Human Rights organizations have called for urgent action to be taken to protect Afro-Colombian communities following a recent spate of atrocities committed by paramilitary groups acting with impunity. The Afro-Colombian…
Members of the afro-colombian community of Bajamar, a slum on the outskirts of the Pacific port city of Buenaventura are keeping their spirits up through their music. The community lives…
Bogota will celebrate Afro-Colombian and traditional culture and African heritage with a grand tribute concert on the country’s Independence Day, July 20. Afro-Colombian artists and representatives of the country’s musical…
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said the final wording of the landmark Victims Law legislation will be agreed upon by June 10 in time for UN secretary general’s visit,according to…
Twenty strikingly black and white stills will be on display in Bogota until Monday. Colombian and Spanish photographers Juan Carlos Barrero and Alvaro Ybarra Zavala are exhibiting 20 images they…
Colombian Vice President Angelino Garzon encouraged the Afro-Colombian community to demand the creation of a law to guarantee their rightful access to proportional employment, according to a Tuesday press release…
To mark Afro-Colombian Day President Juan Manuel Santos on Saturday announced his government will present a bill for equal treatment for the Afro-descended peoples of Colombia. The head of state…
The Colombian government’s Institute for Rural Development (Incoder) has announced plans to restore land titles to 3,650 Afro-Colombian families in June. Approximately 420,000 acres of land will be returned to…
Colombian NGOs have condemned the “high level” of violence against black, indigenous and poor women in a country where the female body has become a “battleground”, W Radio reported Friday.…