Africans in Guangzhou

Africans in Guangzhou
Total population
13,652 (2019)[1]

≤4553 (2020) [2]
Languages
English, French, Igbo, Bambara and other African languages
Religion
Africans in Guangzhou
Simplified Chinese广州非裔
Traditional Chinese廣州非裔
Literal meaningGuangzhou residents of African descent
Alternative Chinese name
Simplified Chinese广州黑人
Traditional Chinese廣州黑人
Literal meaningBlack people in Guangzhou

Africans in Guangzhou (simplified Chinese: 广州非裔; traditional Chinese: 廣州非裔, more colloquially 广州黑人; 廣州黑人; 'Black people in Guangzhou') are African immigrants and African Chinese residents of Guangzhou, China.

Beginning during the late 1990s economic boom, an influx of thousands of African traders and business people, predominantly from West Africa, arrived in Guangzhou and created an African community in the middle of the southern Chinese metropolis.[3] In 2012, it was estimated that there were more than 100,000 Africans living in Guangzhou, but most of them stayed for a very short time.[4] Since 2014, the city's African population has significantly declined due to strict immigration enforcement by Chinese authorities and economic pressures in home countries including depreciation of the Nigerian naira and Angolan kwanza.[5][6][7][8]

  1. ^ Public Security Bureau of Guangzhou, Press Conference. https://www.nbd.com.cn/articles/2020-04-12/1424738.html [2020-04-12]
  2. ^ Public Security Bureau of Guangzhou, Press Conference. https://www.nbd.com.cn/articles/2020-04-12/1424738.html [2020-04-12]
  3. ^ Schiller, Bill (2009-08-01). "Big trouble in China's Chocolate City". Toronto Star. Archived from the original on 2010-08-24. Retrieved 2010-05-15.
  4. ^ The African migrants giving up on the Chinese dream Archived 2018-08-13 at the Wayback Machine, CNN, 2016-06-26
  5. ^ "Going east: African migrants head for China". This is Africa. February 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2014-02-07.
  6. ^ "The African migrants giving up on the Chinese dream". CNN. September 26, 2016. Archived from the original on February 7, 2017. Retrieved February 6, 2017.
  7. ^ "African migrants leaving Guangzhou's Little Africa". Channel NewsAsia. December 19, 2016. Archived from the original on February 7, 2017. Retrieved February 6, 2017.
  8. ^ "Guangzhou to Nigera - Forex Issues". NTAnews24. September 4, 2016.

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