Afro–Latin Americans

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Afro-Latin American

Notable Afro-Latin Americans
Ronaldinho · Pelé · Arturo Alfonso Schomburg
Total population
Sub Saharan African
>128,000,000 Latin Americans


*Figure excludes Belize, Guyana, Suriname, or non-Romance-speaking areas of the Caribbean

(numbers represent population with at least partial African descent)
Regions with significant populations
 Brazil92.6 million
 Colombia9.2 million
 Haiti8.0 million
 Dominican Republic3.5 million
 Cuba3.8 million
 Venezuela2.5 million
 Peru1 million
 Mexico2.8 million
 Ecuador0.4 million
 Honduras0.1 million
 Puerto Rico0.8 million
 Nicaragua0.5 million
 Costa Rica0.1 million
 Panama0.4 million
 ParaguayN/A
 GuatemalaN/A
 Uruguay0.2 million
 El SalvadorN/A
Languages
Portuguese, Spanish, and several creoles
Religion
Predominantly Christian (mainly Roman Catholic); minorities practicing Judaism,
Islam, or no religion
Related ethnic groups
sub-Saharan, African American, African Australian, African European

An Afro-Latin American (also Afro-Latino) is a Latin American person of at least partial sub-Saharan African ancestry; the term may also refer to historical or cultural elements in Latin America thought to emanate from this community.[1] The term can refer to the mixing of African and other cultural elements found in Latin American society such as religion, music, language, the arts, and social class.

The term African Latin American, as used in this article refers specifically to black African ancestry, not, for example, to European colonial or Arab African ancestry, such as Arab Moroccan or white South African ancestry.[2] The term is not widely used within Latin America outside of academic circles. Normally Afro Latin Americans are called black (in Spanish negro, in Portuguese negro or preto). More commonly, when referring to cultural aspects of African origin within specific countries of Latin America, terms carry an Afro- prefix followed by the relevant nationality. Notable examples include Afro-Cuban (Spanish:Afro Cubano)[3] and Afro-Brazilian,[4] however, usage varies considerably from nation to nation.

The accuracy of statistics reporting on African Latin Americans has been questioned, especially where they are derived from census reports in which the subjects choose their own designation, due to the fact that in all countries the concept of black ancestry is viewed with differing attitudes.

In the United States of America African Latinos make up the Hispanic population along with: whites, Amerindians (including mestizo and Asian).

Of a total population of 549,549,000, an estimated 100 million are Afro Latin-American [5][6].Approximately 5% of the Latin American population identify themselves or are classified by census takers as being primarily of black ancestry. A further 16% of the population is mulatto, while Zambos are a small minority. By combining all three, another definition of Afro-Latin American is arrived at, one that in Latin America would be widely considered overly broad. (In fact, it would more resemble the one drop rule commonly accepted in the United States). By such a definition, about one-fourth of Latin America's population would be African Latin American. Another fairly large minority probably has at least some black African ancestry.

History

People of African origin probably first arrived in the Americas with the Spanish and Portuguese in the 15th and 16th centuries. For example, Pedro Alonso Niño, traditionally considered the first of many New World explorers of African descent; [7] was a navigator in the 1492 Columbus expedition. Those who were directly from Africa mostly arrived in Latin America as part of the Atlantic slave trade, as agricultural, domestic and menial laborers, and as mineworkers. They were also employed in mapping and exploration (for example, Estevanico) and were even involved in conquest (for example, Juan Valiente). They were mostly brought from West Africa and Central Africa in what are now the nations of Nigeria, Benin, Angola, and Congo, There are two major groups: the Yoruba and the Bantu. Most of the slaves were sent to Brazil, Peru and the Caribbean, but lesser numbers went to Colombia, and Venezuela. Countries with significant black, mulatto, or zambo populations today include Brazil (75 million), Haiti (8.5 million), Colombia (11 million), Cuba (3.9 million), Dominican Republic (3.2 million) and Puerto Rico(20%-46%). Recent genetic research in UPR Mayaguez has brought to light that 26.4% of Puerto Ricans have African heritage on the x chromosome and 20% on the y chromosome, thus between 20%-46% of the Puerto Rican population has African heritage.[8] For more on this: Demographics of Puerto Rico). Traditional terms for Afro-Latin Americans with their own developed culture include Garífuna (in Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala and Belize), cafuzo or mameluco (in Brazil), and zambo in the Andes and Central America. Marabou is a term of Haitian origin denoting a Haitian of multiracial ethnicity. The term describes the offspring of a Black African/European or mulatto and an Amerindian, specifically the native Taíno, born in Haiti (formerly Saint-Domingue). The heavy population of Africans on the island established by the French and Spanish diluted the generations of so-called "marabous" over the decades and virtually all Haitians today of supposed Amerindian descent are assumed to also possess African ancestry. Several other terms exist for the "marabou" racial mixture in other countries.

