Afro-Brazilians

E57671

ethnic group social group

Afro-Brazilians are Brazilian citizens of predominantly African ancestry whose cultures, religions, and histories have profoundly shaped Brazil’s national identity.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Afro-Brazilians canonical	12
African Brazilians	1
African diaspora in Brazil	1
Afro-Brazilian culture	1
Afro‑Brazilians	1

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ethnic group ⓘ social group ⓘ
ancestralOrigin	enslaved Africans in Brazil ⓘ
associatedWith	União dos Palmares ⓘ surface form: Quilombo dos Palmares quilombos ⓘ
citizenship	Brazilian ⓘ
continent	South America ⓘ
country	Brazil ⓘ
culturalInfluenceOn	Brazilian cuisine ⓘ Brazilian dance ⓘ Brazilian language ⓘ Brazilian music ⓘ Brazilian national identity ⓘ Brazilian religion ⓘ
demographicGroupIn	Brazilian census ⓘ
ethnicOrigin	African ⓘ Sub-Saharan African ⓘ
faceIssue	discrimination in education ⓘ employment discrimination ⓘ income disparity in Brazil ⓘ police violence in Brazil ⓘ racial inequality in Brazil ⓘ
heritageLanguageInfluence	Kikongo ⓘ Kimbundu ⓘ Yoruba ⓘ
historicalEvent	abolition of slavery in Brazil ⓘ
historicalProcess	Atlantic slave trade ⓘ
language	Portuguese ⓘ
movement	Black Movement in Brazil ⓘ
notableCulturalExpression	axé music ⓘ capoeira ⓘ funk carioca ⓘ maracatu ⓘ pagode ⓘ samba ⓘ
observance	Black Consciousness Day ⓘ
partOf	Brazilian people ⓘ
politicalIssue	affirmative action in Brazil ⓘ
relatedGroup	Black Americans ⓘ surface form: African Americans Afro-Caribbean people ⓘ surface form: Afro-Caribbeans Afro-Latin Americans ⓘ
religion	Candomblé ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholicism Irreligion ⓘ Protestantism ⓘ Spiritualism ⓘ surface form: Spiritism Umbanda ⓘ
significantPopulationIn	Bahia ⓘ Minas Gerais ⓘ Pernambuco ⓘ Rio de Janeiro ⓘ São Paulo ⓘ
subgroupIncludes	pardos ⓘ pretos ⓘ
traditionalReligion	Candomblé ⓘ Umbanda ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

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

Afro-Caribbean people → relatedGroup → Afro-Brazilians ⓘ

Brazilian modernism → influencedBy → Afro-Brazilians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afro-Brazilian culture

African diaspora → hasPart → Afro-Brazilians ⓘ

Afro-Latin Americans → relatedGroup → Afro-Brazilians ⓘ

Porto Alegre → hasEthnicCommunity → Afro-Brazilians ⓘ

Northeast Region of Brazil → ethnicGroup → Afro-Brazilians ⓘ

southern Brazil → hasEthnicGroup → Afro-Brazilians ⓘ

subject surface form: Southern Brazil

this entity surface form: African Brazilians

Novo Hamburgo → hasEthnicGroup → Afro-Brazilians ⓘ

West Africans → hasDiaspora → Afro-Brazilians ⓘ

Afro-Colombians → relatedEthnicGroup → Afro-Brazilians ⓘ

Black Movement in Brazil → represents → Afro-Brazilians ⓘ

Afro-Venezuelans → relatedEthnicGroup → Afro-Brazilians ⓘ

Brazilian Quarters (Popo Aguda) → ethnicOriginOfFounders → Afro-Brazilians ⓘ

Carnival of Salvador → culturalOrigin → Afro-Brazilians ⓘ

this entity surface form: African diaspora in Brazil

Afro-Guyanese → relatedGroup → Afro-Brazilians ⓘ

Kongo → influencedCultureOf → Afro-Brazilians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afro‑Brazilians