Due to social networks, today it is easier to learn through specialized sites or content creators who base their videos on presenting different places in the world, learning about unknown aspects of other cultures.
This was taken advantage of by the Senegalese Yazuke, who has more than 60,000 followers on TikTok on an account called Bamba is Bambain which tours several Latin American countries showing cultural aspects and traditions that were adopted from Africa.
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It is worth remembering that during colonization there was a massive arrival of Africans to Latin America, because the indigenous populations were reduced as a result of the work they were forced to do, plus the epidemics and diseases that arrived with the Europeans.
In the last video that the Senegalese published, He showed his followers that he was in San Basilio de Palenque, a populated center in the department of Bolívar under the jurisdiction of Mahates, which is noted by historians as one of the first towns to be liberated in Latin America..
In the video, the African focuses on pickup (name given to large sound equipment in the region, because this object was transported through different neighborhoods promoting dances) in which a song is playing that he claims “is from Nigeria.”
In the same way, The text left by Yazuke highlights that this type of songs that are heard in several Latin American countries represent the heritage of the Africans who arrived on the continent more than 600 years ago..
“Blood does not fail, blood calls, it is an ancestral heritage, dance and music are indelible marks in Palenque, Colombia.”
As the song continues to play, the Senegalese man dances in the company of Palenque residents, while pointing out that in the commercial establishment there are other objects that he could normally find in his country or in other nations on his continent.
“What a joy, the blood remains regardless of the centuries or the distance“, “I am of Colombian descent and my boyfriend is from Nigeria and he is surprised when I hear those songs” or “That music is heard throughout the Colombian Caribbean region, it is immortalized,” some users highlighted in the comments.
San Basilio de Palenque is located 55 kilometers from Cartagena, five from the detour of the trunk road that leads to Sincelejo; in addition to being one of the first liberated towns (which is currently seeking to become a municipality) It is known for being the birthplace of the boxer Antonio Cervantes, who is better known as Kid Pambele.
The liberation of Palenque was recorded as part of an agreement with which the Spanish sought to stop Benkos Biohó—leader of the anti-slavery struggle in Cartagena—from rescuing more slaves; Furthermore, it was a relevant space for having a saint, San Basilio, for whom Afro-descendants affirmed that everything in the town was an inheritance for them.
In 2014, the food here was recognized by the Gourmand World Cookbook Awardswhich highlighted Palenque’s preparations above 15,000 other preparations from around the world.
Not only Spanish is spoken there, Since the Palenquera language is still alive, being one of the 69 native languages spoken in Colombia, this is a combination of English, French, Portuguese, Spanish and the African languages of Bantu and Pingui.
This type of relationship with African culture is another aspect that has been maintained in Palenque, where the music heard in homes is usually from this continent and a drum cannot be missing when saying goodbye to loved ones, an instrument for which the Festival of Tamboras is held in October.
