Afro-Caribbean people or African Caribbean are

Caribbean people Caribbean people are the people born in or inhabitants of the Caribbean region or people of Caribbean descent living outside the Caribbean. The Caribbean region was initially populated by Amerindians from several different Island Caribs, Kalina ...

who trace their full or partial ancestry to

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. The majority of the modern African-Caribbeans descend from

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taken as slaves to colonial Caribbean via the

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between the 15th and 19th centuries to work primarily on various

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and in domestic households. Other names for the ethnic group include Black Caribbean, Afro or Black West Indian or Afro or Black Antillean. The term Afro-Caribbean was not coined by Caribbean people themselves but was first used by European Americans in the late 1960s. People of Afro-Caribbean descent today are largely of West African ancestry, and may additionally be of other origins, including European,

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and native Caribbean descent, as there has been extensive intermarriage and unions among the peoples of the Caribbean over the centuries. Although most Afro-Caribbean people today continue to live in English,

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and Spanish-speaking Caribbean nations and territories, there are also significant diaspora populations throughout the Western world, especially in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, France and the Netherlands. Caribbean peoples are predominantly of

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faith, though some practice African-derived or syncretic religions, such as Santeria or Vodou. Many speak creole languages, such as

Haitian Creole Haitian Creole (; ht, kreyòl ayisyen, links=no, ; french: créole haïtien, links=no, ), commonly referred to as simply ''Creole'', or ''Kreyòl'' in the Creole language, is a French-based creole language spoken by 10–12million people wor ...

, Jamaican Patois, or

Papiamento Papiamento () or Papiamentu (; nl, Papiaments) is a Portuguese-based creole language spoken in the Dutch Caribbean. It is the most widely spoken language on the Caribbean ABC islands (Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao), with official status in Arub ...

. Both the home and diaspora populations have produced a number of individuals who have had a notable influence on modern African, Caribbean and Western societies; they include political activists such as Marcus Garvey and C. L. R. James; writers and theorists such as Aimé Césaire and Frantz Fanon; US military leader and statesman

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; and musicians Bob Marley, Nicki Minaj and

Rihanna Robyn Rihanna Fenty ( ; born February 20, 1988) is a Barbadian singer, actress, and businesswoman. Born in Saint Michael and raised in Bridgetown, Barbados, Rihanna auditioned for American record producer Evan Rogers who invited her to the ...

History

16th–18th centuries

During the post-Columbian era, the archipelagos and islands of the

Caribbean The Caribbean (, ) ( es, El Caribe; french: la Caraïbe; ht, Karayib; nl, De Caraïben) is a region of the Americas that consists of the Caribbean Sea, its islands (some surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some bordering both the Caribbean Se ...

were the first sites of

African diaspora The African diaspora is the worldwide collection of communities descended from native Africans or people from Africa, predominantly in the Americas. The term most commonly refers to the descendants of the West and Central Africans who were e ...

dispersal in the western Atlantic. Specifically, in 1492, Pedro Alonso Niño, an African-Spanish seafarer, was recorded as piloting one of Columbus' ships. He returned in 1499, but did not settle. In the early 16th century, more Africans began to enter the population of the Spanish Caribbean colonies, sometimes arriving as free men of mixed ancestry or as indentured servants, but increasingly as enslaved workers and servants. This increasing demand for African labour in the Caribbean was in part the result of massive depopulation of the native Taino and other indigenous peoples caused by the new

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, harsh conditions, and warfare brought by European colonists. By the mid-16th century, the slave trade from West Africa to the Caribbean was so profitable that

Francis Drake Sir Francis Drake ( – 28 January 1596) was an English explorer, sea captain, privateer, slave trader, naval officer, and politician. Drake is best known for his circumnavigation of the world in a single expedition, from 1577 to 1580 (t ...

and

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were prepared to engage in piracy as well as break Spanish colonial laws, in order to forcibly transport approximately 1500 enslaved people from Sierra Leone to

Hispaniola Hispaniola (, also ; es, La Española; Latin and french: Hispaniola; ht, Ispayola; tnq, Ayiti or Quisqueya) is an island in the Caribbean that is part of the Greater Antilles. Hispaniola is the most populous island in the West Indies, and th ...

