About the event
In this second conversation we will be with Meyby Ugueto-Ponce and Rayza de La Hoz sharing about Curiepe in Venezuela and the Palenque de San Basilio in Colombia, two communities that achieved their freedom using different strategies. On the one hand, the negotiation with the colonial system and on the other the rupture through the flight of the slave regime.
Curiepe, a town founded by free blacks, achieved their freedom in the eighteenth century through the strategic use of colonial laws, to consolidate a territory based on legality and the awareness of being descendants of Africans. El Palenque de San Basilio, for its part, conquered freedom from flight, from marooning, very early in the process of conquest, since its inhabitants opted for breaking with the Monarchy. These two experiences show us two different ways of managing freedom, which manifest the wealth of political and intellectual perspectives of the African diaspora and also show the heterogeneity of the processes of resistance and knowledge of the Afro diaspora.
Panelists
Meyby Ugueto-PonceAfro-Venezuelan
Caracas, descendant of free black towns: Curiepe and La Sabana. Researcher and activist of the African diaspora. Interpreter, teacher and researcher in traditional Venezuelan dance. She is part of the “Insurgent Braids” Collective of Black, Afro-Venezuelan and Afro-descendant Women; Currently co-coordinates the Collaborative Project on food: Flavors of Afro Memory. Director of “Trama Danza”, Group for Research and Promotion of Dances of Afrodiasporic Origin.
Rayza De La Hoz Pérez Afroguajira
Professional in Administration with a mention in Marketing from the Rafael Belloso Chacín University. Passionate about acting, photography and the people. Promoter of Afro Aesthetics and the empowerment of Afro-descendant women with an emphasis on ancestral knowledge and customs. Outstanding Young Winner of Colombia TOYP 2020 JCI Junior Chamber. Currently, Director of the Afro Mata ‘e Pelo Collective, Operative Secretariat of the National Conference of Afro-Colombian Organizations CNOA – Tonga La Guajira. Young Peacebuilder UNO Y Young Peacebuilders Forum ‘19 for Las Américas.
