We will consider a range of topics, including how elements of African culture have been incorporated into broader Latin American traditions, slavery and abolition, the struggle for citizenship and ...

race and success in her pursuit of the American dream. Alford’s memoir delves deep into the intersectionality of Black America and the Afro-Latin Diaspora by influencing a greater understanding ...

Led by our institutional host, BorderLinks. Afro/Indigenous Perspectives, Race and Racism: Towards a New View of Latin American Studies The purpose of this symposium is to bring together scholars and ...

Afro-Latinidad refers to a collective identity of Latinos who have full or partial African descent. According to the University of New Mexico's Latin American and Iberian Institute, there are ...

Brazilian artist Gustavo Nazareno left Minas Gerais for São Paulo because his aunt, a practitioner of the Afro-Brazilian ...

Myra Delgado, 19, is Afro-Latina. She's in her second-year of psychology and part of a class called Black Latin America: Belonging, Refusal, Resistance. The course explores Black Latin American ...

Tuesday kicks off Afro-Latino Week in the Mid-South ... It's all about recognizing people with Latin American heritage — those from places like Columbia or Puerto Rico — who have African ...

Jones and switchboard operator Susan Hearns Clark—under the pen name “Albertine Ashe”—the “Lonesome Hearts: An Exchange for the Lovelorn” section in the AFRO-American Newspaper ...

Carnival, also known as "Carnaval" in Latin America, is one of the most anticipated celebrations across the region. It's a time when entire cities come alive with music, dance, costumes, and a deep ...

Latin American, Latino/a and Caribbean Studies (LAS), offers an interdisciplinary minor based on mutually enriching perspectives in the humanities, fine arts, and social and physical sciences. Courses ...

Bongo drums are an Afro-Cuban percussion instrument consisting ... in countries in the Andes mountain range and several other Latin American countries. They are also used in some music of Asia ...