A Language, Not Quite Spanish, With African Echoes

By SIMON ROMERO Published: October 18, 2007 SAN BASILIO DE PALENQUE, Colombia — The residents of this village, founded centuries ago by runaway slaves in the jungle of northern Colombia, eke out their survival from plots of manioc. Pigs wander through dirt roads. The occasional soldier on patrol peeks into houses made of straw, mud [...]

San Basilio de Palenque: African Tradition in Colombia

Find more videos like this on Adiama Network: Carrying on the Tradition On the Colombian Caribbean Coast, at a distance of one hour from the city of Cartagena, between mountains and swamps, there is a place where, in spite of the passage of time, its inhabitants live guided by African customs, traditions and rites, just [...]

Bântu Kôngo Concept of the Supreme Being: Nzâmbi

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