Afro-Bahamians

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Afro-Bahamians are Bahamian citizens of predominantly African descent whose culture, history, and identity are rooted in the legacy of the transatlantic slave trade and the broader Afro-Caribbean experience.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Afro-Bahamians canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bahamian people
ethnic group
citizenship Bahamian
colonialLanguageImposed English
continent North America
country The Bahamas
linked to: Bahamas
culturalHeritage African diaspora
culture Afro-Caribbean culture
Bahamian culture
demographicRole largest ethnic group in the Bahamas
diaspora Canada
Turks and Caicos Islands
United Kingdom
United States
ethnicOrigin African
historicalExperience British colonial rule in the Bahamas
slavery in the Bahamas
historicalOrigin transatlantic slave trade
identityRootedIn Afro-Caribbean experience
legacy of slavery
language Bahamian English
English
languageFamily Germanic languages
majorDenomination Anglican
linked to: Anglican Communion

Baptist
linked to: Baptists

Methodist
linked to: Methodism

Pentecostal
modernEconomicSector service sector
tourism industry
musicTradition Junkanoo
Rake-and-scrape
politicalInfluence dominant in Bahamian politics
populationMajorityIn The Bahamas
linked to: Bahamas
primaryAncestry West African peoples
linked to: West Africans
region Caribbean
relatedGroup African Americans
linked to: Black Americans

Afro-Barbadians
Afro-Caribbeans
Afro-Jamaicans
Afro-Latinos
Afro-Trinidadians and Tobagonians
Black Canadians
religion Christianity
Protestantism
traditionalOccupationHistorical agriculture
domestic service
fishing
sponging

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

Afro-Caribbean people hasSubgroup Afro-Bahamians
Afro-Vincentians relatedGroup Afro-Bahamians