ABSTRACT
To raise an awareness of Black people in South America and explore their history and socioeconomic framework. Pupils should continue to develop a chronologically secure knowledge and understanding of British, local and world history, establishing clear narratives within and across the periods they study. They should note connections, contrasts and trends over time and develop the appropriate use of historical terms. Since the beginning of colonisation, enslaved Africans resisted captivity by establishing Palenques or escaped communities, taking liberation upon themselves and freeing themselves. Cuajinicuilapa is one of the major pueblos negros, or Black towns, of Mexico. The African presence in Mexico was still often denied or trivialised, and where popular culture depicts Black people they tend to be caricatured and ridiculed. The guijada and the bote are Afro-Mexican musical instruments.
