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THE DEBATE – “THE 1835 MALES REVOLT”
ICAMMALÊS holds a Debate in honor of THE MALÊS REVOLT On the 27th night of Ramadan in the year 1250 of the Hegira, coinciding with the dawn of the 24th to the 25th of January 1835.
For Sudanese culture, identity and resistance in Brazil, a tribute to the “malês” who, with a sword in one hand and the Koran in the other, the enslaved Africans known as malês ( Yorùbás “nagôs” Islamizados ) put Salvador-Bahia in a panic at night Lailatul Qadr. “Night of the decree” of 1835. The group continued shouting “Viva nagô”, during “Ramadan” of the year 1250 of the Hegira
