Things from here and there:
“Muchos de los esclavos negros que en los años siguientes se trajeron a La Española huyeron a los montes, y unidos a los indios rebeldes pelearon contra los españoles, razón por la cual Ovando pidió al rey que en adelante se prohibiera la entrada de esclavos negros a América.” - Ricardo E. Alegría, “Los orígenes de la esclavitud negra en Puerto Rico” Revista del Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, 1973 [PDF]
Melissa M. Valle, “Let’s Talk About Race (in Latin@ Communities),” NACLA (blog), October 16, 2014, https://nacla.org/news/2014/10/16/let%E2%80%99s-talk-about-race-latin-communities.
This essay includes this video: The Story of the Afrolatin@ Forum (2013, documentary)
The #PalabrasPR x Yagrumo Study Away Documentary produced in 2021 (from the study away in March 2020)
Juan Boria reciting “Y tu abuela, adonde esta?” [Link]
Las Fiestas De Santiago Apóstol en Loíza Aldea | 1949 | Dir. Ricardo Alegría | Género: Documental | Tema: Fiestas Tradicionales / Folklore | Colección ICP - Universidad de Puerto Rico [Link]
A run of quotes:
“Words such as witch have been redefined in the light of their true origin and nature. Instead of the evil, dried-out, old prude of patriarchal lore, we know the witch to be a strong, proud woman, wise in the ways of natural medicine. We know her as a self-confident freedom fighter, defending her right to her own sexuality, and her right to govern her life and community according to the laws of nature. We know that she was slandered, oppressed, and burned alive for her wisdom and her defiance of patriarchal rule.” Luisah Teish, Jambalaya: The Natural Woman’s Book
"They ostracized fellow white colonists who had supported the revolution, and they remained as adamant as ever in their antiblack racism." Rashauna Johnson on elites of Saint-Domingue who arrived in New Orleans in the 1809-1810 migration (book: Slavery's Metropolis)
“Escribimos para llenar silencios.” Mayra dos Santos Febres
“Son “las nadie" de Eduardo Galeano, las ninguneadas, las que no son, aunque sean, las que no están en la historia universal.” Rosario Méndez Panedas
“Digital Black feminists are a diverse group of women, men, and non-binary folks. There is no monthly meeting or club within which parties agree about tactics, strategies, and goals. They support different candidates in primaries, endorse differing policy recommendations for ending police brutality, and have sharply differing views on whether Issa and Lawrence should get back together." - Catherine Knight-Steele in Digital Black Feminism (2021)
José R. Alicea on his life in art in his interview for Cronicas-90 at ICP in 2018 [Link] - “…we really are an oppressed people…I believe that artists should fight for their homeland in their art.”
Lagniappe
14 amazing female African photographers you need to follow on Instagram https://matadornetwork.com/read/14-women-shattering-stereotypes-africa-one-photo-time/