(modern-day

Haiti Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and ...

and the Dominican Republic). During the 17th and 18th centuries, European colonial development in the Caribbean became increasingly reliant on plantation slavery to cultivate and process the lucrative commodity crop of

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. On many islands shortly before the end of the 18th century, the enslaved Afro-Caribbeans greatly outnumbered their European masters. In addition, there developed a class of

free people of color In the context of the history of slavery in the Americas, free people of color (French: ''gens de couleur libres''; Spanish: ''gente de color libre'') were primarily people of mixed African, European, and Native American descent who were not ...

, especially in the French islands, where persons of mixed race were given certain rights. On

Saint-Domingue Saint-Domingue () was a French colony in the western portion of the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, in the area of modern-day Haiti, from 1659 to 1804. The name derives from the Spanish main city in the island, Santo Domingo, which came to refer ...

, free people of color and slaves rebelled against harsh conditions, and constant inter-imperial warfare. Inspired by French revolutionary sentiments that at one point freed the slaves, Toussaint L'Ouverture and Jean Jacques Dessalines led the

Haitian Revolution The Haitian Revolution (french: révolution haïtienne ; ht, revolisyon ayisyen) was a successful insurrection by slave revolt, self-liberated slaves against French colonial rule in Saint-Domingue, now the sovereign state of Haiti. The revolt ...

that gained the independence of

in 1804, the first Afro-Caribbean republic in the Western Hemisphere.

19th–20th centuries

In 1804, Haiti, with its overwhelmingly African population and leadership, became the second nation in the Americas to win independence from a European state. During the 19th century, continuous waves of rebellion, such as the Baptist War, led by

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in Jamaica, created the conditions for the incremental abolition of slavery in the region by various colonial powers. Great Britain abolished slavery in its holdings in 1834. Cuba was the last island to be emancipated, when Spain abolished slavery in its colonies. During the 20th century, Afro-Caribbean people, who were a majority in many Caribbean societies, began to assert their cultural, economic, and political rights with more vigor on the world stage. Marcus Garvey was among many influential immigrants to the United States from Jamaica, expanding his UNIA movement in New York City and the U.S. Afro-Caribbeans were influential in the

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as artists and writers. Aimé Césaire developed a négritude movement. In the 1960s, the West Indian territories were given their political independence from

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. They were pre-eminent in creating new cultural forms such as reggae music, calypso and

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within the Caribbean. Beyond the region, a developing Afro-Caribbean diaspora in the United States, including such figures as Stokely Carmichael and DJ Kool Herc, was influential in the development of the Black Power movement of the 1960s and the hip-hop movement of the 1980s. African-Caribbean individuals also contributed to cultural developments in Europe, as evidenced by influential theorists such as Frantz Fanon and Stuart Hall.Chen, Kuan-Hsing. "The Formation of a Diasporic Intellectual: An interview with Stuart Hall," collected in David Morley and Kuan-Hsing Chen (eds), ''Stuart Hall: Critical Dialogues in Cultural Studies'', New York: Routledge, 1996.

Notable people

Politics

Sir Grantley Adams Sir Grantley Herbert Adams, CMG, QC (28 April 1898 – 28 November 1971) was a Barbadian politician. He served as the inaugural premier of Barbados from 1953 to 1958 and then became the first and only prime minister of the West Indies Federa ...

– Barbados, politician and lawyer; the first and only Prime Minister of the West Indies Federation (1958–1962) *

Jean-Bertrand Aristide Jean-Bertrand Aristide (born 15 July 1953) is a Haitian former Salesian priest and politician who became Haiti's first democratically elected president. A proponent of liberation theology, Aristide was appointed to a parish in Port-au-Prince in ...

– politician, priest and head of state, Haiti *

Dean Barrow Dean Oliver Barrow, SC PC (born March 2, 1951) is a politician from Belize who served as prime minister of Belize from 2008 until 2020 and as leader of Belize's United Democratic Party. An attorney by profession, Barrow served as Belize's ...

