The small town still exists in Veracruz; a statue commemorates the feat of Yanga and his band of slaves, while his name appears in several streets and public places in Mexico. Slave uprisings ...

Centuries later, he now has a town named after him in the state of Veracruz in Mexico, fittingly named “Yanga.” Here’s the story of how he became a legend.

Yanga había sido capturado en la región de Brang, lugar que alguna vez perteneció al Imperio de Ghana, el joven príncipe fue llevado a Cabo Verde y desde ahí partiría a Veracruz. En 1579 Yanga llegó a ...

En el corazón de Veracruz, México, se erige una imponente escultura que es un grito de memoria y dignidad. El Monumento a Gaspar Yanga, o “El Yanga”, realizado en bronce y piedra ...

The key figure in the exhibit is Gaspar Yanga, an African prince enslaved in 1575 and taken to Veracruz on Mexico's eastern coast, arriving several decades after the Spanish conquered the Aztecs.