Gaspar Yanga
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Gaspar Yanga — often simply Yanga or Nyanga was an African who led a maroon colony of enslaved Africans in the highlands near Veracruz, Mexico during the early period of Spanish colonial rule. He successfully resisted a Spanish attack on the... Wikipedia
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Gaspar Yanga — often simply Yanga or Nyanga (May 14, 1545 – 1618) was an African who led a maroon colony of enslaved Africans in the highlands near Veracruz ...
Apr 8, 2020 · The film pays homage to the Africans who won their freedom and examines how Yanga's triumph and Afro-Mexican legacies still challenge us in ...
Mar 29, 2009 · Rumored to be of royal lineage from West Africa, Yanga was an enslaved worker in the sugarcane plantations of Veracruz, Mexico. In 1570 he, ...
Gaspar Ñanga, leader of Black people in the town of San Lorenzo de los Negros (now called Yanga) and also believed to be a descendant of Yanga, was tried for ...
Oct 20, 2021 · Located in east-central Mexico, the city of Yanga is named in honor of Gaspar Yanga, an African who was reportedly born in 1545 and who led the ...