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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Afro-Guadeloupeans canonical | 2 |
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 ⓘ
surface form:
French Caribbean culture
Guadeloupean Creole culture ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin |
Central African peoples
ⓘ
Sub-Saharan African peoples ⓘ West Africans ⓘ
surface form:
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
ⓘ
Antillean Creole ⓘ
surface form:
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-Martiniquais ⓘ
surface form:
Afro-Martiniquans
|
| religion |
Afro-Caribbean religions
ⓘ
surface form:
Afro-Caribbean folk religion
Protestantism ⓘ Rastafari movement ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ folk Christianity ⓘ |
| use | French nationality law ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.