Bolivia
Basic Information
CAPITAL: La Paz
AREA: 1,098,580 Km2
POPULATION: 9,775,246
ESTIMATED AFRO-BOLIVIAN POPULATION: 35,000
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: Spanish, Quechua, Aymara
ABOLITION OF SLAVERY DATE: October 26, 1826
GOVERMENT ORGANIZATION FOR EQUALITY: Ministerio de Justicia Direccion de Pueblos Indigenas y Empoderamiento.
AREAS OF AFRO PRESENCE: Valle de los Yungas, Oruro, Potosi, Coroico, Mururata, Chicaloma, Calacala, Coscoma, Irupana, El Alto y Villa Fatima
AFRICAN DESCENDENTS: Senegal, Benguela, Biafra Benin, Ghana, Costa de Marfil, Gambia, and Nigeria
YEARS OF REBELLION: 1667
FAMOUS AFRO-BOLIVIANS IN HISTORY: Bonifacio Pinedo, Julio Pinedo
DATE FIRST SLAVES ARRIVED FROM AFRICA: 1505
Interesting Links
Racism Problems
In Bolivia, You can comunicate with this entity to report discrimination cases, racism and inequality
Centro afro boliviano para el desarrollo integral y comunitario CADIC
contactos@afrobolivia.org.bo
afrobolivia88@yahoo.es
Are Afro-Bolivian’s included in its nations census? The Afrolatinos team will investigate why in 2001 blacks were still not accounted for in its nations population. What are the living conditions for Afro-Bolivian’s? Is the Afro community in Bolivia visible? Do they have a voice?
The team will take you in depth through the history, of the slaves who were brought from Angola and Congo to work in the silver mines of Cerro de Potosi. Telling the story about Africans and natives who died working from the harsh conditions in the mines.
Visiting communities with Afro presence living in Yungas, which is in the department of La Paz. Yungas is where most of the country’s coca is grown. Join the crew as they journey to Coroico, Mururata, Chicaloma, Calacala, Coscoma, Irupana, El Alto and Villa Fatima all areas with Bolivians of African heritage.
The team will learn about the famous blacks in Bolivian history. Learning of the contributions of Bonifacio Pinedo, a slave who became an Afro-Bolivian King and the contributions of his grandson, King July Pinedo.
The crew will investigate Bolivia’s Constitution that for the first time in history aims to recognize that Afro-Bolivians deserve the same rights as the indigenous.
The producers will study Afro-Bolivian art and poetry as it was used to voice the Afro-Bolivian struggle against racism and discrimination. The team will search for the African root in Bolivia’s culture and traditions. In the Saya which is a musical tradition Afro-Bolivians use to preserve their oral history, mauchi (funeral music); baile de tierra (traditional wedding music); and zemba, music that combines drumming and dance.
The crew will look for influences in religion. Is there Voodoo in Bolivia? They will investigate the connection of Christianity and voodoo macumba (dance).
What are the social issues impacting the Afro-Bolivian? Is there conflict and racial tension between the Aymara and Afro-Bolivian migrants in La Paz? The Afrolatinos team will investigate what work is being done in the community.
Do you know something interesting about the Afrolatino culture in your country?
Be a part of this project. If you know something you consider to be helpful for our investigations, please let us know. Our team will further research it.
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