writing – People of African Ancestry in Panama

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March 9, 2019

Melva Lowe de Goodin responds to the article of opinion by Javier Saez-Llorens

As a human rights activist for the Afro-descendant population of Panama, I am extremely annoyed by the title and focus of the article that Dr. Xavier Sáez-Llorens wrote in the newspaper La Prensa on Sunday, March 10, 2019. When I saw the title A Little Africa in Panama, I was attracted because I thought immigrants…

February 9, 2007

Interview with Melva Lowe De Goodin

INTERVIEWER: Where were you born and what was it like during that time? Goodin: I was born in what was known as the Panama Canal Zone, the sector of the Canal Zone that was designated for the West Indian immigrants. I was born in a town that was called Red Tank that no longer exists. It’s not…