The Black Mexicans of the Americas (video)

Black Mexicans: Hidden in Plain Sight

(Ace Live, Oct. 31, 2021) Let's get anthropological and look at Mexico's African history.

We visit several historic sites like the Olmec Museum, Yanga, and an afro-descendant community in Oaxaca, Chacahua, Mexico to learn more about the Black people who live in Mexico and its African history.

Cabeza Colosal Museo de Antropología, Xalapa

The Xalapa Museum of Anthropology is located in Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico -- the largest collection of artifacts from the Olmec civilization, the mother culture of Mesoamerica.

Yanga, Mexico is located in the southern area of the State of Veracruz, Mexico, named after Gaspar Yanga, the Cimarron leader who in 1609 resisted an attack by white Spanish forces trying to regain control of the area.

Yanga, Mexico is also known as one of the first free slave establishments in the Americas. The Lagunas de Chacahua National Park is located in Oaxaca, home to a fishing village where a large percentage of the villagers are Afro-Mexican descendants.

Guest: Tay International Channel, Doña Licha Resturant and Hotel (aka MAMA Afro Mexico) (chacahuaisahmar.wixsite.com).

Afro-Mexicans: One of the world’s most forgotten Black communities

(CGTN America, July 22, 2020) As the Black Lives Matter movement spreads internationally, let’s look at one of the world’s most forgotten Black communities. In Mexico, Black people make up around one percent of the population. CGTN's Alasdair Baverstock tells us in the first of two reports, equal rights aren’t the only battle they have on their hands.

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