Black in Latin America
In a style similar to "Wonders of the African World", Skip Gates will travel to places in Latin America where Africa has touched the continent with lasting cultural results to explore what happens when African and Hispanic worlds meet.
- 2011-2011
- 1 season
- Documentary
In a style similar to "Wonders of the African World", Skip Gates will travel to places in Latin America where Africa has touched the continent with lasting cultural results to explore what happens when African and Hispanic worlds meet.
Season 1 Episode Guide
4 Episodes 2011
Episode 1
Haiti and Dominican Republic: An Island Divided
Fri, Apr 1, 2011 56 mins
Join Professor Gates as he explores how race has been socially constructed in the Dominican Republic and as he tells the story of the birth of the first-ever black republic in Haiti.
Episode 2
Cuba: The Next Revolution
Fri, Apr 1, 2011 56 mins
Find out how the culture, religion, politics and music of Cuba are inextricably linked to the importation of slaves.
Episode 3
Brazil: A Racial Paradise?
Sun, May 1, 2011 56 mins
Discover how this "rainbow nation" is waking up to its legacy as the world's largest slave economy.
Episode 4
Mexico and Peru: The Black Grandma in the Closet
Sun, May 1, 2011 54 mins
Travel to Mexico and Peru with Professor Gates as he explores the almost unknown history of the numbers of black people brought to these countries as early as the 16th and 17th centuries.