Colombia’s indigenous and afrodescendent minorities are underrepresented in the country’s congress and unable to pass legislation related to their communities, the Americas Society / Council of the Americas (AS/COA) said…
Colombia’s salsa and hip-hop fusion group ChocQuibTown have unveiled their new album, “Eso Es Lo Que Hay” (This is What There is), bringing the typical Colombian coastal flavor mixed with…
A United Nations study has found Afro-Colombians suffer worse social and economic conditions than the rest of the Colombian population. The report, by the UN Development Program (UNDP), looks at conditions…
A Colombian NGO has made new allegations of ‘false positive’ killings, some as recent as June this year. In a report due to be released November 21, the Center of…
Afro-Colombian dance group Sankofa performed in Jamaica to an enthusiastic audience Friday reported Jamaican newspaper The Gleaner. The “dance drama” San Pacho Bendito by Sankofa, the Afrocolombian Cultural Corporation, was shown at the…
The fourth annual Medellin Afrocolombian music festival, Afro Festi, has been set to rock the city from November 3 through 5. In a celebration of culture and diversity, the…
Cartagena pays homage to their homegrown artist Enrique Grau, renowned for his depictions of Afro-Colombians and Amerindians, by hosting 12 of his vivacious bronze statues at the Centro de Convenciones…
Colombia passed a law to criminalize racial and other types of discrimination with penalties of one to three years in prison and fines of up to $4,500 for those found…
The president of a peasant’s association categorically rejected recorded conversations suggesting the FARC has infiltrated the National Peace Congress. Pablo Antonio Tellez, president of the Peasant’s Association of Catatumbo,…