 Benigno's national Afro-Mexican movement has been working to change that. In 2012, they sent out a survey and found 100,000 people in Guerrero State that chose to identify themselves as Afro-Mexican, more than ever before. To some extent, people have to self-identify. This is Anita Gonzalez, author of a book about Costa Chica dance and performance called Afro-Mexico Dancing Between Myth and Reality.