Colombia and the Artistic Footprint of Its Black Population
Historically, the Afro-Colombian community has infused national folklore with its music, dance and other artistic expressions. Afro-descendant communities spread across Colombia’s 32 departments and represent just over 4 million inhabitants. Historically, they...
The Story of the Black President that Colombia Erased from its History
Colombia had a black president comparable to Barack Obama himself, whose legacy is still unknown in many spheres of the Caribbean country’s political history. His name was Juan José Nieto and, like Obama, he was an Afro-descendant, an intellectual and a...
Básico pero Nítido, the T-Shirts that Empower Afro-Colombians
Benkos Biohó and Martin Luther King were black leaders who left a legacy of struggle and respect for the human rights of Afro-descendant communities in the Americas. Biohó achieved the emancipation of African people from the Spanish yoke in San Basilio de Palenque,...
The Black Musicians Who have Put Colombia on the Map
The members of the band Chocquibtown are from El Chocó, a region in the Colombian Pacific where biodiversity reigns, but where you also find “mines full of gold and platinum, pointless self-discrimination, imminent racism, population displacement due to...Post List #1
Latin American Heritage Month celebrates the diversity and achievements of Canada’s vibrant Latin American communities
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