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Anonymous asked in TravelCaribbeanCuba · 12 months ago

I see alot of Cubans that look of african decent, Is there a mixer with Cubans and Africans ?

I watch alot of boxing and all of the Cubans look african, Boxers like Guillermo Rigondeaux and Ruiz Ortiz look as African as any one can get

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  • 7 months ago

    There were a lot of African slaves there to work on sugar plantations. There are also a lot of Spanish people, so as people have mixed over generations, skin colour goes from black to shades to brown to shades of white. The music is a blend of African and Spanish too, which makes it lively and beautiful. 

  • ?
    Lv 7
    9 months ago

    I don't think there are any indigenous people that are native to Cuba. They're a mix of nationalities from people that came there because of slave trade or rum runners. 

  • 12 months ago

    I read or heard somewhere not long ago that many more slaves were brought from Africa to Cuba than were brought to the US. That would explain it.

    I think it was on a program about Carly Simon's ancestry. She had a Cuban grandmother who was black or part black.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    12 months ago

    Cuba, like America, may have stolen and imprisoned Africans and sold them into slavery, leaving a good percentage of the population of African descent.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    12 months ago

    Yes. Read up about the slave trade. Slaves were brought to Caribbean islands, South and Central America from Africa- sometimes to grow sugarcane that was turned in the rum that British sailors drank on their voyages. That's why all the islands have people who are of mixed heritage. 

  • 12 months ago

    there might be that

  • 12 months ago

    To my knowledge Yes, There is a mixer between the two and it would be called Afro-Cuban.

  • 12 months ago

    Proving once again how stupid it is to base your opinions of people on the color of their skin.  

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