To preserve and share the stories, traditions, beliefs, contributions, and culture of the Afro-descendant community in Panama and its role in the nation’s development.
Black-Owned Businesses of Panama
The Black-Owned Business of Panama Directory is a living map of culture and connection, highlighting the entrepreneurs shaping Panama’s Afro-diasporic identity. Here, travelers and locals can discover trusted Black-owned businesses across the country.
Afrodisíaco Cultural Foundation
To research the origins of African drums in Panama, document Panamanian traditions, and collect traditional songs.
Our mission is to investigate the origins of African drums in Panama and the cultural pathways through which they arrived, evolved, and continue to shape local practices. We seek to document Panamanian traditions in their broadest expression—rituals, celebrations, craftsmanship, dance, and everyday customs—preserving the knowledge passed from generation to generation. A key part of this work is the collection of traditional songs: ancestral chants, work songs, spiritual melodies, and community rhythms that reflect the lived experiences of Afro-descendant populations and Panamanians as a whole. Through research, oral history, and community engagement, we aim to safeguard these cultural expressions, make them accessible, and ensure that future generations recognize their historical value and deep connections to identity, memory, and collective heritage.
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A team of social scientists dedicated to researching and taking action on Black culture in Panama.
The Network of Afro-Panamanian Youth is an organization of young people between the ages of 16 and 35, created to build spaces that promote a highly engaged, organized, and empowered youth, with a clear understanding of their duties and rights as Afro-descendants.