zambo

Zambo ( or ) or Sambu is a racial term to refer to people of mixed Amerindian and sub-Saharan African ancestry.

Key facts

Ethnic group.group: Zambo
Ethnic group.image: Caciques zombo Esmeraldas.jpg
Ethnic group.caption: 16th-century painting of Zambo caciques from Esmeraldas, Ecuador
Ethnic group.popplace: Latin America and the Caribbean
Ethnic group.langs: Spanish, Portuguese and English
Ethnic group.rels: Christianity (predominantly Roman Catholic, minority practices Protestantism), African religions, tribal religions
Ethnic group.related: Garifuna, Africans, Afro-Caribbeans and Amerindians, Afro-Mexicans, Afro-Latin Americans

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Zambo ( or ) or Sambu is a racial term to refer to people of mixed Amerindian and sub-Saharan African ancestry.

The equivalent term in Brazil is '''' (). However, in Portugal and Portuguese-speaking Africa, cafuzo is used to refer to someone born of an African person and a person of mixed African and European ancestry.

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