DePaul University describes African diaspora as Central and West African descendants who have moved to other continents. They influence different regions with their culture and language. Still, a large number of Africans migrated to America during the Atlantic Slave Trade.
The History Channel indicates that the trade took place between 1500 and 1860, resulting in the relocation of over 12.5 million people on ships. Even so, many people died before reaching their destinations. In this post, we will discuss five countries with the most African diasporans.
1. Brazil
The North American Congress of Latin America released a comprehensive report in 2022 showing that Brazil has the most African diaspora in South America. They comprise 120 million of the country’s population.
Still, black Brazilians have faced racism since 1960. The government’s statistics indicate that the COVID-19 virus affected them the most. Moreover, Afro-Brazilians battle several human rights issues like sexism.
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2. The United States
Pew Research Center discovered in a study that the United States has about 47.2 million black citizens. This is about 14.2 percent of its population. Also, the number has steadily increased since 2000 by 30 percent.
The Research Center analyzed the University of Minnesota’s Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) and the 2021 American Community Survey (ACS) from the Census Bureau’s microdata.
The agencies used several demographic groups to calculate the African diaspora populations. These included the Black Hispanic people, single-race non-Hispanic Black people, multiracial non-Hispanic Black people and the total Black population.
3. Colombia
The National Administrative Department of Statistics of Colombia published a report in 2018 stating that the country had about 3 million black citizens. However, this was a huge drop from the 4.3 million blacks that the agency calculated in its 2005 survey.
World Bank showed that most of them resided along the Pacific coast. Also, the United Nation’s Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) indicated that many Afro-Colombians live in Cali and Cartagena.
4. Venezuela
PBS shows that Venezuela is another South American nation with many African diasporans. It calculated their number while considering factors like racism, their socio-economic status and slavery. Barlovento is a favorite city of Black Venezuelans who total 1.8 million.
5. Mexico
Congress founded the Wilson Center which discovered that Mexico has 2,576,213 Afro-Mexican and Black citizens, making up about 2 percent of its population.
Of these, 50.4 percent are women and 49.6 percent are men. As of 2020, about half of Mexico’s black population resided in Jalisco, Mexico City, Oaxaca, Veracruz, Mexico State, and Guerrero.
The African diaspora has rapidly increased over the years. Some people relocate to other continents for studies, business, and jobs. Yet, others settle permanently in foreign countries and stop investing at home. Brazil, the United States, Colombia, Venezuela, and Mexico have the largest African diaspora.
