Afro-Salvadorans

Afro-Salvadorans
Afrosalvadoreños
Afro-Salvadorans, Mestizos and indigenous Salvadorans gathered in Zacatecoluca during Dia de la Afrodecendencia Salvadoreña.
Total population
7,441 (0.13% self-identified in 2007 census)[1][2][3]
Regions with significant populations
Sonsonate, Ahuachapán, San Miguel, and La Unión
Languages
Majority: Spanish
Minority: English (usually as an L2)
Religion
Roman CatholicismProtestantismAfro-American religions
Related ethnic groups
Afro-Latin Americans, Afro-Caribbean, Garifuna

Afro Salvadorans are Salvadorans of Sub-Saharan African descent. They are the descendants of slaves brought to El Salvador via the Trans-atlantic slave trade during the colonial Spanish era.[4]

  1. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-02-11. Retrieved 2021-08-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "Palabras ilustradas que unen a El Salvador con sus raíces africanas". Programaacua.org. 11 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Conoce a Paola, la reina afro de Atiquizaya que lucha porque el color de su piel sea reconocido y respetado". M.elsalvador.com. 21 September 2020.
  4. ^ "AFROMESTIZO :: African Heritage of Central America :: El Salvador :: Lest We Forget". Lestweforget.hamptonu.edu. Retrieved 2021-07-22.