– head of government, Belize * Maurice Bishop – Grenada, revolutionary leader * Paul Bogle – Jamaica, political activist * Ertha Pascal Trouillot – Haiti, first Black female president in the world, lawyer *

Juan Almeida Bosque Juan Almeida Bosque (February 17, 1927 – September 11, 2009) was a Cuban politician and one of the original commanders of the insurgent forces in the Cuban Revolution. After the rebels took power in 1959, he was a prominent figure in the Co ...

– Cuban revolutionary and politician * Dutty Boukman – Haitian freedom fighter * Forbes Burnham – Guyana, head of government *

Bussa Bussa's rebellion (14–16 April 1816) was the largest slave revolt in Barbadian history. The rebellion takes its name from the African-born slave, Bussa, who led the rebellion. The rebellion, which was eventually defeated by the colonial mili ...

– Barbados, freedom fighter * Stokely Carmichael – Trinidad-born, civil rights activist and leader in the US *

Mary Eugenia Charles Dame Mary Eugenia Charles, (15 May 1919 – 6 September 2005) was a Dominican politician who was Prime Minister of Dominica from 21 July 1980 until 14 June 1995. The first female lawyer in Dominica, she was Dominica's first, and to date only, fe ...

– Dominican head of government * Perry Christie – Bahamian, politician and lawyer * Henri Christophe – Haiti, revolutionary, general and head of state * David Clarke(sheriff)- Barbudan, Former Sheriff of Milwaukee *

John Compton Sir John George Melvin Compton, (29 April 1925 – 7 September 2007) was a Saint Lucian politician who became the first Prime Minister upon independence in February 1979. Having led Saint Lucia under British rule from 1964 to 1979, Compton ser ...

– Saint Lucia, politician and lawyer * Francisco del Rosario Sánchez, Dominican Republic founding father, revolutionary, and president *

Paris Dennard Paris Dennard (born August 18, 1982) is Republican political commentator, columnist, and communications strategist. He previously worked from 2005 to 2009 in the White House of President George W. Bush, and the Thurgood Marshall College Fund f ...

-Grenada, former CNN political commentator *

Jean-Jacques Dessalines Jean-Jacques Dessalines (Haitian Creole: ''Jan-Jak Desalin''; ; 20 September 1758 – 17 October 1806) was a leader of the Haitian Revolution and the first ruler of an independent First Empire of Haiti, Haiti under the Constitution of Haiti, 1 ...

– Haiti (est. 1804), revolutionary, general and first head of state of independent Haiti *

Papa Doc Duvalier Papa is a word used in many languages as an affectionate term for father. Papa or PAPA may refer to: Geography and geology * Pápa, a town in Hungary * Papa village (Samoa), on the island of Savai'i *Papa, Scotland, various islands *Papa rock ...

– dictator of Haiti, 20th century * Marcus Garvey – Jamaica, politician and writer, founder of UNIA and active in US politics from 1916–1927 * Philip Goldson – Belize, politician * Ulises Heureaux - Dominican Republic president and military leader * Sam Hinds – Guyana, head of government * Hubert Ingraham – Bahamian, politician and lawyer * Toussaint L'Ouverture – Saint-Domingue, revolutionary, general and governor *

Joseph Robert Love Joseph Robert Love, known as Dr. Robert Love (2 October 1839 – 21 November 1914), was a 19th-century Bahamian-born medical doctor, clergyman, teacher, journalist, politician and pan-Africanist. He lived, studied, and worked successively in the B ...

– Bahamian-born, medical doctor; Jamaican politician and political activist who influenced Marcus Garvey *

Gregorio Luperón Gregorio Luperón (September 8, 1839 – May 21, 1897) was a Dominican president, military general, businessman, liberal politician, freemason, and Statesman who was one of the leaders in the Restoration of the Dominican Republic after the Spani ...

- Dominican Republic revolutionary, general and president * Antonio Maceo Grajales – Cuban revolutionary and general * Michael Manley – Jamaica, politician * Jon Miller-Montserrat, Conservative Review, BlazeTV Host * Nanny of the Maroons – Jamaica, freedom fighter *

Jeanne Odo Jeanne Odo or citizen Andotte was born in Port-au-Prince and was a former slave, an abolitionist of Saint-Domingue (now Haiti), and a supercentenarian. Aged 114, she presented herself to the National Convention in Paris and called for the a ...

