Afro-Latin Americans

E57670

diaspora community ethnic group social group

Afro-Latin Americans are people of African descent in Latin America whose cultures blend African, Indigenous, and European influences and who have played a central role in the region’s history, music, religion, and social movements.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Afro-Latin Americans canonical	7
Afro-Latinos	6
Afro-Latin American culture	1
Afro-Latin Canadian community	1
Afro-Latino	1
Afro-Peruvians	1

Statements (99)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	diaspora community ⓘ ethnic group ⓘ social group ⓘ
danceStyleInfluenced	capoeira ⓘ cumbia dance ⓘ rumba dance ⓘ salsa dance ⓘ samba dance ⓘ
demographicSignificanceIn	Brazil ⓘ Colombia ⓘ Cuba ⓘ Dominican Republic ⓘ Venezuela ⓘ
experienced	economic inequality ⓘ racial discrimination ⓘ slavery ⓘ social exclusion ⓘ
facesIssue	colorism ⓘ limited access to education ⓘ limited access to healthcare ⓘ structural racism ⓘ underrepresentation in politics ⓘ
hasAncestry	African peoples ⓘ Central Africa ⓘ surface form: Central Africans West Africans ⓘ
hasCulturalContributionIn	dance ⓘ literature ⓘ music ⓘ politics ⓘ religion ⓘ sports ⓘ visual arts ⓘ
hasCulturalInfluenceFrom	African cultures ⓘ European cultures ⓘ Indigenous cultures ⓘ
hasIdentityComponent	African heritage ⓘ Latin American nationality ⓘ mixed cultural traditions ⓘ
historicalOrigin	Atlantic slave trade ⓘ transatlantic slave trade ⓘ
languageUsed	Creole languages ⓘ French ⓘ Portuguese ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
livesInRegion	Argentina ⓘ Brazil ⓘ Caribbean ⓘ Central America ⓘ Colombia ⓘ Costa Rica ⓘ Cuba ⓘ Dominican Republic ⓘ Ecuador ⓘ Honduras ⓘ Latin America ⓘ Mexico ⓘ Panama ⓘ Peru ⓘ Puerto Rico ⓘ South America ⓘ Uruguay ⓘ Venezuela ⓘ
movementGoal	cultural preservation ⓘ political representation ⓘ racial equality ⓘ recognition of Afro-descendant rights ⓘ
musicGenreInfluenced	bachata ⓘ bolero ⓘ bossa nova ⓘ cumbia ⓘ merengue ⓘ reggaeton ⓘ rumba ⓘ salsa ⓘ samba ⓘ son cubano ⓘ tango ⓘ
participatedIn	abolitionist movements in Latin America ⓘ civil rights movements in Latin America ⓘ independence movements in Latin America ⓘ labor movements in Latin America ⓘ
recognizedBy	Organization of American States ⓘ United Nations ⓘ
relatedGroup	Black Americans ⓘ surface form: African Americans Afro-Brazilians ⓘ Afro-Caribbean people ⓘ surface form: Afro-Caribbeans Afro-Colombians ⓘ Afro-Mexicans ⓘ Afro-Latin Americans self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Afro-Peruvians Garifuna ⓘ surface form: Garifuna people
religionPracticed	Afro-Caribbean religions ⓘ Candomblé ⓘ Palo Monte ⓘ Protestantism ⓘ Rastafari movement ⓘ surface form: Rastafarianism Roman Catholicism ⓘ Santería ⓘ Umbanda ⓘ Haitian Vodou ⓘ surface form: Vodou

Referenced by (17)

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

Afro-Caribbean people → relatedGroup → Afro-Latin Americans ⓘ

Afro-Mexicans → relatedGroup → Afro-Latin Americans ⓘ

African diaspora → hasPart → Afro-Latin Americans ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afro-Latinos

Afro-Latin Americans → relatedGroup → Afro-Latin Americans self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afro-Peruvians

Afro-Brazilians → relatedGroup → Afro-Latin Americans ⓘ

Black Canadians → notableSubgroup → Afro-Latin Americans ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afro-Latin Canadian community

Afro-Cubans → relatedGroup → Afro-Latin Americans ⓘ

Afro-Bahamians → relatedGroup → Afro-Latin Americans ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afro-Latinos

Afro-Belizeans → relatedEthnicGroup → Afro-Latin Americans ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afro-Latinos

Afro-Dominicans (Dominican Republic) → relatedGroup → Afro-Latin Americans ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afro-Latinos

Afro-Latin American literature → hasMainSubject → Afro-Latin Americans ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afro-Latin American culture

Afro-Haitians → relatedGroup → Afro-Latin Americans ⓘ

Afro-Canadians → relatedGroup → Afro-Latin Americans ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afro-Latinos

West Africans → hasDiaspora → Afro-Latin Americans ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afro-Latinos

Afro-Colombians → relatedEthnicGroup → Afro-Latin Americans ⓘ

Afro-Venezuelans → relatedEthnicGroup → Afro-Latin Americans ⓘ

Jharrel Jerome → ethnicGroup → Afro-Latin Americans ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afro-Latino