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Title: Blackout: How Argentina ‘Eliminated’ Africans From Its History And Conscience Post by: Kairi on June 16, 2014, 08:10:19 AM Excerpt- "Historians generally attribute two major factors to this sudden “mass disappearance” of black Africans from the country – the deadly war against Paraguay from 1865-1870 (in which thousands of blacks fought on the frontlines for the Argentine military) as well as various other wars; and the onset of yellow fever in Buenos Aires in 1871.
The heavy casualties suffered by black Argentines in military combat created a huge gender gap among the African population – a circumstance that appears to have led black women to mate with whites, further diluting the black population. Many other black Argentines fled to neighboring Brazil and Uruguay, which were viewed as somewhat more hospitable to them. Others claim something more nefarious at work." Full article here- http://www.ibtimes.com/blackout-how-argentina-eliminated-africans-its-history-conscience-1289381#.U54-IjZsm1Q.facebook (http://www.ibtimes.com/blackout-how-argentina-eliminated-africans-its-history-conscience-1289381#.U54-IjZsm1Q.facebook) |