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    Manuel Zapata Olivella was a Colombian writer born in 1920 in Lorica, Colombia who passed away in 2004 in Bogotá. He is considered the first author to exalt the Colombian black identity in his works. Some of his most important novels include Wet Land, Vagabond Passion, and The 10th Street. He wrote 8 novels and 5 stories in his career and also founded a national literature magazine in his 60s to showcase works from his region of Colombia.

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    Manuel Zapata Olivella: Colombian Writer, The First Author To Exalt The Colombian Black Identity in His Works

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    MANUEL ZAPATA OLIVELLA

    Colombian writer, the first author to exalt the


    Colombian black identity in his works.
    He was born on March 17, 1920, Lorica and passed
    away on November 19, 2004, Bogotá.

    MORE IMPORTANT WORKS

    Wet Land (1947);


    Vagabond Passion (1948);
    The 10th Street (1960);
    Behind the Face, Esso Prize
    in 1962; Chambacú, Corral
    Jde Negros, Casa de las
    Américas Award in 1963

    He made 8
    novels and 5
    WORDS OF ITS ORIGIN stories
    Carimba: Mark etched with error
    red-hot on the skin of slaves for
    denote the property of the master.
    Oricha: Name given to the supreme deities
    of the Yoruba religion. Did you know that Manuel
    Linga: Wooden drum used to convey Zapata Olivella founded the
    long distance messages. "National Letters Magazine"
    Nao: Boat dedicated to the slave trade. in his 60s so that writers from
    his provinces could present
    Loba Blanca: Expression that characterizes whites
    slavers or racists. their works and the
    Colombian reality in a
    Orunla: Holder of the Tables of Ifá in where the
    destiny of men is inscribed.
    different way from what
    literature showed at that
    time?

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