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
Carnival
Crop Over
Junkanoo
linked to: Mummers Parade

Notting Hill Carnival
linked to: 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-Guyanese
Afro-Haitians
Afro-Jamaicans
Afro-Martiniquais
Afro-Montserratians
Afro-Saint Kitts and Nevis people
Afro-Saint Lucians
Afro-Surinamese
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
Guyana
linked to: British Guiana

Haiti
Jamaica
Netherlands
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Suriname
Trinidad and Tobago
United Kingdom
United States
primaryRegion Caribbean
relatedGroup African Americans
linked to: Black Americans

Afro-Brazilians
Afro-Canadians
linked to: Black Canadians

Afro-Latin Americans
Black British people
religion Anglicanism
Baptist churches
Christianity
Islam
Judaism
Methodism
linked to: Methodist churches

Obeah
Orisha worship
Pentecostalism
Protestantism
Rastafari movement
Roman Catholicism
Santería
Vodou
folk religions

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Caribbean hasEthnicGroup Afro-Caribbean people
Haitian Americans relatedGroup Afro-Caribbean Americans
linked to: Afro-Caribbean people
Afro-Caribbean people hasSubgroup Afro-Jamaicans
linked to: Afro-Caribbean people
Afro-Caribbean people hasSubgroup Afro-Trinidadians and Tobagonians
linked to: Afro-Caribbean people
Afro-Caribbean people hasSubgroup Afro-Haitians
linked to: Afro-Caribbean people
Afro-Caribbean people hasSubgroup Afro-Guyanese
linked to: Afro-Caribbean people
Afro-Caribbean people hasSubgroup Afro-Saint Lucians
linked to: Afro-Caribbean people
Harlem ethnicHeritage Afro-Caribbean
linked to: Afro-Caribbean people
Haitian Canadians relatedGroup Afro-Caribbean Canadians
linked to: Afro-Caribbean people
Afro-Mexicans relatedGroup Afro-Caribbeans
linked to: Afro-Caribbean people
African diaspora hasPart Afro-Caribbeans
linked to: Afro-Caribbean people
Afro-Latin Americans relatedGroup Afro-Caribbeans
linked to: Afro-Caribbean people
Afro-Brazilians relatedGroup Afro-Caribbeans
linked to: Afro-Caribbean people
Afro-Arubans relatedGroup Afro-Caribbeans
linked to: Afro-Caribbean people
Black Canadians notableSubgroup Afro-Caribbean Canadians
linked to: Afro-Caribbean people
Colombian Caribbean region hasCulturalHeritage Afro-Caribbean
linked to: Afro-Caribbean people
Afro-Cubans relatedGroup Afro-Caribbeans
linked to: Afro-Caribbean people
Palo Monte isPracticedIn Caribbean diaspora communities
linked to: Afro-Caribbean people
Afro-Bahamians relatedGroup Afro-Caribbeans
linked to: Afro-Caribbean people
Afro-Bahamians relatedGroup Afro-Jamaicans
linked to: Afro-Caribbean people
Afro-Belizeans relatedEthnicGroup Afro-Caribbeans
linked to: Afro-Caribbean people
Afro-Antiguans and Barbudans relatedGroup Afro-Caribbeans
linked to: Afro-Caribbean people
Afro-Antiguans and Barbudans relatedGroup Afro-Jamaicans
linked to: Afro-Caribbean people
Afro-Grenadians partOf African Caribbean people
linked to: Afro-Caribbean people
Afro-Grenadians partOf Afro-Caribbean people
Afro-Grenadians relatedTo Afro-Jamaicans
linked to: Afro-Caribbean people
Afro-Barbadians relatedGroup Afro-Caribbeans
linked to: Afro-Caribbean people
Afro-Barbadians relatedGroup Afro-Jamaicans
linked to: Afro-Caribbean people
Afro-Barbadians relatedGroup Black British
linked to: Afro-Caribbean people
Afro-Vincentians relatedGroup Afro-Caribbeans
linked to: Afro-Caribbean people
Afro-Vincentians relatedGroup Afro-Jamaicans
linked to: Afro-Caribbean people
Afro-Montserratians relatedGroup Afro-Caribbeans
linked to: Afro-Caribbean people
Afro-Montserratians relatedGroup Afro-Jamaicans
linked to: Afro-Caribbean people
Myal hasCulturalOrigin Afro-Caribbean people
Myal practicedBy Afro-Jamaican communities
linked to: Afro-Caribbean people
Harlem demographicGroup Afro-Caribbeans
linked to: Afro-Caribbean people
Afro-Trinidadian and Tobagonian relatedGroup Afro-Caribbean people
Afro-Haitians relatedGroup Afro-Caribbeans
linked to: Afro-Caribbean people
Back-to-Africa movement associatedWithEthnicGroup Afro-Caribbeans
linked to: Afro-Caribbean people
Polly ethnicOrigin West Indian
linked to: Afro-Caribbean people
Opal Stone Perlman ethnicGroup Afro-Caribbean
linked to: Afro-Caribbean people
Creole Surinamese partOf Afro-Caribbean people
Afro-Canadians relatedGroup Afro-Caribbeans
linked to: Afro-Caribbean people
West Africans hasDiaspora Afro-Caribbeans
linked to: Afro-Caribbean people
Afro-Venezuelans relatedEthnicGroup Afro-Caribbeans
linked to: Afro-Caribbean people
Notting Hill Carnival hasCulturalOrigin Afro-Caribbean communities
subject linked to: Notting Hill Carnival in London
linked to: Afro-Caribbean people
Afro-Lucians partOf Afro-Caribbean people
Afro-Lucians relatedGroup Afro-Jamaicans
linked to: Afro-Caribbean people
Aimé Césaire ethnicGroup Afro-Caribbean
linked to: Afro-Caribbean people
Afro-Bonaireans partOf Afro-Caribbean people