Bissau-Guinean Americans

Bissau-Guinean American
Total population
1,903 (2015 US census) [1][2]
Regions with significant populations
Savannah, Georgia, Charleston, South Carolina, Newark, New Jersey, California, Chicago, Illinois, New York, Louisiana
Languages
Guinea-Bissau Creole, American English, Portuguese, African-American English
Religion
Islam, Animism, Christianity
Related ethnic groups

Bissau-Guinean Americans are Americans of Bissau-Guinean descent. As was the case with almost all current West African coastal countries (and some of Central Africa), the first people in the United States from present-day Guinea-Bissau were imported as slaves. Thus, in the 21st century, there are many African Americans who have discovered, through DNA analysis, they descend mainly or at least partly, from Bissau-Guinean enslaved people.[3]

  1. ^ "Table 1. First, Second, and Total Responses to the Ancestry Question by Detailed Ancestry Code: 2000". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2013-05-29.
  2. ^ Bureau, U. S. Census. "American FactFinder - Results". factfinder.census.gov. Archived from the original on 2020-02-12. Retrieved 2018-10-31. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  3. ^ "Growing Interest in DNA-Based Genetic Testing Among African American with Historic Election of President Elect Barack Obama". Prweb.com. Archived from the original on 2015-08-01. Retrieved 2013-02-21.