We are AFRO!

People of African descent in Spain.

By Museo Nacional de Antropología, Madrid

A project by José Luis Simón

Logo of the cycle "Let's Turn Around the World" (2019) by Laura LimónOriginal Source: Museo Nacional de Antropología

At the National Museum of Anthropology we are repeating the journey of Magellan during the V Centenary of the First Round the World (2019-2022), stopping to know what the current situation is in some of the territories (and seas) around the that the expedition passed.

We are AFRO! (2022) by Luis Pérez ArmiñoOriginal Source: Museo Nacional de Antropología

We are AFRO!

On this occasion, we border the African continent on a route that will take us from the Moluccas to the Cape Verde Islands.

Cover (2022) by José Luis SimónOriginal Source: Museo Nacional de Antropología

José Luis Simón defines himself as a visual artist. ¡Somos AFRO! is part of his latest project. Through photographs, he has portrayed 28 people who form an important part of the Afro-descendant community or who maintain a close relationship with this collective.

Antumi Toasijé (2022) by José Luis SimónOriginal Source: Museo Nacional de Antropología

Antumi Toasijé

Historian and President of the Consejo para la Eliminación de la Discriminación Racial o Étnica in Spain.

Bisila Bokoko (2022) by José Luis SimónOriginal Source: Museo Nacional de Antropología

Bisila Bokoko

Founder and CEO of BBES, a New York-based business development agency that represents and promotes brands in international markets.

Consuelo Cruz (2022) by José Luis SimónOriginal Source: Museo Nacional de Antropología

Consuelo Cruz

International lecturer, vice-president of the Patronato de la Fundación Internacional de Derechos Humanos and owner of the Baobab clothing brand.

Desiree Ndjambo (2022) by José Luis SimónOriginal Source: Museo Nacional de Antropología

Desirée Ndjambo

Journalist and presenter for Televisión Española, currently on TVE's news channel, 24 Horas.

Fernando Barbosa (2022) by José Luis SimónOriginal Source: Museo Nacional de Antropología

Fernando Barbosa

Anthropologist, PhD in Feminist Gender Studies, professor at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid.

Jennifer Rope (2022) by José Luis SimónOriginal Source: Museo Nacional de Antropología

Jennifer Rope

Actress and TV presenter in programmes such as Música sí, Grand Prix and Operación Triunfo.

Justo Bolekia (2022) by José Luis SimónOriginal Source: Museo Nacional de Antropología

Justo Bolekia

Professor, philologist, novelist and poet. Member of the Academia Ecuatoguineana de la Lengua Española.

Naomi Hussey (2022) by José Luis SimónOriginal Source: Museo Nacional de Antropología

Naomi Hussey

Founder with her brother Charlie, Bob Niko, Giorgio Aresu o Yu Land of Zoom ballet, famous in the seventies and eighties. She is currently a dance teacher at her school

Santiago Zannou (2022) by José Luis SimónOriginal Source: Museo Nacional de Antropología

Santiago Zannou

Film director, winner of the Goya Awards for Best New Director, Best Fiction Short Film and Best Adapted Screenplay.

Nicole Ndongala (2022) by José Luis SimónOriginal Source: Museo Nacional de Antropología

Nicole Ndongala

Director General of the Asociación Karibu. Amigos del Pueblo Africano.

Rita Bosaho (2022) by José Luis SimónOriginal Source: Museo Nacional de Antropología

Rita Bosaho

First black female Member of Parliament in Spain. She is currently Director General for Igualdad de Trato y Diversidad Étnico Racial at the Ministerio de Igualdad.

Vicente Mazimpaca (2022) by José Luis SimónOriginal Source: Museo Nacional de Antropología

Vicente Mazimpaka

Professor of Botany and Emeritus Professor at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.

Logo of the cycle "Let's Turn Around the World" (2019) by Laura LimónOriginal Source: Museo Nacional de Antropología

An exhibition in the "Lets go round the World" series

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