She continued, “We want to see Black people In the Heights. We wanna see Afro-Panamanians, Black Cubans, Black Dominicans. That’s what we want to see. That’s what we were yearning for and ...

The data suggest that more and more Panamanians are embracing their roots: the number of those identifying as Afro-Panamanian increased almost 200 percent over the past decade. According to ...

When we think of reggaeton, we don't necessarily think of racism or systemic segregation, but in Panama in the '80s, that's what a lot of Afro-Panamanians of West Indian descent were experiencing.

“We want to see Black people in the Heights. We want to see Afro-Panamanians, Black Cubans, Black Dominicans.” In the video, Mexican actress and telenovela star Melissa Barrera shared that ...

You're going to get shot," Harris Machado remembers people telling her. The child of Afro-Panamanians, she was already accustomed to this kind of anti-Black language, as it had often been used to ...

Puerto Rico is often regarded as the birthplace of reggaeton, but its roots go back to 1980's Panama, where Afro Panamanians began translating Jamaican dancehall songs into Spanish and making ...

PANAMA CITY — A black, massive Hong Kong-registered ship inched its way through the churning waters of the Panama Canal — guided by tugboats stern and aft, and sweating Panamanians hoisting ...

Each has created a sculpture that reflects their own cultural heritage, including folk traditions from the Yoruba, Mazatec, Mesoamericans and Afro-Panamanians. The sculptures run the gamut from a ...