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State. This category complicates the
globalizing and trans-border nature of
the African Diaspora and (re)enforces
the concept locally so that people can
deal with their own problems. The
emergence of this construction can be
summarized in the following three
points:
1) The quest for State acknowledgment
of their earlier existence in the nation;
2) The struggle against the inherited and
hegemonic sense that assumes that there
are no Argentines who descend from
enslaved ancestors, which makes them
seem foreign in their own country; and
3) The will to position themselves as
having.been.among.the.country’s
creators,.and.seeking.said.acknowledgm
ent via their inclusion in official history
(Cirio 2010,2015).
The census was taken between April and
July 2014. We first distributed the form
in hard copies and via the Internet to

homes in which we knew at least one
Afro-Argentine live, so he or she could
complete it and also poll all other in their
home, equally. We were soon able to see
that this mode was not operative: the
entity’s
Secretary,
Carlos
César
Lamadrid, started to visit the families
and filling out the forms.
They
contained a few, simple questions. Like
the Pilot Study and the 2012 Census,
with the person being polled selfidentifying and only registered those
who wanted to participate, so long as
they self-identified as Afro-Argentines
of Colonial Origin. It was estimated that
about a dozen decided not to participate,
or were not polled, due to logistical
reasons, although they wanted to be. The
form that was designed contains seven
questions distributed in columns large
enough to include 9 people (if there are
more in any particular home, the poll
was continued on another form).

1. Names and Surnames: Record all the names and surnames that appear on your NID
(National Identification Document).
2. Date and Place of Birth: You should record the place in terms of locale, municipality,
or department and province. If the birth was in Buenos Aires, record the neighborhood.
3. Age: Age at the time of the census.
4. Education: Record the last grade completed. If you are involved in a professional
program, specify which, where it is being done, and the program of study has begun, is
midway, or finished.
5. Work: If you work, clarify if it is formally or informally, self-employment or if the job
depends on a third party or seniority. If you don’t work, explain if it is due to
unemployment, retirement, or disability.
6. Musical achievement: Detail whatever you think is necessary in terms of dance,
singing, musical interpretation, and composition; if you have formal training and were or
are part of any kind of music group.

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