African immigrants to Greece

African immigrants to Greece, also known as Afrogreeks (Greek: Αφροέλληνες, Afroéllines),[1] are citizens or residents of Greece who have recent ancestors from nations in Africa.

"Black Greeks" redirects here. For African American fraternities and sororities, see National Pan-Hellenic Council.
African immigrants to Greece
Αφροέλληνες
Languages
Greek, Niger–Congo languages
Religion
predominantly Christianity; minority Islam, Atheism
Related ethnic groups
African people, Greeks

Overview

There are many mentions of Black people in Ancient Greece. In Homer's Iliad, King Priam is described as being descended from Ethiopian royalty.

Some families of African descent mainly from Sudan, who were brought to modern-day Greece by the Ottoman Turks as African slaves in the times of the Ottoman Empire, still live in the village of Avato and are Sunni Muslims. Some of them lived before the Population exchange between Greece and Turkey also on the island of Crete.[2][3]

Such a very small population came to Greece in 1950–1960.

A number of African immigrants arrived in Greece in 1997. However, most came during the 2000s. The majority of the immigrants migrated from Nigeria and Senegal. Some of them also come from Congo, Ghana, Sudan, Tanzania, Zambia, Uganda, Kenya, Mauritius and Angola. Most live in the Patissia and Kypseli area in Athens.[4] Some African immigrants and Greek citizens with ancestry from Africa report being the victim of racist harassment and assaults from suspected far-right Greek Golden Dawn party members.

The South African Embassy in Athens and the Consulate General of South Africa in Thessaloniki, maintains and develops relations between the South Africa and Greece.Embassy of Nigeria in Athens as well and Embassy of Greece in Abuja in Nigeria. Ugandan Consulate in Athens, Embassy of Sudan in Athens, Consulate of Ghana in Athens, Greek Embassy in Democratic republic of Congo, Consulate General of Ethiopia in Athens, Embassy of Angola in Athens, Honorary Consulate of the Republic of Kenya in the Hellenic Republic.

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Notable African-Greeks

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References
  1. "9 ΑΦΡΟΕΛΛΗΝΕΣ ΣΥΖΗΤΟΥΝ: ΤΙ ΣΗΜΑΙΝΕΙ «ΔΕΝ ΜΠΟΡΩ ΝΑ ΑΝΑΠΝΕΥΣΩ» ΣΤΗΝ ΕΛΛΑΔΑ;" [9 Afrogreeks discuss: what does "I can't breathe" mean in Greece?]. www.onassis.org. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
  2. Kenya-Crète-Istanbul: Biographie d'une famille d'esclaves, Paris, Librairie Özgül, 2006 ISBN 978-2-910901-02-8
  3. Spyropoulos Yannis, Slaves and freedmen in 17th- and early 18th-century Ottoman Crete, Turcica, 46, 2015, p. 181, 182.
  4. "Main ethnic groups of immigrants in Greece". Archived from the original on 2011-07-11. Retrieved 2009-10-25.
  5. https://huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/12/greece-racist-attacks_n_2116302.html
  6. "Black Panthers Will Fight Golden Dawn | GreekReporter.com". greece.greekreporter.com. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
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