Tatiana posing with her Pollera Congo. Congo traditions in Panama celebrate the resistance enslaved Africans during the Spanish colonial period who escaped to the hills and rain forests of the Americas to establish independent communities. They were free Blacks, free “Congos.” Origin narratives surrounding the name “Congo” suggest that it originally functioned as a generic nomenclature used by Spanish colonists to refer to Africans and their descendants, from the Congo kingdoms of Central and Western Africa. Portobelo Bay, Panama. PEDRO SA DA BANDEIRA
Aranda posing as Congo. Congo traditions in Panama celebrate the resistance enslaved Africans during the Spanish colonial period who escaped to the hills and rain forests of the Americas to establish independent communities. They were free Blacks, free “Congos.” Origin narratives surrounding the name “Congo” suggest that it originally functioned as a generic nomenclature used by Spanish colonists to refer to Africans and their descendants, from the Congo kingdoms of Central and Western Africa. Portobelo Bay, Panama. PEDRO SA DA BANDEIRA
Congo traditions in Panama celebrate the resistance enslaved Africans during the Spanish colonial period who escaped to the hills and rain forests of the Americas to establish independent communities. They were free Blacks, free “Congos.” Origin narratives surrounding the name “Congo” suggest that it originally functioned as a generic nomenclature used by Spanish colonists to refer to Africans and their descendants, from the Congo kingdoms of Central and Western Africa. Portobelo Bay, Panama. PEDRO SA DA BANDEIRA
Aranda posing as Congo. Congo traditions in Panama celebrate the resistance enslaved Africans during the Spanish colonial period who escaped to the hills and rain forests of the Americas to establish independent communities. They were free Blacks, free “Congos.” Origin narratives surrounding the name “Congo” suggest that it originally functioned as a generic nomenclature used by Spanish colonists to refer to Africans and their descendants, from the Congo kingdoms of Central and Western Africa. Portobelo Bay, Panama. PEDRO SA DA BANDEIRA
Nelson, dressing and posing as a Congo. Congo traditions in Panama celebrate the resistance enslaved Africans during the Spanish colonial period who escaped to the hills and rain forests of the Americas to establish independent communities. They were free Blacks, free “Congos.” Origin narratives surrounding the name “Congo” suggest that it originally functioned as a generic nomenclature used by Spanish colonists to refer to Africans and their descendants, from the Congo kingdoms of Central and Western Africa. PEDRO SA DA BANDEIRA
Congo traditions in Panama celebrate the resistance enslaved Africans during the Spanish colonial period who escaped to the hills and rain forests of the Americas to establish independent communities. They were free Blacks, free “Congos.” Origin narratives surrounding the name “Congo” suggest that it originally functioned as a generic nomenclature used by Spanish colonists to refer to Africans and their descendants, from the Congo kingdoms of Central and Western Africa. Portobelo Bay, Panama. PEDRO SA DA BANDEIRA
Nelson, dressing and posing as a Congo. Congo traditions in Panama celebrate the resistance enslaved Africans during the Spanish colonial period who escaped to the hills and rain forests of the Americas to establish independent communities. They were free Blacks, free “Congos.” Origin narratives surrounding the name “Congo” suggest that it originally functioned as a generic nomenclature used by Spanish colonists to refer to Africans and their descendants, from the Congo kingdoms of Central and Western Africa. PEDRO SA DA BANDEIRA
Tatiana posing with her Pollera Congo. Congo traditions in Panama celebrate the resistance enslaved Africans during the Spanish colonial period who escaped to the hills and rain forests of the Americas to establish independent communities. They were free Blacks, free “Congos.” Origin narratives surrounding the name “Congo” suggest that it originally functioned as a generic nomenclature used by Spanish colonists to refer to Africans and their descendants, from the Congo kingdoms of Central and Western Africa. PEDRO SA DA BANDEIRA
Congo traditions in Panama celebrate the resistance enslaved Africans during the Spanish colonial period who escaped to the hills and rain forests of the Americas to establish independent communities. They were free Blacks, free “Congos.” Origin narratives surrounding the name “Congo” suggest that it originally functioned as a generic nomenclature used by Spanish colonists to refer to Africans and their descendants, from the Congo kingdoms of Central and Western Africa. Portobelo Bay, Panama. PEDRO SA DA BANDEIRA
Congo traditions in Panama celebrate the resistance enslaved Africans during the Spanish colonial period who escaped to the hills and rain forests of the Americas to establish independent communities. They were free Blacks, free “Congos.” Origin narratives surrounding the name “Congo” suggest that it originally functioned as a generic nomenclature used by Spanish colonists to refer to Africans and their descendants, from the Congo kingdoms of Central and Western Africa. Portobelo Bay, Panama. PEDRO SA DA BANDEIRA
