Colombia officially acknowledges three ethnic minority groups: the Afro-Colombian, indigenous, and Romani populations. The Afro-Colombian population consists mainly of blacks, mulattoes, raizales, palenqueros, and zambos (a term used since colonial times for individuals of mixed Amerindian and black ancestry).
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Afro-Colombians or African-Colombians are Colombians of full or partial sub-Saharan African descent. Wikipedia
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The Colombian Department for National Statistics (DANE) has recognized that there are four distinct Afro-descendant groups in the country: Black, Afro-Colombian ...
Mar 31, 2015 · Colombia is home to the second largest populations of Blacks in South America after Brazil, yet it seems as though this racial identity is not ...
Colombia's Afro-Colombian population is highly concentrated and geographically segregated. For example, even though official government statistics count Afro- ...