Hundreds of people arrived in the region. They came from the small Wolof and Serer communities, from the Akan, Yoruba and Congo cultural areas, and from the Muslim, Animist and Christian lands. They were united through the crossing of the Atlantic as the horror of the Middle Passage linked them in a great network spanning the ocean from the Americas to Africa.  
Between Mexico and Colombia, Central America is located on the western border of the Caribbean Sea and connects the northern and southern continents. This region was also part of the larger history of African and Afrodescendent migrations.