Afro-Caribbean people or African Caribbean are

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who trace their full or partial ancestry to

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. The majority of the modern African-Caribbeans descend from Africans taken as slaves to colonial Caribbean via the trans-Atlantic slave trade between the 15th and 19th centuries to work primarily on various sugar plantations 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

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in the late 1960s. People of Afro-Caribbean descent today are largely of

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ancestry, and may additionally be of other origins, including

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an,

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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

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-speaking Caribbean nations and territories, there are also significant diaspora populations throughout the

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, especially in the

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and the

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. 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

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, 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 Jamaican Patois (; locally rendered Patwah and called Jamaican Creole by linguists) is an English-based creole language with West African influences, spoken primarily in Jamaica and among the Jamaican diaspora. A majority of the non-English wo ...

, or

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. 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 Marcus Mosiah Garvey Sr. (17 August 188710 June 1940) was a Jamaican political activist, publisher, journalist, entrepreneur, and orator. He was the founder and first President-General of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and Africa ...

and C. L. R. James; writers and theorists such as

Aimé Césaire Aimé Fernand David Césaire (; ; 26 June 1913 – 17 April 2008) was a French poet, author, and politician. He was "one of the founders of the Négritude movement in Francophone literature" and coined the word in French. He founded the Pa ...

and Frantz Fanon; US military leader and statesman

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; and musicians Bob Marley,

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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 S ...

were the first sites of

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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 Slavery and enslavement are both the state and the condition of being a slave—someone forbidden to quit one's service for an enslaver, and who is treated by the enslaver as property. Slavery typically involves slaves being made to perf ...

from

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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 ( ...

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

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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 t ...

(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 The Dominican Republic ( ; es, República Dominicana, ) is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean region. It occupies the eastern five-eighths of the island, which it shares with ...

). 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

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, 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 re ...

, 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 François-Dominique Toussaint Louverture (; also known as Toussaint L'Ouverture or Toussaint Bréda; 20 May 1743 – 7 April 1803) was a Haitian general and the most prominent leader of the Haitian Revolution. During his life, Louverture ...

and Jean Jacques Dessalines led the

Haitian Revolution The Haitian Revolution (french: révolution haïtienne ; ht, revolisyon ayisyen) was a successful insurrection by self-liberated slaves against French colonial rule in Saint-Domingue, now the sovereign state of Haiti. The revolt began on 22 ...

that gained the independence of

in 1804, the first Afro-Caribbean republic in the

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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 Sam Sharpe 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.

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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.

was among many influential immigrants to the United States from Jamaica, expanding his UNIA movement in

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and the U.S. Afro-Caribbeans were influential in the

Harlem Renaissance The Harlem Renaissance was an intellectual and cultural revival of African American music, dance, art, fashion, literature, theater, politics and scholarship centered in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, spanning the 1920s and 1930s. At the t ...

as artists and writers.

developed a négritude movement. In the 1960s, the West Indian territories were given their political independence from British colonial rule. 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 Kwame Ture (; born Stokely Standiford Churchill Carmichael; June 29, 1941November 15, 1998) was a prominent organizer in the civil rights movement in the United States and the global pan-African movement. Born in Trinidad, he grew up in the Unit ...

and

DJ Kool Herc Clive Campbell (born April 16, 1955), better known by his stage name DJ Kool Herc, is a Jamaican-American DJ who is credited with contributing to the development of hip hop music in the Bronx, New York City, in the 1970s through his "Back to ...

, 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 – Barbados, politician and lawyer; the first and only Prime Minister of the West Indies Federation (1958–1962) * Jean-Bertrand Aristide – politician, priest and head of state, Haiti * Dean Barrow – 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 – Cuban revolutionary and politician * Dutty Boukman – Haitian freedom fighter * Forbes Burnham – Guyana, head of government *

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– Barbados, freedom fighter *

– Trinidad-born, civil rights activist and leader in the US * Mary Eugenia Charles – Dominican head of government *

Perry Christie Perry Gladstone Christie PC, MP (born 21 August 1943) is a Bahamian former politician who served as Prime Minister of the Bahamas from 2002 to 2007 and from 2012 to 2017. He is the second longest-serving Bahamian elected parliamentarian (behi ...

– Bahamian, politician and lawyer *

Henri Christophe Henri Christophe (; 6 October 1767 – 8 October 1820) was a key leader in the Haitian Revolution and the only monarch of the Kingdom of Haiti. Christophe was of Bambara ethnicity in West Africa, and perhaps of Igbo descent. Beginning with ...

