HUM-3900BD: Black Mexico Recovering Mexico’s African Past

This workshop traces the African heritage in Mexico, known as the Third Root. Through an interdisciplinary approach that include the chronicles of the Conquest, the 18th century Casta Paintings,and live music, the students will explore Mexico’s third root, and understand how the widely held concept of Mexico as a Mestizo nation (half Spanish and half Indian) excludes its African heritage. Students will learn how to identify in various texts the African presence in Mexico, focusing in three historical periods: the Spanish Conquest (1519-21), the Colony(1521-1810), and the Independence (1810-1821). Examination of the 18th century Caste Paintings will provide strong visual component of this class. Students will also analyze historical maps of the slave trade route from West Africa to Mexico and to the different geographical points in Mexico where slaves were assigned to work, according to the labor needed in the country’s four main areas of production: the sugar mills, coffee plantations, mines, and haciendas. The workshop will explore the geographical areas of Mexico where the African heritage is visible (for example, in the physical traits of the people on the coasts), contrasted with those areas where this heritage is less visible but present in local language, food, and music. This workshop will end with a live music performance of a repertoire that stresses the Mexican African roots.
Min. Credits: 1.0
Credit Basis: Quarter credit
Location(s): Antioch Univ Los Angeles,Antioch Univ Seattle
Method(s): Workshop
Faculty Consent Required: N
Program Approval Required: N
Course Type Liberal Arts, Science & Social Science

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HUM-3900BD: Black Mexico Recovering Mexico’s African Past