Afro-Peruvians
Country · Peru
Festejo and landó, and the cajón — a drum invented out of a shipping crate when the real ones were banned.
Afro-Peruvians at a glance
- Country
- Peru
- Main centres
- Chincha · El Carmen · Lima · Ica
- Region
- South America
- How many
- Concentrated on the central and southern coast
- Languages
- Spanish
- Dialling code
- +51
The African connection
Enslaved Africans on the coastal cotton and sugar estates made percussion from what was at hand: packing crates and donkey jawbones. The cajón travelled to Spain in the 1970s and is now standard in flamenco.
Key dates for Afro-Peruvians
The dates this community marks — independence, emancipation, and the festivals that fill a hall wherever its people have settled.
Diaspora meets diaspora
AfricAsia began with Africans in Asia. The same story runs through every entry in this section — people of African descent building a life a long way from where their ancestors started.
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