The Mexicanos Negros: Mexico’s secret community
Afro-Mexicans (Spanish: afromexicanos), also known as Black Mexicans (Spanish: mexicanos negros), are Mexicans who have heritage from Sub-Saharan Africa and identify as such. As a single population, Afro-Mexicans include individuals descended from both free and enslaved black Africans who arrived to Mexico during the colonial era, as well as post-independence migrants. The latter include Afro-descended people from neighboring. Today, there are localized communities in Mexico with significant, although not predominant African ancestry. These are mostly concentrated in specific regions, including the populations of the Costa Chica of Oaxaca, Huetamo, Michoacán, Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, Guerrero, Veracruz, and some cities in northern Mexico.
As opposed to other Spanish-speaking countries in Latin America with visible Afro-Latino populations, the history of Africans in Mexico has been lesser known for a number of reasons. Included among these reasons were Negrophobia, intermarriage with Indigenous Mexican groups, racism in Mexico and other Latin-American countries, and Mexico’s tradition of defining itself as a “Mestizo” country.
In this exhibit you will see:
- Recent photography taken with permission.
- Afro-Mexicans in pop-culture.
- Afro-Mexicans in folklore, tales, or legends.
- Afro-Mexicans in local historical accounts.
- Artifacts used and/or crafted by Afro-Mexicans.
This exhibit is awaiting to be produced specifically for an interested individual/institution like yourself! Express interest in this exhibit and have it ready for display a year from today.
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