Typical Colombians
"Manos Sucias," produced by Spike Lee, is set in Buenaventura, Colombia’s biggest city on the Pacific Ocean and also the country’s biggest port. The city is 90% black.
"Manos Sucias," produced by Spike Lee, is set in Buenaventura, Colombia’s biggest city on the Pacific Ocean and also the country’s biggest port. The city is 90% black.
Pedro Ojeda is a Colombian musician, member of many influential bands, such as Los Pirañas, Romperayo,
The US is re-upping its failed "war on drugs" in Central America. The spin is they will fight "violence and poverty." This won't end well.
Teca, how we call our own Latin American jukebox, plans to bring you the newest, most interesting artists from the region.
A virus transmitted by a mosquito bite could become misinformed panic in Latin America that Ebola was in the United States.
The author on how she developed consciousness about the centrality of domestic work in her native Colombia and further afield
Can we teach about Latin America not exploiting its shock-value or as a ready-to-consume entity?
Understanding the complex cultural history of Africolombians and how difficult it has been for its artists to fight for recognition.
This month's selection of tunes is from Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Colombia, the United States, the U.K., Angola, and classics from East Africa.
The sound system, or Picó culture of the Caribbean coast of Colombia is very close to my
Mainstream media (and therefore, the majority of the population) in Colombia believe that racism is just a problem of a “few bad apples."
A group of Colombian artists who live in South Africa on "the incredible amount of similarities between Colombia and South Africa"
Gabriel Garcia Marquez wanted to counter the notion that everything in Latin America can be understood only through Euro-American lenses.
The strong local identity of Colombia's most African big city is slowly being erased. But not all its artists, especially musicians, are giving up without a fight.
Colombians and outsiders continue to associate Afro-Colombians largely with dance or music. This is a problem.
The spontaneous mobilization of Afro-Colombians against mining corporations (backed by the Colombian state) is something to pay attention to.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0F2_sAlaNo&w=500&h=307&rel=0] Mos Def is back. Which means I am happy. This for Ski Beats’ new album