ABSTRACT

In this chapter, with the Andean sub-region in mind, Rahier first discusses the particular significance of what authors have called “the Latin American multicultural turn” as it relates to Andean ideologies of national identity, and Afro-Andean lives and political strategies. He then examines the new Latin American constitutionalism by focusing on specific articles of Andean constitutions that deal with collective rights and legal protections against racial and other discriminations. He concludes by providing critical reflections on the lack of uniformity among the Andean region’s multiculturalisms, and on the concomitant diversity of Afro-Andean political strategies as they both respond to and continue to achieve constitutionally-based and other rights in the Andean sub region.