The legacy of the Panama Canal Zone is a complicated one, shaped by notable achievements as well as deep and lasting hardships for Panama, its people, and the surrounding region.
This site intends to provide a background of the Afro-Panama Canal Zone West Indians over-coming obstacles and to tell the story of the separate lives lived on the “Canal Zone”.
Our mission is to educate visitors about the racially segregated Panama Canal Zone towns inhabited by the former West Indian laborers, their Afro-Panamanians progenies and their pivotal contribution to building the Panama Canal and the nation of Panama.
This site intends to provide a background of the Afro-Panama Canal Zone West Indians over-coming obstacles and to tell the story of the separate lives lived on the “Canal Zone”.