2005-11-27 04:00:00 PDT Buenos Aires-- Maria Lamadrid, an Afro-Argentine, vividly recalls the day when her country's immigration authorities prevented her from boarding a plane for Panama ...

Continue reading This Tour Company Is Amplifying Argentina’s Nearly Forgotten Afro-Argentine History The complex and powerful history of Afro-Argentinians is getting its long-overdue visibility ...

Julia Cohen Ribeiro poses for a photo in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, Nov. 12, 2021. Ribeiro had never identified as anything other than Brazilian in her country of birth.

Calvin College Spanish professor Ed Miller is working to bring forgotten 19th century Afro-Argentine newspapers to the public through a web archive. At the time the newspapers were written, the ...

LGBTIQ+, Indigenous, and Afro-Argentine communities have celebrated the news as a landmark moment in terms of their recognition by the State and society. Under the slogan #Reconocernos (“Acknowledging ...

Their disappearance is one of Argentina's most enduring mysteries. In 1810, black residents accounted for about 30 percent of the population of Buenos Aires. By 1887, however, their numbers had ...

Among the great Afro-Argentine composers and musicians is Rosendo Mendizábal (1868-1913), Pianist, Composer and Author of “El entrerriano”, considered the first recorded tango. Enrique Maciel ...

In 2002, the fifth-generation Afro-Argentine was kept from leaving the country by a customs officer who insisted there are no Black Argentines and asserted her passport was fake.