Afro-Romanian
Regions with significant populations | |
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Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, Timișoara, Iași, Craiova | |
Religion | |
Predominantly Eastern Orthodoxy |
Afro-Romanians are Black people, those people of recent African descent, or those persons who are perceived to be dark-skinned compared to other given populations that have migrated to and settled in Romania. Population of Afro-Romanians is rather insignificant and mostly concentrated in major cities of Romania.[1]
Africans have been immigrating to Romania since the Communist Era.[2]
The majority of African-Romanians are not purely black, but they are mulattoes. They are usually the children of a Romanian parent that mixed with a former student in Romania that came from Africa. Nicolae Ceaușescu had a plan to educate the African elites.[3] Over 10,000 Sudanese studied in Romania for example before 1990.[4] Since the early 60s, young people from around the world came to study in the Socialist Republic of Romania. The communist state leadership wanted to link mutual friendship with different countries.[5]
Notable individuals
Fashion designers
Modelling
- Agnès Matoko
- Laurette Atindehou
Music
Politicians
Sports
- Benjamin Adegbuyi - Kickboxer
- Nneka Onyejekwe - Volleyball player
- Chike Onyejekwe - Handball player
- Annemarie Părău - Basketball player
- Uchechukwu Iheadindu - Basketball player
- Chike Onyejekwe - Handball player
- Kehinde Fatai - Footballer
- Nana Falemi - Footballer
- Jean-Claude Bozga - Footballer
- Calvin Tolmbaye - Footballer
- Stephen Hihetah - Rugby player
Television
- Cabral Ibacka
- Laura Nureldin
- Nadine Voindrouh
- Désirée Malonga
- Florina Fernandes
- Mbela Nzuzi
- Victor Yila
References
- ↑ "Studenţi străini în România" (in Romanian). Jurnalul Național. 22 May 2009.
- ↑ "Epoca de Aur a prieteniei româno-arabe: Câți bani avea de recuperat Ceaușescu din Orientul Mijlociu" (in Romanian). Adevărul Financiar. 25 September 2015.
- ↑ "Republica Africa Centrală, la picioarele lui Ceauşescu" (in Romanian). Adevărul. 22 February 2013.
- ↑ "Povestea africanilor care spun Romania, te iubesc" (in Romanian). Stirileprotv.ro. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
- ↑ "Romania din Sudan. Africanii care vorbesc, iubesc si simt romaneste" (in Romanian). Stirileprotv.ro. Retrieved 22 February 2017.