Whether you consider yourself Afro Latino or not, if you ever find yourself bochinchando with your asere, picking the best looking guineos, platanos or ñame for dinner, dancing merengue, ordering a big plate of feijoada, or simply enjoying a cup of café in the morning, then you have indeed indulged in a bit of your African heritage. All that is left now is to acknowledge it.

Read about Pan Africanism, Latinos in the census and the development of the term Afro Latino in Latino Life UK’s feature story, “Afro Latinos: Un pedazito de la historia negra.”