Nelson, dressing and posing as a Congo. Congo traditions in Panama celebrate the resistance enslaved Africans during the Spanish colonial period who escaped to the hills and rain forests of the Americas to establish independent communities. They were free Blacks, free “Congos.” Origin narratives surrounding the name “Congo” suggest that it originally functioned as a generic nomenclature used by Spanish colonists to refer to Africans and their descendants, from the Congo kingdoms of Central and Western Africa. PEDRO SA DA BANDEIRA
Congo traditions in Panama celebrate the resistance enslaved Africans during the Spanish colonial period who escaped to the hills and rain forests of the Americas to establish independent communities. They were free Blacks, free “Congos.” Origin narratives surrounding the name “Congo” suggest that it originally functioned as a generic nomenclature used by Spanish colonists to refer to Africans and their descendants, from the Congo kingdoms of Central and Western Africa. Portobelo Bay, Panama. PEDRO SA DA BANDEIRA
Congo traditions in Panama celebrate the resistance enslaved Africans during the Spanish colonial period who escaped to the hills and rain forests of the Americas to establish independent communities. They were free Blacks, free “Congos.” Origin narratives surrounding the name “Congo” suggest that it originally functioned as a generic nomenclature used by Spanish colonists to refer to Africans and their descendants, from the Congo kingdoms of Central and Western Africa. Portobelo Bay, Panama. PEDRO SA DA BANDEIRA
Aranda posing as Congo. Congo traditions in Panama celebrate the resistance enslaved Africans during the Spanish colonial period who escaped to the hills and rain forests of the Americas to establish independent communities. They were free Blacks, free “Congos.” Origin narratives surrounding the name “Congo” suggest that it originally functioned as a generic nomenclature used by Spanish colonists to refer to Africans and their descendants, from the Congo kingdoms of Central and Western Africa. Portobelo Bay, Panama. PEDRO SA DA BANDEIRA
Baia de Portobelo, Caribean/atlantic coast, Panama. PEDRO SA DA BANDEIRA
Congo traditions in Panama celebrate the resistance enslaved Africans during the Spanish colonial period who escaped to the hills and rain forests of the Americas to establish independent communities. They were free Blacks, free “Congos.” Origin narratives surrounding the name “Congo” suggest that it originally functioned as a generic nomenclature used by Spanish colonists to refer to Africans and their descendants, from the Congo kingdoms of Central and Western Africa. Portobelo Bay, Panama. PEDRO SA DA BANDEIRA
Congo traditions in Panama celebrate the resistance enslaved Africans during the Spanish colonial period who escaped to the hills and rain forests of the Americas to establish independent communities. They were free Blacks, free “Congos.” Origin narratives surrounding the name “Congo” suggest that it originally functioned as a generic nomenclature used by Spanish colonists to refer to Africans and their descendants, from the Congo kingdoms of Central and Western Africa. Portobelo Bay, Panama. PEDRO SA DA BANDEIRA
Nelson, dressing and posing as a Congo. Congo traditions in Panama celebrate the resistance enslaved Africans during the Spanish colonial period who escaped to the hills and rain forests of the Americas to establish independent communities. They were free Blacks, free “Congos.” Origin narratives surrounding the name “Congo” suggest that it originally functioned as a generic nomenclature used by Spanish colonists to refer to Africans and their descendants, from the Congo kingdoms of Central and Western Africa. PEDRO SA DA BANDEIRA
Congo traditions in Panama celebrate the resistance enslaved Africans during the Spanish colonial period who escaped to the hills and rain forests of the Americas to establish independent communities. They were free Blacks, free “Congos.” Origin narratives surrounding the name “Congo” suggest that it originally functioned as a generic nomenclature used by Spanish colonists to refer to Africans and their descendants, from the Congo kingdoms of Central and Western Africa. Portobelo Bay, Panama. PEDRO SA DA BANDEIRA
Congo traditions in Panama celebrate the resistance enslaved Africans during the Spanish colonial period who escaped to the hills and rain forests of the Americas to establish independent communities. They were free Blacks, free “Congos.” Origin narratives surrounding the name “Congo” suggest that it originally functioned as a generic nomenclature used by Spanish colonists to refer to Africans and their descendants, from the Congo kingdoms of Central and Western Africa. Portobelo Bay, Panama. PEDRO SA DA BANDEIRA
Nelson, dressing and posing as a Congo. Congo traditions in Panama celebrate the resistance enslaved Africans during the Spanish colonial period who escaped to the hills and rain forests of the Americas to establish independent communities. They were free Blacks, free “Congos.” Origin narratives surrounding the name “Congo” suggest that it originally functioned as a generic nomenclature used by Spanish colonists to refer to Africans and their descendants, from the Congo kingdoms of Central and Western Africa. PEDRO SA DA BANDEIRA
