Weapons of the Afro Caribbean: the “Afogai”

Miguel Machado
3 min readJul 19, 2022

This article is part of Reclaiming the Past, an ongoing series that explores elements of Afro Puerto Rican culture such as martial arts, religion, and dance to raise awareness about their importance and preservation.

“You have to remember that many of the tools that we used were also weapons.”

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Miguel Machado

Miguel is based out of Puerto Rico. When not on an adventure you can find him typing away. https://miguelanthonymachado.wixsite.com/wordsbymiguel