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larepublicadedetroit:

I really want to see if this can get reblogged, not because it’s a game, but because the names and info are necessary. If you aren’t sure whether someone is applicable, add em anyway.

George Priestley - academic, Panamanian of West Indian descent. I relied heavily on his work over the years

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Susan Baca - Afro Peruvian singer and now In July 2011 she was named Peru’s Minister of Culture in the Ollanta Humala government.  She would become the first black cabinet minister in the history of independent Peru.

Concha Buika - an Afro-Spaniard singer originally from Guinea

Marta Cruz Janzen - Afro-Puerto Rican scholar, professor, wrote the article: “Latinegras: Desired Women—Undesirable Mothers, Daughters,
Sisters, and Wives.”

Angela Jorge - Afro-Puerto Rican scholar, wrote the groundbreaking article that caused some controversy at a conference in Albany: “The Black Puerto Rican Woman in Contemporary American Society”

Silvio Torres-Saillant - an associate professor in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences and director of the College’s Latino-Latin American Studies Program. His expertise includes Caribbean literature, comparative poetics, ethnic American literature, Latino texts, Diaspora and migration studies. A native of the Dominican Republic, Torres-Saillant is author of “Caribbean Poetics.” His latest work, “El retorno de las yolas: Intellectual History of the Caribbean,” is forthcoming. He is co-author of “The Dominican-Americans” and co-editor of “The Challenges of Public Higher Education in the Hispanic Caribbean.”

Carmen Mojica - Afro Dominicana, author. Wrote the book, “Hija De Mi Madre,” which is the culmination of both personal experiences and undergraduate research that illustrate her identity as an African Latina. It is a combination of memoirs, poems and research material that explain the effects of race on identity from an academic standpoint while sharing her own life as a living example.

Anthony Otero - Afro Puerto Rican/Ecuadorian. Writes the blog, Inside My Head, co-Creator of @Beingafrolatino and the LatiNegr@s website. A poet and writer who champions the experiences of Afro Latinos. 

Millions of Zambians have been voting in what is expected to be one of the country’s most fiercely contested elections.

There have been delays and clashes in the capital, Lusaka but observers say the vote has been relatively smooth.

President Rupiah Banda is expected to face his strongest challenge from Michael Sata.

Since the last vote in 2008, an extra one million people have registered to vote - many young and unemployed.

Polls were due to close at 18:00 local time (16:00 GMT), but the electoral commission said voting would be extended in polling stations that opened late.

Some 5.2 million people - the highest on record - are on the electoral register for these presidential, parliamentary and local elections.

High copper prices have boosted economic growth but many ordinary Zambians say they have not benefited.

Thousands of policemen have been deployed to prevent violence and the sale of axes and other potential weapons has been banned during the election period.

Mr Banda defeated Mr Sata by just 35,000 votes in the 2008 election, which sparked rioting by some opposition supporters in their urban strongholds.

A police spokeswoman said order had been restored on Tuesday afternoon following violence after reports that a man had been found with pre-marked ballot papers.

A truck delivering ballot papers was blocked from entering the densely-populated township of Kanyama and some of its materials grabbed and strewn across the street.

Election officials later denied the reports of pre-marked papers but admitted they were unsure how many ballots had been taken and whether they would be able to source more for that constituency.

Some of Mr Banda’s advertising hoardings were set on fire.

Many people were also angry that polling stations opened late.

At least four people have been arrested, police say.

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