Tuesday, 21 January 2025

THE NAGO PEOPLE

The Nago people, or Anago, refers to Yoruba-speaking individuals, particularly from the kingdom of Ketu, as called by Fon-speaking people.

In Brazil, "Nago" also became a term to group the Yoruba people who were brought to the country during the transatlantic slave trade.

By the 1880s, nearing the end of the slave trade, the Nagos were the African group most frequently transported to Brazil.

Many of them, along with other Yoruba people, played crucial roles in shaping Afro-Brazilian culture, religious practices (like Candomblé), and resistance movements.

The portrait of a Nago albino black slave taken around 1869 in Pernambuco, Brazil, gives a rare glimpse into the lives of these individuals during the period.

This photograph, captured by the German-born photographer Alberto Henschel, is one of many historical images that document the African presence in Brazil, serving as a poignant reminder of the legacy of slavery in the Americas.

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