Argentina erased them. 🇦🇷😤 In 1800 one in three Argentinians was Black. In some provinces Black Africans made up half the population.

 Argentina erased them. 🇦🇷😤

In 1800 one in three Argentinians was Black. In some provinces Black Africans made up half the population.

Today Argentina is 0.37% Black.

They did not leave.

Black men were placed at the front of every war and died in disproportionate numbers. Then the government announced el blanqueamiento — the whitening — and wrote it in official documents. Six million Europeans were imported specifically to replace the Black population.

Those who survived were excluded from schools, churches and public spaces. Then written out of the history books entirely.

But here is what they could not erase.

The tango — the dance the whole world associates with Argentina — was created by Black Argentines in the neighbourhoods where they were forced to live. Argentina sold it to the world as European culture. The creators had already been erased.

They are still there. Still demanding to be seen.

They were always there. They built Argentina. 🇦🇷

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