Where's All The Black Girls

[AfroMan]

Can anyone tell me the best sites or towns to find Black ladies.

[Jefferson]

... in response to Where's All The Black Girls, posted by AfroMan on Dec 24, 2002

Afro, Check out the Masai tribe in Tanzania. Or how about Sudan? What about taking a leisurely drive along the Kinshasha Highway? I bet Somalia has a few too. If your looking for a good number of black women, the easy answer is to go to Africa - Right?

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... in response to Re: Where's All The Black Girls, posted by Jefferson on Dec 29, 2002

n/p

[Bolo]

... in response to Where's All The Black Girls, posted by AfroMan on Dec 24, 2002

I too am wondering why I don't see any ladies of African decent on most any agency website. I have been looking for them personally myself for a long time as well. Other then Latin Euro I don't see them in any number more then a couple here and there and then rarely.

I did some searching on why this might be and it may be very related to long held racist beliefs in the country, which according to the following article are still very widespread unfortunately. The following is a bit from an article at:

http://www.africana.com/Articles/tt_673.htm

Human Rights in Latin America and the Caribbean

.... Colombia

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Racism and Discrimination visited Colombia a year after his visit to Brazil, and found that black communities were affected by persistent stereotyping, by economic and social disparities, and by grave human rights violations. The United Nations report (1997) points out that white supremacy is constantly reproduced through the many jokes and sayings in which Colombians identify blacks with ugliness, ignorance, evil, crime, and servility. In daily conversation, blacks are imagined as capable only of working in manual labor, sports, music, and domestic jobs. The rapporteur also commented that "the responses received were confused or an uncomfortable silence when one asked questions regarding the number or percentage of African-Colombians who serve in the army, the navy, the diplomatic corps, or in the Catholic Church hierarchy, as if these were unusual or inappropriate questions."

Moreover, black communities in the regions of Chocó and the Pacific Coast have been caught between the crossfire of the armed forces, guerrilla groups, paramilitaries, and death squads active in Colombia. The report pointed out that in the cities of Buenaventura and Tumaco, death squads have been found to carry out "social cleansing" operations (operaciones de limpieza social) targeting young Afro-Colombians for murder on the assumption that they are all thieves. The rapporteur reported seeing street graffiti in Buenaventura that encouraged the killing of blacks, such as "Do your country a favor: kill a nigger and win a turkey." ("Hágale un favor a la pátria. Mate un negro y reclame un pavo.")

In the rural areas of Chocó, mainly inhabited by Afro-Colombian descendants of emancipated and runaway slaves, forced displacement has become a major problem. Though it remains the region with the lowest per capita level of social investment and is last in terms of education, health, and infrastructure, its immense wealth in natural resources has recently attracted guerrilla forces and paramilitary groups. Since 1996 armed groups have violently displaced thousands of poor black Colombians from their homes and communities, causing a situation of extreme distress which, it seems, will not be resolved in the near future.....

[NW Jim]

... in response to Re: Where's All The Black Girls, posted by Bolo on Dec 25, 2002

The answer may be as simple as supply and demand. This equilibrium does not reflect the attitudes of another country/culture, but more likely preferences of guys from the USA.

If every guy looking for a lady in latin America were demanding only Black ladies, the market would certainly supply them.

As others have pointed out the demographics in Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti(Creole), Colombia, Brazil(Port), and the english speaking parts of the Caribbean clearly show there are LOTS of ladies of African descent available.

Don't put much stock in the pictures that the agencies post; do your research and follow HODA's advice--GO.  

[Hoda]

... in response to Re: Where's All The Black Girls, posted by Bolo on Dec 25, 2002


First of all, where is your focus going to be? I'm talking about what country? In Brazil, Colombia & Panama you'll find the heaviest concentration of ladies of African descent. In Brazil, you'll need Portugese, in the other's Spanish. Don't go by what you just see in the websites. The larger coastal cities of Colombia will have more than you can handle. Cali, has many women of African descent. Many of the Black families from these coastal cities have migrated to Cali.

Next, don't get consumed by the socio-eco-political situation in the country of your choice. It's honorable & intelligent of you, to familiarize yourself with a country. But remember, you're not there to change things, you're there hoping to find & be found by love. Don't believe all the hype of the sites or the media. Nothing beats going & seeing for yourself....

Good Luck...

[Larry in Dallas]

... in response to Hmmm..., posted by Hoda on Dec 25, 2002

There are many beautiful nice black ladies in Cali.  Sorry but I married the best lady six months ago in Cali.

                                      Sincerely,

                                      Larry in Dallas

[Michael B]

... in response to Where's All The Black Girls, posted by AfroMan on Dec 24, 2002

Or you could try Limon, Costa Rica...and they speak English better than Spanish, their ancestors came from Jamaica as farm laborers +/- 100 years ago.

[Cali vet]

... in response to Where's All The Black Girls, posted by AfroMan on Dec 24, 2002

In Colombia they're in Tumaco and Buenaventura and all coastal areas of Choco. Cartagena and Soledad on the caribbean coast but not Santa Marta or the Guajira.

[Jeff S]

... in response to Where's All The Black Girls, posted by AfroMan on Dec 24, 2002

www.latineuro.com The Brazil and Carribean/African sections have some absolutely stunning black girls.
-- Jeff S.

[Cali vet]

... in response to This should keep you interested.., posted by Jeff S on Dec 24, 2002

Speaking of african there is a town on the caribbean coast southwest of Cartagena where the black population continues to speak an African languege (don't know which) to this day. It is San Bacilio de Palenque and isn't far from the mud volcanos at Arboletes.