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Taíno is not a universally accepted denomination—it was not the name this people called themselves originally, and there is still uncertainty about their attributes and the boundaries of the territory they occupied. [17] The term nitaino or nitayno, from which Taíno derived, referred to an elite social class, not to an ethnic group. No 16th ...
Cuba is a primarily Catholic country. Another large religion in Cuba is Santería. Santería is a blend of Catholicism and traditional Yoruba religions. When African slaves first arrived in Cuba during the 16th century, they were taught a few simple prayers and were baptised by the Spanish. The slaves combined this limited form of Catholicism ...
By 1905 nearly 10% of Cuba's land area belonged to Americans. By 1902, American companies controlled 80% of Cuba's ore exports and owned most of the sugar and cigarette factories. [90] Immediately after the war, there were several serious barriers for foreign businesses attempting to operate in Cuba.
Other information about the customs of the Lucayans has come from archaeological investigations and comparison with what is known of Taíno culture in Cuba and Hispaniola. The Lucayans were distinguished from the Taínos of Cuba and Hispaniola in the size of their houses, the organization and location of their villages, the resources they used ...
Officially called amarilla (yellow in English) in the Cuban census, [30] Cubans of East Asian origins made up 1.02% of the population in the 2002 Census of Cuba. They are primarily made up of ethnic Chinese who are descendants of indentured laborers who came in the 19th century to build railroads and work in mines. Historically, Chinese ...
Most came from a stretch of Western Africa between the modern nation-states of Guinea and Angola. [12] The great plurality were Yoruba, from the area encompassed by the modern states of Nigeria and Benin; [13] the Yoruba had a shared language and culture but were divided among different states. [14]
The first enslaved Africans arrived in Cuba in 1511, [400] although the largest numbers came in the 19th century. [401] Cuba continued to receive new slaves until at least 1860, [400] with full emancipation occurring in 1886. [402] In total, between 702,000 and 1 million enslaved Africans were brought to Cuba. [403] Most came from a stretch of ...
Cuba, [c] officially the Republic of Cuba, [d] is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba (largest island), Isla de la Juventud, and 4,195 islands, islets and cays surrounding the main island. It is located where the northern Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and Atlantic Ocean meet.