West Africans in the United States

West Africans in the United States are Americans with ancestry from West Africa. They include:

• Beninese American
• Burkinabé American
• Cape Verdean American
• Gambian American
• Ghanaian American
• Guinean American
• Guinea-Bissauan American
• Ivorian American
• Liberian American
• Malian American
• Nigerian Americans
  • Igbo American
  • Yoruba American
• Nigerien American
• Senegalese American
• Sierra Leonean American
• Togolese American

In addition, they include a majority of African American people, whose were sourced largely from West African states via the Atlantic slave trade.

See also

• West Africa