Afro-Spaniard
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Total population | ||||||||||
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( Spain Estimated at 683,000 is 1.5 % of Population in Spain.[1]) | ||||||||||
Regions with significant populations | ||||||||||
Andalusia, Catalonia, the Balearics, the Canaries, Madrid, Murcia, Valencia | ||||||||||
Languages | ||||||||||
Spanish; French, Portuguese, various languages of Africa | ||||||||||
Religion | ||||||||||
Predominantly Christian (mainly Roman Catholic), Sunni Islam, Traditional African religions, others, nonreligious | ||||||||||
Related ethnic groups | ||||||||||
African people, Spanish Equatoguinean, Cape Verdean Spanish, Afro-European |
Afro-Spaniards are Spanish nationals of West/Central African descent. They today mainly come from Angola, Brazil, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Nigeria and Senegal. Additionally, many Afro-Spaniards born in Spain are from the former Spanish colony Equatorial Guinea.
Contents
Notable people
Activists
- Antumi Toasijé, historian and pan-African activist
Artists and writers
- Juan Latino, poet and Renaissance humanist
- Juan de Pareja, painter
Explorers and conquistadores
In entertainment and media
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Politicians
In sports
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Source
- Appiah, Kwame Anthony and Gates, Henry Louis, Jr.(1999). Africana: the Encyclopedia of African and African American Experience. Basic Civitas Books, pp. 1769–1773. ISBN 0-465-00071-1.
References
- ↑ http://www.wireservices.org/article/122747676/black-people-in-spain/
- ↑ https://blackstoriesfromspain.wordpress.com/
- ↑ http://afroeurope.blogspot.pe/2011/11/africa-vive-biggest-cultural-event-in.html