Anacaona
Deceased Person
1474 – 1504
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Who was Anacaona?
Anacaona, also called the Golden Flower, was a Taíno cacica, sister of Bohechío, chief of Xaragua, and wife of Caonabo, chief of the nearby territory of Maguana. Her brother and her husband were two of the five highest caciques who ruled the island of Xayiti when the Spaniards settled there in 1492. She was celebrated as a composer of ballads and narrative poems, called areítos.
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