Chile
Basic Information
CAPITAL: Santiago de Chile
AREA: 756.950 Km2
POPULATION: 16,601,701
ESTIMATED AFRO-CHILEAN POPULATION: 161,342
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: Spanish
ABOLITION OF SLAVERY DATE: July 24, 1823
GOVERMENT ORGANIZATION FOR EQUALITY: Oro Negro: Fundacion de Afrodescendientes de Chile, Ministerio de Planificación CODIN (Asuntos Indígenas) - Dirección de la División de Organizaciones Sociales del Ministerio- ?Secretaría General de Gobierno.
AREAS OF AFRO PRESENCE: Arica, Lumbanga, Pica, Matilla, and La Banda
AFRICAN DESCENDENTS: Azapa, Congo y Angola
YEARS OF REBELLION: 1712 - 1811 - 1817 - 1819 - 1823 - 1929
DATE FIRST SLAVES ARRIVED FROM AFRICA: 1535: Frederick P. Bowser, The African Slave in Colonial Peru: 1524-1650, pg. 5
Interesting Links
Racism Problems
In Chile, You can comunicate with this entity to report discrimination cases, racism and inequality
Organizacion Social y Afrodescendiente Chilena
Lumbangua
Contacto: Cristian Baez Lazcano
La informacion se encuentra en idealistas.org
As in most of the smaller Latino nations Chile shares a similar story with countries like Peru and Mexico. Are there Afrolatinos in Chile?
For the documentary, the Afrolatinos team aims to show that there is an Afro influence in the culture of Chile. The team will investigate the history and contributions of the enslaved African. They will look at their music, religion, dance and art. Recognizing that Chile has a larger mestizo population we wanted to include smaller countries with African presence.
The team will confirm the theory that “According to the historian Francisco Antonio Encina, that thirteen percent of the "explorers" to Diego de Almagro who discovered Chile were Blacks.” They will cover history, the ladino in Chile, when and how the first slaves arrived. Understanding that there were two entry points into the country. The first started in the Iberian Peninsula, and the second was through Argentina.
The crew will learn more about the battle of 1817, when the Liberation Army arrived with an army of African and Creole military.
The team will visit Arica, a city in Chile that was founded in 1570 (originally belonging to Peru) that was entirely black. As well as visit other Afro towns: Lumbanga, Pica, Matilla, and La Banda.
What is the Afro influence found in Chile's culture?
The producers will explore the African presence in Chile’s music. They will listen to the cueca, formerly called "zamacueca" which they are told has a strong African element and learn more about the different dance forms found in Chile such as the candombito and Cachimba.
The team also hopes to learn more about famous Afro-Chileans like athlete, Emilio Ulloa, champion of the Pan American Athletics.
What are the social issues? How are Afro-Chilean’s treated today? The team will dig for this answer. Investigating what the social issues are that affect the Afro-Chilean community.
Slavery was abolished in Chile in 1825.
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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