Ecuadorians
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Ecuadorians are people identified with the South American country of Ecuador. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Ecuadorians, several of these connections exis
Papá Roncón, afroecuadorian singer
Shuar women
Montuvio rodeo
Basilica of the National Vow in Quito
Afro-Ecuadorians
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Afro-Ecuadorians, also known as Black Ecuadorians, are Ecuadorians of predominantly Sub-Saharan African descent.
Ecuadorians
…oldest cultures in the Americas. The Valdivia culture is another well-known early Ecuadorian culture. Spaniards arrived in the sixteenth century, as did sub-Saharan Africans who were enslaved and transported across the Atlantic by Spaniards and other Europeans. The modern Ecuadorian population is principally descended from…
Los tres mulatos de Esmeraldas (1599) by Sánchez Galque
Portrait of a Quito Matron Lady with Her Black Slave by Vicente Albán (1783)
A typical street scene in Esmeraldas (2005)
Afro-Ecuadorians at a convention to receive cultural recognition. Traditional instruments can be seen in the background.