Debating Afrocolombianidad

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Most people outside Colombia know about the country’s African population through the music of groups like Latin Grammy winners Choquibtown, with their references (see here and here) to Chocó, a Colombian state populated by a majority of African descendants. In their song El Bombo, Choquibtown sing: “Encima África viva — ¡Mía! Esta es mi herencia […]

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Negros Cimarrones

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By Caitlin Ringwood, Guest Blogger I just returned from a weeklong trip to La Guajira, a department in Colombia located in the northeastern region of the country on the Caribbean coast. La Guajira is home to El Cerrejón, the world’s largest open-pit coal mine. El Cerrejón was constructed in 1981 as a joint venture between […]

Music Fridays

Mos Def is back. Which means I am happy. This for Ski Beats’ new album coming out in September.

Afro Colombiano

One of my students (from Colombia) pointed me to these songs of the Colombian hip hop group,  Choquibtown, representing for Colombia’s large, but often marginalized and persecuted, African population. The song, above, is “Somos Pacifico”

‘WHERE I COME FROM’

The song “De Donde Vengo Yo” (translated means Where I Come From) by Afro-Colombian hip-hop group, Chocquibtown. They represent for Colombia’s Pacific Coast. [Via EXODUS]

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