Indigenous creolisation in the Sierra Nevada, Colombia

Indigenous creolisation in the Sierra Nevada, Colombia

By Juliette Gautron

This article stems from a couple of months I spent conducting fieldwork in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (Colombia) from July to September 2019, thanks to LSE’s Summer Ethnography funding and The Explorer’s Club grant.

Map credits to SIGAC

Umguma (male)

Ushui (female)

Uraca (house) wall with both genders

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