Quito - Ecuador will host in October the 3rd Meeting of Historians of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of our America (ALBA) on the historic role of afrodescendants in the construction of American States as a central topic.

In the event, to be held in this capital under the slogan: Diaspore, Culture and Conformation of the American States from the Africanity, will be attended by representatives of 24 countries, 12 in quality of official delegates and the same number as guests, indicated a press release published by the Ministry of Culture and Heritage.

The meeting will promote spaces of international dialogue on the importance of afrodescendants and the institutionalization of the International Decade of Afrodescendants 2015-2024 in Latin America.

According to the information, the objective of the forum is to contribute to generate public policies of affirmative action for the recognition, justice and development.

The Third Meeting of ALBA Historians in Quito as a commitment of the Ecuadorian government assumed during the 6th Meeting of High Authorities of Culture of ALBA countries, held in September 2015 in Havana.

In that meeting, the Minister of Culture and Heritage of Ecuador also proposed the topic of the Afrodescendants Decade as center of the exchange.

The agenda of the meeting consists in eight work tables about the topics: public policies, social indicators, construction of national states and intercultural relations, afrodescendant women and panafricanism.

Other topics of analysis are: Afrodescendants in Latin America, Afrodescendants in public life of Latin America and Simon Bolivar, Eloy Alfaro, Antonio Maceo and liberal internationalism.