Africa-Press – Angola. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Téte António, said on Friday in Sloatsburg that Angola was one of the major victims of the transatlantic slavery process, a fact that resulted in its profound Afro-descendant cultural influence, mainly in the Americas.The Angolan foreign minister made these statements in Sloatsburg, a town in the city of Ramapo, in Rockland County, New York State, which had a population of approximately 3,050 in the 2020 census.
Téte António traveled to this region at the invitation of the mayor of this city, Darrell Frasier, to discuss his experience related to the African diaspora, also taking into account the role he currently plays as President of the Executive Council of the African Union.At the event, according to a press release, Téte António referred to Angola’s historical role in the African diaspora, the country’s contribution to transatlantic trafficking and Angolan culture, emphasizing music and dance, religion and spirituality, language and expression, cuisine, resistance and identity.
During the 16th to 19th centuries, millions of Africans were captured or purchased in the region that is now Angola and shipped to the Americas, especially Brazil, the Caribbean, and the United States. Many African descendants in these regions have direct roots in Angolan ethnic groups, such as the Kimbundu, Ovimbundu, Bakongo, among others.
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