Afro-Antiguans and Barbudans

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Afro-Antiguans and Barbudans are people of predominantly African descent who form the largest ethnic group in the twin-island nation of Antigua and Barbuda in the Caribbean.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Afro-Antiguan and Barbudan people 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Afro-Caribbean people
ethnic group
ancestralOrigin Central Africa
West Africa
citizenship Antiguan and Barbudan NERFINISHED
citizenshipAfterIndependence citizens of Antigua and Barbuda
citizenshipStatusBeforeIndependence British colonial subjects
colonialPower United Kingdom
continent North America
country Antigua and Barbuda NERFINISHED
culture Antiguan and Barbudan culture
demographicStatus largest ethnic group in Antigua and Barbuda
diaspora Canada
United Kingdom NERFINISHED
United States of America
surface form: United States

other Caribbean islands
ethnicComposition predominantly African descent
festival Antigua Carnival
historicalContext British colonial rule in Antigua and Barbuda
historicalCrop sugarcane
historicalEconomicRole plantation labor
historicalFormation Atlantic slave trade
independenceContext Antigua and Barbuda independence in 1981
language Antiguan Creole English
English
languageFamily English-based creole
majorityIn Antigua and Barbuda NERFINISHED
musicTradition calypso
reggae
soca
nationalLanguageContext English-speaking Caribbean
politicalInfluence dominant in national politics of Antigua and Barbuda
primaryIsland Antigua
Barbuda
region Caribbean
relatedGroup Afro-Barbadians
Afro-Caribbean people
surface form: Afro-Caribbeans

Afro-Caribbean people
surface form: Afro-Jamaicans

Afro-Saint Kitts and Nevis people
surface form: Afro-Kittitians and Nevisians

Afro-Trinidadian and Tobagonian
surface form: Afro-Trinidadians and Tobagonians
religion Anglicanism (broadly)
surface form: Anglicanism

Christianity
Methodism
Protestant Christianity
surface form: Protestantism

Roman Catholicism
slaveEmancipation 1834

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Afro-Caribbean people hasSubgroup Afro-Antiguans and Barbudans
Afro-Montserratians relatedGroup Afro-Antiguans and Barbudans
Afro-Saint Kitts and Nevis people relatedGroup Afro-Antiguans and Barbudans
this entity surface form: Afro-Antiguan and Barbudan people
Afro-Vincentians relatedGroup Afro-Antiguans and Barbudans