Barbados Red-Legs can now boast their own cultural flag
“I know as an outsider, no symbology can be foisted onto another culture;
yet my humble offering might spark the imagination of someone who is from there, and inspire some movement toward cultural affirmation.”
contributed by Three-fold Now
The Red Legs are a cultural community in the Caribbean island of Barbados. They are descendants of Irish and Scottish indentured servants—some forcibly enslaved by Cromwell—and remain as “poor whites” in what is otherwise a predominantly Afro-Caribbean nation. The performer Rihanna claims some family ties to this Irish-Barbadian lineage. Continue reading