Afro-Trinidadian and Tobagonian

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cultural community demographic group ethnic group

Afro-Trinidadian and Tobagonian are people of primarily African descent who form one of the major ethnic groups and cultural communities in Trinidad and Tobago.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Afro-Trinidadians and Tobagonians	5

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural community ⓘ demographic group ⓘ ethnic group ⓘ
ancestralOrigin	Central Africa ⓘ West Africa ⓘ
citizenship	Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ
culturalContribution	Carnival masquerade traditions ⓘ development of calypso music ⓘ development of soca music ⓘ development of steelpan ⓘ
culturalInfluence	strong influence on national culture of Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ
culturalPractice	limbo dance ⓘ stickfighting ⓘ
diaspora	Canada ⓘ United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States Venezuela ⓘ
ethnicIdentity	African Tobagonian ⓘ African Trinidadian ⓘ
ethnogenesisPeriod	colonial era ⓘ
historicalEvent	abolition of slavery in Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ
historicalLaborStatus	enslaved Africans on plantations ⓘ
language	English ⓘ Tobagonian Creole English ⓘ surface form: Tobagonian Creole Trinidadian Creole English ⓘ surface form: Trinidadian English Creole
majorEthnicGroupIn	Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ
partOf	population of Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ
politicalInfluence	significant role in politics of Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ
primaryAncestry	African ⓘ
region	Caribbean ⓘ
relatedGroup	Afro-Barbadians ⓘ surface form: Afro-Barbadian Afro-Caribbean people ⓘ Afro-Grenadians ⓘ surface form: Afro-Grenadian Afro-Guyanese ⓘ Jamaican ⓘ surface form: Afro-Jamaican Dougla people ⓘ Indo-Caribbean people ⓘ surface form: Indo-Trinidadian and Tobagonian
religion	Christianity ⓘ Hinduism ⓘ Islam ⓘ Santería ⓘ surface form: Orisha religion Rastafari movement ⓘ surface form: Rastafari Spiritual Baptist ⓘ
traditionalFestival	Trinidad and Tobago Carnival ⓘ
traditionalMusic	calypso ⓘ soca ⓘ steelpan music ⓘ