African Indonesians are an
ethnic group
An ethnic group or an ethnicity is a grouping of people who identify with each other on the basis of shared attributes that distinguish them from other groups. Those attributes can include common sets of traditions, ancestry, language, history, ...
of
Indonesians
Indonesians (Indonesian: ''orang Indonesia'') are citizens or people originally from Indonesia, regardless of their ethnic or religious background. There are more than 1,300 ethnicities in Indonesia, making it a multicultural archipelagic coun ...
with total or partial ancestry from any of the black racial groups of Africa who were born in or immigrated to
Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...
. The first wave of immigration was in the 19th century, between 1830 and 1872.
[Kessel, Ineke van (Amsterdam 2005). ''Zwarte Hollanders; Afrikaanse soldaten in Nederlands-Indië''. KIT Publishers. p. 213. ]
References
Ethnic groups in Indonesia
African diaspora in Indonesia
Immigration to Indonesia
Indonesian people of African descent
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