Julio_Pinedo Knowpia

Julio I
Julio I
Afro-Bolivian King
Reign	18 April 1992 – present
Predecessor	Bonifacio I
Heir apparent	Rolando Julio
Born	19 February 1942 (age 82); Mururata, Bolivia
Spouse	Angélica Larrea

Julio Pinedo (born 19 February 1942) is the ceremonial king of the Afro-Bolivian community of the Nor Yungas province,^[1] crowned in 1992, forty years after the death of the previous king, his grandfather Bonifacio Pinedo.^[2] His position gained official recognition in 2007 when he was sworn in by the prefect of La Paz.^[3]^[4]

Web site edit

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^ Walker, Sheila S. (2001). Africa roots/American cultures: Africa in the creation of the Americas. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 320. ISBN 978-0-7425-0165-2.
^ Tayac, Gabrielle (2009). IndiVisible: African-Native American Lives in the Americas. Smithsonian Institution. p. 199. ISBN 978-1-58834-271-3.
^ "Bolivia ya tiene su rey negro". BBC Mundo. 4 December 2007. Retrieved 29 October 2010.