Black in Latin America
Black In Latin America, examines how Africa and Europe came together to create the rich cultures of Latin America and the Caribbean. Black in Latin America is a four-part documentary on Haiti–Dominican Republic, Cuba Brazil, and Mexico–Peru. It is parto of a trilogy that began in 1999 with the broadcast of Professor Gates’s first series for public television, Wonders of the African World, an exploration of the relationship between Africa and the New World, a story he continued in 2004 with America Beyond the Color Line, a report on the lives of modern-day African Americans.
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