Afro-Caribbean people

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African diaspora community ethnic group

Afro-Caribbean people are a diverse group of people of African descent whose ancestors were brought to the Caribbean, shaping the region’s cultures, languages, religions, and music.

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Observed surface forms (13)

Surface form	Occurrences
Afro-Caribbeans	13
Afro-Jamaicans	7
Afro-Caribbean	2
Afro-Caribbean Canadians	2
African Caribbean people	1
Afro-Caribbean Americans	1
Afro-Guyanese	1
Afro-Haitians	1
Afro-Jamaican communities	1
Afro-Saint Lucians	1
Afro-Trinidadians and Tobagonians	1
Black British	1
Caribbean diaspora communities	1

Statements (118)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	African diaspora community ⓘ ethnic group ⓘ
associatedDance	calypso dance ⓘ dancehall dance ⓘ merengue ⓘ rumba ⓘ salsa ⓘ soca dance ⓘ
associatedFestival	Caribana (Toronto Caribbean Carnival) ⓘ surface form: Caribana Carnival ⓘ Crop Over ⓘ Mummers Parade ⓘ surface form: Junkanoo Carnival ⓘ surface form: Notting Hill Carnival
associatedMusicGenre	Afro-Caribbean jazz ⓘ calypso ⓘ dancehall ⓘ dancehall soca ⓘ kompa ⓘ mento ⓘ reggae ⓘ reggaeton ⓘ ska ⓘ soca ⓘ zouk ⓘ
culturalInfluenceOn	Caribbean cuisine ⓘ Caribbean dance ⓘ Caribbean languages ⓘ Caribbean literature ⓘ Caribbean music ⓘ Caribbean religions ⓘ Caribbean visual arts ⓘ
demographicSignificanceIn	Bahamas ⓘ Barbados ⓘ Grenada ⓘ Haiti ⓘ Jamaica ⓘ Saint Lucia ⓘ Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ
hasAncestry	African peoples ⓘ
hasHistoricalOrigin	Atlantic slave trade ⓘ transatlantic slave trade ⓘ
hasSubgroup	Afro-Antiguans and Barbudans ⓘ Afro-Arubans ⓘ Afro-Bahamians ⓘ Afro-Barbadians ⓘ Afro-Belizeans ⓘ Afro-Bonairians ⓘ Afro-Cubans ⓘ Afro-Curacaoans ⓘ Afro-Dominicans (Dominican Republic) ⓘ Afro-Grenadians ⓘ Afro-Guadeloupeans ⓘ Afro-Caribbean people self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Afro-Guyanese Afro-Caribbean people self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Afro-Haitians Afro-Caribbean people self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Afro-Jamaicans Afro-Martiniquais ⓘ Afro-Montserratians ⓘ Afro-Saint Kitts and Nevis people ⓘ Afro-Caribbean people self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Afro-Saint Lucians Afro-Surinamese ⓘ Afro-Caribbean people self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Afro-Trinidadians and Tobagonians Afro-Vincentians ⓘ
historicalExperience	emancipation ⓘ plantation system ⓘ post-emancipation migration ⓘ slavery ⓘ
language	Dutch ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Haitian Creole ⓘ Papiamento ⓘ Spanish ⓘ various Dutch-based creoles ⓘ various English-based creoles ⓘ various French-based creoles ⓘ various Spanish-based creoles ⓘ
partOf	African diaspora ⓘ
presentInCountry	Antigua and Barbuda ⓘ Bahamas ⓘ Barbados ⓘ Belize ⓘ Canada ⓘ Cuba ⓘ Dominican Republic ⓘ France ⓘ Grenada ⓘ British Guiana ⓘ surface form: Guyana Haiti ⓘ Jamaica ⓘ Netherlands ⓘ Saint Kitts and Nevis ⓘ Saint Lucia ⓘ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ⓘ Suriname ⓘ Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
primaryRegion	Caribbean ⓘ
relatedGroup	Black Americans ⓘ surface form: African Americans Afro-Brazilians ⓘ Black Canadians ⓘ surface form: Afro-Canadians Afro-Latin Americans ⓘ Black British people ⓘ
religion	Anglicanism ⓘ Baptist churches ⓘ Christianity ⓘ Islam ⓘ Judaism ⓘ Methodist churches ⓘ surface form: Methodism Obeah ⓘ Orisha worship ⓘ Pentecostal churches ⓘ surface form: Pentecostalism Protestantism ⓘ Rastafari movement ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ Santería ⓘ Afro-Caribbean religions ⓘ surface form: Vodou folk religions ⓘ

