Afro-Venezuelan Day: Love, Respect and Demand in Revolution

Published at: 10/05/2024 08:07 AM

Since 2005, Afro-Venezuelan Day has been commemorated in Venezuela, a date that pays tribute to the fight against slavery that African brothers freed in the country. This historic day is celebrated because May 10 marks the 223rd anniversary of the African rebellion led by José Leonardo Chirino.

In 1975, a movement took over the El Socorro estate, and proclaimed a Republic of Racial Equality.

To vindicate people of African descent in the country, in 2004 Commander Hugo Chávez created the Presidential Commission against Racial Discrimination.

It was a year later, in 2005, when activists fighting for the recognition of African culture and history in Venezuela proposed May 10, the date of the Chirino insurrection, as a day for the commemoration of Afro-Venezuelanism, a project that was promoted by the current President of the Republic, Nicolás Maduro, then president of the National Assembly (AN).

This was followed by the installation of the National Council for the Development of Afro-descendant Communities, the enactment of the Law Against Racial Discrimination (2011) and the creation of the Institute against Racial Discrimination (INCODIR).

Mazo News Team