More than a million people in Mexico
are descended from African slaves and identify as "black", "dark" or
"Afro-Mexican" even if they don't look black. But beyond the southern
state of Oaxaca they are little-known and the community's leaders are
now warning of possible radical steps to achieve official recognition.
"The
police made me sing the national anthem three times, because they
wouldn't believe I was Mexican," says Chogo el Bandeno, a black Mexican
singer-songwriter.http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-35981727
