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Felipe Guamán Poma de Ayala (c. 1535 [1] – after 1616), also known as Huamán Poma or Waman Poma, was a Quechua nobleman known for chronicling and denouncing the ill treatment of the natives of the Andes by the Spanish Empire after their conquest of Peru. [2]
The chronicle covers ancient Andean history, the rise of the Inca empire, the Spanish conquest in the 1530s, and early colonial society and government. Guamán Poma's discussion of Inca rule describes religion, social order, legislation, annual festivals and economic organization, as well as the functions of the different social groups.
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Martín de Murúa by Guamán Poma de Ayala (1615). Martín de Murúa, O. de M., (c. 1525 in Gipuzkoa, Spain – c. 1618 in Spain) was a Basque Mercedarian friar and chronicler of the Spanish conquest of the Americas.
Drawing of Mayta Capac, made by Guaman Poma. A young Mayta Capac (c. 1290 – c. 1320) was put in charge after his father died of old age. It was necessary for the maskaypacha to be kept inside the temple of the sun and for his uncle to replace him in power for some years, which may have been the reason behind his name "Where is the powerful one?
The earliest known, full-length opera composed by a Black American, “Morgiane,” will premiere this week in Washington, DC, Maryland and New York more than century after it was completed.
1. Henry Repeating Arms. Going by the motto "Made in America, or Not Made at All," gun enthusiasts can rest assured that Henry Repeating Arms is deeply rooted in local tradition.
Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala, an indigenous chronicler in the early 17th century, recounts the changes due to the reductions in The First New Chronicle and Good Government. He notes that the local Andean agricultural system thrived based on plots cultivated according to the microclimates up and down the Andean mountain range.