Afro-Uruguayans

Afro-Uruguayans
Afrouruguayos
Total population
	302,460; 10% (including mixed-race) of Uruguay's population
Regions with significant populations
	Montevideo (Barrio Sur and Palermo)
Languages
	Rioplatense Spanish, Portuñol
Religion
	Umbanda, Roman Catholicism, Pentecostalism
Related ethnic groups
	Other Afro-Latin Americans

"Afro-Uruguayans" refers to Uruguayans of predominantly Black African descent. The majority of Afro-Uruguayans are in Montevideo.^[2]

History

For most of the colonial period, the port of Buenos Aires (see Afro-Argentines) served as the exclusive entry point for enslaved Africans in the Río de la Plata region. Slaves entering the port of Buenos Aires were then regularly shipped inland to Córdoba and the northwestern provinces of Salta and Tucumán in Argentina, across the Andes Mountains to Chile (see Afro-Chileans), and to the mines of Potosí in Alto Perú (see Afro-Bolivians).

Candombe

Candombe's origins lie in the "Kings of Congo" ceremonial processions from the period of African slavery in South America. Candombe is related to other musical forms of African origin found in the Americas such as Cuban son and tumba and Brazilian maracatu and congadas. The form evolved by the beginning of the 19th century.

Notable Afro-Uruguayans

José Leandro Andrade, football player
Egidio Arévalo Ríos, football player
Víctor Diogo, football player
Tina Ferreira, journalist and vedette
Santiago García, football player
Abel Hernández, football player
José Holebas, football player
Joaquín Lenzina, freed slave and poet
Richard Morales, football player
Nicolás Olivera, football player
Rubén Olivera, football player
Álvaro Pereira, football player
Rubén Rada, candombe singer
Mario Regueiro, football player
Alba Roballo, politician
Déborah Rodríguez, Olympic athlete
Víctor Rodríguez Andrade, football player
Diego Rolán, football player
Virginia Brindis de Salas, poet
Cayetano Alberto Silva, musician
Darío Silva, football player
Paolo Suarez, football player
Obdulio Varela, football player
Marcelo Zalayeta, football player

References

^ "Encuesta Nacional de Hogares Ampliada 2006" [Extended National Household Survey 2006] (in Spanish). 2007. Archived from the original on 11 May 2012. Retrieved 22 October 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ Felipe Arocena. "The contribution of immigrants to Uruguay" (PDF) (in Spanish). multiculturalismoenuruguay.com. Retrieved 6 March 2014.

External links

[1] "Encuesta Nacional de Hogares Ampliada 2006" [Extended National Household Survey 2006] (in Spanish). 2007. Archived from the original on 11 May 2012. Retrieved 22 October 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[multicult-2] Felipe Arocena. "The contribution of immigrants to Uruguay" (PDF) (in Spanish). multiculturalismoenuruguay.com. Retrieved 6 March 2014.

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