Also known as: Nagô, Nago nation, Yoruba
Last updated: April 23, 2026
Nago was the colonial-era term for Yoruba-speaking captives from the Bight of Benin region brought to Saint-Domingue. Their presence became more visible in later eighteenth-century arrival patterns and they contributed distinct ritual traditions — particularly the Nago rite in Haitian Vodou, associated with warrior energy and the lwa Ogou. The Nago were part of the broad Arada-Fon-Yoruba cultural complex that dominated the religious life of the northern plain.
Bight Of Benin
African Ethnicities Saint Domingue
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