Afro-Guadeloupeans

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Afro-Guadeloupeans are people of primarily African descent from the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, shaped by the legacies of slavery, Creole culture, and French colonial history.


Statements (50)
Predicate Object
instanceOf African diaspora community
ethnic group
citizenship French citizens
colonialHistory experienced plantation economy based on sugarcane
continent North America
country Guadeloupe
cuisine Creole cuisine of Guadeloupe
use of chili peppers and spices
use of plantains, yams, and cassava
use of salted cod and seafood
culturalPractice Carnival in Guadeloupe
Creole storytelling traditions
drumming and dance traditions of African origin
diaspora Afro-Guadeloupean diaspora in French Guiana
Afro-Guadeloupean diaspora in metropolitan France
Afro-Guadeloupean diaspora in other Caribbean territories
ethnicCulture Afro-Caribbean culture
French Caribbean culture
Guadeloupean Creole culture
ethnicOrigin Central African peoples
Sub-Saharan African peoples
West African peoples
heritage combination of African, European, and indigenous Caribbean influences
history affected by the abolition of slavery in French colonies in 1848
descendants of enslaved Africans brought to Guadeloupe during the Atlantic slave trade
shaped by French colonial rule in Guadeloupe
laborHistory ancestors worked as enslaved laborers on sugar plantations
language French
Guadeloupean Creole French
legalStatus European Union citizens
locatedIn Caribbean
majorityIn Afro-descendant population of Guadeloupe
music biguine
gwo ka
zouk
partOf population of Guadeloupe
politicalStatus citizens of an overseas department and region of France
postAbolitionHistory ancestors became sharecroppers, small farmers, and urban workers after emancipation
regionalIdentity Antillean
French Caribbean
relatedTo Afro-Dominicans (Dominica)
Afro-French
Afro-Haitians
Afro-Martiniquans
religion Afro-Caribbean folk religion
Protestantism
Rastafari movement
Roman Catholicism
folk Christianity
use French nationality law

Referenced by (1)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Afro-Caribbean people
hasSubgroup

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