Afro-Mexico Cultural Museum interview part 1

This is an interview clip with Carlos Torres,the museum curator, who sheds light on Mexico's African heritage a.k.a. the 'third root'. The untold history of Yanga, Vera Cruz and the overlooked descendants of African and indigenous warriors in Mexico is beginning to be revealed with initiatives from cultural groups, researchers and the Afro-Mexican Cultural Museum - more formally known as El Museo de las Culturas Afromestizas. The museum is located in Cuajinicuilapa, Guerrero State, Mexico. Cuajinicuilapa or "Cuaji" is a former palenque and one of the many towns of "La Costa Chica" Region densely populated with Afromestizas. The museum is named after Vicente Guerrero Saldana, who led Mexico to independence from Spain, became president in 1829 and abolished slavery. Of both Native American and African descent, Guerrero was "technically" America's first Black president. Visit the museum.

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• Afromestizas
• Mexico
• Cuajinicuilapa
• Costa
• Chica
• African
• Diaspora
• museo
• Latino
• afromestizo
• afromexican
• palenque
• museum

[nyaquynyalla]

am from Oaxaca Mexico and i know black people from the coasts, but they so nice and friendly not like the black people in USA.

[BachateroDeCorazon69]

im from guerrero ! well im born in california but u get the picture my roots are from guerrero!! acapulco!! i love my people of all colors =)

[kassanova1911]

the indigenous people of the New World called Indians from North, Central, and South America, as well as Australia. Also the Africans of the Diaspora from Jerusalem who were attacked by Romans and fled into Africa in 70 AD and reside predominantly on the Western Ivory coast of Africa. Along with the Negros who went into slavery by means of cargo slave ships in the transatlantic slave trade make up The 12 Lost Tribes of Israel

[b0rderbr0ther22]

en Veracruz las las regiones de Yanga y San Cristobal De Los Negros donde hay presencia negra

[maryb5287]

@McCray2338 thats right

[McCray2338]

@Yaterde

You are 100% right no justice has been done. That's why I give back to minority groups such as latinos, natives, and african americans ect... The more of us that succeed the closer we'll be to having the last laugh:)

[latinlovelust]

Thanks for posting this video...

[Yaterde]

@54m4rV1ll4 What the Aztecs hate the espanoles you dirty cave monkey

[Yaterde]

@McCray2338 well you should no justice have been done......I'm Aztec by the way

[McCray2338]

@lordcycle

I don't bitch and cry about slavery so you should generalize.