Over the years, Bahamians have expanded the meanings of Junkanoo as well, making it a more inclusive space. In the 1950s, a ...

Junkanoo became a space for Afro-Bahamians and liberated Africans to come together and partake in African cultural practices. In the post-emancipation period, as Black Bahamians still faced ...

As liberated Africans were rescued from non-British slave ships and brought to the Bahamas, they brought their traditions with them. Junkanoo became a space for Afro-Bahamians and liberated Africans ...