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Title: The Afro-Argentines of Buenos Aires, 1800-1900 by George Reid Andrews ISBN: 0-299-08290-3 Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press Pub. Date: April, 2000 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $34.95

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Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)

Rating: 5
Summary: Putting the soul back into Argentina's culture...
Comment: ...Reid Andrews tells it like it is in this well-detailed and articulate account as to what really happened (and is happening) to portenos de color in Buenos Aires.

Not only has Argentina whitened its population through immigration, they have also whitened and whitewashed their history, denying ANY black presence in Argentina even today. Reid Andrews sets the record straight. The story of the Afro-Argentines is told in meticulous detail and a straightforward writing style that gets to the point. From the time the first African slave set foot on Argentine soil; their contributions to Argentine society, especially in writing and the arts, right up until the turn of the century when they first started to "disappear" under the onslaught of massive, relentless European immigration, along with the indigenous population(and if you read the book, you find out that they didn't disappear, they ARE still here), Reid Andrews' account of black Argentine history takes on a poignant note as we move into multiculturalism and global "Brazilination". I am SO glad I was able to find this book; it may become a collector's item once the rest of Argentina's black population vanishes...