I learned about that years ago and still can’t get over the fact that it was still running when was born.
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one_old_coder@piefed.social 22 hours ago
France beat you, we made one in 1994 and most people don’t know about it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bamboula%27s_Village
troglodyte_mignon@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
ParadoxSeahorse@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
Perfect job no notes
one_old_coder@piefed.social 17 hours ago
I forgot that part. Bamboula was the equivalent of the n-word in the 80s. Those biscuits were sold in supermarkets, and they made TV ads and other stuff. Fun times…
troglodyte_mignon@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
For the anecdote, bamboula is originally the name of a kind of drum and of a dance. I think it’s super sad that we took a piece of some people’s art and culture and turned it into a heinous slur. Not that it’s the most horrible thing about the whole colonisation business, but still.