DIG INTO THE AFRICAN ROOTS OF LATIN AMERICA
AfroLatino Travel will show you how
The premier resource for the African Diaspora in Latin America and the Caribbean, facilitating diasporic social, cultural, economic and community-building exchanges, trips, and tours since 2010.
AFROCUBA TOURS 2024
April 10-15, 2024
October 10-15, 2024
There are no other AfroCuba tours planned for 2024 at this time.
We are one of the only organizations that is dedicated to facilitating immersion in AfroCuban history,
spirituality, legacy, and contemporary life.
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THERE ARE OVER 150 MILLION AFRODESCENDANTS IN LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN
BRIDGING THE AFRICAN DIASPORA
We are a network of Black Latin Americans based throughout the Americas. We facilitate travel, trips, ground tours, group trips, and itineraries focused on the historical African heritage and legacy and contemporary cultural manifestations and realities.
AfroCuba 2024
Group Trip Dates
April 10-15, 2024
October 10-15, 2024
All those interested must fill out the interest form below..
This educational trip requires participants attend mandatory monthly meetings, engagement with Black History & Contemporary courses & mutual aid for local Black communities.
The trip is capped at 16 participants and deposits are open until spots are filled.
AFROPANAMA IN FOCUS
Available on-the-ground tour in Panama City, Panama for groups of five people or more.
We cannot accommodate groups smaller than this.
Email us at Hola@AfroLatinxTravel.com with specific details of trip dates and size of your group.
AFROPANAMA IN FOCUS CITY DAY TOUR
Available by Request Only
Groups of 5 or more only or join our AfroPanama group trips.
Travelers interested in history and culture will love this Afro-focused tour of Panama City. Learn more about the Afrodescendants who built the region, and have shaped the contemporary city and wider country. Enjoy the information at the Afro-Antillean Museum during a 90-minute tour in the museum.
2024 TRIPS
AFROCUBA - APRIL 10-15, 2024
AFROPANAMA - AUGUST 6-11, 2024
AFROCOLOMBIA AUGUST 17-23, 2024
AFRO COSTA RICA - AUGUST 28-
SEPTEMBER 2, 2024
AFROCUBA - OCTOBER 10-15, 2024
AFROPANAMA JANUARY 16-21, 2025
ALL THOSE INTERESTED IN ANY OF OUR TRIPS MUST FILL OUT THE INTEREST FORM FIRST.
ALL TRIPS REQUIRE MUTUAL AID TO THE COMMUNITIES WE WORK WITH, MONTHLY GROUP MEETINGS, AND COMPLETION OF OUR BLACK LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY AND CONTEMPORARY TOPICS COURSE.
COCADA-MAKING VIRTUAL WORKSHOP
TBD
Join us and learn how to make traditional cocadas of San Basilio de Palenque, Colombia.
These delicious coconut candies emerge from a long history of resistance and perseverance. Maria, a palenquera, will lead us on this culinary journey to explore the history of cocadas and the role AfroColombian women play in maintaining the tradition. Maria has traveled to different countries selling her treats and has garnered much fame. From Cartagena, Colombia, she invites us into her family’s home to share a part of herself with us. There are no scientific measurements in this culinary experience! We will learn by doing!
DOLL-MAKING WORKSHOP WITH MAMA ARI
TBD
Power. That’s the best way to describe Muñecas Negras con Mamá Ari. In our Afro Experience you will make Abayomi dolls, a West African doll tradition that has been around for centuries. Mama Ari, the community “mama guarda” or keeper of Congos de Colón, Panama history, culture and practice leads this workshop. She walks us through their significance and how Black mothers filled these dolls with spiritual protections. You will fill each knot with positive affirmations and intentions.
-SUENAN LOS CAJÓNES - AFROPERUVIAN CAJÓN WORKSHOP
TBD
Join AfroLatinx Travel as artivist Nani Medrano leads this cajón workshop.
Nani combines her music and dance with her activism. Medrano uses the AfroPeruvian cajon, which she says connects her to her motherland and her ancestry. Sharing the histories, her family lineage and her personal stories through these mediums is not a trend, it is a lifestyle, she said.
"Finding La Negrita" Book Chat with Dr. Natasha Gordon-Chipembere
August 31, 2022
AfroLatinx Travel presents a conversation with Dr. Natasha Gordon Chipembere on her historical fiction book "Finding La Negrita," centered on Costa Rica's patron saint "Virgen de los angeles" and the realities of tension between freedom and enslavement in colonial Costa Rica. (RT: 1:33)
AFROCOSTA RICAN CHAT
August 24, 2021
AfroLatinx Travel presents a conversation with three Black Costa Rican artists, writers, activists, and educators: Angeley Crawford Gibb, Dr. Natasha Gordon-Chipembere and Tanisha Swaby. (RT 1:13)
If you enjoyed the chat please donate to our participants' mutual aid projects listed below. To make a donation to Tanisha's organization supporting Black Costa Rican athletes you can do so through PayPal: e.tanisha.sc@gmail.com
OUR SERVICES
AfroDiasporic Travel Made Easy
SCHOOL & UNIVERSITY EDUCATIONAL TOURS
We have planned Afro-focused trips for middle-school, high school, and university students across the United States. Not only do we develop educational trips, our team members are comprised of teachers, professors, documentarians, journalists, authors, writers, activists, artists, community leaders and trail blazers with decades of experience in the academic field.
AFRO-FOCUSED CUSTOM TRIPS & ITINERARIES
Planning group trips is challenging, so leave it up to us! We have hosted hundreds of individuals, and group tours in Puerto Rico, Peru, Panama, Cuba, and Colombia. With more destinations being added soon. We craft trips where you get to the heart of African history, cultures, spirituality, food, music, and dance all with the support of the Black community and business in each destination.
COMMUNITY-BUILDING EXCHANGES
Our ongoing "Brown Dolls and Books for Brown Children," as well as our annual Black Doll Fest in Havana, Cuba, we are dedicated to disrupting hegemony. We facilitate community-building between activists, organizations, and community members throughout the region.
OUR TEAM
Over 100 years of ancestral and professional Diasporic Blackness
Co-founder of AfroLatino Travel, multi-media journalist and documentarian based in Havana. Featured on CNN, USAToday, The Root, LatinaMag, HipLatina, For Harriet, VIBE, People CHICA, and Huffington Post, her work on Blackness in Latin America spans over a decade.
Javier is co-founder of AfroLatino Travel. Having lived six years in Panama, teaching, coaching, and giving tours, Javier is now completing his PhD in Physical Education focusing on AfroLatinos in sports at UT Austin. An avid traveler, Javier calls Panama and Colombia his second homes.
VÍCTOR MACHADO
Victor is a Cuban drummer, Yoruba babalawo, palero, and Abakua member. He lives his negritud daily and has facilitated over 100 AfroCuba tours.
FAYIDA JAILLER
Fayida is a British multi-media journalist and documentary researcher who has lived and worked in eight different Latin American countries.
CONTACT US
We cannot accommodate tour requests for groups smaller than five people. Please ensure to send your message with your specific dates of travel and group size. Email us directly for a faster response.
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