Ric Francis Photography: Documentary photography in East Central Africa and Norway

Bolivian Coca Farmer: Afro-Latinos in the Andes

A 71-year old Afro-Bolivian woman, wearing a bowler hat, is framed in the center of a field of coca leaves, which she is picking.
Afro-Latinos in the Andes, Tocana, Bolivia

Juana Vasquez, 71, a coca farmer, picks coca leaves in Tocana, a tiny community made up mostly of Afro-Bolivians in the lush Yungas Valley.  

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