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Black Mexico Festival | Abayomi Black Dolls Workshop

Name: Black Mexico Festival | Abayomi Black Dolls Workshop
Start: 2026-09-03T16:00-0600
End: 2026-09-03T18:00-0600
Location: Biblioteca Pública AC

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Thursday September 3

4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Biblioteca Pública AC
Insurgentes 25, Centro
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Join the celebration at the African Heritage Library at the Third Black Mexico Festival, our third root.

Tanya Duarte, Afro-Mexican activist and teacher in psychology and traditional medicine, teaches this workshop to learn how to make black dolls Abayomi, the

African matrix dolls in the time of slavery. By making these dolls, Tanya shares the way of learning about the courage, strength and resilience of our African ancestors.

For the workshop you only need to bring scissors and scraps of fabric from 15 years