Afrodescendants Defined:

The term “Afro descendents” refers to peoples who:

1)Were forcibly dispossessed of their homeland, Africa;

Were transported to the Americas and Slavery Diaspora for the purpose of enslavement;

Were subjected to slavery;

Were subjected to forced mixed breeding and rape;

Have experienced, through force, the loss of mother tongue, culture and religion;

…and/or have experienced racial discrimination due to lost ties from their original identity.

The term “Afro descendents” was the identity that was agreed upon by people representing 19 countries (in the Western Hemisphere) at a March 2002 UNITED NATIONS Forum in La Ceiba, Honduras.