The mix of these African cultures with the Spanish, Portuguese, French and indigenous cultures of Latin America has produced many unique forms of language (e.g., Palenquero, Garífuna and Creole), religions (e.g., Candomblé, Abakuá, Santería, Lucumi and Vodou), music (e.g., salsa, bachata, cumbia, Palo de Mayo, plena), samba, martial arts (capoeira) and dance (rumba, merengue). Many of these cultural expressions have become pervasive in Latin America.

Latin America is home to approximately 28 million (strict definition) or 130 million (broad definition) Afro-Latin Americans.

Contentious issues

Several issues arise from the theme of African Latin American. One is based on the selection of countries which is normally included in the definition of Latin America which, being based on the language spoken, excludes all countries in the same geographical area, such as Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica, where the people do not speak a Latin-based language. As a result several countries which have significant Black heritage are excluded from study.

From a strictly statistical point of view, it is perfectly valid to collect data concerning a group defined by one criterion (Blackness) within another group defined by other factors (Language), however, if you change the definition of either group, then the results obtained will also be subject to change.

Another issue is the validity of the numbers of people who are classified as Black. In many countries, the people who are counted as "black" or some mixture is based on choices made by individuals in responding to census questionnaires who may, or may not, define themselves as black based on their own ideas or specific cultural biases concerning blackness. In the late 1990s it has become possible to determine racial origin by studying certain DNA factors in individuals, however, this practice is not widely used, to date.

A further issue is that of the validity of racial identity. In some countries, it is believed that there has been an almost universal homogenization of the races and there have been attempts in other countries, such as Colombia, to eliminate racial differences by encouraging inter-racial marriages[citation needed]. Depending on one's viewpoint this may be seen as a positive, or a negative objective.

Racial and ethnic distinctions

Terms used within Latin America which pertain to black heritage include mulato (black - white mixture), and zambo (indigenous - black mixture) and moreno. Mestizo refers to an indigenous - white mixture. The term mestizaje refers to the intermixing or fusing of races, whether by mere custom or deliberate policy. In Latin America this happened extensively between all the racial groups and cultures, but usually involved European men and indigenous and African women. Unions of white females and non-white males were almost taboo.

These distinctive terms were used in part to distinguish between different social strata in which the Europeans and criollos (people of pure European heritage born in the Americas) who generally were the ruling and administrative parties were at the top and the African and Indian races who were the laboring class were at the bottom. The offspring of mixed marriages generally occupied a stratus closer to that of the father's, thereby putting children with a black or Indian father at a disadvantage.[9]

South America

Argentina

 Argentina

Main article: Afro-Argentines

Lost and officially unaccounted for are a few thousand blacks, descendants of slaves who by some accounts made up nearly 50 percent of the rural population in the late 1700s. Due to high mortality rates, migration (many to Uruguay, where the black population was larger and the climate more attractive), the decline of the slave trade after 1806, and a successful campaign aimed at encouraging European immigration, the black Argentine population receded to its present state of near invisibility. However, reminance of African influence can still be seen today with African influence of the national Tango dance.

Bolivia

 Bolivia

Blacks in Bolivia account for about 3% of the population. They were brought in during the Spanish colonial times and the majority live in the Yungas

Brazil

 Brazil

Main article: Afro-Brazilian

Around 46% of Brazil's 188 million people are Afro-Brazilians (39% either African and European ancestry and African, European and Amerindian ancestry, 7% African ancestry). Around 80% of the northeast state of Bahia is of African descent.

