Abstract

LOPEZ CHAVEZ, América Nicte-Ha. The Afro-Mexican ethno-political movilization of the Costa Chica of Guerrero and Oaxaca: Achievements, limitations and challenges. Perf. latinoam. [online]. 2018, vol.26, n.52. ISSN 0188-7653.  https://doi.org/10.18504/pl2652-010-2018.

This article indicates the characteristics of the Afro-Mexican ethnopolitical mobilization of the Costa Chica of Guerrero and Oaxaca, their demands, the responses of the State, as well as the existing tensions, with the general objective of identifying the achievements, limitations and challenges of the mobilization. It begins establishing the sociopolitical context of the multicultural Mexico, then formulates a sociodemographic profile, and analyzes the trajectory of struggle, conflict and contradictions of collective organization of the Afro-Mexicans. In order to achieve the general objective, the article applies theoretical concepts of the neoliberal multicultural framework and develops a case study of the Costa Chica of Guerrero and Oaxaca from 1997 to 2016, based on the revision of minutes, rapporteurships of milestone meetings and interactions between the main actors of the mobilization.

Keywords : Afro-Mexicans; neoliberal multiculturalism; Mexico; Costa Chica of Guerrero and Oaxaca; Afrodescendants in Latin America; politics of recognition; identity.