  Sam Hinds • Forbes Burnham • Eon Sinclair |
| Total population |
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| 43.2% of Guyana's population |
| Regions with significant populations |
| Guyana (Georgetown) United Kingdom, Canada, United States |
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Christianity and Islam |
Afro-Guyanese people are the inhabitants of Guyana of Black African origin. When planters made land available to East Indians in the late 19th century when they had denied land to the Africans several decades earlier, Afro-Guyanese resentment of other colonial ethnic groups was reinforced. The Afro-Guyanese people's perception of themselves as the true Guyanese derived not only from their long history of residence, but also from a sense of superiority based on their literacy, Christianity and British colonial values.
By the early twentieth century, the majority of the urban population of the country was African Guyanese. Many Afro Guyanese living in villages had migrated to the towns in search of work. Until the 1930s, Afro Guyanese, especially those of mixed African and European descent, comprised the bulk of the nonwhite professional class. During the 1930s, as the Indian Guyanese began to enter the middle class in large numbers, they began to compete with Afro Guyanese for professional positions.
Notable people of Afro-Guyanese descent
- Clive Lloyd, Former Guyanese and West Indian Cricketer.
- Eion Katchay, Played cricket for Guyana and Canada. Currently represents Canada.
- Forbes Burnham, Late Former Guyanese President.
- Deborah Cox, Singer/Songwriter & Actress.
- Roger Harper, Guyanese and West Indian Cricketer - Former Kenyan Cricket coach.
- Cuffy, Rebel Slave.
- Jason David, Canadian-born American football cornerback.
- Clayton Lambert, American, Guyanese and West Indian Cricketer. Scored the most runs for Guyana.
- Eddy Grant, British reggae artist.
- Nicole Narain, Playboy model, Afro-Guyanese mother and father was 1/2 Indo-Guyanese and 1/2 Chinese-Guyanese.
- Carl Hooper, Former West Indian Cricket Captain.
- Sam Hinds, Prime Minister.
- Leona Lewis, British singer with a Guyanese Father
- Derek Luke, American actor.
- Roy Fredericks, Former Guyanese and West Indian Cricketer. Highest average for Guyana.
- Maestro, Canadian rapper and actor.
- Saukrates, Canadian rapper/singer
- Simone Denny, former lead singer of Canadian based electro-dance pop trio, Love Inc.
- Adrian Dutchin, popular Guyanese Soca artist/ and one half of duo,X2.
- JDiggz, Canadian rapper with an Afro-Guyanese Mother.
- Aristo, Canadian rapper
- Ray Sytes, Brooklyn rapper born in Guyana.
- Red Cafe, Brooklyn rapper.
- Rihanna, singer with an Afro-Guyanese mother.
- Kenneth Carto, Canadian Cricketer.
- Eon Sinclair, bassist of Bedouin Soundclash
- Sean Patrick Thomas, Actor (Save the Last Dance and Barbershop)
- Trevor Phillips, British politician.
- Peter Davison, played the Doctor in Doctor Who, has a Guyanese father of mixed race.
- Yung Joc,rapper/singer
References
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Library of Congress Country Studies.
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