Brazil experienced a long internal struggle over abolition of slavery and was the last Latin American country to adopt it. In 1850 it finally banned the importation of new slaves from overseas, after two decades since the first official attempts to outlaw the human traffic (in spite of illegal parties of African slaves that kept arriving till 1855). In 1864 Brazil emancipated the slaves and in September 28th 1871 the Brazilian Congress approved the Rio Branco Law of Free Birth, which conditionally freed the children of slaves born from that day to then. In 1887 army officers refused to order their troops to hunt runaway slaves, and in 1888 the Senate passed a law establishing immediate, unqualified emancipation. This law, known as "Lei Aurea" ("Golden Law") was sanctioned by the regent Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil, daughter of the emperor Pedro II in May, 13th, 1888[10]

One of the most famous Afro-Latin Americans is the Brazilian footballer Pelé.

Chile

 Chile

Chile imported about 6,000 blacks, about one-third of whom arrived before 1615; most were utilized in agriculture around Santiago. [10] Today there are very few Afro-Chileans, at the most, fewer than 1% can be estimated from the 2006 population.[9]

Mario Rojas, a Chilean musician dedicated to reviving the traditional cueca in Chile believes that this traditional dance has its roots in Africa in part for the 6/8 rhythm which passed from Arabia through to Nigeria, and also its syncopated lyrics.[11]

Colombia

 Colombia

Main article: Afro-Colombian

Available estimates range from 4.4 to 10.5 million Afro-Colombians.[12] Afro-Colombians make up approximately 4% (9,154,537) of the population according to a projection of the National Administration Department of Statistics (DANE)[9], most of whom are concentrated on the northwest Caribbean coast and the Pacific coast in such departments as Chocó, although considerable numbers are also in Cali, Cartagena, and Barranquilla. Colombia is considered to have the third largest Black/African-descent population in the western hemisphere, following Brazil and the USA.

It has been estimated that some 4.4 million Afro-Colombians actively recognize their own black ancestry, while many other Afro-Colombians do not, as a result of inter-racial relations with white and indigenous Colombians.[12] Afro-Colombians may often encounter a noticeable degree of racial discrimination and prejudice, as a socio-cultural leftover from colonial times. They have been historically absent from high level government positions. Many of their long-established settlements around the Pacific coast have remained underdeveloped.[12] In Colombia's ongoing internal conflict, Afro-Colombians are both victims of violence or displacement and members of armed factions, such as the FARC and the AUC. Afro-Colombians have played a role in contributing to the development of certain aspects of Colombian culture. For example, several of Colombia's musical genres, such as Cumbia, have African origins or influences. Some Afro-Colombians have also been successful in sports such as Faustino Asprilla.

San Basilio de Palenque is a village in Colombia that is noted for maintaining many African traditions. It was declared a Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO in 2005.[13]The residents of palenque still speak a Spanish/African creole[14]

Ecuador

 Ecuador

Main article: Afro-Ecuadorian people

In 2006 Ecuador had a population of 13,547,510 with 8%, or 1,083,801 descendant from Spanish and African people. [9] The Afro-Ecuadorian culture is found in the northwest coastal region of Ecuador and make up the majority (70%) in the province of Esmeraldas and the Valle de Chota in the Imbabura Province. They can be also found in Guayaquil. The best known cultural influence known outside of Ecuador is a distinctive kind of marimba music. Bao is a fusion of native rhythms and Caribbean rhythms including candombe, salsa, merengue, reggae and calypso.

Paraguay

 Paraguay

Peru

 Peru

Main article: Afro-Peruvian

Afro-Peruvians make up about 3-4% of the population (close to a million).

Afro-Peruvian music was little known even in Peru until the 1950s, when it was popularized by the performer Nicomedes Santa Cruz.[15]

Uruguay

 Uruguay

African slaves and their descendants figured prominently in the founding of Uruguay. In the late 1700s, Montevideo became a major arrival port for slaves, most brought from Portuguese colonies of Africa and bound for Spanish colonies of the New World: the mines of Peru and Bolivia and the fields and Uruguay.

In the 19th century, when Uruguay joined other colonies in fighting for independence from Spain, Uruguayan national hero Jose Artigas led an elite division of black troops against the colonists. One of his top advisors was Joaquin Lezina, known as Ansina, a freed slave who composed musical odes about his commander's exploits and is regarded by Afro Uruguayans as an unheralded father of the nation.

