{"id":3980,"date":"2026-01-06T09:41:53","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T14:41:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.afrokuba.com\/?p=3980"},"modified":"2026-01-06T09:44:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T14:44:17","slug":"benin-primer-encuentro-con-la-reina-kpessi-kondodo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.afrokuba.com\/en\/2026\/01\/06\/benin-primer-encuentro-con-la-reina-kpessi-kondodo\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben\u00edn: Primer encuentro con la Reina Kpessi Kondodo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Por <a href=\"https:\/\/endac.org\/encyclopedia\/tag\/miguel-angel-garcia-velasco\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Miguel \u00c1ngel Garc\u00eda Velsco\">Miguel \u00c1ngel Garc\u00eda Velasco<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hay encuentros que no se planifican: se heredan. Mi primer di\u00e1logo con la Reina Kpessi Kondodo tuvo lugar en el marco del Festival Djogbe Miton Nahy\u00e9 \u2013 9.\u00aa edici\u00f3n, y estuvo guiado \u2014como corresponde\u2014 por la palabra de los ancestros.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>En un ambiente \u00edntimo, profundamente familiar y de absoluto respeto humano, la Reina comparti\u00f3 la historia de su vida, que comienza a los 3 a\u00f1os de edad cuando Fa determin\u00f3 su camino espiritual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrokuba.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-01-05-at-4.03.54-PM-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3981\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrokuba.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-01-05-at-4.03.54-PM-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.afrokuba.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-01-05-at-4.03.54-PM-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.afrokuba.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-01-05-at-4.03.54-PM-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/www.afrokuba.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-01-05-at-4.03.54-PM-9x12.jpeg 9w, https:\/\/www.afrokuba.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-01-05-at-4.03.54-PM-1320x1760.jpeg 1320w, https:\/\/www.afrokuba.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-01-05-at-4.03.54-PM.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No es una met\u00e1fora: es una biograf\u00eda ritual donde destino, responsabilidad y comunidad se entrelazan desde la infancia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aqu\u00ed no hay \u201cvocaci\u00f3n tard\u00eda\u201d, hay mandato.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Conversamos sobre nuestros proyectos presentes y futuros, entendidos no como iniciativas individuales, sino como continuidades ancestrales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>En Ben\u00edn, el futuro no se improvisa: se consulta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video aligncenter\"><video height=\"480\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 848 \/ 480;\" width=\"848\" controls src=\"https:\/\/www.afrokuba.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Encuentro-con-la-Reina-Kpessi-Kondodo-1.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>La jornada estuvo acompa\u00f1ada por los cantos y danzas de sus adeptos, verdaderas tecnolog\u00edas de la memoria y culmin\u00f3 con la presentaci\u00f3n del imponente Zangbeto Agbaoudede de Ayou Ahota, presencia que no se explica: se respeta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>El Zangbeto no \u201cact\u00faa\u201d, vigila, ordena y recuerda que la comunidad es un cuerpo vivo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Salgo de este encuentro con una certeza clara (y sin rodeos): la etnograf\u00eda del futuro se escribe escuchando a quienes caminan con los ancestros desde la infancia. Todo lo dem\u00e1s es ruido acad\u00e9mico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ben\u00edn no es pasado. Ben\u00edn es br\u00fajula.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video aligncenter\"><video height=\"480\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 848 \/ 480;\" width=\"848\" controls src=\"https:\/\/www.afrokuba.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Encuentro-con-la-Reina-Kpessi-Kondodo-2-1.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/afrokubaenbenin?__eep__=6&amp;__cft__[0]=AZbGnaOr3W2TiVT7mtlnFO5yYAOejTaqyPJd8YhjajwzJp29VnJJh3YGipAz04JPW1aot8l5rd_I9NmKv_Iya0u95mwX38LECmKy125AS0hzGPX2AEEC8Jckm3cAvo-o-v2C5eOSPO3gWT6iMgkXG9paGN49VCxmmEuLnBRqNq2cuQpPI6tCv2DvfJ_4w96Aoyg&amp;__tn__=*NK-R\">#AfroKubaEnBenin<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/benin?__eep__=6&amp;__cft__[0]=AZbGnaOr3W2TiVT7mtlnFO5yYAOejTaqyPJd8YhjajwzJp29VnJJh3YGipAz04JPW1aot8l5rd_I9NmKv_Iya0u95mwX38LECmKy125AS0hzGPX2AEEC8Jckm3cAvo-o-v2C5eOSPO3gWT6iMgkXG9paGN49VCxmmEuLnBRqNq2cuQpPI6tCv2DvfJ_4w96Aoyg&amp;__tn__=*NK-R\">#Benin<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/afrokuba?__eep__=6&amp;__cft__[0]=AZbGnaOr3W2TiVT7mtlnFO5yYAOejTaqyPJd8YhjajwzJp29VnJJh3YGipAz04JPW1aot8l5rd_I9NmKv_Iya0u95mwX38LECmKy125AS0hzGPX2AEEC8Jckm3cAvo-o-v2C5eOSPO3gWT6iMgkXG9paGN49VCxmmEuLnBRqNq2cuQpPI6tCv2DvfJ_4w96Aoyg&amp;__tn__=*NK-R\">#AfroKuba<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>El di\u00e1logo con la Reina Kpessi Kondodo tuvo lugar en el marco del Festival Djogbe Miton Nahy\u00e9 \u2013 9.\u00aa edici\u00f3n, y estuvo guiado \u2014como corresponde\u2014 por la palabra de los ancestros.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3986,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[187,42,206,50,203],"tags":[291,12,163,287,292,290],"class_list":{"0":"post-3980","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-afrodescendientes","8":"category-afrokuba","9":"category-cultura","10":"category-entrevista","11":"category-religion","12":"tag-africa-2","13":"tag-afrokuba","14":"tag-ancestros","15":"tag-benin","16":"tag-herencia","17":"tag-reina-kpessi-kondodo","19":"post-with-thumbnail","20":"post-with-thumbnail-large"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.afrokuba.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-01-05-at-4.04.14-PM.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.afrokuba.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.afrokuba.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.afrokuba.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.afrokuba.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.afrokuba.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.afrokuba.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3980\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.afrokuba.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.afrokuba.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.afrokuba.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.afrokuba.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}