Date: 11/08/2009 - 07/04/2010

The exhibition brings focus to the overlooked history of African contributions to Mexican culture from 1519 to the present day. It tells the little-known story of Afro-descendants in Mexico during the past 500 years, including the story of Yanga, an enslaved African who escaped to found the first free town in the Americas, near Veracruz, Mexico, in 1610. Highlights of the exhibition include "casta" paintings (paintings used to delineate racial categories and the ever-increasing complexity of racial mixture); discussions of African slavery in Mexico and the hero/slave rebel Yanga; and artifacts related to the traditions and popular culture of the Afro-Mexicans.

Admission: FREE
Location: Anacostia Community Museum
Phone: 202-633-4820

Address: 1901 Fort Pl. SE,
Washington,DC, 20013