Venezuela

 Venezuela

Black Venezuelans are descendants from African slaves brought to Venezuela from the 17th to the 19th century for the coffee and cocoa crops. Most of the very African-Venezuelans live in the North-central Region: coastal towns in the area called Barlovento (Miranda State), Northern Yaracuy, Carabobo and Aragua States, and Eastern Vargas State; but there are areas in South Lake Maracaibo (Zulia State) and Northern Merida State in the Andes, among others with several towns and villages. They have kept their traditions and culture alive especially through music. Venezuela is a highly mixed nation. A 2001 research on genetic diversity by the Venezuelan Institute of Scientific Research (Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, IVIC) in which the population was compared to the historical patterns of the colonial castes, adding to this new information about genetic diseases and characteristics associated to the people from Süb-Saharian Africa, Europe, and Native Americans; reveals that approximately 5% of the population is of African descent and 29% of the Venezuelans are mulattos (mixed African and European), but no further data about the amount of pardos (mixed black and Amerindian) is provided.[citation needed] However, this information reveals that at least 32% of the Venezuelan of population is, to some extent, of afro-Venezuelan descent.[citation needed] Despite this, very few afro-Venezuelans achieved high economical, political or military positions before Chavez's Administration,[citation needed] he is a mulatto. A former Ministry of Education Aristóbulo istúriz, also a former Congress Deputy, ís afro-Venezuelan.

Nevertheless, afro-Venezuelans have stood out as sportsmen, many of them in the Major League Baseball and other sports, however, most of them don't describe themselves as so, but Latinos or Hispanics or simply Venezuelans.[citation needed] Afro-Venezuelans have also stood out in arts, especially music.[citation needed] In 2006 both Miss Universe Venezuela and Miss World Venezuela were mulatto, but generally black people are rarely seen in the local media.

Central America

The Afro-Latin Americans of Central America mostly live in or near Caribbean coast. The blacks of Guatemala, Belize, Honduras and Nicaragua, are both of Garífuna, Afro-Caribbean, Mestizo, and/or Miskito heritage whereas those of Costa Rica and Panama are mostly of African-Caribbean ���5������E+��E����@�@���D=y��P���)�Py�^� ������������� � �P��+&ild the Panama Canal and to Honduras to get work in the banana plantations.

Costa Rica

 Costa Rica

3% of the population is of black African descent who are called Afro-Costa Ricans and are English-speaking descendants of nineteenth century black Jamaican immigrant workers.

As of today, the indigenous population numbers around 1%, 41,338 individuals. In Guanacaste Province, a significant portion of the population descends from a mix of local Amerindians, Africans and Spaniards.

Most afro-Costa Ricans are found on the Caribbean coast.

El Salvador

 El Salvador

El Salvador is the only Central American country that has no visible African population. However, Salvadorans with African heritage are present, most notably in San Salvador, the capital.[16] In addition, General Maximiliano Hernandez Martinez instituted race laws in 1930 that prohibited blacks from entering the country, this changed during the 1980s and the law was removed.[16]

Guatemala

 Guatemala

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Honduras

 Honduras

About 5% of Honduras's population is black, or Afro-Honduran, and mainly reside on the country's Caribbean or Atlantic coast. The black population is mostly of West Indian (Antillean) origin, the descendants of indentured laborers brought mostly from Jamaica, Haiti, and other Caribbean Islands. The Garifuna (people of mixed Amerindian and African ancestry) live along the north coast and islands, where there are also many Afro-Hondurans. This ethnic group, estimated at more than 790,000 people, has it origin in the expulsion of black people who refused to be slaves, by the British authorities, from the island of St. Vincent during the eighteenth century after the Carib Wars. Garífunas are part of Honduran identity through theatrical presentations such as Louvavagu.

There is a strong presence of Afro-Hondurans on the north coast and to a lesser extent in San Pedro Sula. There are several Garífunas in the National Congress of Honduras.

Nicaragua

 Nicaragua

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Afro-Nicaraguans are mainly found on the autonomous regions of RAAN and RAAS on the Caribbean Coast of the country.

Panama

 Panama

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Caribbean

Cuba

 Cuba

Main article: Afro-Cuban

According to a 2001 national census which surveyed 11.2 million Cubans, 1.1 million Cubans described themselves as Black, while 2.8 million considered themselves to be "mulatto" or "mestizo".[17] Many Cubans still locate their origins in specific African ethnic groups or regions, particularly Yoruba, Igbo and Congo, but also Arará, Carabalí, Mandingo, Fula and others.

