Afro-Bonairians

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Afro-Bonairians are people of African descent native to the Caribbean island of Bonaire, whose culture blends African heritage with Dutch and wider Caribbean influences.


Statements (46)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Afro-Caribbean people
ethnic group
ancestry African
West African
citizenshipStatus Dutch nationals
colonialHistory Dutch colonial rule on Bonaire
continent South America (offshore Caribbean island near Venezuela)
country Netherlands (constituent country via Caribbean Netherlands)
cuisineInfluence African-influenced Caribbean cuisine
Dutch Caribbean cuisine
culturalInfluence African traditions
Dutch culture
wider Caribbean culture
culture African diaspora culture
Afro-Caribbean culture
Dutch Caribbean culture
demographicRole one of the major population groups on Bonaire
diaspora Aruba
Curaçao
Netherlands
ethnicGroupOf Bonaire
heritageStatus African diaspora in the Kingdom of the Netherlands
historicalOrigin Atlantic slave trade
historicalStatus descendants of enslaved Africans on Bonaire
identity Afro-Dutch Caribbean
Bonairean
language Dutch
English
Papiamentu
Spanish
mainIsland Bonaire
migrationPattern emigration to European Netherlands for work and study
musicTradition Caribbean music
tumba (regional Afro-Caribbean genre)
partOf Afro-Dutch population
Caribbean Netherlands population
region Lesser Antilles
relatedTo Afro-Arubans
Afro-Curaçaoans
Afro-Surinamese
Afro-Venezuelans
religion Christianity
Protestantism
Roman Catholicism
subregion Leeward Antilles
traditionalLanguageRole Papiamentu as primary vernacular

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Afro-Caribbean people
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