21 Colombia

Previous Picture < > Next Picture
Return to Colombia Gallery 1

21 Colombia - Nariño
IIn Nariño department, Afro-Colombian families are trying to implement the 1991 Constitution and Law 70, which guarantees them the land on which they have historically lived. Many communities have been displaced by the expansion of oil palm plantations, and by Colombia's paramilitary and military groups who protect the projects. In this area near Tumaco, Afro Colombians have recovered part of their lands, and seek to force palm growers to give up the rest. Pictured: Residents of the tiny village of Bajo Pusbi in the jungle and palm plantations, on land recovered by the Afro Colombian community.

photographs and stories by David Bacon © 1990-1999

website by DigIt Designs © 1999