There is also a significant presence of black Haitian immigrants in the country. Creole language and culture first entered Cuba with the arrival of Haitian immigrants at the start of the nineteenth century. Haiti was a French colony, and the final years of the 1791-1804 Haitian Revolution brought a wave of French settlers fleeing with their Haitian slaves to Cuba. They c���5������E+��E���T�@�@���D=y��P���h�P����w����������� � ���"{AD=y��P���1�P����J�(������������ � y����Oh later introduced sugar cultivation, constructed sugar refineries and developed coffee plantations. By 1804, some 30,000 French were living in Baracoa and Maisi, the furthest eastern municipalities of the province. Later, Haitians continued to come to Cuba to work as brazeros (hand workers, from the Spanish word brazo, meaning "arm") in the fields cutting cane. Their living and working conditions were not much better than slavery. Although they planned to return to Haiti, most stayed on in Cuba. For years, many Haitians and their descendants in Cuba did not identify themselves as such or speak Creole. In the eastern part of the island, many Haitians suffered discrimination. But since 1959, the Castro regime claims that discrimination against Cubans of Haitian descent has stopped. After Spanish, Creole is the second most-spoken language in Cuba. Over 400,000 Cubans either speak it fluently, understand it but speak with difficulty, or have at least some familiarity with the language. It is mainly in those communities, where Haitians and their descendants live, that Creole is most spoken. In addition to the eastern provinces, there are also communities in Ciego de Avila and Camaguey provinces where the population still maintains Creole, their mother tongue. Classes ���5������E+��E���T�@�@���D=y��P���h�P���V���w����������� � ���"{Ana. There is a Creole-language r���5������E+��E�����@�@���D=y��P���1�P��"OJ�(������������ � y����Oy��P���.�P��!zJ�!����������� � \����cDominican}}

73% are Mixed, 11% are Black, and 16% are White, with no fewer than nine ethnic mixes including: mestizos, mulattoes, sambos, grifos, quadroon Indians, quadroon mulattoes, puchelas, saltaras, and cabras.

There is also a significant presence of black Haitian immigrants in the country up to a million Haitians live in the Dominican Republic. There are also immigrants from other Latin American countries including Cuba, Venezuela, and Colombia.

Dominican culture is a mixture of Taino Amerindian, African, and European origins. While Taino influences are present in many Dominican traditions, the European and African influences are the most noticeable.

Haiti

 Haiti

Main article: Demographics of Haiti

95% of Haitians are predominantly of African descent. A moderate number of Haitians are believed to possess African as well as Taino/Arawak heritage due to the history of the island, however the number of native-descended Haitians is not known. The remaining 5% of the country is white, mulatto, and Mestizo.

Marabou is a term of Haitian origin denoting a Haitian of multiracial ethnicity. The term describes the offspring of a Black African/European or mulatto and an Amerindian, specifically the native Taíno, born ���5������E+��E�����@�@���D=y��P���1�P��'�J�(������������ � y����Oricans on the island es���5������E+��E����e@�@���D=y��P���.�P��'"J�!����������� � \����cd Spanish diluted the generations of so-called "marabous" over the decades and virtually all Haitians today of supposed Amerindian descent are assumed to also possess African ancestry. Several other terms exist for the marabou racial mixture in other countries (see Cafuzo, Zambo).

Haiti is a Afro-Latin nation with strong African contributions to the culture as well as its language, music and religion. To a lesser degree French, Spaniard, and in rare occasions (food, art, and folk religion) Taino and Arab customs are present in society.


Puerto Rico

 Puerto Rico

Main article: African immigration to Puerto Rico

According to the 2000 U.S. Census taken in Puerto Rico, 80.5% of Puerto Ricans identified as White, 8% of the population as Black and 10.9% as of mixed or other race. [18] An island-wide mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) study conducted by the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez revealed that 61% of Puerto Ricans have maternal Native American ancestry, 26.4% have maternal West or Central African ancestry, and 12.6% have maternal European ancestry. [19] On the other hand, the Y chromosome evidence showed Puerto Ricans' patrilineage to be approximately 75% European, 20% African, and less than 5% indigenous. The combined results reveal a mostly mestizo(Taino and European) population with important European and African elements (Demographics of Puerto Rico)

