Afro-Mexicans

E49099
Mexican people of African descent ethnic group

Afro-Mexicans are a culturally distinct community in Mexico descended largely from enslaved Africans, whose historical contributions range from participation in the independence movement to shaping regional music, cuisine, and traditions, particularly along the coasts.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Afro-Mexicans canonical 8
Afro-Mexican 2

Statements (60)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mexican people of African descent ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
activism movement for recognition and rights ⓘ
censusSelfIdentificationCategory Afro-Mexicans self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Afro-Mexican

Afrodescendiente ⓘ
colonialPowerInPeriodOfArrival Spanish Empire ⓘ
constitutionalArticleMention Political Constitution of the United Mexican States ⓘ
surface form: Article 2 of the Mexican Constitution
continent North America ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
culturalInfluence Mexican dance ⓘ
Mexican music ⓘ
oral traditions ⓘ
regional cuisine ⓘ
religious festivities ⓘ
vernacular Spanish ⓘ
ethnicOrigin African diaspora ⓘ
surface form: Africans

Europeans ⓘ
indigenous peoples of Mexico ⓘ
surface form: Indigenous peoples of Mexico
heritageDayOrFestivity Afro-Mexican cultural festivals in Costa Chica ⓘ
historicalOrigin transatlantic slave trade ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfArrival 16th century ⓘ
17th century ⓘ
historicalRole participation in Mexican War of Independence ⓘ
identityLabel afromestizo ⓘ
afromexicano ⓘ
language Spanish ⓘ
legalRecognitionYear 2019 constitutional recognition as Afro-Mexican people ⓘ
majorRegion Campeche state ⓘ
surface form: Campeche

Coastal areas of Michoacán ⓘ
Costa Chica of Guerrero ⓘ
Costa Chica of Oaxaca ⓘ
Quintana Roo ⓘ
Tabasco ⓘ
Veracruz ⓘ
Yucatán Peninsula ⓘ
musicInstrumentAssociation jarana jarocha ⓘ
marimbol ⓘ
percussion instruments ⓘ
notableHistoricalFigure Vicente Guerrero ⓘ
notableHistoricalFigureEthnicity Afro-mestizo ⓘ
notableHistoricalFigureRole second president of Mexico ⓘ
populationCensus2020 approximately 2.5 million ⓘ
populationShare2020 around 2 percent of Mexico’s population ⓘ
recognizedAsEthnicGroupBy Government of Mexico ⓘ
recognizedAsEthnicGroupInCensus 2015 intercensal survey ⓘ
2020 Mexican census ⓘ
relatedGroup Afro-Caribbean people ⓘ
surface form: Afro-Caribbeans

Afro-Latin Americans ⓘ
Garifuna ⓘ
surface form: Garifuna people
religion Afro-Caribbean religions ⓘ
surface form: Afro-American folk religion

Protestantism ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
socialIssue marginalization ⓘ
racial discrimination ⓘ
traditionalDance danza de los diablos ⓘ
traditionalFood plantain-based dishes ⓘ
rice and beans dishes ⓘ
seafood-based dishes ⓘ
traditionalMusic chilena music ⓘ
son jarocho ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mexican War of Independence → socialGroupInvolved → Afro-Mexicans ⓘ
Afro-Mexicans → censusSelfIdentificationCategory → Afro-Mexicans self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Afro-Mexican
Vicente Guerrero → ethnicGroup → Afro-Mexicans ⓘ
this entity surface form: Afro-Mexican
Afro-Latin Americans → relatedGroup → Afro-Mexicans ⓘ
Mexican people → majorEthnicSubgroup → Afro-Mexicans ⓘ
Costa Chica of Guerrero → ethnicGroup → Afro-Mexicans ⓘ
2015 intercensal survey → includesEthnicCategory → Afro-Mexicans ⓘ
subject surface form: 2015 Intercensal Survey
2020 Mexican census → includesEthnicCategory → Afro-Mexicans ⓘ
Costa Chica of Oaxaca → ethnicGroup → Afro-Mexicans ⓘ
Costa Chica region → hasEthnicGroup → Afro-Mexicans ⓘ