Gurumbé: Afro-Andalusian Memories

Instituto Cervantes Albuquerque is participating in Afromundo 2022, New Mexico's first-ever festival dedicated to showcasing Afro-Latinx culture, which takes place in Albuquerque April 16-23. Entitled "Shared Roots: A Celebration of Afro-Latinx Culture," the festival includes a week-long series of bilingual events highlighting diverse voices from the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Puerto Rico, Mexico and Spain. Instituto Cervantes Albuquerque is collaborating in the screening of the Spanish documentary 'Gurumbé: Canciones de tu Memoria Negra' .

Miguel Ángel Rosales' debut feature-length film, ‘Gurumbé: Canciones de tu Memoria Negra’, is a documentary that explores Spain’s slave owning & slave trafficking past, linking its ports to one in Vera Cruz. The film also depicts the influence of that shared slave past on Spanish and Mexican culture, particularly on Flamenco and Son Jarocho. With Yinka Graves of Black Flamenco Network, also known as FUAAD — Flamencos Unidos Africanos y Afro Descendientes.