[Marxism] Afro Mexicanos - Festival Santa Negritud

[Aaron Aarons]

It's not just in "culture" that Afro-Mexicans have been ignored. They played a major role in the war of independence from Spain (1810-1820), and Vicente Guerrero, an Afro-Mexican and one of the generals in that war, became Mexico's second president.

I believe that a large number of the original Zapatists (1910-1919) were of part-African ancestry as well.

 - Aaron

>Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:39:50 -0800 (PST)
>From: Erik Carlos Toren <ectoren at sbcglobal.net>
>Subject: [Marxism] Afro Mexicanos - Festival Santa Negritud
>
>Afro Mexican culture has either been ignored or had a hard time finding space at a national level in Mexican culture. From Nov 13 to Dec. 5th, Festival Santa Negritud will hold a presentation on Afro Mexican culture at UNAM through the Asociacion Cultural Xquenda, AC.
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>http://www.xquenda.com/
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XktkC01Dy0
>
>por el socialismo,
>Erik