– Haiti, revolutionary, general and head of state * David Clarke(sheriff)- Barbudan, Former Sheriff of Milwaukee * John Compton – Saint Lucia, politician and lawyer * Francisco del Rosario Sánchez, Dominican Republic founding father, revolutionary, and president * Paris Dennard-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 Haiti under the 1805 constitution. Under Dessalines, Haiti be ...

– Haiti (est. 1804), revolutionary, general and first head of state of independent Haiti * Papa Doc Duvalier – dictator of Haiti, 20th century *

– 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 Samuel Archibald Anthony Hinds (born 27 December 1943) is a Guyanese politician who was Prime Minister of Guyana almost continuously from 1992 to 2015. He also briefly served as President of Guyana in 1997. He was awarded Guyana's highest nat ...

– Guyana, head of government *

Hubert Ingraham The Right Honourable Hubert Alexander Ingraham, PC (born 4 August 1947) is a Bahamian politician who was Prime Minister of the Bahamas from August 1992 to May 2002 and again from May 2007 to May 2012. He is a member of the Free National Moveme ...

– Bahamian, politician and lawyer *

– Saint-Domingue, revolutionary, general and governor * Joseph Robert Love – Bahamian-born, medical doctor; Jamaican politician and political activist who influenced Marcus Garvey * Gregorio Luperón - Dominican Republic revolutionary, general and president * Antonio Maceo Grajales – Cuban revolutionary and general * Michael Manley – Jamaica, politician *

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-Montserrat, Conservative Review, BlazeTV Host * Nanny of the Maroons – Jamaica, freedom fighter * Jeanne Odo - Haiti, abolitionist * Candace Owens-British Virgin Islander, PragerU Radio and Founder of Blexit *

Lynden Pindling Sir Lynden Oscar Pindling, NH, KCMG, PC, JP (22 March 193026 August 2000) was a Bahamian politician who is regarded as the "Father of the Nation" of the Bahamas, having led it to majority rule on 10 January 1967 and to independence on 10 Ju ...

– Bahamian politician, and first Prime minister of the Bahamas * Samuel Jackman Prescod – Barbados, first elected Afro-Caribbean politician in the House of Assembly * Sam Sharpe – Jamaica, freedom fighter *

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– Guadeloupe, freedom fighter * Eric Eustace Williams – Trinidad and Tobago politician, writer and head of government *

– Jamaican descent, US Army General, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff * Kamala Devi Harris – 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 – 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 Musi ...

– Jamaica, artist and musician * Frank Bowling – Guyana, painter * Esther Rolle - Actress of Bahamian descent *

– 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 ...

– 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 – Guyana, singer and musician * Edward W. Hardy – Puerto Rican, composer and musician * C. L. R. James – Trinidad, historian, essayist and journalist *

Wyclef Jean Nel Ust Wyclef Jean (; born October 17, 1969) is a Haitian rapper, musician, and actor. At the age of nine, Jean immigrated to the United States with his family. He first achieved fame as a member of the New Jersey hip hop group the Fugees, a ...

– Haitian singer, composer and activist * Earl Lovelace – Trinidad, novelist and writer * Luis Palés Matos - Puerto Rican poet * Bob Marley – Jamaica, singer and musician *

Ziggy Marley David Nesta "Ziggy" Marley (born 17 October 1968) is a Jamaican singer, songwriter, musician, actor and philanthropist. He is the son of reggae icon Bob Marley and Rita Marley. He led the family band Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers until ...

(Bob Marley’s son) - Jamaica, singer and musician * Shalkal - Jamaica, artist and musician * Myke Towers – Puerto Rican, rapper * The Mighty Sparrow – Grenadian/Trinidadian singer and composer *

Trinidad James Nicholaus Joseph Williams (born September 24, 1987), better known by his stage name Trinidad James (often stylized as Trinidad Jame$), is a Trinidadian-American rapper. In 2012, he signed a recording contract with Def Jam Recordings. The label d ...

- Trinidad, rapper *

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– American actress of Dominican and Puerto Rican descent *

– Trinidad, rapper and singer * Sean Paul – Jamaica, dancehall artist * Shyne -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 Go ...

– 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 – Guadeloupe, composer * Antony Santos - Dominican Repulic, bachata singer * Peter Tosh – Jamaica, singer and musician *

Bebo Valdés Dionisio Ramón Emilio Valdés Amaro (October 9, 1918 – March 22, 2013), better known as Bebo Valdés, was a Cuban pianist, bandleader, composer and arranger. He was a central figure in the golden age of Cuban music, especially due to his big ...

– Cuban musician * Johnny Ventura - Dominican Republic salsa and merengue singer *

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- singer of Kittian descent * Derek Walcott – 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 – Bahamas, #1 Overall Pick of the 2018 NBA Draft and player for the

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* Ozzie Albies – Curaçao, MLB player for the

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John Barnes John Charles Bryan Barnes MBE (born 7 November 1963) is a former professional football player and manager. He currently works as an author, commentator and pundit for ESPN and SuperSport. Initially a quick, skilful left winger, he moved to ...

