Afro-Cuban
Sign in to saveAlso known as African Cuban, Cubans of African descent, Black Cubans, Black Cuban, Afrocubano, Afrocuban, Afro-Cubans, Afro-cubano
Afro-Cubans () or Black Cubans are citizens of Cuba who have ancestry from any of the Black racial groups originating from Africa. The term Afro-Cuban can also refer to historical or cultural elements in Cuba associated with this community, and the combining of native African and other cultural elements found in Cuban society, such as race, religion, music, language, the arts and class culture.
Key facts
- Ethnic group.related_groups
- Yoruba people, Arará, Fang people, Bubi people, Cape Verdean Cuban, Ganga-Longoba, Afro-Haitians, Haitian Cuban, Africans, Afro-Dominicans, Afro–Puerto Ricans, Bakongo people, Mandinka people
- Ethnic group.group
- Afro-Cubans
- Ethnic group.image
- Cuban boys.jpg
- Ethnic group.image_caption
- Afro-Cuban children
- Ethnic group.total
- 1,034,044
- Ethnic group.total_year
- 2012
- Ethnic group.regions
- Havana, Eastern Cuba
- Ethnic group.languages
- Spanish, Lucumí, Habla Congo, English, Portuguese, French, Haitian Creole, Cuban Sign Language
- Ethnic group.religions
- Afro-Cuban religionsAbakuá, Arará religion, Cuban Vodú, Palo, SanteríaPopular religionsPredominantly Roman Catholic with Protestant minorities
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 1034044
- Image
- Cuban boys.jpg
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- Afro-Cubans
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20 sectionsContents
- African Origins
- Demographics
- Afro-Cuban descendants in Africa
- Haitian-Cubans
- Religion
- Music
- Language
- Racial consciousness
- Afrocubanismo
- History of the movement
- Results of the movement
- Notable Afro-Cubans
- Arts and entertainment
- Music
- Politics
- Science
- Sports
- See also
- Footnotes
- Further reading
Afro-Cubans () or Black Cubans are citizens of Cuba who have ancestry from any of the Black racial groups originating from Africa. The term Afro-Cuban can also refer to historical or cultural elements in Cuba associated with this community, and the combining of native African and other cultural elements found in Cuban society, such as race, religion, music, language, the arts and class culture.
==African Origins== The ethnogenesis of Afro-Cubans began with the transatlantic slave trade, when enslaved Africans were trafficked to the island by European slave traders. Following the Spanish conquest of Cuba in the early 16th century, the Spaniards had begun to rely on the native Tainos for slave labour by the mid-1500s. However, the Taino population was unsuitable for this, due to the declining numbers. Thus, the Spaniards began importing enslaved Africans onto the island to work on plantations. This started Cuba's involvement in the Atlantic Slave Trade.