"Columbia has the second-largest Black population in the Western hemisphere, with Brazil being the first. Yeah, you probably wouldn't know that about Columbia because this is how media highlights Colombians to look like. Hi, my name is Gaviana. I'm half Colombian and half Dominican. And last year in the process of closing on my first investment property in Cartagena, I was traveling there a lot. Okay. I was there every other month. But this also allowed me to firsthand learn so much more about the rich Black history that lies in the country. The transatlantic slave trade and enslavement of African people in Colombia occurred from the early 1520s until 1852. And honestly, Colombia would not be the country it is, but that was African influence. Music and dance like cumbia and champeta rely on African drumming and rhythms. Some of Colombia's most popular dishes that we eat till this day were brought over by enslaved Africans. Y'all, there is even African languages that have still been preserved in Colombia to communicate. So if you didn't know how diverse Colombia truly is, ahora you know."