African Diaspora in Nicaragua: Education, Afro-descendants and Decolonization

Abstract

African descendant people, were brought to the Americas against their will, transferred by English, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch and French ships to the colonies. Millions of them were brought as laborers to produce the wealth of the world. The story tells that half of the slaves died before reaching their destination. Violently, our ancestors were deported to new lands, families were destroyed, towns and communities were erased from the map, all with the purpose of an unmerciful exploitation to benefit the colonialist nations, which based on that wealth, strengthened their position in the world. The constant struggle of the people of African descendants for their freedom in the passage of time for their recognition and visibility, achieved substantial changes at the international level through signatures of treaties, agreements and reforms in political constitutions of several countries of America, aimed at respecting the collective rights of these peoples.