AFRO BOLIVIA: The African Diaspora In Bolivia
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 ธ.ค. 2024
- We are back in Latin America! This time in Bolivia, and did you know that the Afro-Bolivian community have a King? That's right, Bolivia has a Black monarch! Find out all this a more in this video.
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Saying this. Bolivia is a MAINLY native nation with native culutre. Around 60% percent is pure nonmixed native. The nation with majority native
But even still. Theres diversity to music, culture, and race!
As a member of the African diaspora, I'm so happy I saw this video & even happier that this channel exists.
Same here olhe
Bolivian here, thank you sooooo much for your video!!!
Which cities/town has high black population with tourism?
@@moorfortune901 Basically Argentina, Chile and Uruguay is white, Bolivia, Peru and Ecuador is Native American, and only Venezuela, Colombia and the Caribe is black
This is a great video, gonna subscribe. RIP Chocolatin Castillo! Can't believe it's been over 25 years since he's been gone.
Great video. I learnt a lot from it. I'm interested in the African disapora, especially in parts of the world where the 'black' presence isn't recognized or acknowledged. I'm 2nd generation Jamaican/Nigerian heritage born and raised in London UK.
Thank you for watching! I agree, it's fascinating to learn about the African diaspora in places where they are less visible in mainstream culture. I hope you enjoy some of the other videos in the series too! I have done videos on Jamaica and on the UK, which might interest you because of your heritage. Thanks again! ✊🏽
Great Video. I enjoyed it
Thank you!
Me encanta tus videos! You've done videos on most countries in South America but you haven't made a video about Uruguay. I would love to know more about Afro-Uruguay.
As usual most informative and interesting!!!
Thank you for the video, this is our culture. Greetings from Bolivia 🇧🇴
Saludos desde Londres! 👋🏽🇬🇧
How does one meet the Afro-Bolivians in the Yungas region?
I want to go to visit the afro community how do I apply
If you’re American n want to go to Bolivia, I believe you would need a visa.
just go there. you do not have to apply!
Hi, I loved your video! I have visited Bolivia long time ago. Can you please give more information on how to reach their villages?
Afrobolivian villages are innlos yungas, get to Coroico in La Paz, and it's easy from there, you only need to ask because most afro bolivian villages are nearby.
@@omartorrez2353 thank you so much for the informations. We are planning a trip there in december
@@claudine3322 you're welcome, I'm sure you will enjoy your trip!
Can you make a video on Afro Cubans, please?
Hiya! I have made two videos on Cuba which you'll find in the same Afro Americas playlist :) there is part 1&2
@@FreedomIsMineOfficial Thank you, I enjoyed the part 1&2 videos on Afro Cubans.
Thank you for this video 🙂!
Please help me ...Im going in 2 weeks and I plan on staying for 1 month or more and I am Haitian-American and would love to tour
I welcome the opportunity to take an Afro focused tour of Bolivia!
That's fantastic! I am already in the process of planning it
You have a video on the diasporans in USA?
I do! I have one on the Gullah Geechee community 😊
@@FreedomIsMineOfficial I just watched it today and enjoyed it.
@@FreedomIsMineOfficial I love your three videos on . I been there twice recently 15 months ago and finally made it Pelenque.
Wow that's amazing! I'm sure you had an incredible experience!
Did you learn something new? Help me to continue making black history content!
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Are you from UK?
Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for watching, I'm glad you liked it!
Please let me know about an Afro-Bolivian tour.
How interesting! I was just down there last month (La Paz, Tarija, Santa Cruz), and we drove a bit of the road of death in the Yungas region, but I chickened out. Had no idea there were other blacks hanging around the area...
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She is so beautiful! ♥️
I see some of them dress like indigenous people.
The second country after Haití is VENEZUELA ... PLEASE ... update your information !!
The 4 poorest countries in America are
Haití Honduras Nicaragua and Venezuela !!! 2021 😉
Hiya 👋🏽 I'm afraid I can't re-edit videos that have already been posted, but thank you for the info.
La Paz isn't the capital, is Sucre
*cultural capital
MI GENTE!!!
I think the video aims to find similarities of racism in Bolivia as it is experienced in the USA or Europe. Not necessarily true.
Yungas are far and there are no goods roads to get to them, true. Yungas citizens have less opportunities, true, but this is a consecuente of geographical isolation. There are plenty other non-black communities living in similar isolation.
Sorry my dear, bolivia is not US or Europe, and racism in bolivia is mostly found between rich vs poor, city dwellers vs country folks, and far down the list.. the color of the skin.
One Bolivian
Hi Omar, thanks for watching and for your feedback. I will respectfully disagree with your statement that my video aims to make a comparison with racism in the US. In any case, thank you for sharing your perspective and for providing further insight into the topic, it's appreciated. Best wishes, Fayida
Hi Fayida, perhaps I should have explained my previous statement a bit better.
