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"The Bight of Benin, home region to ethnic Yoruba slaves, such at Pacifico Licutan. Pacífico Licutan was a Muslim slave and Islamic community and religious leader in colonial Brazil in the 1800s, and was involved in the 1835 Malê Revolt in a leadership capacity. He was not killed in the revolt but did die shortly afterwards, after February 11, 1835. He was also known as "Bilal", a connection to the Islamic figure Bilal ibn Rabah and a regional word for prayer caller, following and in his trial related to the 1835 Malê revolt. His birth-date is unknown. Life Litucan was a Yoruba—also referred to as the ethnic group Nagô, as opposed to the Hausa ethnicity—, the largest group of Muslims in Salvador or Bahia at the time. Litucan was a tobacco roller living in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. He was owned by a doctor, Antonio Pinto de mesquite Varalle. Litucan was active in the Islamic community and was considered a mestre, or teacher in Portuguese, or alufa to the Yoruba, in his community. Attempts to buy Litucan and free him by his Islamic fellows and followers were ineffective, as they were refused twice. When his owner died he was seized and imprisoned in November of 1834, to be sold away in order to service debts of his deceased master. As a Nagô, he came from an area now known as Southern Nigeria. Despite only making up 4.5% of Brazilian slaves, Nagô people were influential in the Afro-Brazilian community in general and in Bahia particularly, and were also often Muslim, contributing to the closely knit community in Salvador. Bahian Malê Revolt Over the month of Ramadan he was held and the Muslim community plotted the eventual revolt, but had accidentally leaked the plan. Leading up to the night of Layla al-Quadr, or the night of Power and destiny, the government prepared for the revolt. Before the night of January 25th, 1835, troops moved on the soon to be rebels and attacked at breakfast, and the Bahian Slave revolt began. The slaves were, with relative ease, crushed, attacking the prison and barracks but breaking before sustained fire and cavalry charges. The majority of the group were male African Slaves, and many were Yoruba(Nagô) from the Bight of Benin despite its low share to the total slave imports. 61% of tried slaves after the revolt were Nagô, and Nagô leaders show up most in period documentation of the revolt and the individuals held responsible for the distuption and loss of life. After the revolt ended, the Brazilian authorities failed, despite torturing him, to acquire names of other Muslims or students of the old Alufa. In records pertaining to the uprising written shortly after it happened, Licutan is recorded as either the most or the second most beloved figure in the Muslim community at the time, and a recognized authority in a religious tradition for which all scriptural forms had to have been brought over by memory. State of Bahia in Brazil, Capital, Salvador = Impact on Latin American Islam = This event is one of the few Muslim related topics with even moderate engagement in the historical community, and as a result proper comparison to particularly other Muslim revolts but even other religious groups is limited compared to other regions. Historiographically the jury is not out on exactly what role Islam did play in the inciting of the large revolt, and what conclusions to draw from data regarding previous smaller revolts. References Year of birth missing Place of birth missing 1835 deaths Yoruba slaves Yoruba Muslim leaders People from Salvador, Bahia Place of death missing Brazilian rebel slaves 19th-century Brazilian people Brazilian people of Yoruba descent Brazilian Muslims "
"Sir Robert Kirk Inches (c. 1845 – 2 August 1918) was a Scottish goldsmith and silversmith. He co-founded the jewellers Hamilton & Inches and served as Lord Provost of Edinburgh from 1912 to 1916. Early life A claret jug by Hamilton and Inches He was born around 1845. He was the son of Robert Inches, a printer with John Stark & Co at Old Assembly Close on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh. Career In 1866 he founded the jewellery firm Hamilton & Inches with his uncle, James Hamilton, at 90 Princes Street in Edinburgh.Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1867 James retired in 1883. In 1888 Robert Inches bought the property of the watchmaker Robert Bryson & Son at 66 Princes Street and combined it into a new facility at 88/90 Princes Street. The firm was "by appointment" jewellers to Queen Victoria.http://golf.tollcross.org/Home/inches-trophy-history/hamilton-and- inches-silversmiths At the time, Inches lived at 2 Strathearn Road in the Grange.Edinburgh Post Office directory 1890 In 1903 he co-founded the Edinburgh Association of Goldsmiths, Silversmiths and Watchmakers, formally constituted on 5 February 1906.Scotsman (newspaper) 6 February 2006 Death He died on 2 August 1918. Recognition He was knighted by King George V during his period as Lord Provost. His full-length portrait by George Fiddes Watt is held by the City of Edinburgh Council. Personal life His sons included Robert Kirk Inches (. 1918) and Edward James Inches (d.1934) both of whom served in the First World War. Edward took over the company upon his father's death. Edward's son Campbell Inches took the firm over in 1934, and in 1950 the company came under the control of Ian Hamilton Inches. In 1952 the company moved to 87 George Street. In 1992 it was bought by Asprey of London but retained its historic name for trading. References 1918 deaths People from Edinburgh Lord Provosts of Edinburgh Scottish goldsmiths Scottish silversmiths Scottish businesspeople Scottish jewellers Scottish knights "
"Mamao Keneseli is a Tuvaluan women's community development leader, activist and teacher. She is noted for her work on Nui atoll, where she has fought to raise the status of women. She began a career in teaching primary school children in 1981, and in 1990 she became involved with running a women's handicraft centre, teaching women how to develop their skills and earn a living. In 2010 she was made director of the Matapulapula Women's Group on Nui. She has since passed on the position but remains active with Matapulapula. Lanuola Fasiai, the Senior Officer in the Tuvalu Government Gender Office described Keneseli as "a woman of action who walks the talk and is a role model in her community". In 2017 the Pacific Community named her one of "70 Inspiring Pacific Women". References Tuvaluan women Women's rights activists Living people Year of birth missing (living people) "