Back جامايكين افرقه ARZ Afrojamaicans Catalan Afro-Jamaika ID アフリカ系ジャマイカ人 Japanese Jamaicanos de ascendência africana Portuguese Афроямайцы Russian Afro-Jamaicans SIMPLE
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| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 91.4% (80.3% black and 10.1% Afro-European) of Jamaica | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Throughout Jamaica | |
| Languages | |
| Jamaican Patois, Jamaican English | |
| Religion | |
| Mainly Christianity, with minorities of Irreligion, Rastafarism, Judaism Afro-Jamaican religions Rastafari, Convince, Jamaican Maroon religion, Kumina | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| African Caribbean, British Jamaicans, Black Canadians, Jamaican Americans, Akan people, Igbo People |
Afro-Jamaicans are Jamaicans of predominant African descent. They represent the largest ethnic group in the country.[1]
The ethnogenesis of the Black Jamaican people stemmed from the Atlantic slave trade of the 16th century, when enslaved Africans were transported as slaves to Jamaica and other parts of the Americas.[2] During the period of British rule, slaves brought into by Jamaica by African slave traders were primarily Akan, some of whom ran away and joined with Maroons and even took over as leaders.[3]
- ^ "Jamaica Population 2021 (Demographics, Maps, Graphs)". World Population Review. Archived from the original on 22 December 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
- ^ Castilla, Julian de (1924). "The English conquest of Jamaica". Camden. Third Series. 34: 32. doi:10.1017/S2042171000006932.
- ^ Gardner, William James (1909). History of Jamaica, From Its Discovery To The Year 1872. Appleton & Company. p. 184. ISBN 978-0415760997.
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