In this Black History Month, I am so proud to show the new issue of the Satelite Sursystem Magazine that is dedicated to Afro Colombian history. Colombia has a very ugly history, like every country that was colonized by the Spanish empire 500 years ago, and the people who most suffered from the Spanish conquerer were the Native people and the black people who arrived in Colombia when the native people was almost extinguished by the conquerors. Cali, my city, has a high black population, but, like in the USA, this population hasn't had the same opportunities that the “white” population got since the colony. For all these reasons and many many more, the appearance of this Magazine highlighting the Afro Colombia culture and their figures are a sign that we are starting to accept that we are a Mestizo city and that our culture is Mestizo too as well. We can’t be Colombians or Caleños if we refuse to recognize that the Afro Colombian culture is part of our heritage and also the future of our country.
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