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    Mariwanga was a slave woman in Cuba known for her powers as a witch. She lived in the plantation of La Diana Soler, where even the overseers feared her reputation. It was said that when a woman claimed to be a witch like Mariwanga, men had to tie their pants tightly. Mariwanga came to Cuba from Africa with two sisters, and warned that when she felt the whip on her ribs she would return to Africa, which eventually happened. She entertained herself by throwing witchcraft against the local Congo people and surrounding areas. An experienced medicine man eventually discovered that Mariwanga was the source of the witchcraft by following her trail and identifying her large backside, which did not look like

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    Mariwanga was a slave woman in Cuba known for her powers as a witch. She lived in the plantation of La Diana Soler, where even the overseers feared her reputation. It was said that when a woman claimed to be a witch like Mariwanga, men had to tie their pants tightly. Mariwanga came to Cuba from Africa with two sisters, and warned that when she felt the whip on her ribs she would return to Africa, which eventually happened. She entertained herself by throwing witchcraft against the local Congo people and surrounding areas. An experienced medicine man eventually discovered that Mariwanga was the source of the witchcraft by following her trail and identifying her large backside, which did not look like

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    Mariwanga was a slave woman in Cuba known for her powers as a witch. She lived in the plantation of La Diana Soler, where even the overseers feared her reputation. It was said that when a woman claimed to be a witch like Mariwanga, men had to tie their pants tightly. Mariwanga came to Cuba from Africa with two sisters, and warned that when she felt the whip on her ribs she would return to Africa, which eventually happened. She entertained herself by throwing witchcraft against the local Congo people and surrounding areas. An experienced medicine man eventually discovered that Mariwanga was the source of the witchcraft by following her trail and identifying her large backside, which did not look like

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    STORY OF MARIWANGA

    Translated
    By
    Macho PatiLemba

    It is said that in the plantation La Diana Soler lived a slave


    named Mariwanga, woman of "flesh and blood" strong, to
    whom many feared her even the mayorales, even her fame
    as a Yayi or witch traveled from mouth to mouth
    throughout the whole area, and by then it was said that
    "when a woman says to be Witch as Mariwanga, the Taita
    better tie his pants.
    They are the devil, and all have wood of witches. " In
    Cuba, mainly in the area of Matanzas, the name is related
    Mariwanga to the orisha Oya, but also in the Branch of
    Palo Monte that there are many ngangas That bear her
    name.
    ... Mariwanga came to America with two of her sisters.
    These ungangas went to Santo Domingo and Puerto Rico.
    A Mariwanga came to Cuba. But as it arrived at La Diana
    warned the Contramayoral that the day she felt the
    Musinga (leather) on her ribs, they would not see her
    anymore, and that day came. She hid in the letrine and
    from there she returned back to Africa flying.
    ... Mariwanga entertained herself in throwing kimbamba
    (witchcraft) to the Congo of Soler and all the surroundings,
    but everyone thought who ever was throwing kimbamba
    against them was a man. The situation got so serious that
    the eldest nkisa with clear sight, started looking to find out

    who was the enemy, finally he saw in the mirror the figure
    of a person lying on the floor:
    - Ya ta - he said - Here is someone facing down talking
    to a nganga. Ah! But it has a big behind. Matako
    Mandunga! That fat ass does not looks like a man.
    They started to follow the yimbi (medium) that took
    on all fours, sniffing the ground, following the trail to
    the hut that belong to Mariwanga.
    - She opened the door.
    - I am Mariwanga! I have seven skirts! And she started
    to remove the seven skirts and throwing them one by
    one individually to the Mbua, who had discovered.
    Then she shuts the door.

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