Black Afro-Colombian People in the National Strike in Northern Cauca

Abstract

The Afro-Colombian people resisted against racism and capitalism in northern Cauca, by articulating their processes of struggle with indigenous and peasant communities. The intercultural relationship of resistance was strengthened in recent decades thanks to the internal dynamics of community organization and the creation of the Interethnic and Intercultural Territorial Council of Northern Cauca. This article examined the impact of the organizational process on the development of the 2021 National Strike in the northern Cauca. It was hypothesized that community and interethnic organization favored the social protest. To this end, three issues were approached: 1^st. The Association of Community Councils of Northern Cauca ACONC; 2^nd. The Interethnic and Intercultural Territorial Council of Northern Cauca; and 3^rd. The actions of the black communities during the National Strike in Northern Cauca.