Among the coca-growing peasants of Bolivia’s Yungas region (the country’s prime legal cultivation zone) is a substantial Afro-Bolivian population—descendants of slaves who were brought in by the ...
A sign that reads in Spanish: “Welcome to Mururata, cradle of Afro-Bolivian culture” stands in Mururata, Bolivia, on Aug. 3, 2025. (Credit: Juan Karita/AP.) Listen YUNGAS, Bolivia — Cielo Torres had ...
YUNGAS, Bolivia — Cielo Torres had always lived in Bolivia. Yet before moving at age 17 to the remote town of Tocaña — where much of the country’s Afro-descendant community lives — she had rarely ...
More than 11.3 million people live in Bolivia. Around 23,000 identified as Afro in a 2012 census, the first and only time they appeared as a distinct category. Most live in Yungas, a region where ...
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