5 Ingredientes Afrolatinos Para Conocer

El comercio durante la época colonial introdujo nuevos materiales y objetos en todos los continentes, hecho que revolucionaría aspectos de la vida como la construcción, la vestimenta y la comida para el mundo entero. A consecuencia, lo que hoy en día se conocen como comidas Latinoamericanas contienen una mezcla de sabores e ingredientes indígenas a las américas y otros que provienen de África, Asia, y Europa. Sin embargo, algunos ingredientes en específico tienen una relación más cercana a la gastronomía de las comunidades negras por razones históricas, geográficas, y culturales. En esta serie les presentamos a 5 Ingredientes Afrolatinos para reconocer esta memoria histórica gastronómica afrodescendiente que ya forma parte de toda la identidad gastronómica latinoamericana.

Trade during the colonial period introduced new materials and objects to all of the continents, something that would revolutionize aspects of life for the whole world such as construction, clothing, and food. Consequently, what today is known as latinamerican foods are a mixture of flavors and ingredients indigenous to the Americas, and others that come from Africa, Asia, and Europe. However, some ingredients have a closer relationship to the gastronomy of Black communities for historical, geographic, and cultural reasons. In this series we present to you 5 Afrolatino Ingredients to acknowledge this afro-descendant gastronomic historical memory which is now a part of all of the latinamerican gastronomic identity.

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Maya Zazhil Fernández

Maya Zazhil Fernández grew up in the Pilsen/Little Village neighborhoods of Chicago as a third generation Mexican-Peruvian. Coming from a family of musicians, linguists, and cultural workers, at an early age she developed a passion for and commitment to musical traditions, specifically Son Jarocho from Veracruz, Mexico. Committed to the preservation and practice of traditional music as a form of community building, resistance, and healing, she carries out this work through being a founding member of the Son Jarocho collective, Jarochicanos, founding member of the educational organization Son Chiquitos, and member of the all-female Puerto Rican Bomba ensemble, Las BomPleneras.

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