The Fugees and Guantanamo Bay...

What are you talking about?

In 1996 most people had never heard of Guantanamo Bay.. I’m wondering why this band would mention it in a song.

And I know that without a member of the band posting here I will have to rely on theory.

In 1996 many people, including me, had heard of Git’mo. It’s probably an age thing.

@gail

In 1996 what was gitmo considered? Was it just a naval base? Did it carry the negative connotations it does now?

From the 1970s onwards, the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base was used to house Cuban and Haitian refugees intercepted on the high seas. In the early 1990s

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guantanamo_Bay_detainment_camp

@john; Gitmo was a naval base in Cuba (with whom we had no diplomatic relations), which was the only odd thing I remember about it. In 1996 I had huge family distractions and wasn’t paying attention to the outside world; but 9/11 triggered the media attention and all that we now know.

Everyone had heard of it; but I could not have given you particulars. Here’s the;

MIlitary History

Wyclef, one of the Fugees, is Haitian-born. Perhaps that’s the why of the Guantanamo Bay reference that @ironhiway mentioned.

Come on, the name Fugees cames from REfugees. Guantanamo was settlet in January 2002; but it was a just a project before this moment. There are a lot of activist who were protesting since 1994–95 (from this time I know for sure).