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.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Afro-Caribbean literature	1
Afro-Latin American literature canonical	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 Americans ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ surface form: 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)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nicolás Guillén → influenced → Afro-Latin American literature ⓘ

Negrismo → influenced → Afro-Latin American literature ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afro-Caribbean literature

Negrismo → influenced → Afro-Latin American literature ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afro-Latin American poetry