Countries with significant populations of African descent in Latin America include Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, and Cuba. These countries have a history of African slavery and have diverse populations that include people of African heritage.
Haitians are considered part of the African diaspora, as the majority of the population in Haiti is of African descent due to the history of slavery and colonialism. However, the term "African American" specifically refers to Americans of African descent, so Haitians would not fall under this specific classification.
Some people of African descent in Spain's American colonies were not slaves because they were born into free families or obtained their freedom through various means such as manumission, military service, or purchase. Others may have escaped or been granted freedom due to exceptional skills or services provided to their masters. It is important to recognize the diversity of experiences for individuals of African descent in colonial societies rather than assuming all were enslaved.
Yes, there are white people living in Haiti, however, the majority of the population is of African descent. The white population in Haiti is much smaller in comparison to other racial groups.
Yes, the word 'African' is a noun, a proper noun; a word for a person of or from Africa.The word 'African' is also a proper adjective, used to describe a noun as of or from Africa.
nope. hispanics are people who only speak spanish, they are african american. Black was a color to do grade melanin skin , haitians are predominately african american yes but a lot has mixed racial backgrounds.
Her mother was of Cherokee and African-American descent and her father of German or Dutch descent.
His ancestry is African, but he is of African-American descent.
Jeffrey Wright is African American. He was born to a father of African-American descent and a mother of European descent.
She is of Cuban and African American descent
she is of African-Venezuelan-American descent.
She is of Asian and African American descent.
No. Aaliyah was of African American / Native American descent.
Usher's mother was African American and his father was of Haitian descent. Usher is African American and Haitian.
yes
Her father, Mathew Knowles, is of mostly African-American descent with some caucasian, and her mother Celestine(Tina) Knowles(maiden name Beyince) is of African-American descent with considerable amounts of French and Native American roots as well. She's black.
No. He's African-American and West-Indian descent.
Multiracial descendent. My mother is of Native American and Caucasian descent of my Grandfather's side of the family and African-American on my Grandmother's side of the family. As for my father, his mother was of Native American descent and his father was of African, Afro-Jamaican, and Dominican descent. So basically, if I am mixed with African, Indian, Afro-Jamaican, Dominican, and Caucasian descent, that means I am of an multiethnic background.