Afro-Colombians

February 18, 2019
Julia Zulver

En Bogotá, una colectiva de mujeres afrocolombianas moviliza en contra del racismo estructural y la opresión.

March 23, 2017
Roosbelinda Cárdenas

For Colombia’s Afro-Colombian communities, a peace process that seeks social inclusion alone will not remedy centuries of anti-Black racism. 

March 20, 2017
Larnies A. Bowen, Ayanna Legros, Tianna Paschel, Geísa Mattos, Kleaver Cruz & Juliet Hooker

As antiracist movements take center stage in the U.S., the long history of Black organizing across the Americas offers important lessons—and opportunities for solidarity beyond borders.

August 31, 2016
Rogelio Ustate Arrogoces

El activista y líder afrocolombiano indígena, Rogelio Ustate Arrogoces, exige que la sociedad y el estado colombiano reconozcan como tragedia humanitaria el desplazamiento forzado causado por la minería.

February 3, 2012
Charo Mina-Rojas

On December 9, Santos decreed Law 4635, ostensibly creating the means for the Colombian government to compensate and assist Afro-Colombian victims that have been kicked off their land. However Santos failed to consult Afro-Colombians prior to the decree—a right protected in the constitution. Without such consultation this is just another piece of legislation that has made a mockery of the rights of Afro-descendants.

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