The word Nago stems from the word Anago, a Yoruba-speaking tribe that flourished in western Africa (near what is now Nigeria). Mama Yaya is Nago, and John Indian is born to an indigenous father and a Nago mother.
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Nago Term Timeline in I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem
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Part 1: Chapter 1
...years old, is driven off the plantation. She goes to live with a formerly enslaved Nago woman named Mama Yaya. Mama Yaya watched her husband and children be tortured to death,...
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Part 1: Chapter 2
...and flirts with John Indian, a handsome man born to an indigenous father and a Nago mother. John explains that he is enslaved by Susanna Endicott, an old widow. He invites...
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