Certain critics consider census figures to be skewed since they are based on self-definition and acute physical observation of census-takers.[citation needed] These critics maintain that a majority of Puerto Ricans are racially mixed, but that they do not feel the need to identify as such. They argue, furthermore, that Puerto Ricans tend to assume that they are of African, American Indian, and European ancestry, and only identify themselves as mixed if having parents "appearing" to be of separate "races". It should also be noted that Puerto Rico underwent a "whitening" process while under U.S. rule. The census-takers at the turn of the 20th Century recorded a huge disparity in the number of "black" and "white" Puerto Ricans between the 1910 and 1920 censuses. "Black" suddenly began to disappear from one census to another (within 10 years' time), possibly due to redefinition of the term. It also appears that the "black" element within the culture was simply disappearing possibly due to the popular idea that in the U.S. one could only advance economically and socially if one were to pass for "white". [20]

Misinformation of ethnic populations within Puerto Rico also existed under Spanish rule when the Native Amerindian (Taino) populations were recorded as being "extinct". Biological science has now rewritten their history books. In all, about 31 African tribes have been recorded in Puerto Rico [citation needed]. These tribes were not voluntary travellers, but have since blended into the mainstream Puerto Rican population (as all the others have been) with Taino ancestry being the common thread that binds.

Many so-called "pure" blacks in Puerto Rico are found in the coastal areas, areas traditionally associated with sugar cane plantations (especially in the towns Loiza, Guayama, Ponce, and Carolina). Although, due to the DNA evidence that is being presented by UPR at Mayaguez, many African bloodlines have been recorded in the central mountains of the island, though not written in the Spanish history books of the time. Consequently, Taino bloodlines have begun appearing in the coastal towns. All this suggesting that escaped Africans ran off to the mountains to escape the slaveowners, while some Tainos remained close to their main staple food, fish.

The Puerto Rican musical genres of bomba and plena are of African and Caribbean origin respectively and danced to during parties and African-derived festivals. Many Boricuas who claim West/Central African ancestry are descendants of enslaved Congo, Igbo and Yoruba tribes from Africa. After the abolition of slavery in 1873 and the invasion of the United States, a number of African Americans have also migrated and settled in Puerto Rico.

Mexico

 Mexico

Main article: Afro-Mexican

The vast majority of Afro-Mexicans inhabit the southern region of Mexico and very few have migrated to the north making their existence in the country less evident than other groups. Some Afro-Mexican facts:

  • Race is not considered for any official purpose, including census.
  • Gaspar Yanga founded the first free African township in the Americas in 1609.
  • the city of Cibola was founded by a Black man named Esteban el Negro (Steven the Black), a Moor from Spain.
  • the song 'La Bamba', a traditional folk song and dance, was originally a song sung by African slaves in Veracruz as they worked. Bamba is the name of an African tribe in Angola.
  • Veracruz, Campeche, Pánuco and Acapulco were the main ports for the entrance of African slaves.
  • In the past, offspring of African/AmerIndian mixtures were called jarocho (wild pig), chino or lobo (wolf). Today jarocho refers to all inhabitants of the state of Veracruz, without regard to ancestry.

See also

References

  1. ^ The American Heritage® Book of English Usage. Latino discussed.
  2. ^ Names and Labels
    See also [1] for discussion which describes the application of "Afro" to a term.
  3. ^ AfroCuba.org
  4. ^ Museu AfroBrasil
  5. ^ https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2075.html CIA - The World Factbook - Field Listing - Ethnic groups
  6. ^ Latin America#Racial Origins
  7. ^ Template:Cite book=www.wwnorton.com
  8. ^ http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/QTTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=04000US72&-qr_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_DP1&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U
  9. ^ a b c d Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2007 Cite error: The named reference "encarta" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  10. ^ a b Cruz,Shamil.African Americans in the Caribbean and Latin America Cite error: The named reference "cruz" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  11. ^ 'La cueca es un arte de elite' 9/18/2001 Interview in Spanish with Mario Rojas
  12. ^ a b c BBC Mundo: ¿Colombia hacia la integración racial?
  13. ^ "The Cultural Space". UNESCO. Retrieved 2007-09-27. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  14. ^ A Language, Not Quite Spanish, With African Echoes
  15. ^ Nicomedes Santa Cruz
  16. ^ a b Montgomery, Tommie Sue (1995). Revolution in El Salvador: from civil strife to civil peace. Boulder, Colo: Westview Press. ISBN 0-8133-0071-1.
  17. ^ Cuba census 2001
  18. ^ https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/rq.html
  19. ^ http://www.kacike.org/MartinezEnglish.pdf
  20. ^ http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cde/demsem/loveman-muniz.pdf#search='race%20classification%20Puerto%20Rico'

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