The african presence in the pacific and central Nicaragua

Abstract

Nicaragua has been, from the most remote times to our days, a place of encounter and mixture of human groups of different races and cultures, originating from Asia, Europe and Africa.  Such groups, arrived in different times, by varied ways and in dissimilar conditions and circumstances, have made contributions to the history of the country, subject to the conjuncture in which they were inserted, in the process of the social formation of the same one.  It is in the interest of the historian concerned with clarifying the past of the society under study to analyze in itself and in its relations with other groups, each of these elements that enter into the totality of the socio-historical process.  It is in this sense that the study of the population of African origin in Nicaragua acquires its dimensions and meaning. Nicaragua's geographical position in the American hemisphere has been favorable to the occupation of different human groups. In fact, located in the heart of the Central American isthmus, it is bathed by two oceans, relatively close to each other and even communicable with each other through the San Juan River, the Great Lake and the isthmus of Rivas.  On the other hand, the abundance of rivers, lakes and lagoons, as well as hunting, fishing and botanical resources for hunters, fishermen and gatherers.