Social Suffering and Armed Violence of the Black Geographies in the Pacific Coast of Colombia

Please join CSAAD for our final Africa~Diaspora Forum Series event this semester, led by our Fall 2025 PostDoctoral Fellow Dr. Bladimir Carabali Hinestroza. Since the late 1990s, the predominantly Black Pacific coast has undergone significant transformations in dynamics of displacement and homicidal violence. This presentation examines the relationship between racialized geographic spaces and violence, both in terms of human rights violation and socioeconomic exclusion, in areas deemed “empty” or not of primary economic interest by the Colombian state.

For accommodations, please contact the Assistant Director for the Center for the Study of Africa and the African Diaspora at ac8829@nyu.edu.

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Bladimir Carabalí holds a BA in Economics from Universidad del Valle (Colombia), an MA in Economics from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, and a PhD in Demography from the University of Campinas (UNICAMP) in Brazil. His academic trajectory has focused on understanding the ethnic-racial structures of inequality vis-à-vis mortality, fertility, migration, access to health care, educational achievements and labor market. This work has allowed him to rigorously engage with the complex demographic and social dynamics of regions with high concentrations of Indigenous and Afro-Colombian populations.

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