The field has begun to bloom after years of drought. In the midst of a political climate where the voices of racialised, Black, and Indigenous communities are being suppressed and invalidated on a daily basis, the seeds planted by Valeria Angola, Scarlet Estrada, and Marbella Figueroa – the three Afro-Mexican women behind Afrochingonas – vindicate flowering as an act of resistance that lies in the collective embrace of identity.

The field has begun to bloom after years of drought. In the midst of a political climate where the voices of racialised, Black, and Indigenous communities are being suppressed and invalidated on a daily basis, the seeds planted by Valeria Angola, Scarlet Estrada, and Marbella Figueroa – the three Afro-Mexican women behind Afrochingonas – vindicate flowering as an act of resistance that lies in the collective embrace of identity.

Afrochingonas is an interdisciplinary grassroots project on anti-racism, which also happens to be the Afro-Mexican women-led podcast with the highest rating in Mexico City. The anti-racist collective represents a safe digital environment for Afro-Mexican women to reflect on their political identities, in a national context in which speaking out against racism and gender-based violence often translates into life-or-death situations for its campaigners.

Afrochingonas is an interdisciplinary grassroots project on anti-racism, which also happens to be the Afro-Mexican women-led podcast with the highest rating in Mexico City. The anti-racist collective represents a safe digital environment for Afro-Mexican women to reflect on their political identities, in a national context in which speaking out against racism and gender-based violence often translates into life-or-death situations for its campaigners.