Afro-Bolivians
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Afro-Bolivians (), also known as Black Bolivians (), are Bolivians who have predominantly or total Sub-Saharan African ancestry and therefore the descriptive "Afro-Bolivian" may refer to historical or cultural elements in Bolivia thought to emanate from their community. It can also refer to the combining of African and other cultural elements found in Bolivian society such as religion, music, language, the arts, and class culture. The Afro-Bolivians are recognized as one of the constituent ethnic groups of Bolivia by the country's government, and are ceremonially led by a king who traces his d
Key facts
- Ethnic group.group
- Afro-Bolivians
- Ethnic group.native_name
- Afroboliviano (Spanish)
- Ethnic group.flag
- Flag Afrobolivian.svg
- Ethnic group.flag_caption
- Flag of the Afro-Bolivian Monarchy
- Ethnic group.image
- File:Afrobolivianwoman.jpg
- Ethnic group.caption
- An Afro-Bolivian woman dressed in traditional Andean clothing in Coroico
- Ethnic group.population
- 23,330 (2012 census)0.23% of the Bolivian population
- Ethnic group.popplace
- Los Yungas
- Ethnic group.langs
- Spanish
- Ethnic group.rels
- Catholicism • Traditional
- Ethnic group.related
- West Africans, Central Africans, Afro-Latin Americans and Bolivians
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- ethnic group
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Country
- Bolivia
- Image
- Coroico P1010119mod.jpg
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- Afro-Bolivians
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Encyclopedic overview
23 sectionsContents
- History of slavery in Bolivia
- The Yungas
- Culture
- Saya music
- Caporales
- Morenada
- Language
- Afro-Bolivian monarchy
- Keeping the culture
- Afro-Bolivians today
- Black population by department
- Notable Afro-Bolivians
- Politics
- Ceremonial monarchy
- Government
- Activism
- Sports
- Basketball
- Sports Shooting
- Soccer
- See also
- External links
- References
Afro-Bolivians (), also known as Black Bolivians (), are Bolivians who have predominantly or total Sub-Saharan African ancestry and therefore the descriptive "Afro-Bolivian" may refer to historical or cultural elements in Bolivia thought to emanate from their community. It can also refer to the combining of African and other cultural elements found in Bolivian society such as religion, music, language, the arts, and class culture. The Afro-Bolivians are recognized as one of the constituent ethnic groups of Bolivia by the country's government, and are ceremonially led by a king who traces his descent back to a line of monarchs that reigned in Africa during the medieval period. They numbered 23,000 according to the 2012 census.
==History of slavery in Bolivia== thumb|left|Map of the Atlantic slave trade|Trans-Atlantic slave trade. Slaves from Bolivia were often bought from port cities of the Spanish colonies.
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