*The birth of Bayano is celebrated on this date in c 1520. Also known as Ballano or Vaino, he was an African revolutionary.

Captured from the Yoruba community in West Africa, it has been debated that his name means idol. Different tales tell of their revolt in 1552, beginning either on the ship or after landing in Panama's Darien province near Colombia.





https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3Wg7MH001g

Bayano's forces numbered nearly a thousand Cimarrons and set up a palenque near the modern-day Chepo River. Many of which successfully fended off Spanish control for centuries using guerrilla war and alliances with pirates or indigenous nations.

They fought their guerrilla war for over five years while building their community.