- Haiti, abolitionist *

Candace Owens Candace Amber Owens Farmer ( Owens; born April 29, 1989) is an American conservative author, talk show host, political commentator, and activist. Initially critical of United States President Donald Trump and the Republican Party, Owens has be ...

-British Virgin Islander, PragerU Radio and Founder of Blexit * Lynden Pindling – Bahamian politician, and first Prime minister of the Bahamas *

Samuel Jackman Prescod Samuel Jackman Prescod (1806 – 26 September 1871) became the first person of African descent to be elected to the Parliament of Barbados, in 1843. He also helped found the Liberal Party, whose following included small landowners, businessme ...

– Barbados, first elected Afro-Caribbean politician in the House of Assembly *

– Jamaica, freedom fighter *

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– Guadeloupe, freedom fighter *

Eric Eustace Williams Eric Eustace Williams (25 September 1911 – 29 March 1981) was a Trinidad and Tobago politician who is regarded by some as the "Father of the Nation", having led the then British Colony of Trinidad and Tobago to majority rule on 28 October 1 ...

– Trinidad and Tobago politician, writer and head of government *

– Jamaican descent, US Army General, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff *

Kamala Devi Harris Kamala Devi Harris ( ; born October 20, 1964) is an American politician and attorney who is the 49th vice president of the United States. She is the first female vice president and the highest-ranking female official in U.S. history, as well ...

– Jamaican descent, first African American, first Asian American, and First Female Vice President of the United States

Science and philosophy

* Frantz Fanon – Martinique, writer, psychiatrist and freedom fighter *

Hubert Harrison Hubert Henry Harrison (April 27, 1883 – December 17, 1927) was a West Indian-American writer, orator, educator, critic, race and class conscious political activist, and radical internationalist based in Harlem, New York. He was described by a ...

– St. Croix, writer, orator, educator, critic, and race and class conscious political activist based in Harlem, New York * Stuart Hall – Jamaican philosopher * C. L. R. James – Trinidad and Tobago, activist and writer * W. Arthur Lewis – Saint Lucia, economist and Nobel Prize recipient * Pedro Alonso Niño – Afro-Spanish explorer * Arlie Petters – Belizean mathematician * Walter Rodney – Guyanese activist and writer * Mary Seacole – Jamaican nurse and hospital director

Arts and culture

* Carlos Acosta – Cuba, ballet dancer *

Beenie Man Anthony Moses Davis (born 22 August 1973), better known by his stage name Beenie Man, is a Jamaican Dancehall deejay. Biography Davis was born in the Waterhouse district of Kingston in 1973.Moskowitz, David V. (2006) ''Caribbean Popular Mus ...

– Jamaica, artist and musician * Frank Bowling – Guyana, painter * Esther Rolle - Actress of Bahamian descent * Aimé Césaire – Martinique, fiction writer *

Celia Cruz Úrsula Hilaria Celia de la Caridad Cruz Alfonso (21 October 1925 – 16 July 2003), known as Celia Cruz, was a naturalized Cuban-American singer and one of the most popular Latin artists of the 20th century. Cruz rose to fame in Cuba during t ...

– Cuba, singer * Stacey Dash – Barbadian descent, actress * Bert Williams - Bahamian entertainer, and probably the first successful Afro-Caribbean entertainer in America * AngelaMaria Davila- Puerto Rican poet *

Eddy Grant Edmond Montague Grant (born 5 March 1948) is a Guyanese-British singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, known for his genre-blending sound; his music has blended elements of pop, British rock, soul, funk, reggae, electronic music, Afr ...

– Guyana, singer and musician *

Edward W. Hardy Edward W. Hardy (born January 12, 1992) is an American composer, music director, violinist and violist. He is known as the composer, co-conceiver, music director, and violinist of the Off-Broadway show '' The Woodsman'' and is the owner of '' ...

– Puerto Rican, composer and musician * C. L. R. James – Trinidad, historian, essayist and journalist * Wyclef Jean – Haitian singer, composer and activist * Earl Lovelace – Trinidad, novelist and writer *

Luis Palés Matos Luis Palés Matos (March 20, 1898 – February 23, 1959) was a Puerto Rican poet who is credited with creating the poetry genre known as Afro-Antillano. He is also credited with writing the screenplay for the "Romance Tropical", the first Puerto ...

