Afro-Uruguayans
Country · Uruguay
Candombe drums — chico, repique and piano — roll through Montevideo every Carnival, straight out of Kongo.
Afro-Uruguayans at a glance
- Country
- Uruguay
- Main centres
- Montevideo — Barrio Sur & Palermo
- Region
- South America
- How many
- Roughly one in twelve Uruguayans
- Languages
- Spanish
- Dialling code
- +598
The African connection
Candombe came from the Kongo nations brought to the Río de la Plata, and the *llamadas* — the calls between drum crews of rival neighbourhoods — still parade the same streets each February. It is UNESCO-listed.
Key dates for Afro-Uruguayans
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.
If you are from Afro-Uruguayans and you are anywhere in Asia — studying, working, playing, passing through — there are people here who will know what you are asking before you finish the question.
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