Children of African descent in Latin America
15 November 2019
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Briefing note
Laís Abramo and Marta Rangel[1] The history of Latin America is closely related to European colonization, conquest and slavery. The latter consisted both of the enslavement of part of the indigenous population and, in particular, of African people trafficked intercontinentally[2]. The slave system lasted in the region for almost 400 years and has left deep marks in our societies. These include the structural inequalities that affect Afrodescendent populations and the persistence and reproduction of racism and ethnic and racial discrimination manifested in different areas of development and rig…