Referenced by (37)

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

Harlem → demographicGroup → Afro-Caribbean people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afro-Caribbeans

Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan → ethnicHeritage → Afro-Caribbean people ⓘ

subject surface form: Harlem

this entity surface form: Afro-Caribbean

Colombian Caribbean region → hasCulturalHeritage → Afro-Caribbean people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afro-Caribbean

Myal → hasCulturalOrigin → Afro-Caribbean people ⓘ

Caribbean → hasEthnicGroup → Afro-Caribbean people ⓘ

African diaspora → hasPart → Afro-Caribbean people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afro-Caribbeans

Afro-Caribbean people → hasSubgroup → Afro-Caribbean people self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afro-Jamaicans

Afro-Caribbean people → hasSubgroup → Afro-Caribbean people self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afro-Trinidadians and Tobagonians

Afro-Caribbean people → hasSubgroup → Afro-Caribbean people self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afro-Haitians

Afro-Caribbean people → hasSubgroup → Afro-Caribbean people self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afro-Guyanese

Afro-Caribbean people → hasSubgroup → Afro-Caribbean people self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afro-Saint Lucians

Palo Monte → isPracticedIn → Afro-Caribbean people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Caribbean diaspora communities

Black Canadians → notableSubgroup → Afro-Caribbean people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afro-Caribbean Canadians

Afro-Grenadians → partOf → Afro-Caribbean people ⓘ

this entity surface form: African Caribbean people

Afro-Grenadians → partOf → Afro-Caribbean people ⓘ

Myal → practicedBy → Afro-Caribbean people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afro-Jamaican communities

Afro-Belizeans → relatedEthnicGroup → Afro-Caribbean people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afro-Caribbeans

Afro-Antiguans and Barbudans → relatedGroup → Afro-Caribbean people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afro-Caribbeans

Afro-Antiguans and Barbudans → relatedGroup → Afro-Caribbean people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afro-Jamaicans

Afro-Arubans → relatedGroup → Afro-Caribbean people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afro-Caribbeans

Afro-Bahamians → relatedGroup → Afro-Caribbean people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afro-Caribbeans

Afro-Bahamians → relatedGroup → Afro-Caribbean people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afro-Jamaicans

Afro-Barbadians → relatedGroup → Afro-Caribbean people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afro-Caribbeans

Afro-Barbadians → relatedGroup → Afro-Caribbean people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afro-Jamaicans

Afro-Barbadians → relatedGroup → Afro-Caribbean people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Black British

Afro-Brazilians → relatedGroup → Afro-Caribbean people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afro-Caribbeans

Afro-Cubans → relatedGroup → Afro-Caribbean people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afro-Caribbeans

Afro-Latin Americans → relatedGroup → Afro-Caribbean people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afro-Caribbeans

Afro-Mexicans → relatedGroup → Afro-Caribbean people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afro-Caribbeans

Afro-Montserratians → relatedGroup → Afro-Caribbean people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afro-Caribbeans

Afro-Montserratians → relatedGroup → Afro-Caribbean people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afro-Jamaicans

Afro-Trinidadian and Tobagonian → relatedGroup → Afro-Caribbean people ⓘ

Afro-Vincentians → relatedGroup → Afro-Caribbean people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afro-Caribbeans

Afro-Vincentians → relatedGroup → Afro-Caribbean people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afro-Jamaicans

Haitian Americans → relatedGroup → Afro-Caribbean people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afro-Caribbean Americans

Haitian Canadians → relatedGroup → Afro-Caribbean people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afro-Caribbean Canadians

Afro-Grenadians → relatedTo → Afro-Caribbean people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afro-Jamaicans