Africa in Me
The African Union (AU) has defined the African diaspora as people of native African origin living outside the continent, irrespective of their citizenship and nationality, and who are willing to contribute to the building of the African Union.
It is without a doubt that the first African descendants who come to mind when thinking of Africans outside of the African continent are African-Americans in the Unites States of America, but did you know that outside the US, many people of African origin can be found in the entire Americas as a whole? And now, in some parts of Europe as well, where they are also natives of those countries.
We can note that the African diaspora is the result of both the transatlantic slave trade and voluntary migration. The following countries have the majority of African bloodline outside of continental Africa:
The Americas
- Brazil
- USA
- Haiti
- The Dominican Republic
- Cuba
- Jamaica
- Puerto Rico
- Colombia
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Mexico
- Barbados
- The Bahamas
- Netherlands Antilles
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Grenada
- US Virgin Islands
- Dominica
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Bermuda
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Cayman Islands
- British Virgin Islands
- Turks and Caicos islands
- Ecuador
- Peru
- Guyana
- Suriname
- Paraguay
- Venezuela
- Uruguay
- French Guiana
- Bolivia
- Argentina
- Chile
- Canada
- Nicaragua
- Panama
- Honduras
- Costa Rica
Europe:
- France.
- United Kingdom
- Germany
- Netherlands
- Italy
- Portugal
- Spain
- Sweden
- Norway
- Belgium
- Russia
- Ireland
- Switzerland
- Finland
- Austria
- Ukraine
- Hungary
- Poland
- Belarus
Asia:
- Israel
- India
- Malaysia
- Hong Kong
- China
- Japan
- Pakistan
The largest population of African descendants (including mixed/multiracial people) can be found in Brazil, the United States, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Colombia, France, Jamaica, United Kingdom, Canada, Mexico, Cuba, Italy, Spain, Puerto Rico, Peru, Germany, Ecuador, and Trinidad and Tobago.
