Overview

• On July 25, Quilombo Afrojujeño hosted a cultural gathering at La Comuna in San Salvador de Jujuy featuring conversational panels, artistic interventions and live music.
• Panels addressed the significance of the date, celebrated black heroines across the Americas and explored Afrodescendant women’s ancestral narratives.
• The collective Yista Pal' Dun activated the space with decolonial antipatriarchal art interventions while Cosa de Negras and NinaDamba delivered a percussion-driven musical finale.
• Attendees paid tribute to slain Brazilian activist Marielle Franco, highlighting transnational solidarity among Afrodescendant women.
• Organizers highlighted that Afrodescendant people make up roughly 200 million across Latin America and the Caribbean and urged governments to implement inclusive anti-racist and antipatriarchal policies.