What is Afro-Bahamians?
{{Ethnic group| |group=Afro-Bahamian {{flagicon|Bahamas}} |image= |caption= |population= {{circa}}'''400,000''' |popplace= {{flag|Bahamas}} circa 344,844 (2017)<br> {{flag|United States of America}} circa 55,000 (2015) |langs= [[Bahamian dialect]], [[English language|English]] |rels= [[Christianity]], [[Islam]], [[Rastafarism]] |related= }} '''Afro-Bahamians''' or '''Bahamians of African descent''' are [[The Bahamas|Bahamians]] whose ancestry is from the continent of [[Africa]]. Most are from [[West Africa]]. The first Africans in The Bahamas came from [[Bermuda]]. They were with the [[Eleutheran Adventurers]] as freed slaves looking for a new life. Currently, Afro-Bahamians are the biggest ethnic group in the Bahamas. They are 85% of the country's people.<ref name=cia>{{cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/bf.html |title=CIA - The World Factbook -- Bahamas, The |access-date=2010-04-02 |publisher=CIA | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100402000413/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/bf.html| archive-date= 2 April 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref> They have a much higher standard of living than previous generations. == References and footnotes == {{Reflist}} {{North-America-stub}} {{African diaspora}} {{Ancestry and ethnicity in The Bahamas}} [[Category:The Bahamas]] [[Category:Ethnic groups in The Bahamas]] [[Category:Ethnic groups in North America]] [[Category:African people]]