Afro-Dutch people
Afro-Dutch are Dutch citizens of African descent. They comprise of Africans, 8% Caribbean, and South Americans. The black population is estimated at 5%.[1] There is also an illegal immigrant population in the Netherlands. Afro-Dutch tends to be from Dutch previous and present overseas territories Suriname (Creoles and Maroons) and Africa, Curacao, Bonaire, Aruba, and Ghana. The Netherlands also has a strong Cape Verdean community.
Famous Afro-Dutch
- Edgar Davids (Dutch international soccer player)
- Patrick Kluivert (Dutch international soccer player)
- Anthony Nesty (Olympic gold medalist)
- Letitia Vriesde (Olympic medalist)
- Francisco Elson (San Antonio Spurs player)
- Ilonka Elmont
- Clarence Seedorf
- Edgar Davids
- Patrick Kluivert
- Michael Reiziger
- Pierre van Hooijdonk
- Winston Bogarde
- Alistair Overeem
- Eva Simons
Related Bibliography
Appiah, Kwame Anthony and Gates, Henry Louis, Jr.(1999). Africana: the Encyclopedia of African and African American Experience. Basic Civitas Books, pp. 1413–1416. ISBN 0-465-00071-1.
Blacks in the Dutch World: The Evolution of Racial Imagery in a Modern http://books.google.com/books?id=NR1upOe8KKMC&dq=afro+dutch&source=gbs_navlinks_s
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