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As a single population, Afro-Mexicans include individuals descended from both free and enslaved Africans who arrived to Mexico during the colonial era, [3] as well as post-independence migrants.
Contrary to what many people realise, Mexico was a slave trading country in the 16th century, having a population of around 200,000 principally West African slaves that outnumbered the Spanish colonialists for decades and was for some time the largest in the Americas.
What to know: Two out of 100 Mexicans, or around 2.5 million people, identified as Black in the Census. Black communities are mostly found in Veracruz — where the Spanish disembarked enslaved people from Africa — and the coast of Oaxaca and Guerrero, where Afro-Indigenous traditions from colonial times endure, like the dance of the devils ...
In Mexico, the Afro-descendant population, recognized as the third cultural root, amounted to 2,576,213 people in 2020, which means that for every 100 people residing in the country, two are considered Afro-descendants because of their history, culture and traditions.
More than a million people in Mexico are descended from African slaves and identify as "black", "dark" or "Afro-Mexican" even if they don't look black.
2.5 million people in Mexico identify as Afro-Mexican or of African descent, according to data collected by the country’s 2020 census and reported by Al Dia. The data marks the first time in...
Four hundred years on, Mexico’s oldest Black community struggles to survive. Climate change and poverty threaten to wash away the coastal community founded by fugitive slaves.
For the first time its history, Mexico announced it would recognize people of African descent on its official census. What does it mean for Afro-Mexicans themselves — and why has it taken so...
In 2015, the Mexican government conducted an interim census that incorporated African descendants into the categories of race and ethnicity, which had not been done since the 1830s. Citizens had the opportunity to self-identify and almost two million people identified as African descendant.
Although not well-known, Mexico has inextricable ties to the continent of Africa that reveal themselves in the country’s history, art, and present-day culture. Here are a few fascinating facts about Afro-Mexican history that you might not have known. Slaves brought to New Spain arrived in Veracruz