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Afro-Latin America, 1800 - 2000

by George Reid Andrews - £15.99  Oxford University Press (2004)
paperback    ISBN 13: 9780195152333 | ISBN 10: 0195152336

While the rise and abolition of slavery and ongoing race relations are central themes of the history of the United States, the African diaspora actually had a far greater impact on Latin and Central America. More than ten times as many Africans came to Spanish and Portuguese America as the United States. In this, the first history of the African diaspora in Latin America from empancipation to the present, George Reid Andrews deftly synthesizes the history of people of African descent in every Latin American country from Mexico and the Caribbean to Argentina. He examines how African peoples and their descendants made their way from slavery to freedom and how they helped shape and responded to political, economic and cultural changes in their societies. Individually and collectively they pursued the goals of freedom, equality and citizenship through military service, political parties, civic organisations, labour unions, religious activity and other avenues. Spanning two centuries, this tour de force should be read by anyone interested in Latin American history, the history of slavery, and the African diaspora, as well as the future of Latin America.

(Price & availability last checked: March 2018)