– Jamaican-born English footballer *

Usain Bolt Usain St. Leo Bolt, , (; born 21 August 1986) is a retired Jamaican sprinter, widely considered to be the greatest sprinter of all time. He is the world record holder in the 100 metres, 200 metres, and 4 × 100 metres relay. An eight-t ...

– Jamaica, Olympics gold medalist and the fastest man in history * Robinson Canó - Dominican Republic MLB player * Kingsley Coman – Guadeloupe, football player * Carmelo Anthony – Puerto Rican-American, Basketball Player * Tonique Williams-Darling - Bahamas, 400m runner and Olympic gold medalist *

Tim Duncan Timothy Theodore Duncan (born April 25, 1976) is an American former professional basketball player. Nicknamed "the Big Fundamental", he is widely regarded as the greatest power forward of all time and one of the greatest players in NBA histor ...

– St. Croix (Anguilla parentage), basketball player *

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce OD, OJ (née Fraser; born December 27, 1986) is a Jamaican track and field sprinter competing in the 60 metres, 100 m and 200 m. She is widely regarded as one of the greatest sprinters of all time. ...

– Jamaica, athlete *

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– Guadeloupe, football player, best French scorer * Buddy Hield – Bahamas, NBA player for the

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* Kenley Jansen – Curaçao, MLB player for the

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* Brian Lara – 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 wi ...

- Dominican Republic MLB player * Burgess Owens – Barbadian-born, former American football player * Sir Vivian Richards – Antigua, cricketer * Teddy Riner – Guadeloupe, Judoka * Errol Spence Jr. - Jamaican American, Boxer, current Unified Welterweight Champion. * Mike McCallum – 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 – Saint Lucia, cricketer * Kimbo Slice – Bahamian boxer and MMA fighter * Sir Garfield Sobers – 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

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* 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 geographical ...

n cricketer *

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–

n, Football Player * Jay Emmanuel-Thomas -

n, Football player * Konrad de la Fuente- Dominican-Americans football player * Vurnon Anita -

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 coas ...

Football player * Joe Willock -

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n football player * Fabrice Noel -

an footballer * Jaron Vicario -

an Football player

Main groups

* Afro-Antiguan and Barbudan * Afro-Bahamian *

Afro-Barbadian Black Barbadians or African Barbadians are Barbadians of entirely or predominantly African descent. 92.4% of Barbados' population is black and 3.1% is multiracial based on estimates in 2010. Origins Most of the enslaved Africans brought to Ba ...

* Afro-Bermudian * Afro-Colombians * Afro-Costa Ricans *

Afro-Cuban Afro-Cubans or Black Cubans are Cubans of West African ancestry. The term ''Afro-Cuban'' can also refer to historical or cultural elements in Cuba thought to emanate from this community and the combining of native African and other cultural e ...

Afro-Dominican (Dominica) Afro-Dominicans are Dominicans of African descent and the majority of the Commonwealth of Dominica's population. Origins Africans were initially brought to Dominica through the slave trade. Colonial records indicate multiple countries of origin ...

* Afro-Dominican (Dominican Republic) * Afro-Grenadian * Afro-Guatemalan * Afro-Guyanese * Afro-Haitians *

Afro-Hondurans Afro-Hondurans or Black Hondurans are Hondurans of Sub-Saharan African descent. The CIA world factbook regards their population to be around 2% of the country's population, while other sources estimate the percentage of Afro-Hondurans as being 1 ...

* Afro-Jamaican * Afro-Kittian and Nevisian *

Afro-Mexicans Afro-Mexicans ( es, afromexicanos), also known as Black Mexicans ( es, mexicanos negros), are Mexicans who have heritage from sub-Saharan Africa and identify as such. As a single population, Afro-Mexicans include individuals descended from both f ...

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 descenda ...

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

Afro-Surinamese Afro-Surinamese are the inhabitants of Suriname of Sub-Saharan African ancestry. They are descended from enslaved Africans brought to work on sugar plantations. Many of them escaped the plantations and formed independent settlements together, bec ...

Afro-Trinidadians and Tobagonians Afro-Trinidadians and Tobagonians (or just Afro-Trinbagonians) are people from Trinidad and Tobago who are of West African descent. Social interpretations of race in Trinidad and Tobago are often used to dictate who is of West African descent. ...

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 * Belizean Creole people *Other members of the

in or from the Caribbean

Culture

* * Afro-Caribbean music *

References

External links

* {{Authority control Ethnic groups in the Caribbean