Afro-Bolivians, though recognized in their country's 2009 constitution, remain among Bolivia’s most invisible groups. Descendants of Africans enslaved in the 16th and 17th centuries, they were ...

YUNGAS, Bolivia (AP) — Cielo Torres had always lived in Bolivia. Yet before moving at age 17 to the remote town of Tocaña — where much of the country’s Afro-descendant community lives — she had rarely ...

AFRO-BOLIVIANS: People descend from the Africans enslaved in the Americas during the European conquest between the 16th and 17th centuries are gather testimonies documenting the ...

A dance of struggle and love There might not be an Afro-Bolivian spirituality, but the community’s soul remains bonded through the “saya,” a traditional dance performed with drums and chants. “Our ...

A young member of the Afro-Bolivian community dances the “saya,” a traditional dance performed with drums and chants, as part of the celebrations to mark the upcoming National Day of Afro-Bolivian ...