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Afro-Guyanese are largely descended from the Akans of Ghana West Africa. There is a lot of cultural evidence to support this. Kofi, a national Afro-Guyanese hero is an Akan from Ghana, so is Quamina Gladstone. A lot of Afro-Guyanese dishes eaten in Guyana originated in Ghana.
Rihanna, Barbados-born singer/billionaire, Afro-Guyanese mother; Saukrates, Canadian rapper/singer; Eon Sinclair, bassist of Canadian rock/ska/reggae band Bedouin Soundclash; Sean Patrick Thomas, actor (Save the Last Dance and Barbershop) Phil Lynott, English-born frontman of the Irish rock band Thin Lizzy, Afro-Guyanese father
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Within the West Indies context, the word is used only for one type of mixed race people: Afro-Indians. [2] The 2012 Guyana census identified 29.25% of the population as Afro-Guyanese, 39.83% as Indo-Guyanese, and 19.88% as "mixed," recognized as mostly representing the offspring of the former two groups. [3]
Demographics as of 2012 are Indo-Guyanese 39.8%, Afro-Guyanese 30.1%, mixed race (mostly Dougla) 19.9%, Amerindian 10.5%, other 1.5% (including Chinese and Europeans, such as the Portuguese). As a result, Guyanese do not equate their nationality with race and ethnicity, but with citizenship.
This is a list of notable Guyanese. This list includes people born in Guyana , notably of Guyanese descent, or otherwise strongly associated to Guyana. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Jamar has Afro-Guyanese heritage on his father's side, and he is the eldest of three brothers. [2] He was introduced to hip hop music in the 1970s through a friend who lived in his neighborhood, and he would listen to tapes of The Cold Crush Brothers, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five and The Sugarhill Gang. [2]
Afro-Guatemalan; Afro-Honduran; Belizean Kriol people; Cimarron people; Black ladinos; African American; African immigrants; Afro-American peoples of the Americas