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Afro-Spaniard
Total population
 Spain 1.301.296 [1] (2020)[2][3]
Regions with significant populations
Andalusia, Catalonia, the Balearics, the Canaries, Madrid, Murcia, Valencia
Languages
Spanish; English, French, Portuguese, various languages of Africa
Religion
Predominantly Christian (mainly Roman Catholic), Sunni Islam, Traditional African religions, others, nonreligious
Related ethnic groups
African people, Spanish Equatoguinean, Cape Verdean Spanish, Afro-European

Afro-Spaniards is a term used to refer to Spanish nationals of Sub-Saharan African descent. It thus excludes Spanish citizens who originate in the parts of Spain which are part of the African continent (namely the Canary Islands, Ceuta and Melilla) as well as Spanish citizens who have origins or ancestry in North Africa (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Western Sahara, Mauritania, Libya and Egypt).

Although it loosely serves as a synonym for Spaniards with black, bantu or negroid features, it commonly excludes Spaniards who have Sub-Saharan ancestry yet originate in countries of Hispanic America such as Cuba or Dominican Republic.

It therefore generally refers to Spaniards with origins in countries such as Cameroon, Gambia, Mali, Senegal and the former Spanish colony and province of Equatorial Guinea.

Notable people

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Juan de Pareja painted by Diego Velázquez (Metropolitan Museum of Art de Nueva York, 1649–50), detalle
 
Journalist Francine Gálvez

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Sources

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  1. Appiah, Kwame Anthony and Gates, Henry Louis, Jr.(1999). Africana: the Encyclopedia of African and African American Experience. Basic Civitas Books, pp. 1769–1773. ISBN 0-465-00071-1.

References

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See also

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Spaniard Category:Ethnic groups in Spain Category:Spanish people of African descent