Congo traditions in Panama celebrate the resistance enslaved Africans during the Spanish colonial period who escaped to the hills and rain forests of the Americas to establish independent communities. They were free Blacks, free “Congos.” Origin narratives surrounding the name “Congo” suggest that it originally functioned as a generic nomenclature used by Spanish colonists to refer to Africans and their descendants, from the Congo kingdoms of Central and Western Africa. Portobelo Bay, Panama. PEDRO SA DA BANDEIRA
Tatiana posing with her Pollera Congo. Congo traditions in Panama celebrate the resistance enslaved Africans during the Spanish colonial period who escaped to the hills and rain forests of the Americas to establish independent communities. They were free Blacks, free “Congos.” Origin narratives surrounding the name “Congo” suggest that it originally functioned as a generic nomenclature used by Spanish colonists to refer to Africans and their descendants, from the Congo kingdoms of Central and Western Africa. Portobelo Bay, Panama. PEDRO SA DA BANDEIRA
Nelson, dressing and posing as a Congo. Congo traditions in Panama celebrate the resistance enslaved Africans during the Spanish colonial period who escaped to the hills and rain forests of the Americas to establish independent communities. They were free Blacks, free “Congos.” Origin narratives surrounding the name “Congo” suggest that it originally functioned as a generic nomenclature used by Spanish colonists to refer to Africans and their descendants, from the Congo kingdoms of Central and Western Africa. PEDRO SA DA BANDEIRA
Baia de Portobelo, Caribean/atlantic coast, Panama. PEDRO SA DA BANDEIRA
Tatiana posing with her Pollera Congo. Congo traditions in Panama celebrate the resistance enslaved Africans during the Spanish colonial period who escaped to the hills and rain forests of the Americas to establish independent communities. They were free Blacks, free “Congos.” Origin narratives surrounding the name “Congo” suggest that it originally functioned as a generic nomenclature used by Spanish colonists to refer to Africans and their descendants, from the Congo kingdoms of Central and Western Africa. PEDRO SA DA BANDEIRA
Tatiana posing with her Pollera Congo. Congo traditions in Panama celebrate the resistance enslaved Africans during the Spanish colonial period who escaped to the hills and rain forests of the Americas to establish independent communities. They were free Blacks, free “Congos.” Origin narratives surrounding the name “Congo” suggest that it originally functioned as a generic nomenclature used by Spanish colonists to refer to Africans and their descendants, from the Congo kingdoms of Central and Western Africa. PEDRO SA DA BANDEIRA
Aranda posing as Congo. Congo traditions in Panama celebrate the resistance enslaved Africans during the Spanish colonial period who escaped to the hills and rain forests of the Americas to establish independent communities. They were free Blacks, free “Congos.” Origin narratives surrounding the name “Congo” suggest that it originally functioned as a generic nomenclature used by Spanish colonists to refer to Africans and their descendants, from the Congo kingdoms of Central and Western Africa. Portobelo Bay, Panama. PEDRO SA DA BANDEIRA
Aranda posing as Congo. Congo traditions in Panama celebrate the resistance enslaved Africans during the Spanish colonial period who escaped to the hills and rain forests of the Americas to establish independent communities. They were free Blacks, free “Congos.” Origin narratives surrounding the name “Congo” suggest that it originally functioned as a generic nomenclature used by Spanish colonists to refer to Africans and their descendants, from the Congo kingdoms of Central and Western Africa. Portobelo Bay, Panama. PEDRO SA DA BANDEIRA
Aranda posing as Congo. Congo traditions in Panama celebrate the resistance enslaved Africans during the Spanish colonial period who escaped to the hills and rain forests of the Americas to establish independent communities. They were free Blacks, free “Congos.” Origin narratives surrounding the name “Congo” suggest that it originally functioned as a generic nomenclature used by Spanish colonists to refer to Africans and their descendants, from the Congo kingdoms of Central and Western Africa. Portobelo Bay, Panama. PEDRO SA DA BANDEIRA
Aranda posing as Congo. Congo traditions in Panama celebrate the resistance enslaved Africans during the Spanish colonial period who escaped to the hills and rain forests of the Americas to establish independent communities. They were free Blacks, free “Congos.” Origin narratives surrounding the name “Congo” suggest that it originally functioned as a generic nomenclature used by Spanish colonists to refer to Africans and their descendants, from the Congo kingdoms of Central and Western Africa. Portobelo Bay, Panama. PEDRO SA DA BANDEIRA
Aranda posing as Congo. Congo traditions in Panama celebrate the resistance enslaved Africans during the Spanish colonial period who escaped to the hills and rain forests of the Americas to establish independent communities. They were free Blacks, free “Congos.” Origin narratives surrounding the name “Congo” suggest that it originally functioned as a generic nomenclature used by Spanish colonists to refer to Africans and their descendants, from the Congo kingdoms of Central and Western Africa. Portobelo Bay, Panama. PEDRO SA DA BANDEIRA
