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Revision as of 13:47, 8 December 2018
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| African people |
African immigrants to Greece are citizens or residents of Greece who have recent ancestors from nations in Africa.
Overview
Some families of African descent, who came to Greece 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.[1][2]
A number of African immigrants arrived in Greece in 1997. However, most came during the 2000s. The majority of the immigrants migrated from Biafra, Nigeria and Senegal. Some of them also come from Congo, Zambia and Angola. Most live in the Patissia and Kypseli area in Athens.[3] 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.[4][5]
Notable African-Greeks
- Giannis Antetokounmpo - NBA professional basketball player
- Thanasis Antetokounmpo - professional basketball player
- Daniel Batista Lima – soccer player
- Nestoras Kommatos – professional basketball player
- Sofoklis Schortsanitis – professional basketball player
- Isaias Matiaba – singer
- Nery Mantey Niangkouara – former swimmer
- Tyler Dorsey – American-Greek NBA basketball player
- Emmanouil Karalis - professional pole vaulter
- Neil Matopalin professional pole vaulter
See also
References
- ^ Kenya-Crète-Istanbul: Biographie d'une famille d'esclaves, Paris, Librairie Özgül, 2006 ISBN 978-2-910901-02-8
- ^ Spyropoulos Yannis, Slaves and freedmen in 17th- and early 18th-century Ottoman Crete, Turcica, 46, 2015, p. 181, 182.
- ^ Main ethnic groups of immigrants in Greece
- ^ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/12/greece-racist-attacks_n_2116302.html
- ^ "Black Panthers Will Fight Golden Dawn | GreekReporter.com". greece.greekreporter.com. Retrieved 2018-05-31.