Garifuna Americans
Americans descended from West African, Central African, Island Carib, and Arawak people / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Garifuna Americans or Black Carib Americans are Americans of African, Arawak, and Kalinago ancestry that originated in the Caribbean island of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Garifuna Americans whose ancestors were exiled from the Island trace their roots to the Central American countries of Honduras, Belize, Guatemala, and Nicaragua, while those whose ancestors remained in the island trace their roots to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. The term refers to someone with full or partial Garifuna heritage who was born in the United States.
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Total population | |
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c. 200,000 (2011)[1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Languages | |
American English, Garifuna, Spanish language | |
Religion | |
Predominantly Roman Catholic Minority Protestantism | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Garifuna Afro-Caribbean, Afro-Honduran, Afro-Guatemalans, Afro-Nicaraguans, Caribbean American, West Indian |
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