2. YAGUA
• Yagua are a people in northeastern Peru numbering
approximately 3,000 to 4,000.
• They live near
the Amazon, Napo, Putumayo and Yavari Rivers and their
tributaries.
• As for present day population, approximately three thousand
people would identify themselves as Yaguas.
• 75% of the women and 25% of the men are monolingual in
Yagua, the rest being bilingual in Spanish to varying degrees.
• The tremendous distances between villages make it very
difficult to have consistent interaction with Yaguas outside of
one's home village.
• All economic activity outside of the village is with non-Yagua
peoples, usually Spanish-speakers.
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5. AFRO-PERUVIAN
• The first African Peruvians arrived with the conquistadors in
1521, to return permanently in 1525.
• They fought alongside the conquistadors as soldiers and
worked wherever needed.
• Afro-Peruvians concentrated in specialized fields that drew
upon their extensive knowledge and training in skilled artisan
work and in agriculture.
• After the early colonial period, few Afro-Peruvians would
become goldsmiths or silversmiths.
• Afro-Peruvian music has its roots in the communities of black
slaves brought to work in the mines along the Peruvian coast.
• Today many reside mainly on the central and south coast,
with the majority of the population in the provinces
of Lima, Callao, Nazca, Chincha, Ica and Cañete
