AINALCis a non-profit association that provides a space to promote and strengthen the presence of Afro-Latin Americans and Afro-Caribbean people. It constitutes a space for dialogue, coordination and cooperation between different academic actors, professors, research and technological development institutions, universities, stricto sensu postgraduate programs, African studies centers and the African diaspora to promote and strengthen the presence of Afro-Brazilians. Latin Americans. and Afro-Caribbeans in higher education institutions