Afro-Caribbean people

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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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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

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

Afro-Anguillans relatedEthnicGroup Afro-Caribbean people
this entity surface form: Afro-Jamaicans
Paul Bogle statue associatedWithEthnicGroup Afro-Caribbean people
this entity surface form: Afro-Jamaicans
Afro-Kittitians and Nevisians relatedGroup Afro-Caribbean people
this entity surface form: Afro-Jamaicans
Reggie Yates hasEthnicGroup Afro-Caribbean people
this entity surface form: British African-Caribbean people
Afro-Dominicans (Dominica) relatedGroup Afro-Caribbean people
this entity surface form: Afro-Caribbeans
Afro-Dominicans (Dominica) relatedGroup Afro-Caribbean people
this entity surface form: Afro-Jamaicans
Long Look hasEthnicCommunity Afro-Caribbean people
Pop Smoke ethnicGroup Afro-Caribbean people
this entity surface form: Afro-Caribbean American