 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - José Martí anoremekedzwa pasi rose semunyori mukuru, muridzi wenyika uye mufi weCuba Independence, asi akanga ariwo mushanduri weimwe tsinhiro. Kunyange zvazvo akashandura zvinhu zvokunyora nokuda kwomufaro wazvo, zvakawanda zvaakashandura zvakamanikidzirwa paari nokuda kwezvinodikanwa zvemari mukati mamakore ake mazhinji okutapwa muUnited States. Martí akadzidza chiNgezi achiri muduku, uye akanga atanga kushandura pazera ramakore gumi namatatu. Akaramba achishandura kwoupenyu hwake hwose, kusanganisira nguva yaakanga ari mudzidzi kuSpain, kunyange zvazvo nguva yaakabudirira zvikuru yaiva panguva yaakagara muNew York kubva muna 1880 kusvikira adzokera kuCuba muna 1895. 