Southern Africans in the United States of America are
Americans
Americans are the Citizenship of the United States, citizens and United States nationality law, nationals of the United States, United States of America.; ; Although direct citizens and nationals make up the majority of Americans, many Multi ...
with ancestry from
Southern Africa
Southern Africa is the southernmost subregion of the African continent, south of the Congo and Tanzania. The physical location is the large part of Africa to the south of the extensive Congo River basin. Southern Africa is home to a number of ...
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Angolan Americans
Angolan Americans ( pt, angolano-americanos) are an ethnic group of Americans of Angolan descent or Angolan immigrants. According to estimates, by the year 2000 there were 1,642 people descended from Angolan immigrants in the United States. Ho ...
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Malawian Americans
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Namibian Americans
Namibian Americans are Americans who are of Namibian ancestry or who were born in Namibia, a country located in Southern Africa. According to the National Planning Commission there were approximately 1,547 people born in Namibia living in the ...
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Zambian Americans Zambian
Zambia (), officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central, Southern and East Africa, although it is typically referred to as being in Southern Africa at its most central point. Its neighbou ...
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Motswana Americans Motswana is the singular form of Batswana, and may refer to:
* A member of the Tswana people, an ethnic group in southern Africa
* A citizen of Botswana
Botswana (, ), officially the Republic of Botswana ( tn, Lefatshe la Botswana, label= S ...
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South African Americans
South African Americans are Americans who have full or partial ancestry from South Africa. As of 2012, there were approximately 80,000 people born in South Africa who were living in the United States (according to the OECD). As of 2019, there w ...
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Zimbabwean Americans
Zimbabwean Americans are Americans of full or partial Zimbabwean ancestry. The Zimbabwean communities are localized, among other places, in California and Texas.
History
The first great wave of immigration from Rhodesia (modern-day Zimba ...
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Mozambican Americans
Mozambican may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to Mozambique, a country in southeastern Africa
* A person from Mozambique, or of Mozambican descent:
** Demographics of Mozambique
** Culture of Mozambique
** List of Mozambicans
* Mozamb ...
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Basotho Americans
The Sotho () people, also known as the Basuto or Basotho (), are a Bantu nation native to southern Africa. They split into different ethnic groups over time, due to regional conflicts and colonialism, which resulted in the modern Basotho, who ...
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Comorians Americans
The Comorians ( ar, القمري) inhabiting Grande Comore, Anjouan, and Mohéli (86% of the population) share African-Arab origins. Islam is the dominant religion, and Quranic schools for children reinforce its influence. Although Islamic cultur ...
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Malagasy Americans
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Seychellois Americans
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Tanzanian Americans
Tanzanian Americans are Americans of Tanzanian descent. In the 2000 US Census, 2,921 people reported Tanzanian ancestry. To this figure we must adhere some people (less of 300 each) that hailed be of " Tanganyika" and "Zanzibar Islanders" descend ...
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Swazi Americans
See also
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Southern Africa
Southern Africa is the southernmost subregion of the African continent, south of the Congo and Tanzania. The physical location is the large part of Africa to the south of the extensive Congo River basin. Southern Africa is home to a number of ...
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