Cali Colombia
The Largest Black Festival You’ve Never Heard Of
For Akeem Tolson, the Petronio Álvarez Festival is more than a trip. It is a powerful celebration of African heritage, culture and Black joy that draws hundreds of thousands of people to Cali, Colombia, each year.
The Family Reunion You Never Knew About: Discovering Petronio Álvarez
By: Akeem Tolson I’ve been traveling to Cali, Colombia, since 2018 to attend the Petronio Álvarez Pacific Music Festival. To put it plainly: in that year it was the most Black people I had ever seen at one single event. I’ve hosted many groups of Black travelers in Cali and other majority-Black regions of Colombia,…