Lovejoy Henry B. — Prieto
Yorùbá Kingship in Colonial Cuba during the Age of Revolutions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8896865 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ivor L Miller (University of Calabar, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 239 |
| Issue | 239 |
| Pages | 722-725 |
| Publication date | 2020-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cahiers d études africaines (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0008-0055 • E-ISSN: 1777-5353 |
| Publisher | OpenEdition (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.4000/etudesafricaines.31936 |
| OpenAlex | W3084156870 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
This book contextualizes the biography of a West African forced migrant in Havana, Cuba from the 1770s to 1835. Following Prieto's life chronologically, the eight chapters start with "Badagry", the lucrative port controlled first by the y empire, then by Fon-speaking Dahomey, and once "Old y " collapsed its subjects became victims of the Atlantic trade. Imaginably, Prieto was carried from Badagry to Jamaica in 1784 before reaching Havana in 1785. On arrival Prieto was labeled as a "Lucum," one of several vague ethnic trademarks coined by slaveholders for their human merchandise. Although Lovejoy relates "Lucum" roughly to "Yorb-speaking people," the term was also applied to speakers of other African languages including Hausa, Fon, Igala and in rare cases Carabal, especially if those individuals spoke even rudimentary Yorb. (pp. 10, 170, n. 34)
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Colonialism · Geography · Monarchy · Political science · Politics · Yoruba · Cuban History and Society · History · Law · Philosophy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |