As mayor of Esmeraldas, the capital of the only province where Afro-Ecuadorians are the racial majority, he has worked to improve much needed social services and infrastructure in addition to ...

These seeds were brought from the African continent in the braids and the hair of women, and are a staple in the diet of Afro-Ecuadorians. Chalguyaku, Ecuador, 2018.Credit...Johis Alarcón Various ...

Afro-Ecuadorians, Afro-Latin Americans as a whole. Tomás Fernández Robaina is a researcher and professor of the National Library of Cuba, and holds a degree in Technical Information and Library ...

By 1822, slavery was abolished when the country gained independence. However, the legacy of slavery continues to impact the descendants of enslaved Ecuadorians, particularly Afro-Ecuadorians.

The 2022 Census recorded 814,495 Afro-Ecuadorians, representing 4.8% of the total population, a stark contrast to the 1,041,559 individuals, or 7.2%, who identified as Afro-Ecuadorian in the 2010 ...

An official quick count showed that Ecuadorians overwhelmingly voted "yes" to all nine questions focused on tightening security measures, rejecting only two more controversial economic proposals.

to social programs that meet the needs of indigenous people and Afro-Ecuadorians. That amount is about the same as the budget of the Education Ministry and four times the spending allocated to ...