit association (ROSCA) widely practiced across West African. The term sou sou is linked to esusu, a system practiced across West Africa, where communal savings arrangements…
Recent posts:
June 1975 Barbados Rally is still the best
The Barbados Railway 1881-1937
BajanThings eleven years on…
High Altitude Research Project (HARP) 1962 – 1967
The 1679 Barbados Census – a searchable database
My Memories of Independence day – 30th November 1966
Jean Agatha Forde
Remembering those that served during WWI, WWII and later conflicts
Operation Carlota – Cuba’s secret flights to Angola via Barbados
From our back-catalogue of posts:
Celebrating 10 years of BajanThings
A selection of BajanThings posts from the last 10 years.
High Altitude Research Project (HARP) 1962 – 1967
Operation Carlota – Cuba’s secret flights to Angola via Barbados
Rediffusion Barbados (1934 -1997)
The game of Warri
A Fisherman’s Tale
The Printed Maps of Barbados 1500s – 1980s (Overview)
How “badjohn” became a word
F/O Errol Barrow RAF Navigator World War II & Prime Minister of Barbados
The Colin Hudson Great (Barbados) Train Hike
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