Carlota Lukumi: Yoruba woman who led mass uprising in Cuba

This story teaches you that Yoruba from time immemorial are warriors. They can be patient but not cowards.

By Owei Lakemfa

Carlota Lukumi, a Yoruba was about ten when slave raiders abducted her about two hundred years ago.

She was one of the approximately 12.5 Africans abducted. She survived the dehumanizing Atlantic Ocean passage into slavery in which at least 2.5 million people died. She was sold into slavery to work in the sugar and cotton plantations in the Cuban Province of Matanzas.

As in almost all cases, her original names are lost as she was fitted with a new name, Carlota. Her surname, Lukumi came from the habit of Yoruba slaves, in realisation of their kinship, calling themselves ‘Olukumi’ meaning my close friend. This is very much like the international Argentine doctor, Ernesto Guevera, refering to himself as ‘Che’ (Buddy) and that becoming part of his name.
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