- Puerto Rican poet * Bob Marley – Jamaica, singer and musician * Ziggy Marley (Bob Marley’s son) - Jamaica, singer and musician * Shalkal - Jamaica, artist and musician * Myke Towers – Puerto Rican, rapper *

The Mighty Sparrow Slinger Francisco ORTT CM OBE (born July 9, 1935), better known as Mighty Sparrow, is a Trinidadian calypso vocalist, songwriter, and guitarist. Known as the "Calypso King of the World", he is one of the best-known and most successful calyp ...

– Grenadian/Trinidadian singer and composer * Trinidad James - Trinidad, rapper *

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– American actress of Dominican and Puerto Rican descent * Nicki Minaj – Trinidad, rapper and singer *

Sean Paul Sean Paul Ryan Francis Henriques OD (born 9 January 1973) is a Jamaican rapper and singer who is regarded as one of dancehall's most prolific artists. Paul's singles "Get Busy" and "Temperature" topped the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart in the ...

– Jamaica, dancehall artist *

Shyne Moses Michael Levi Barrow (born Jamal Michael Barrow, best known by his stage name Shyne; November 8, 1978) is a Belizean rapper and politician.

-Belize rapper *

Sidney Poitier Sidney Poitier ( ; February 20, 1927 – January 6, 2022) was an American actor, film director, and diplomat. In 1964, he was the first black actor and first Bahamian to win the Academy Award for Best Actor. He received two competitive ...

– Bahamas, first actor of African American or Afro-Caribbean descent to win an Academy Award-winning in the USA *

– Barbados, singer *

Chevalier de Saint-Georges Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges (25 December 1745 – 10 June 1799), was a French Creole (people), Creole virtuoso violinist and composer, who was conductor of the leading symphony orchestra in Paris. Saint-Georges was born in the ...

– Guadeloupe, composer * Antony Santos - Dominican Repulic,

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singer *

Peter Tosh Winston Hubert McIntosh, OM (19 October 1944 – 11 September 1987), professionally known as Peter Tosh, was a Jamaican reggae musician. Along with Bob Marley and Bunny Wailer, he was one of the core members of the band the Wailers (1963� ...

– Jamaica, singer and musician * Bebo Valdés – Cuban musician * Johnny Ventura - Dominican Republic salsa and merengue singer * Corinne Bailey Rae - singer of Kittian descent *

Derek Walcott Sir Derek Alton Walcott (23 January 1930 – 17 March 2017) was a Saint Lucian poet and playwright. He received the 1992 Nobel Prize in Literature. His works include the Homeric epic poem ''Omeros'' (1990), which many critics view "as Walcot ...

– Saint Lucia, poet, recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature * Pop Smoke - American rapper of Jamaican and Panamanian descent

Sports

* Kirani James - Grenada, Grenada's first Olympic Gold Medalist and World's Fastest 400m runner from 2012 to 2016 *Omar Amir-Bahamas, professional wrestler in the Ohio Valley Wrestling Arena *

Deandre Ayton Deandre Edoneille Ayton Sr. (born July 23, 1998) is a Bahamian professional basketball player who plays for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played for the Arizona Wildcats in the Pac-12 Conference in the 2017� ...

– Bahamas, #1 Overall Pick of the 2018 NBA Draft and player for the

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Ozzie Albies Ozhaino Jurdy Jiandro "Ozzie" Albies (born January 7, 1997) is a Curaçaoan professional baseball second baseman for the Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball (MLB). Albies signed with the Braves organization in 2013, and made his MLB debut wi ...

– Curaçao, MLB player for the Atlanta Braves * John Barnes – Jamaican-born English footballer * Usain Bolt – Jamaica, Olympics gold medalist and the fastest man in history *

Robinson Canó Robinson José Canó Mercedes (; born October 22, 1982) is a Dominican-American professional baseball second baseman who is currently a free agent. He previously played in MLB for the New York Yankees, Seattle Mariners, New York Mets, San Dieg ...