My intention was not to invalidate the teachings of your video. If my statement came across in that manner, then I sincerely apologize.
My intention was to point out that racism based on the color of the skin in bolivia is not first in line. Based on my personal experience as a Bolivian and traveler. Economic status, education level and where you live or come from are usually first, second and third in line, then perhaps skin color.
In the specific case of the yungas, I still believe isolation causes these Bolivians to have little to no interaction with the rest of the country.
If there were better highways to yungas, then probably more people would mix, interact, and perhaps racial issues based on the color of our skin would arise. However, I don’t think that mass interaction, which brings agreements and disagreements between human groups, has occurred yet.
I hope this helps clarifying my thoughts.
Hi Omar, thank you so much for clarifying and adding context. It makes total sense what you say and it's wonderful to have your perspective on the subject, thank you.
My intention with this channel is to bring attention to communities of African descent around the world. Sadly oftentimes when I tell people there are black communities in Bolivia, Argentina, India, Iran or wherever it may be, they look at me in disbelief - as if it is unfathomable that a person could be simultaneously Bolivian and black.
The aim of this project is to make people understand that these communities exist and have contributed enormously to the societies they are a part of. I am not trying to compare racism in any country to the US or anywhere else, my intention is simply to highlight some of the challenges that these communities face, and in doing so challenge some of the negative stereotypes that surround the wider black community. I hope that gives you some insight into what Freedom Is Mine is and why I started the channel.
If you have any information you would like to send regarding the Afro-Bolivian community, my email is in the description of the video and I would be very happy to hear from you! Material in Spanish or English is most welcome!
Best wishes,
Fayida
I didn't know.
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Afro Bolivians are more than 25,000 even though most of them are mostly Zambo's.
its very rare to see africans or zambos in La Paz, Bolivia
Imagine being the diaspora of the diaspora! My family from Senegal didn’t come to Bolivia as slaves but in trade routes… then married into the Aymara, then captured and sold into slavery, taken to back to Africa near the Bantu tribes in west Africa raped by Norwegians and Danes their offspring married into a few tribes around west Africa including Angola occupied by the Portuguese and then were sold to the Virginia colonies in the US…
Aren't Afro Bolivians half (or even more) indigenous? If yes, why do they call themselves African diaspora? If they are part indigenous they should identify with indigenous since they live in Bolivia, not Africa. By the way, Aren't Pele an Afro Brazilian and Maradona a White Argentinian, both with half or even more indigenous ancestry?
It depends bro they do have full Afro Bolivians there.
You can’t tell someone to forget who they are…they are part of the diaspora meaning their ancestors were brought as slaves… slaves brought their own customs and culture which has contributed to the country. They celebrate those customs and culture…
@@nymiuralee6586 If they are mixed and more indigenous than African, they should identify as Bolivian more than as African. If they are more African than indigenous, they of course would identity with African, but they should be thankful to the country where they live. BTW, since much time has passed since they arrived, they are likely more indigenous than African, with more and more of local mix and no further African mix as time passes. People have been misinformed for divide and rule.
@@Anon13100 They are almost full african, in the Andes there were not too much mestizaje, we are just Native American, and the africans were isolated and they didn't mix, there were too much tension between native americans and africans, for the natives africans were invaders and there were not interactions between these groups, in the Andes the Native Americans are full blood, they didnt even mixed with whites, so they are very proud of their Native American heritage
Basically Argentina, Chile and Uruguay is white, Bolivia, Peru and Ecuador is Native American, and only Venezuela, Colombia and the Caribe is black
They are indigenous to the land just like so called African Americans are indigenous to America. We don't care about our true history or our ancestors. We're fine with accepting fictional stories about Africa while ignoring obvious truths about America because we've been conditioned to think that all so called black people, regardless of where they're from have some kind of ancestral claim to Africa which is absolutely preposterous.
Also a drug area cocaine
The history of migration is wrong because it is history. We were always on every continent, every other mixture is after us. We traveled there before time of Atlantis etc and the bleaching of melanin came with the experiments of our own people with animals etc. maybe you might be aware of this now but the Spaniards were dark skin as well or mulatos. The population of Afro avatars are less there because of the bleaching. Just like Hawaii, most of South America, China, etc thanks for the vid queen
That's true, but telling black-diasporans is like talking to a brickwall. Black population actually decline in these countries
@@moorfortune901 I’ve learned overtime lol we have bigger concerns if we want things to change by our hand
@@raine5508 What are you talking about? You came as slaves to this continent
@@willyhuanca7541 and who told you that
@@raine5508 our ancestors
Same made up story