Afroboliviano (Spanish) | |
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Total population | |
23,330 (2012 census)[1] 0.23% of the Bolivian population | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Los Yungas | |
Languages | |
Spanish | |
Religion | |
Catholicism • Traditional | |
Related ethnic groups | |
West Africans, Central Africans, Afro-Latin Americans and Bolivians |
Afro-Bolivians (Spanish: Afrobolivianos), also known as Black Bolivians (Spanish: Bolivianos Negros), are Bolivians who have predominantly or total Sub-Saharan African ancestry and therefore the descriptive "Afro-Bolivian" may refer to historical or cultural elements in Bolivia thought to emanate from their community. It can also refer to the combining of African and other cultural elements found in Bolivian society such as religion, music, language, the arts, and class culture. The Afro-Bolivians are recognized as one of the constituent ethnic groups of Bolivia by the country's government, and are ceremonially led by a king who traces his descent back to a line of monarchs that reigned in Africa during the medieval period. They numbered 23,000 according to the 2012 census.[2]