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In the European Union (EU) as of 2019, there is a record of approximately 9.6 million people of Sub-Saharan African or Afro-Caribbean descent, comprising around 2% of the total population, with over 50% located in France. The countries with the largest African population in the EU are: Estimate making use of current Sub-Saharan born population ...
Hiberno-English, Irish, African languages. Black people in Ireland, also known as Black Irish, [ 1] Black and Irish[ 3] or in Irish: Daoine Goirme/Daoine Dubha, [ 4] are a multi-ethnic group of Irish people of African descent. Black people, Africans and people of African descent have lived in Ireland in small numbers since the 18th century.
African Americans. African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans) in France are people of African heritage or black people from the United States who are or have become residents or citizens of France. This includes students and temporary workers. France has historically been described as a "haven" for Africans, having officially ...
Afro-Portuguese (Afro portugueses or Lusoafricanos), African-Portuguese (Portugueses com ascendência africana), or Black Portuguese are Portuguese people with total or partial ancestry from any of the Sub-Saharan ethnic groups of Africa. Most of those perceived as Afro-Portuguese trace their ancestry to former Portuguese overseas colonies in ...
The French Army made extensive use of African soldiers during the Battle of France in May–June 1940 and 120,000 became prisoners of war. Most of them came from French West Africa and Madagascar . While no government orders were issued regarding black prisoners of war, some German commanders separated black people from captured French units ...
Black Indians (American Indian with African ancestry) Total population. True population unknown, 269,421 identified as ethnically mixed with African and Native American on 2010 census [1] Regions with significant populations. United States (especially the Southern United States or in locations populated by Southern descendants), Oklahoma, New ...
Estes, Goins, Ferguson, and Crain wrote in their 2011 summary "Melungeons, A Multi-Ethnic Population" that the Riddle family is the only Melungeon participant with historical records identifying them as having Native American origins, but their DNA is European.
The community dates back to the American Revolutionary War with Black Loyalists settling in the city. They were later followed by more African-American soldiers. The original African-American community was followed in the 19th and 20th centuries by sailors and soldiers from all over the West Indies and West Africa.