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Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala | |
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Born | c. 1535 San Cristóbal de Suntuntu, Ayacucho |
Died | after 1616 |
Occupation | Chronicler |
Notable work | El primer nueva corónica y buen gobierno |
Felipe Guamán Poma de Ayala (c. 1535[1] – after 1616), also known as Huamán Poma or Waman Poma, was a Quechua nobleman known for chronicling and denouncing the ill treatment of the natives of the Andes by the Spanish Empire after their conquest of Peru.[2] Today, Guaman Poma is noted for his illustrated chronicle, El primer nueva corónica y buen gobierno.[3]