Afro-Spaniard

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Afro-Spaniard
Total population
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1,045,120 (2016) [1]
Regions with significant populations
Andalusia, Catalonia, the Balearics, the Canaries, Madrid, Murcia, Valencia
Languages
Spanish; English, French, Portuguese, various languages of Africa
Religion
Predominantly Christian (mainly Roman Catholic), Sunni Islam, Traditional African religions, others, nonreligious
Related ethnic groups
African people, Spanish Equatoguinean, Cape Verdean Spanish, Afro-European

Afro-Spaniards are Spanish nationals of West/Central African descent. They today mainly come from Cameroon, Gambia, Mali and Senegal. Additionally, many Afro-Spaniards born in Spain are from the former Spanish colony Equatorial Guinea. Spaniards of Sub-Saharan ancestry originating in Latin America are generally excluded from this definition.

Spaniards people native to any part of Spain or that hold Spanish citizenship

Spaniards are a Romance nation and ethnic group native to Spain. Within Spain, there are a number of nationalisms and regionalisms, reflecting the country's complex history and diverse culture. Although the official language of Spain is commonly known as "Spanish", it is only one of the national languages of Spain, and is less ambiguously known as Castilian, a standard language based on the medieval romance speech of the Kingdom of Castile in north and central Spain. Historically, the Spanish people's heritage includes the Iberians, Celts, Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans, Visigoths, and Umayyads.

West Africa Westernmost region of the African continent

West Africa is the westernmost region of Africa. The United Nations defines Western Africa as the 16 countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, the Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo, as well as the United Kingdom Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha. The population of West Africa is estimated at about 362 million people as of 2016, and at 381,981,000 as of 2017, of which 189,672,000 are female and 192,309,000 male.

Central Africa Core region of the African continent

Central Africa is a region of the African continent comprising various countries according to different definitions. Angola, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, and São Tomé and Príncipe are members of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS). Six of those states are also members of the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC) and share a common currency, the Central African CFA franc. The African Development Bank defines Central Africa as Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Chad, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of Congo. Middle Africa is an analogous term used by the United Nations in its geoscheme for Africa. It includes the same countries as the African Development Bank's definition, along with Angola and São Tomé and Príncipe.

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Notable people

Diego Velazquez - Juan de Pareja (Metropolitan Museum of Art de Nueva York, 1649-50), detalle Diego Velazquez - Juan de Pareja (Metropolitan Museum of Art de Nueva York, 1649-50), detalle.jpg
Diego Velázquez - Juan de Pareja (Metropolitan Museum of Art de Nueva York, 1649-50), detalle
Jounalist Francine Galvez Francine Galvez.jpg
Jounalist Francine Galvez

Activists

Artists and writers

Juan Latino, born Juan de Sessa, was a Spanish black professor at Granada during the sixteenth century.

Juan de Pareja Spanish painter

Juan de Pareja was a Spanish painter, born into slavery in Antequera, near Málaga, Spain. He is known primarily as a member of the household and workshop of painter Diego Velázquez, who freed him in 1650. His 1661 work The Calling of Saint Matthew is on display at the Museo del Prado in Madrid, Spain.

Explorers and conquistadores

In entertainment and media

Concha Buika Spanish singer

María Concepción Balboa Buika, known as Concha Buika or Buika, is a Spanish singer. Her album Niña de Fuego was nominated for the 2008 Latin Grammy Award for Album of the Year and La Noche Más Larga was nominated for Best Latin Jazz Album at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards in 2014.

Emilio Buale Coka Equatorial Guinean-Spanish actor

Ludwig Emilio Buale Coka is an Equatorial Guinean-Spanish actor of Bubi descent.

Virginia Buika is a Spanish musician, actress, director and producer. She is of Equatoguinean descent.

Philanthropists

Politicians

In sports

Miguel Jones Castillo is a Spanish former footballer who played as a midfielder for SD Indautxu and Atlético Madrid during the 1950s and 1960s.

Vicente Engonga Maté is a Spanish retired footballer who played mainly as a central midfielder but occasionally as a sweeper.

Benjamín Zarandona Esono, known simply as Benjamín, is an Equatoguinean retired footballer who played as a midfielder.

Sources

  1. Appiah, Kwame Anthony and Gates, Henry Louis, Jr.(1999). Africana: the Encyclopedia of African and African American Experience. Basic Civitas Books, pp. 1769–1773. ISBN   0-465-00071-1.

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References

  1. ↑ "Avance de la Estadística del Padrón Continuo a 1 de enero de 2016" (PDF). Spanish National Statistics Institute (Press release) (in Spanish). 28 April 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  2. ↑ https://blackstoriesfromspain.wordpress.com/
  3. ↑ http://afroeurope.blogspot.pe/2011/11/africa-vive-biggest-cultural-event-in.html

See also

Dominicans in Spain From Dominican Republic form one of the country's smaller foreign communities, making up about 1.66% of all foreigners in Spain.

Fernandinos are creoles, multi-ethnic or multi-racial populations who developed in Equatorial Guinea and the former Spanish Guinea. Their name is derived from the island of Fernando Pó, where many worked. This island was named for the Portuguese explorer Fernão do Pó, credited with discovering the region.

Spanish Guinea 1926-1968 Spanish possession in West Africa

Spanish Guinea was a set of insular and continental territories controlled by Spain since 1778 in the Gulf of Guinea and on the Bight of Bonny, in Central Africa. It gained independence in 1968 and is known as Equatorial Guinea.

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