THE PAST

BOOKS

The Afro-Argentines of Buenos Aires 1800 -1900 - George Reid Andrews

Tango: The Art History of Love by Robert Farris Thompson

National Rhythms, African Roots: The Deep History of Latin America - John Charles Chasteen

The Afro-Argentines of Buenos Aires 1800-1900 - George Reid Andrews

VIDEOS

The Afro-Argentine Legacy of Tango - Smithsonian lecture with Facundo Posadas

Tango Negro: The African Roots of Tango - documentary film by Dom Pedro

 A Brief History of the Black Roots of Argentine Tango - Ron Parker ( a local LA dancer)

The Origin of tango by Osvaldo Natucci - interview with Monica Paz

ARTICLES & SCHOLASTIC RESEARCH

“Afro-Uruguay: A brief history” - George Reid Andrews, Blackpast

“An African Tree Produces White Flowers: The Disappearance of the Black Community in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1850-1890 “ - Erika Denise Edwards, Grand Valley State University

“Blackness in Argentina” - Matthew B. Karush, Oxford University Press

“The Blackness of Tango” - Sylvia Pfeiffenberger 

“The Dawn of Tango: A History in Images Part II & III: Afrian Roots” - Pierre Baston

“Encyclopedia of the African Diaspora: Origins, Experiences, and Culture”- Carole Boyce Davies 
“History of Afro-Argentines” - Sydney Ojeikere, Treston Owens, and Sylvia Barnes

“Pardo is the New Black: The Urban Origins of Argentina’s Myth of Black Disappearance” -  Erika Edwards, UNC Charlotte

“Tango in Black and White” - Marilyn Grace Miller, University of Texas Press

“Tango Tangle” - Uwa Ede-Osifo, Brown Political Review

“Tango Mulatto: The Untold Afro-Argentine History of Tango, 1800s-1900s” - Laurel Teresa Parkhurst, The Texas State University

THE PRESENT

VIDEOS

Blackness in tango part I: the past - 6/10/2020. Virtual community discussion hosted by Oxygen Tango

Blackness in tango part II: the present - 6/17/20. Virtual community discussion hosted by Oxygen Tango

Let’s Talk Dance: A panel discussion exploring racial bias in Latin dance - 6/22/2020. Virtual panel discussion hosted by Jene Lee and Saroya Sandiford, and featuring Mimi Molina, Violeta Salsera, and Bianca Chapman.

Racism, Tango & Inclusivity: Women speak to belonging in tango - 6/7/2020. Virtual panel discussion hosted by Kristina McFadden, and featuring Jamila Dreamcatcher, Anthea Okereke, Nicole Hill, Amanda Garley, and Luna

The tango community talks about race - 6/2/2020. Virtual community discussion hosted by Oxygen Tango.

ARTICLES & SCHOLASTIC RESEARCH

“A confession to the tango community” - Nicole M. Hill, Medium

“Building an inclusive Tango community through Ubuntu in the era of social distancing” - Nicole M. Hill, Medium

“How a contagion can save Tango” - Nicole M. Hill, Medium

“Why I’m fighting for an inclusive tango community after years of heartbreak” - Nicole M. Hill, Medium

“Are you actually dancing tango if you aren’t dismantling systems of oppression?” - Misha Agunos, Tango For Liberation (blog)
“Tension as instrumental to Anti-Racism (and as it just so happens, Tango)” - Misha Agunos, Tango For Liberation (blog)