African emigrants to Italy
 1st row: Malika Ayane • Mario Balotelli 2nd row: Marcello Fiasconaro • Saba Anglana 3rd row: Elena Angione • Jean-Léonard Touadi | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| approx. 1,000,000 residents as of 2010.[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Rome, Milan, Turin, Palermo, Brescia, Lecce, Bergamo, Florence | |
| Languages | |
| Italian, Afro-Asiatic languages, Niger–Congo languages, Nilo-Saharan languages | |
| Religion | |
| Roman Catholicism Orthodox Church and Sunni Islam |
African emigrants to Italy include Italian citizens and residents originally from Africa. Immigrants from Africa officially residing in Italy in 2010 numbered about 1.000,000 residents.[1]
Distribution
North and Northeast Africans
The largest group of immigrants from Africa are from North Africa, numbering about 647,000 official residents in 2010.[2] By country of origin, most of these recent arrivals are from Morocco (452,424), Tunisia (106,291), Egypt (90,365) and Algeria (25,935). Unofficial estimates are considerably higher. Italy also has a number of immigrants from Libya (1,468), Somalia (8,112), Eritrea (13,368) and Ethiopia (8,593), territories where Italian expatriates had a presence during the colonial period.
West and Central Africans
Compared to North and Northeast Africans, the percentage of West and Central Africans as a proportion of immigrants to Italy from Africa is 30.6% (approximately 337,000 residents).[3]
West Africans represent the majority of Sub-Saharan Africans in Italy, who number around 337,000.[4] Most come from Senegal (80,989), Nigeria (53,613) and Ghana (46,890).
Notable individuals
- Josephine Bakhita - Catholic saint born in Sudan
- Cécile Kyenge - Politician
- Matteo Ferrari - Footballer born in Algeria
- Stefano Okaka - Footballer
- Paolo Dal Molin - Athlete
- Angelo Ogbonna - Footballer
- Fabiano Santacroce - Footballer
- Stefano Layeni- Footballer
- Stephan El Shaarawy - Footballer born in Italy (Italian mother and Egyptian father)
- Edwige Gwend - Karatè
- Nour Eddine - Singer and film-maker born in Morocco
- Edwige Fenech - actress born in Algeria from Maltese father and Italian mother
- Marcello Fiasconaro - Athlete born in South Africa
- Saba Anglana - Singer and actress born in Somalia
- Michele Amatore - Italian army captain born in Sudan
- Lea Pericoli - tennis player born in Eritrea
- Adel Smith - Italian Muslim born in Egypt
- Christian Manfredini - Footballer born in Côte d'Ivoire
- Jaco Erasmus - Rugby player born in South Africa
- Magdi Allam - Politician born in Egypt
- Dacia Valent - Member of the European Parliament born in Somalia
- Giovanni De Min - Footballer born in Eritrea
- Remo Girone - Actor born in Eritrea
- Nicholas Northcote - Cricket player born in South Africa
- Bruno Lauzi - Italian singer born in Eritrea
- Sandra Milo - Italian actress born in Tunisia
- Gert Peens - Rugby player born in South Africa
- Desmond N'Ze Kouassi - Footballer born in Ghana
- Tahar Lamri - Writer born in Algeria
- Jean-Léonard Touadi - Politician born in Republic of the Congo
- Jacques Riparelli - Athlete born in Cameroon
- Audrey Alloh - Athlete born in Côte d'Ivoire
- Sumbu Kalambay - Boxer born in Zaire
- Migidio Bourifa - Athlete born in Morocco
- Zahra Bani - Javelin thrower born in Somalia
- Mostafa Errebbah - Athlete born in Morocco
See also
References
- ^ a b ISTAT (Istituto Nazionale di Statistica), stranieri africani 2010
- ^ ISTAT (Istituto Nazionale di Statistica), stranieri 2010 Africa Settentrionale
- ^ ISTAT (Istituto Nazionale di Statistica), stranieri 2010 Africa Occidentale, Orientale, Centro-Meridio
- ^ ISTAT (Istituto Nazionale di Statistica), stranieri 2010 Africa Occidentale