The Americas
- African Americans – There are an estimated 40 million people of Black African descent in the United States.
- Afro-Latin American – There are an estimated 100 million people of African descent living in Latin America, making up 45% of Brazil's population. Many also have European and Native American ancestry, and are known as pardos, or mixed race. (Brazilian "blacks" are mixed to a significant degree). There are also sizeable African-descended populations in Cuba, Haiti, Colombia, Dominican Republic and Venezuela, often with ancestry of other major ethnic groups.
- The population in the Caribbean is approximately 23 million. Significant numbers of African-descended people include Haiti – 8 million, Dominican Republic – 7.9 million, and Jamaica – 2.7 million,
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“The only history is a mere question of one’s struggle inside oneself. But that is the joy of it. One need neither discover Americas nor conquer nations, and yet one has as great a work as Columbus or Alexander, to do.”
—D.H. (David Herbert)