Aug 15
After interviewing Goyo, lead singer of the Afro-Colombian band, ChocQuibTown (CQT) for a guest post on Being Latino, we thought a giveaway was in order.
The Latin Grammy winning band was kind enough to give us six copies of ChocQuibTown: Live from Gurten. Here’s your chance to take CQT home!
By Kim Haas
Part Two of Los Afro-Latinos La Toma Feature
Here we invite you to listen to the interview with Francia Márquez and Clemencia Carabali in Spanish.
Aquí les invitamos escuchar la entrevista con Clemencia Carabali y Francia Márquez en español.
Have you ever felt so committed to a cause that you were willing to risk your life defending it? For most of us, it’s hard to imagine being so strongly dedicated to an ideal, principle or mission. Read more
Part One of Los Afro-Latinos La Toma Feature
Today’s headlines are focused on Colombia. Stories regarding the U.S. Secret Service’s prostitution scandal in Cartagena during last month’s Summit of the Americas have brought the South American country to the forefront of international news.
But the scandal you’re not hearing about revolves around La Toma, a small Afro-Colombian community in Cauca, a gold-rich, mountainous region in Colombia’s Pacific southwest. With the price of gold soaring, foreign mining companies are swooping in and forcing out the Afro-Colombian community that has inhabited La Toma for centuries and used small-scale mining for sustenance. Read more
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