Afro-Cubans

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Afro-Cubans are Cuban nationals of predominantly African descent whose culture, religion, music, and history have profoundly shaped Cuba’s national identity.

All labels observed (7)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
social group
contributedTo Cuban dance
Cuban literature
Cuban music
Cuban national identity
Cuban religion
country Cuba
culturalPractice carnival processions
drumming ceremonies
orisha worship
danceTradition comparsa
rumba dance
ethnicOrigin African
Ewe people
linked to: Ewe

Fula people
linked to: Fulani

Igbo people
Kongo people
Mandinka people
Yoruba people
historicalEvent Atlantic slave trade
Cuban Revolution
Cuban War of Independence
language Cuban Spanish
Spanish language
linked to: Spanish
majorCityOfResidence Havana
linked to: Havana, Cuba

Matanzas
Santiago de Cuba
musicTradition Afro-Cuban jazz
linked to: Afro-Cuban music

batá drumming
bembé
rumba
son cubano
notablePerson Benny Moré
Celia Cruz
Chano Pozo
Ibrahim Ferrer
Nicolás Guillén
relatedGroup African diaspora
Afro-Caribbeans
Afro-Latin Americans
religion Abakuá
Palo Monte
Protestantism
Regla de Ocha
Roman Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism

Santería
Spiritism
linked to: Spiritualism
religiousSyncretismWith Roman Catholicism
Yoruba religion

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (13)

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

Afro-Caribbean people hasSubgroup Afro-Cubans
Afro-Cuban music hasCulturalOrigin African diaspora in Cuba
linked to: Afro-Cubans
José Nápoles ethnicOrigin Afro-Cuban
linked to: Afro-Cubans
babalorisha associatedWith Afro-Cuban communities
linked to: Afro-Cubans
Las Reglas de Congo practicedBy Afro-Cuban communities
linked to: Afro-Cubans
Nkisi associatedWithRegion Afro-Cuban diaspora
subject linked to: nkisi
linked to: Afro-Cubans
tata nganga culture Afro-Cuban
linked to: Afro-Cubans
Benny Moré ethnicGroup Afro-Cuban
linked to: Afro-Cubans
Mariana Grajales ethnicGroup Afro-Cuban
linked to: Afro-Cubans
La canción del bongó hasCulturalSignificanceFor Afro-Cuban community
subject linked to: poem "La canción del bongó"
linked to: Afro-Cubans
Cintio Vitier ethnicGroup Cuban people
linked to: Afro-Cubans