Black in Latin America "Haiti, Dominican Republic,Cuba, Brazil, Mexico, Peru (Video Series)

[semtex]

Damn DR has a statue of Christopher Columbus?

Crazy how different DR and Haiti are. Dominicans view Spain as the motherland while Haitians are very in touch with their Africaness

 

[intruder]

Damn DR has a statue of Christopher Columbus?

Crazy how different DR and Haiti are. Dominicans view Spain as the motherland while Haitians are very in touch with their Africaness

THis is the Neg Mawon statue in Haiti. Honoring the pre-revolution rebel slaves. "Neg Mawon" means "wild/untamed negro" from the spanish term "Cimarron" which translates into the french term "marron" or "marronnage".

The only Christopher statue we have is that of Henri Christophe. Emperor of Haiti in mid 1800s

Edit: M bad i thought you said Haiti had statues of Christopher Columbus

 

[Malta]

In all that I've read and seen Afro-Brazilians seem to be the one segment of the Diaspora you can draw the best parallel if you will to compare to Afro-Americans. I think they're also the two that have the most to teach and learn from one another. stay tuned

 

[Primetime21]

Props, I seen a snippet of this a while ago but never caught the whole thing

 

[Arianne Martell]

Damn DR has a statue of Christopher Columbus?

Crazy how different DR and Haiti are. Dominicans view Spain as the motherland while Haitians are very in touch with their Africaness

on the left

and many more!!

 

[King P]

Great series. I'm surprised they didn't do one for Puerto Rico or Colombia (which has the 3rd largest Black population in the Western Hemisphere)

 

[observe]

Bout the only thing worth seeing in this thread..didn't read any of the other replies in here..I'll watch this later