Afro-Ecuadorians

They were brought to Ecuador to work on the sugar plantations. Afro-Ecuadorian culture is found in the northwest coastal region of Ecuador.

Afro-Ecuadorian community is the one that came from the black African slaves during the era of Spanish Colonist. When Spain won the war on Ecuador, at that time they discovered this community known as Afro- Ecuadorian. The blend of real Ecuadorian that is the people of Latin America and the Africans resulted into the existence of an Afro-Ecuadorian community.