Where Did the Black Court Go?
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 June 2022
I conclude the book by musing why Festín is the last source about Afro-Mexicans’ festive practices, when most of the sources from other latitudes are posterior. Through the analysis of a 1699-1702 Inquisition case that shows Mexicans of all “especie” (kind) acting in concert, I propose that the case may demonstrate the natural result of creolization: the incorporation of different cultures into a new one. Thus Afro-Mexicans, who had gone from Africans to Afro-Mexicans, become simply Mexicans. This scenario underscores the kind of cultural intimacies Afro-Mexicans developed with other groups and further complicates Mexican narratives of mestizaje.
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