Museo Afroantillano de Panamá

Museum, 2011

The Museo Afroantillano de Panamá (English: Afro-Antillean Museum ) in Panama City is a migration museum that was founded in December 1980.

In several waves of immigration, people of African origin (so-called Afro-Antillean immigration) migrated from the Antilles to Panama. 1850 for the construction of the Panama Railway, 1880 to 1889 for the French attempt to build a canal, 1904 to 1914 for the construction of the Panama Canal under North American leadership and at the beginning of the 20th century as plantation workers and small farmers in connection with the plantations of the United Fruit Company . This group differed linguistically and culturally from the original black slaves of the Spanish colonial era. In 1980 the Migration Museum was set up to show the important contribution of this ethnic group to the development of Panama and also to create a tourist attraction.

Individual evidence

↑ Carole Boyce Davies: Encyclopedia of the African Diaspora: Origins, Experiences, and Culture . Volume 2, ABC-CLIO 20008, ISBN 978-1-85109-700-5 , pp. 746 f.
↑ Michiel Baud, Annelou Ypeij: Cultural Tourism in Latin America: The Politics of Space and Imagery . BRILL 2009, ISBN 978-90-04-17640-9 , p. 66.

8.9630555555556 -79.539277777778Coordinates: 8 ° 57 ′ 47 " N , 79 ° 32 ′ 21.4" W.

[1] Carole Boyce Davies: Encyclopedia of the African Diaspora: Origins, Experiences, and Culture . Volume 2, ABC-CLIO 20008, ISBN 978-1-85109-700-5 , pp. 746 f.

[2] Michiel Baud, Annelou Ypeij: Cultural Tourism in Latin America: The Politics of Space and Imagery . BRILL 2009, ISBN 978-90-04-17640-9 , p. 66.