Afro-Latin American literature

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Afro-diasporic literature body of literature literary tradition

Afro-Latin American literature is a body of writing by and about people of African descent in Latin America that explores Black identity, culture, history, and resistance within Latin American societies.

Aliases (2)

Afro-Caribbean literature ×1
Afro-Latin American poetry ×1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Afro-diasporic literature → body of literature → literary tradition →
aimsTo	affirm Black identity in Latin America → challenge racial hierarchies in Latin America → make visible Afro-Latin American experiences → preserve Afro-descendant cultural memory →
developedInContextOf	Atlantic slave trade → plantation societies in the Americas → post-emancipation societies → racial democracy debates in Latin America →
hasForm	autobiography → drama → essays → novels → poetry → short stories → testimonio →
hasLanguage	Creole languages → French → Indigenous languages → Portuguese → Spanish →
hasMainSubject	Afro-Latin American culture → Afro-Latin American history → Black identity in Latin America → Black resistance in Latin America → people of African descent in Latin America →
hasRegion	Latin America →
hasTheme	Afro-Latin American music and performance → Afro-Latin American spirituality → Afro-descendant community life → colonialism → cultural memory → diaspora and displacement → gender and race → mestizaje and racial mixture → racial discrimination → racism → resistance and rebellion → slavery →
isPartOf	African diaspora literature → Latin American literature → postcolonial literature → world literature →
relatedTo	African American literature → Afro-Brazilian literature → Afro-Caribbean literature → Black feminist thought →
studiedIn	Afro-Latin American studies → Latin American cultural studies → comparative literature →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Negrismo ("Afro-Caribbean literature") → Negrismo ("Afro-Latin American poetry") → Nicolás Guillén →	influenced