- Dominican Republic MLB player *

Kingsley Coman Kingsley Junior Coman (; born 13 June 1996) is a French professional footballer who plays as a winger for club Bayern Munich and the France national team. Trained at Paris Saint-Germain's academy, Coman moved to Juventus in 2014 on the exp ...

– Guadeloupe, football player * Carmelo Anthony – Puerto Rican-American, Basketball Player * Tonique Williams-Darling - Bahamas, 400m runner and Olympic gold medalist * Tim Duncan – St. Croix (Anguilla parentage), basketball player * Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce – Jamaica, athlete * Thierry Henry – Guadeloupe, football player, best French scorer * Buddy Hield – Bahamas, NBA player for the Sacramento Kings * Kenley Jansen – Curaçao, MLB player for the Los Angeles Dodgers *

Brian Lara Brian Charles Lara, (born 2 May 1969) is a Trinidadian former international cricketer, widely acknowledged as one of the greatest batsmen of all time. He topped the Test batting rankings on several occasions and holds several cricketing reco ...

– Trinidad, cricketer * Anthony Martial – Guadeloupe, French football player * Shaunae Miller – Bahamian, 400m and 200m runner and Olympic gold medalist *

David Ortiz David Américo Ortiz Arias (born November 18, 1975), nicknamed "Big Papi", is a Dominican-American former designated hitter (DH) and first baseman in Major League Baseball who played in the American League (AL) from 1997 to 2016, primarily wit ...

- Dominican Republic MLB player * Burgess Owens – Barbadian-born, former American football player *

Sir Vivian Richards Sir Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards (born 7 March 1952) is an Antiguan retired cricketer who represented the West Indies cricket team between 1974 and 1991. Batting generally at number three in a dominant West Indies side, Richards is widely ...

– Antigua, cricketer * Teddy Riner – Guadeloupe, Judoka *

Errol Spence Jr. Errol Spence Jr. (born March 3, 1990) is an American professional boxer. He is currently a unified welterweight world champion, having held the IBF title since May 2017, the WBC title since September 2019, and the WBA (Super) since April 2022. ...

- Jamaican American, Boxer, current Unified Welterweight Champion. *

Mike McCallum Mike McCallum (born 7 December 1956) is a Jamaican former professional boxer who competed from 1981 to 1997. He held triple champion, world championships in three weight classes, including the World Boxing Association, WBA super welterweight t ...

– Jamaica, Boxer, World Champion in 3 different weight classes. * Julian Jackson (boxer) - Saint Thomas, Boxer, 3-time world champion in 2 weight classes *

Darren Sammy Daren Julius Garvey Sammy (born 20 December 1983) is a Saint Lucian cricketer who played international cricket for the West Indies. He is a two time T20 World Cup winning captain. On making his One-Day International (ODI) debut against Banglad ...

– Saint Lucia, cricketer * Kimbo Slice – Bahamian boxer and MMA fighter *

Sir Garfield Sobers Sir Garfield St Aubrun Sobers, (born 28 July 1936), also known as Sir Gary or Sir Garry Sobers, is a former cricketer who played for the West Indies between 1954 and 1974. A highly skilled bowler, an aggressive batsman and an excellent fielder, ...

– Barbados, cricketer *

Sammy Sosa Samuel Peralta Sosa (born November 12, 1968) is a Dominican-American former professional baseball right fielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for 19 seasons, primarily with the Chicago Cubs. After playing for the Texas Rangers and C ...

- Dominican Republic MLB player * Karl-Anthony Towns – Dominican Republic-descended NBA player, #1 overall pick in the 2015 NBA Draft, NBA player for the Minnesota Timberwolves * Marcellus Wiley - Martinican American, former American football player and FOX Sports commentator/host * Adam Sanford –

Dominica Dominica ( or ; Kalinago: ; french: Dominique; Dominican Creole French: ), officially the Commonwealth of Dominica, is an island country in the Caribbean. The capital, Roseau, is located on the western side of the island. It is geographically ...

n cricketer * Jayde Riviere –

n, Football Player * Jay Emmanuel-Thomas -

n, Football player *

Konrad de la Fuente Konrad de la Fuente (born July 16, 2001), sometimes known as Konrad, is an American professional soccer player who plays as a winger for Segunda División club Eibar, on loan from Ligue 1 club Marseille. Club career Youth Born in Miami, Florid ...

