José Teófilo Gorrin Castellanos

What's new with the Ñañigo or Abakuá

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Produktbeschreibung

The figure of the Abakuá or the one also known as ñáñigo, has been a long-standing character in Havana's andurrial. From all proposed to the roundup, by the hand of the colonial authorities, and then by those of the quasi-republic, which failed to reduce it, much less disappear it. Afro-descendant in majority, managed to survive in the mystery and subuse of secret societies. Today they deserve recognition in time; so its traditional historiography requires an objective review; to add that he has assumed his afromistic dependence as definitive and almost unique; and we do not take for granted the contribution and Creole cultural transfer, of wide range and nuances; much profane, but promoted and carried out in its neat and rich socio-cultural seat in the Havana neighborhood. As were those first generations, more than two centuries ago, of initiates. Reconstructing history requires tracing stages where reminiscences remain; those that, because they are disastrous, eliminate them, and incorporate new appreciations for an objective historiography, attached to the facts, ...in fact, very scarce.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Our Knowledge Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 196
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Juni 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 295g
• ISBN-13: 9786206076490
• ISBN-10: 6206076490
• Artikelnr.: 68217124

Autorenporträt

Ethnologist, anthropologist, historian and retired professor of the Central University "Marta Abreu" of Santa Clara Cuba. Master in History of Cuban and Hispano-American Culture. Published books: El trovador Manuel Corona en la Occitania Parda caribeña; La Ruta Afrocaribeña de la Décima; Lo que sí dijo Villaverde en Cecilia Valdés del Curro...