Afro-Guyanese
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thumb|Slave revolt leader, Cuffy Afro-Guyanese, also known as Black Guyanese, is a Creole ethnic group that primarily lives in the South American country of Guyana. Generally, they descend from enslaved Africans taken to Guyana from West and Central Africa, and the Lesser Antilles during the Atlantic slave trade. Following the abolition of slavery, thousands of Bajans and other Afro-Caribbeans immigrated to Guyana from 1835 to 1928, many of whom assimilated into the pre-existing creole population. Although Guyana is geographically located in South-America, Afro-Guyanese are considered Afro-Car
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Encyclopedic overview
18 sectionsContents
- History
- Slavery
- Emancipation
- 20th century
- Culture
- Creole identity
- Creole Languages
- Creole cuisine
- Marriage
- Religion and folklore
- Cosmology
- Ole Higue
- The Bacoo
- Social experience
- Notable Afro-Guyanese
- See also
- References
- Works cited
thumb|Slave revolt leader, Cuffy Afro-Guyanese, also known as Black Guyanese, is a Creole ethnic group that primarily lives in the South American country of Guyana. Generally, they descend from enslaved Africans taken to Guyana from West and Central Africa, and the Lesser Antilles during the Atlantic slave trade. Following the abolition of slavery, thousands of Bajans and other Afro-Caribbeans immigrated to Guyana from 1835 to 1928, many of whom assimilated into the pre-existing creole population. Although Guyana is geographically located in South-America, Afro-Guyanese are considered Afro-Caribbean due to their cultural and ancestral roots in the Caribbean islands.
==History==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Afro-Guyanese” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.