Afro Mexican constructions of diaspora gender identity and nation Foreword Father Glyn Jemmott Nelson Introduction Racial and ethnic diversity in Mexico through the distorted lens of Memín Pinguín Constructions of gender and nation in selected Afro Mexican folktales Masculinity language and power in selected Afro Mexican Corridos Place racial and cultural identities in selected Afro Mexican oral and lyric verses Afro Mexico in the context of a Caribbean literary and cultural aesthetics Conclusion