Afro-Colombians

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Afro-Colombians are Colombians of African descent whose cultural, historical, and social contributions have significantly shaped the nation’s identity, particularly along its Pacific and Caribbean coasts.

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Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Colombian people of African descent ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
ancestralOrigin Central Africa ⓘ
West Africa ⓘ
capitalCityCommunity Barranquilla ⓘ
Bogotá ⓘ
Cali ⓘ
Cartagena ⓘ
linked to: Cartagena, Colombia

Medellín ⓘ
continentOfResidence South America ⓘ
country Colombia ⓘ
cuisineExample arroz con coco ⓘ
fried fish and plantain dishes ⓘ
sancocho ⓘ
culturalContribution Afro-Colombian cuisine ⓘ
Caribbean coastal music ⓘ
Pacific marimba music ⓘ
bullerengue ⓘ
champeta ⓘ
cumbia ⓘ
currulao ⓘ
mapalé ⓘ
oral traditions and storytelling ⓘ
culturalHeritageStatus important component of Colombian national identity ⓘ
ethnicOrigin African ⓘ
festival Carnaval de Barranquilla ⓘ
Festival de Música del Pacífico Petronio Álvarez ⓘ
Fiestas de San Pacho in Quibdó ⓘ
historicalProcess Atlantic slave trade ⓘ
historicalStatus enslaved Africans in colonial Colombia ⓘ
language Spanish ⓘ
legalRecognition recognized as an ethnic group in the Colombian Constitution of 1991 ⓘ
legalRight collective land rights in some rural areas ⓘ
mainRegion Colombian Caribbean coast ⓘ
Colombian Pacific coast ⓘ
musicalInstrument cununo ⓘ
marimba de chonta ⓘ
tambor alegre ⓘ
tambora ⓘ
politicalMovement Afro-Colombian social organizations ⓘ
Black Communities Process (Proceso de Comunidades Negras) ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Afro-Brazilians ⓘ
Afro-Ecuadorians ⓘ
Afro-Latin Americans ⓘ
Afro-Panamanians ⓘ
linked to: Afro-Panamanian
religion Afro-American religions ⓘ
Protestantism ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
significantPopulationIn Antioquia Department ⓘ
Atlántico Department ⓘ
Bolívar Department ⓘ
Cauca Department ⓘ
Chocó Department ⓘ
Nariño Department ⓘ
San Andrés and Providencia ⓘ
Valle del Cauca Department ⓘ
socialIssue economic inequality ⓘ
limited access to education and health services ⓘ
racial discrimination ⓘ

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Afro-Latin Americans → relatedGroup → Afro-Colombians ⓘ
Tumaco → hasEthnicGroup → Afro-Colombian population ⓘ
linked to: Afro-Colombians
Chocó Department → ethnicGroup → Afro-Colombians ⓘ
Urabá region → hasEthnicGroup → Afro‑Colombians ⓘ
linked to: Afro-Colombians
Atrato River delta → inhabitedBy → Afro-Colombian communities ⓘ
linked to: Afro-Colombians
Atrato River basin → hasCulturalSignificanceFor → Afro-Colombian communities ⓘ
linked to: Afro-Colombians
Cauca → containsEthnicGroup → Afro-Colombian people ⓘ
linked to: Afro-Colombians
Afro-Venezuelans → relatedEthnicGroup → Afro-Colombians ⓘ
Buenaventura → hasSignificantPopulationOf → Afro-Colombians ⓘ
Quibdó → hasMajorEthnicGroup → Afro-Colombians ⓘ
Istmina → majorEthnicGroup → Afro-Colombians ⓘ
Condoto → hasEthnicGroup → Afro-Colombians ⓘ
Bahía Solano → hasEthnicGroup → Afro-Colombian communities ⓘ
linked to: Afro-Colombians
Riohacha → ethnicGroup → Afro-Colombian communities ⓘ
linked to: Afro-Colombians
San Jacinto, Bolívar → hasCulturalInfluenceFrom → Afro-Colombian communities ⓘ
subject linked to: San Jacinto
linked to: Afro-Colombians
Mahates → hasEthnicComposition → Afro-Colombian population ⓘ
linked to: Afro-Colombians
Judgment T-622 of 2016 → involvedCommunities → Afro-Colombian communities ⓘ
linked to: Afro-Colombians
Puerto Tejada → hasPopulationGroup → Afro-Colombians ⓘ
Afro-Ecuadorians → relatedGroup → Afro-Colombians ⓘ
Afro-Peruvians → relatedGroup → Afro-Colombians ⓘ
Petronio Álvarez → ethnicCulture → Afro-Colombian ⓘ
linked to: Afro-Colombians
tambora → hasCulturalOrigin → Afro-Colombian communities ⓘ
linked to: Afro-Colombians
Black Communities Process → ethnicGroupRepresented → Afro-Colombians ⓘ