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Afro Colombians
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Afro-Colombians
Afro-Colombians
refers to
Colombian
citizens of
African
descent; this article is about the influence they have had on Colombian culture. Notable Afro-Colombians include Colombian scientists like
Raul Cuero
, writers like
Manuel Zapata Olivella
and politicians:
Piedad Córdoba
,
Paula Marcela Moreno Zapata
, and
Luis Gilberto Murillo
, Miss Colombia 2001 winner and fashion model
Vanessa Alexandra Mendoza Bustos
, Miss Colombia 2015 winner and fashion model
Jealisse Andrea Tovar Velásquez
, first
Olympic gold medal
winner for the country
Maria Isabel Urrutia
, Major League Baseball player
Edgar Rentería
and the wonderkid/football player Eder Alvarez Balanta. Colombia is considered to have the fourth largest Black/African-descent population in the western hemisphere, following Haiti, Brazil and the USA.
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