Afrykanie ze Sri Lanki - Redux
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A Catholic shrine stands in the Muslim dominated town of Puttalam. The shrine is close by to St Mary's Church where centuries ago most of the Afro-Sri Lankans lived and who helped build the church. Since then they have dispersed to various other areas in the town and outside. Out of all communities of African diaspora that surround the Indian Ocean those of Sri Lanka are by far the smallest and most fragile, first brought by the Portuguese, the Dutch and eventually the British as slaves. After the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act was passed in the British Parliament in 1807, the process of putting an end to slavery began in British controlled countries. On being emancipated most Africans stayed and a century ago the Afro-Sri Lankan population was believed to be around 6000 people. Today that number has dwindled to less than 500 and are likely to totally disappear in a few generations.
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2017-09-14
Luke Duggleby/SAJA/Redux/EAST NEWS
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