Afro-Cubans

E60249

ethnic group social group

Afro-Cubans are Cuban nationals of predominantly African descent whose culture, religion, music, and history have profoundly shaped Cuba’s national identity.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Afro-Cuban	4
Afro-Cubans canonical	3
Afro-Cuban communities	2
African diaspora in Cuba	1
Afro-Cuban community	1
Afro-Cuban diaspora	1
Cuban people	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ethnic group ⓘ social group ⓘ
contributedTo	Cuban dance ⓘ Cuban literature ⓘ Cuban music ⓘ Cuban national identity ⓘ Cuban religion ⓘ
country	Cuba ⓘ
culturalPractice	carnival processions ⓘ drumming ceremonies ⓘ orisha worship ⓘ
danceTradition	comparsa ⓘ rumba dance ⓘ
ethnicOrigin	African ⓘ Ewe ⓘ surface form: Ewe people Fulani ⓘ surface form: Fula people Igbo people ⓘ Kongo people ⓘ Mandinka people ⓘ Yoruba people ⓘ
historicalEvent	Atlantic slave trade ⓘ Cuban Revolution ⓘ Cuban War of Independence ⓘ
language	Cuban Spanish ⓘ Spanish ⓘ surface form: Spanish language
majorCityOfResidence	Havana, Cuba ⓘ surface form: Havana Matanzas ⓘ Santiago de Cuba ⓘ
musicTradition	Afro-Cuban music ⓘ surface form: Afro-Cuban jazz batá drumming ⓘ bembé ⓘ rumba ⓘ son cubano ⓘ
notablePerson	Benny Moré ⓘ Celia Cruz ⓘ Chano Pozo ⓘ Ibrahim Ferrer ⓘ Nicolás Guillén ⓘ
relatedGroup	African diaspora ⓘ Afro-Caribbean people ⓘ surface form: Afro-Caribbeans Afro-Latin Americans ⓘ
religion	Abakuá ⓘ Palo Monte ⓘ Protestantism ⓘ Regla de Ocha ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church Santería ⓘ Spiritualism ⓘ surface form: Spiritism
religiousSyncretismWith	Roman Catholicism ⓘ Yoruba religion ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

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

Afro-Caribbean people → hasSubgroup → Afro-Cubans ⓘ

Afro-Dominicans (Dominican Republic) → relatedGroup → Afro-Cubans ⓘ

Afro-Cuban music → hasCulturalOrigin → Afro-Cubans ⓘ

this entity surface form: African diaspora in Cuba

José Nápoles → ethnicOrigin → Afro-Cubans ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afro-Cuban

babalorisha → associatedWith → Afro-Cubans ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afro-Cuban communities

Las Reglas de Congo → practicedBy → Afro-Cubans ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afro-Cuban communities

nkisi → associatedWithRegion → Afro-Cubans ⓘ

subject surface form: Nkisi

this entity surface form: Afro-Cuban diaspora

tata nganga → culture → Afro-Cubans ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afro-Cuban

Benny Moré → ethnicGroup → Afro-Cubans ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afro-Cuban

Mariana Grajales → ethnicGroup → Afro-Cubans ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afro-Cuban

poem "La canción del bongó" → hasCulturalSignificanceFor → Afro-Cubans ⓘ

subject surface form: La canción del bongó

this entity surface form: Afro-Cuban community

Cintio Vitier → ethnicGroup → Afro-Cubans ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cuban people

Afro-Dominicans (Dominica) → relatedGroup → Afro-Cubans ⓘ