El Cimarron y su Fandango Has stock in Germany Isn’t that always the case

Isn’t that always the case

It's a loving glimpse into our experience

and Luisa Gutiérrez

Starting with images he gathers in daily life

Camille Summers-Valli

El Cimarron y su Fandango Has stock in Germany Isn’t that always the caseDuring the colonial period in the Americas, a Cimarrn was a Black fugitive slave who lived a free life in isolated corners of society. After independence, when slavery was abolished in Mexico, the Afro descendant population began to group mainly in two parts of the Mexican territory: Veracruz and the Costa Chica. It was in this last one where I had my first encounter with Afro descendant culture and where I was aware of its importance and invisibility