- Dominican-Americans football player *

Vurnon Anita Vurnon San Benito Anita (born 4 April 1989) is a Curaçaoan professional association football, footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder or full-back (association football), full-back for Eredivisie club RKC Waalwijk. Born in Curaçao and ra ...

Curaçao Curaçao ( ; ; pap, Kòrsou, ), officially the Country of Curaçao ( nl, Land Curaçao; pap, Pais Kòrsou), is a Lesser Antilles island country in the southern Caribbean Sea and the Dutch Caribbean region, about north of the Venezuela coast ...

Football player * Joe Willock - Jamaican football player *

Fabrice Noel Fabrice is a French masculine given name from the Roman name ''Fabricius'', which is itself derived from the Latin ''faber'' meaning blacksmith or craftsman. Notable people with the name include: * Fabrice Balanche (born 1969), French geographer * ...

an footballer *

Jaron Vicario Jaron Vicario (born 16 August 1999) is a Dutch- Curaçaoan footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Dutch club FC Dordrecht. Club career Vicario began his career in the youth set-up at SC Botlek, before moving to VV Spijkenisse. In ...

an Football player

Main groups

Afro-Antiguan and Barbudan Afro-Antiguans and Afro-Barbudans are Antiguans and Barbudans of entirely or predominantly African (notably West African) ancestry. According to the 2013 Census, 91% of Antigua and Barbuda's population is Black and 4.4% is Mulatto. Origins ...

Afro-Bahamian Afro-Bahamians are an ethnicity originating in The Bahamas of predominantly or partial African descent. They are descendants of various African ethnic groups, many associated with the Bight of Biafra, Ghana, Songhai and Mali, the various Fula ki ...

* Afro-Barbadian * Afro-Bermudian * Afro-Colombians * Afro-Costa Ricans * Afro-Cuban * Afro-Dominican (Dominica) * Afro-Dominican (Dominican Republic) *

Afro-Grenadian Afro-Grenadians or Black Grenadians are Grenadian people of largely African descent. This term is not generally recognised by Grenadians or indeed Caribbeans. They usually refer to themselves simply as Black or possibly Black Caribbean. The te ...

* Afro-Guatemalan * Afro-Guyanese * Afro-Haitians * Afro-Hondurans * Afro-Jamaican *

Afro-Kittian and Nevisian Afro-Kittitians and Nevisians are Saint Kitts and Nevis people whose ancestry lies within the continent of Africa, most notably West Africa. As of 2013, black people are the predominant ethnic group in Saint Kitts and Nevis. History The init ...

* Afro-Mexicans *

Afro-Nicaraguan Afro-Nicaraguans are Nicaraguans of Sub-Saharan African descent. Five main distinct ethnic groups exist: The Creoles who descend from Anglo-Caribbean countries and many of whom still speak Nicaragua English Creole, the Miskito Sambus descendan ...

* Afro-Panamanian * Afro-Puerto Ricans * Afro-Saint Lucian *

Afro-Salvadoran Afro Salvadorans are the descendants of the Sub-Saharan Africans brought to El Salvador via the Trans-atlantic slave trade during the colonial Spanish era. History Origins and distribution The Quauhquechollan Cloth is a 16th-century cloth ...

* Afro-Surinamese * Afro-Trinidadians and Tobagonians *

Afro-Venezuelan Afro-Venezuelans (Spanish: ''Afrovenezolanos'') are Venezuelans of African descent. About 4% of the Venezuelan population self-identify as "black" or "Afro-descendant", although most Venezuelans are mixed with African ancestry. Afro-Venezuelans ...

Afro-Vincentian Afro-Vincentians or Black Vincentians are Vincentians whose ancestry lies within Sub-Saharan Africa (generally West and Central Africa). History In 1654, when the French tried to dominate the Caribs, they recorded the presence of 3,000 black p ...

* Belizean Creole people *Other members of the

in or from the Caribbean

Culture

* * Afro-Caribbean music *

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* {{Authority control Ethnic groups in the Caribbean