Afro-Colombians

Afro-Colombians, African-Colombians, or Afrocolombianos (Spanish), are Colombians of aggregate or fractional Sub-Saharan African descent, including mulattoes. The validity of recent DANE censuses have been contested and called out by various Afro-Colombian groups. Africans were taken to Colombia as slaves in the beginning of the 16th Century from places such as modern day Congo, Angola, Gambia, Nigeria, Cameroon, Liberia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Senegal and Mali to replace the rapidly declining Native American population. African slaves were forced to work in gold mines, on sugar cane plantations, cattle ranches, and large haciendas. African workers pioneered the extraction of alluvial gold deposits and the growing of sugar cane in the areas that correspond to the modern day departments of Chocó, Antioquia, Cauca, Valle del Cauca, and Nariño in western Colombia.

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Artworks

Adriana Ciudad Abuela Santana ¿porqué llora el niño?, 2018 Crisis $1,800
Adriana Ciudad A la orilla de la corriente, 2018 Crisis $1,800
Adriana Ciudad A la tierra del olvido, 2018 Crisis $7,000
Adriana Ciudad A veinte soles de distancia #4, 2016 Crisis $1,200
Adriana Ciudad A veinte soles de distancia #5, 2016 Crisis $1,200
Adriana Ciudad Ay alma, cuando te vayas, al cuerpo dale mano, 2018 Crisis $1,800
Adriana Ciudad Dejemos la tierra, vámonos allá, 2018 Crisis $1,800
Adriana Ciudad Haz que tenga venturosa suerte, ahora y a la hora de mi muerte, 2018 Crisis $1,800
Adriana Ciudad No volverán mis ojos a mirarte, 2018 Crisis $1,800

Artists

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