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First Self-Managed Census
of Afro-Argentines of
Colonial Origin:
Misibamba Association, Ciudad
Evita’s IDB Neighborhood, and
Nearby Areas
(Municipality of La Matanza,
Buenos Aires, 20141)
Carlos César Lamadrid
Candombero
Secretary, Misibamba Association
Afro-Argentine of Colonial Origin
César Omar Lamadrid
Candombero
Misibamba Association
Afro-Argentine of Colonial Origin

Norberto Pablo Cirio
“Carlos Vega” National Institute
of Musicology
Misibamba Association
Buenos Aires, Argentina

By way of an introduction, how many are there?

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n social anthropology, generations of bibliographies problematizing, exalting and
recommending qualitative methods have ended up clearly and almost completely
situating them in the realm of scientific knowledge. Yet, the social imaginary, which
is bolstered by scientific discovery, common sense, and journalism, continues to be
fascinated by researching Afro-Argentines of Colonial Origen by using census-type,
quantitative questions.

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