Educational materials on the influence of Afro-descended in Central America

The UNESCO Office in San Jos茅 (Costa Rica) has developed the Collection "Del Olvido a la memoria" (From oblivion to memory), educational materials on the influence of Afro-descended in Central America.
Last update:15 April 2025

Produced in collaboration with the University of Costa Rica (UCR) and the National Museum of the country, this collection includes a five volumes series of teaching materials that are part of an initiative of Central America countries to eliminate the ignorance about the influence of populations of African descent in the region.

Funded by UNESCO, this series of publications is part of the "Routes of Enslaved Peoples" Programme and accompanies its new orientations with regard to geographical expansion to regions insufficiently covered on this topic and introduction of new themes.

Besides the dissemination of these materials, UNESCO is working actively towards their inclusion into curricula of Central America countries and organizes workshops to:

  • Validate the content of brochures prepared by UNESCO on the African presence in Central America

  • Provide teachers with suggestions and recommendations for working with students, promoting learning about African heritage in each country

  • Obtain recommendations to implement the study of history, the presence and contribution of Africans in Central America in the educational programs of Ministries of Education respectively

As of 2018, "" is available online. This is a miniseries of documentaries that can be used as an educational tool, produced by the Chair of African and Caribbean Studies and the Vice-Rectory of Teaching of the University of Costa Rica, with the support of UNESCO. The four documentaries provide a first-hand account, through testimonies, of the experience of migrants from the Caribbean islands in the process of integrating their descendants into the country.

Del olvido a la memoria, 5: nuestra herencia afrocaribe帽a
C谩ceres G贸mez, Rina
UNESCO Office in San Jose
2011
0000259514
Del olvido a la memoria, 4: las voces de los esclavizados, los sonidos de la libertad
C谩ceres G贸mez, Rina
UNESCO Office in San Jose
Beckles, Hilary McD.
Shepherd, Verene A.
2008
0000183853
Del olvido a la memoria, 3: 脕frica en tiempos de la esclavitud
C谩ceres G贸mez, Rina
UNESCO Office in San Jose
2008
0000183851
Del olvido a la memoria, 3: 脕frica en tiempos de la esclavitud
C谩ceres G贸mez, Rina
UNESCO Office in San Jose
2008
0000183851
Del olvido a la memoria, 2: esclavitud, resistencia y cultura
C谩ceres G贸mez, Rina
UNESCO Office in San Jose
2008
0000183849
Del olvido a la memoria, 1: africanos y afromestizos en la historia colonial de Centroam茅rica
C谩ceres G贸mez, Rina
UNESCO Office in San Jose
2008
0000183846

Contact

For further information, please contact Nonso Obikili: n.obikili@unesco.org