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2 unusual facts about El Negro


El Negro

Negro of Banyoles, a southern African man whose body was on display in the Darder Museum of Banyoles until 2000

Fernando Chamorro

Fernando "El Negro" Chamorro, Nicaraguan rebel fighting both the Somoza and Sandinista regimes


Kip Hanrahan

He assembles players and materials, combining modern/avant-garde/free jazz figures like Don Pullen and Steve Swallow, Latin jazz players such as Milton Cardona and Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez, and occasionally rock singers like Sting and, most notably, Jack Bruce.


see also

Arturo Durazo Moreno

Arturo "El Negro" Durazo Moreno (Cumpas, Sonora, México, 1924 – Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico, 5 August 2000) was the Chief of Police in Mexico City for six years, from 1976 to 1982.

Negro of Banyoles

Different books have dealt with the "el negre" controversy, most notably El Negro en ik (El Negro and me) by Frank Westerman, which shows that even naturalist Georges Cuvier knew about the man.

Sternocleidomastoid muscle

The famous Argentinian comedy/musical group Les Luthiers mention the sternocleidomastoid muscle in their song "El negro quiere bailar".