An Introspection on Afro-Mexican History Through the Science of Music and Maroonage “Yanga came down to meet them to the sound of a drum and some bells they were ringing” (Ajonja 2017, 26). Summary: Veracruz is a town at the heart of Afro-Mexican culture and history. This timeline starts with the enslaved Gaspar Yanga’s resistance fight that eventually forced a treaty with the Spanish in 1609, forming the first free Black town in the Americas. Out of this marronage a distinct Afro-Mexican culture was born that later cultivated the revolutionary sound of Son Jarocho. Son Jarocho, with its lively African […]
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