The Afro-Latino:A Historical Journey

Leslie K. Best

Jan 2010 · Becslie Publisher

About this ebook

 For over 3 centuries, millions of African men, women, and children were deported to the Americas to build the European conquistadors economic wealth and social foundation. Families were disperse depending on their captors throughout the African Diaspora. The mothers perhaps were taken to Brazil or Peru, the children to Venezuela or Mexico, and the father may have been sent to Colombia or Hispaniola. Their fate depended on the slave traders and where they decided to sell their human cargo. Those that were sent to Latin America assimilated the culture of the Spanish, Portuguese, or French where as those that went to British colonies assimilated with the British culture. Nevertheless, the impact from slavery is still being sustained even in the 21st century throughout the African Diaspora.

About the author

 Dr. Leslie Best as an educator and a historian has extensively researched and traveled to several counties studying various cultures. She first became interested in cultures as a young child while attending a multi-cultural Catholic school when residing in the racially mixed Hyde Park community on the Southside of Chicago which encompasses the University of Chicago. As an educator in both parochial and public schools she has exposed her students to various cultural and ethnic experiences through language arts and social studies. Dr. Best has educated students of Latin decent and their families. She also provided bilingual parenting classes and English as a Second Language (ESL) classes for Latin families.