Afro-Spaniard

Afro-Spaniard
Hispano-africano
Total population
( 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.

Notable people

Activists

Artists and writers

Explorers and conquistadores

In entertainment and media

Politicians

In sports

Source

  1. 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

  1. ↑ http://www.wireservices.org/article/122747676/black-people-in-spain/
  2. ↑ https://blackstoriesfromspain.wordpress.com/
  3. ↑ http://afroeurope.blogspot.pe/2011/11/africa-vive-biggest-cultural-event-in.html

See also

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