A second literary reference can be found in Carmen Lyra's "Cuentos de mi tía Panchita" (1920), in which, although she acknowledges it to be the same tale as Fernán Caballero's, she also leaves room for an oriental or African origin. In fact, the tale is titled "La Cucarachita Mandinga" ("Mandinga, the Little Roach") and "Mandinga" is just another name for the Mandinka people. This leads to believe of some influences from the slaves brought from Africa. The tales of the book became part of the Costa Rican folklore, but the Little Roach is also known in Cuba, Mexico and Panama. In Panama it became even more important as it is an important part of Panamanian folklore after it was turned into a children's theater play by Rogelio Sinán and with music of Gonzalo Brenes.