Afro-Guyanese

Afro-Guyanese
Total population
29.3% of Guyana's population (2012)
Regions with significant populations
Guyana (Georgetown, Linden, Essequibo Coast and New Amsterdam)
United Kingdom, Canada, United States
Languages
English, Guyanese Creole
Religion
Majority: Christianity
Minority: Islam, Rastafari, Comfa, Afro-American religions, Traditional African religions
Slave revolt leader, Cuffy

Afro-Guyanese are generally descended from the enslaved people brought to Guyana from the coast of West Africa to work on sugar plantations during the era of the Atlantic slave trade. Coming from a wide array of backgrounds and enduring conditions that severely constrained their ability to preserve their respective cultural traditions contributed to the adoption of Christianity and the values of British colonists.[1]

  1. ^ MacDonald 1993, p. 31.