After lunch at the jungle resort Mamá Yeya Raíces, the women of the family passed warm cups of Viche (vee-chay). The drink provided relief and comfort after a cold, wet day in the remote village of ...

The African influence in Colombia is deeply rooted in the country’s history and culture. From the arrival of enslaved Africans during the colonial period to their contributions to music, dance, and ...

BUENAVENTURA, Colombia, June 16 (UNHCR) - Mario Riascos has been forced to flee the Afro-Colombian community of La Gloria twice in the past two decades, but he keeps coming back, determined to remain ...

QUIBDÓ Colombia, October 26 (UNHCR) - In a poor barrio of Quibdó, the main city in the Colombian rainforest of Chocó, the local population is in shock. Six local men were shot dead last week by an ...

It's Spy Wednesday, almost 6 a.m. At the shipyard port in Buenaventura, the major port city in Colombia's Pacific region, the last wooden boats are about to depart for the Afro-Colombian communities ...

Unidad Deportiva Alberto Galindo, a sports complex in Cali, Colombia, is home to what is affectionately called "El Petronio." For the last 27 years, hundreds of thousands of people have traveled to ...

SUNY Cortland will hold a “Festival of the Plantain” on Thursday, Sept. 19, centering the banana-like fruit in a celebration of the people of African descent in Latin America and their diaspora. The ...