Afro-Europeans

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Afro-European

Frank Rijkaard · Alexandre Dumas · Naomi Campbell · Lewis Hamilton Abd al Malik · Rama Yade · Lassana Diarra · Olaudah Equiano Yannick Noah · Samy Deluxe · David Lammy · Ian Wright
Total population
Estimated at 14 million
Regions with significant populations
United Kingdom, France, Germany, The Netherlands, Scandinavia, Russia, Portugal, others
Languages
English, (British English, African English, Caribbean English), French, Dutch, Portuguese, Spanish, Creole, others
Religions
Christianity, Islam, others

Euro-Africans or African Europeans are people with African ancestry, racial, cultural and social heritage born in or citizens of a European country. It also refers to Europeans who trace their ancestry to Africa or Africans who emigrated or were transported to any European nation, especially to the United Kingdom, France,Germany, Portugal, Netherlands, Spain and Sweden. There are reported to be 12.5 million people of African descent living in Europe. Africans in European form part of the African diaspora.

1 Notable individuals
2 Distribution
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Notable individuals

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Blacks make up to 20% of footballers in various European leagues. Up until recently, however, there were literally no blacks in coaching, administrative or corporate positions with regard to football. Frank Rijkaard became the first black person to Coach a European country when he was manager of the Netherlands in 2000, and has since had a successful spell coaching in Spain. Recently Senegalese born Pape Diouf became chairman of Olympique de Marseille. Harry Roselmack became the first black prime time news anchor in France.^[1]^[2]

[edit] Distribution

The largest populations of people of African ancestry living in Europe are:

Country	Black Population	Article	Afro-Caribbean Hubs	Description
France	3 - 5 Million^[3]		Paris, Toulouse, Bordeaux, Lyon, Marseille, Lille	Sub Saharan and North Africans (including overseas departments): 3,000,000 - 5,000,000 as estimated by the Conseil représentatif des associations noires (ethnicity statistics in France are prohibited). 1/4 of the Afro-French people are from the smaller islands of the Caribbean, which are or were French possessions.
United Kingdom	2 Million	Black British	London, Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield, Bristol, Liverpool	Sub Saharan Africans Only 1,668,400 + 110,000 in British overseas territories (Half of them are from African-Caribbean background or origin). In total there are over 2,015,400 British citizens of Sub-Saharan or partial Sub-Saharan decent. See also Black British, British African-Caribbean community, Jamaican British, African British, Ghanaian British, Kenyan British, Nigerian British, South African-British, Zimbabwean British and Saint Lucian British
Netherlands	700,000		Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, Utrecht, Eindhoven	Sub Saharan Africans Only Mainly Surinamese, but also people from the Netherlands Antilles, Cape Verde and other parts of Africa
Germany	300,000	Afro-Germans	Hamburg, Berlin, Frankfurt, Cologne	Sub Saharan Africans Only 300,000 (150,000 are German-born Africans and the rest are African-born citizens)
Italy	225,000	African Italians	Brescia, Milan, Rome, Turin	Sub Saharan Africans Only and not including black Italian citizens (still a relatively small number). Mainly from Eritrea, Senegal, Nigeria and Ghana^[4]
Spain	200,000		Andalusia, Canary Islands, Madrid, Barcelona	Sub Saharan Africans Only Mainly from Senegal, Nigeria, Gambia or the former Spanish colony Equatorial Guinea^[5]
Portugal	150,000^[6]	Afro-Portuguese	Lisbon, Porto, Faro	Mostly from former Portuguese colonies in Africa, particularly Cape Verde, Angola, Guinea-Bissau and Brazilians that may be Black (see Afro-Brazilian).
Russia	400,000		Moscow, and the coasts of the Black Sea.	Black Russians are descended from slaves brought to Russia during the Ottoman Empire. Czar Peter the Great recommended to bring in African slaves to Russia for hard labor.
Ireland				Afro-Irish people
Sweden	200,000^{[citation needed]}
Poland	4,500	Afro-Polish	Warsaw, Krakow