Undergrad Anthro-Linguist and friend of Salva Cultura Andy Amaya spent several months in 2014 traveling through Mexico, with a special focus on learning from and conviviendo with African descendant people in Oaxaca. Andy is of Afro-Salvadoran heritage and felt compelled to make a DIY mini-documentary titled “Así somos los negros”  shedding light on lives of Black people in Mexico. Watch the full 26 minute video above and read more about Andy Amaya below.  

A group of critical Twitter users including our own Daniel Alvarenga had an impromptu discussion on the erasure and invisibility of African identity and history among Salvadorans and other Central Americans. 

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