Photo courtesy of Joshua Project.By Malik Cooper
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QUICK FACTS:
People groups: 51
Population: 47,817,250
Unreached people groups: 2
UPG population: 18,200
Unengaged UPGs: 1
UUPG population: 18,000
Number of countries: 30
Affinity Bloc: North American Peoples
Overview: The Northern Afro-American people cluster encompasses those people groups whose ethnic heritage is mostly pure African Negro or full-blooded Negro. African-Americans are the major people group but there are a number of other groups with an Afro- prefix followed by the relevant nationality. A majority are English speakers though there is some mixture of English-based Pidgin-Creoles.
Peoples within this cluster: African American; Afro-Bahamian; Afro-Caribbean, generic; Afro-Grenadian; Afro-Guyanese; Afro-Trinidadian; Aluku; Antiguan; Antilles English-Speaking; Aukan, Ndjuka; Bahamian; Barbadians; Caymanian; Gullah; Jamaican; Kwinti; Montserratans; Mulatto, Creole Speakers; Saramaccan; Turks and Caicos Creole English Speakers; Vincentian, Creole-Speaking; Virgin Islanders; West Indian Black
Countries where they are found: Anguilla; Antigua and Barbuda; Aruba; Bahamas; Barbados; Bermuda; British Virgin Islands; Canada; Cayman Islands; Colombia; Costa Rica; Cuba; Dominica; French Guiana; Germany; Grenada; Guyana; Jamaica; Montserrat; Panama; Saint Kitts and Nevis; Saint Lucia; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; Sint Maarten; Suriname; Trinidad and Tobago; Turks and Caicos Islands; United Kingdom; United States; Venezuela
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