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In the Americas with David Yetman

African and Indigenous Heritage in Oaxaca’s Coast

Season 11 Episode 1104

On the Pacific Coast of Oaxaca, runaway slaves built their own communities and joined other indigenous groups, forging a culture that persists into the present.

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