Luis Pérez Chirinos

In the 19th century Chinese immigration to Peru was not an isolated phenomenon. Worldwide immigration was continuous. During colonial times, African slaves who were imported all arrived under similar circumstances. The new slaves were distributed to their respective haciendas, forced to acquire a new language, and expected to perform very strenu...

Muy bien decía Ricardo Palma, de manera irónica: El que no tiene de Inga tiene de Mandinga para desenmascarar aquellas falsas pretensiones de ascendencias puras en el Perú, al final, todos tenemos algo de indio o de negro, en este caso de chino. La presente introducción pretende ser, a manera de resumen, un bocadillo para interesarnos en la vida...