Identity and resistance of the Afro-descendant movement in Latin America

Three-week course, second session

During the last decades, Afro-descendant social movements in Latin America have achieved important recognition in terms of collective rights through the pressure exerted on national states, to promote discussion on racism and full citizenship. The joint action of various organizations and networks has allowed the consolidation of a transnational agenda whose central elements are based on social problems, systematic exclusions and issues associated with Afro-descendant territories and populations. The Afro-descendant women's movement has also played a determining role in the consolidation of the movement, as well as in making visible the specific problems that concern it as a group. In this course, we will do a review of the recent history of the Afro-descendant movement in Latin America. We will analyze the main milestones and determinants of the mobilization processes, political inclusion agendas, as well as the obstacles and scope of the process. The course also explores the development of the Afro-descendant women's movement, its leading role and continued participation in the struggle against inequality, discrimination and exclusion. (.5 unit)