Douglas Palmas' "Uroboros" (1976), a winner of "El Nacional's" yearly short story competition, makes direct reference to "avenging" Miguel among other figures that the author perceives as victims of oppression. In 1991, Alfadil Ediciones published Raúl Agudo Freites' eponymous "Miguel de Buría", a historical novel that uses the king as inspiration for a fictional take on his reign. Miguel Arroyo's "El Reino de Buría" was published two years later.(Poddar et al. 573) Arturo Uslar Pietri based the story "La negramenta" on the events at Buría. At Venezuela, where he is most commonly known as "El Negro Miguel", his actions became part of the popular culture and passed on through oral tradition. The figure of the fallen king has been deified, becoming part of the cult of María Lionza (which began in Yaracuy), as a member of the goddess' court where he is joined by other historic figures associated with rebellion like Simón Bolívar, the cacique Guaicaípuro and fellow black slave Felipe. Some researchers have argued that the deity itself is a cultural representation of queen Guiomar, due to the proximity of the cult's origin to the kingdom's historic location, but the hypothesis has not been confirmed. Ángel Sauce used the events as the basis of a ballet. Manuel Rugeles wrote poetry about it. By the 1960s, José Antonio de Armas Chitty was writing poetry about his exploits. This continued during the following decade. A dramatic adaptation of Miguel's life is part of Guillermo Meneses' "Espejos y Disfraces". Alejo Carpentier wrote poetry about Miguel and his defiance to build a kingdom in white territory in "El siglo de las luces". However, in his native Puerto Rico Miguel was virtually unknown until at least the late 1970s, remaining obscure even afterwards. In a reflection of the attitudes of their times, both Aguado and Herrera vilify Miguel's wish for freedom in their accounts. In "Venezuela Speaks!: Voices from the Grassroots", author Carlos Martín established that the origin of the Network of Afro-Venezuelan Organizations can be traced back to "the first uprisings by Africans here, such as was carried out by Miguel de Buría in Yaracuy in 1552".