Blacks in France
Total population | |
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(Approximately 1.8-3 million (3-5% of the French population); it is illegal for the French State to collect data on ethnicity and race.) |
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Regions with significant populations | |
Paris, Lyon, Marseille, Bordeaux, Toulouse, Lille, Overseas departments and territories of France | |
Languages | |
French; various African languages, French Creoles and others | |
Religion | |
Christianity, Islam, Judaism, others, non-religious |
French Blacks or Blacks in France (French: Noirs de France) people who are of Black African ancestry or Afro-Caribbean.
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Population statistics
Although it is illegal for the French state to collect data on ethnicity and race, a law with its origins in the 1789 revolution and reaffirmed in the constitution of 1958,[1] various population estimates exist. One source states that there are 1.5 million black people in France,[2] while another states 1.865 million, equivalent to just under 4 per cent of the population.[3] An article in the New York Times stated that estimates vary between 3 million and 5 million.[4] It is estimated that four out of five black people in France are of African immigrant origin, with the remainder being chiefly of Caribbean ancestry.[5][6]
Some organizations, such as the Representative Council of France's Black Associations (French: Conseil représentatif des associations noires de France, CRAN), have argued in favour of the introduction of data collection on minority groups but this has been resisted by other organizations and ruling politicians,[7][8] often on the grounds that collecting such statistics goes against France's secular principles and harks back to Vichy-era identity documents.[9] During the 2007 presidential election, however, Nicolas Sarkozy was polled on the issue and stated that he favoured the collection of data on ethnicity.[10] Part of a parliamentary bill which would have permitted the collection of data for the purpose of measuring discrimination was rejected by the Conseil Constitutionnel in November 2007.[1]
Notable people
In French politics
Afro-French members of the French Parliament or government from overseas France
There have been dozens of Afro-Caribbean or Afro-French MPs representing overseas electoral districts at the French National Assembly or at the French Senate, and several government members.
- Aimé Césaire, mayor of Fort-de-France and deputy from Martinique for the PCF/Martinican Progressive Party.
- Serge Letchimy, deputy for Martinique Socialist Party, Letchimy is also of partial Tamil descent.
- Christiane Taubira, deputy from French Guiana, was the first Black candidate to a French presidential election, in 2002. In 2012, she became the Justice Minister.
Afro-French people elected in metropolitan France
- Severiano de Heredia, president of the municipal council of Paris (1879-1880/ sort of mayor of Paris ), deputy for Paris (1881-1889), minister (1887)
- Élie Bloncourt (1896-1978), second Black metropolitan deputy (1936-40, 1945-47), first Black metropolitan general councillor (1934-40, 1945-51)[11]
- Ernest Chénière (1945-), former deputy for Oise (1993-97)
- Raphaël Élizé (fr) (1891-1945), first Black metropolitan mayor (1929-40)[12]
- Hélène Geoffroy, deputy for Rhône, mayor
- Gaston Monnerville (1897-1991), first Black metropolitan senator (1946-1974), president of the French Senate (1947-68), mayor, president of Lot's general council
- George Pau-Langevin, Paris deputy (2007-12), junior minister (2012-2014), Minister for Overseas (2014-)
- Arthur Richards (1890-1972), general councillor in Bordeaux (1951-1964), deputy for Gironde (1958-67)
- Rama Yade, former minister
- Kofi Yamgnane, former minister, former MP, former mayor, former general councillor in Brittany
Political activists
- Frantz Fanon, Marxist, existentialist and anti-colonial author and activist. Renounced his French citizenship.
- Louis-Georges Tin, president of the Representative Council of France's Black Associations and founder of the International Day Against Homophobia
In sports
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In entertainment and media
- Josephine Baker, dancer and singer
- Mouss Diouf, actor
- Miss Dominique, singer
- Fabe, rapper
- Hélène and Célia Faussart (Les Nubians), singing duo
- Imany, singer
- Hubert Kounde, actor
- Lord Kossity, Dancehall musician
- Dieudonné M'bala M'bala, comedian and anti-zionist activist
- Fab Morvan, model and singer, half of Milli Vanilli
- Audrey Pulvar, newscaster and journalist
- Firmine Richard, actress
- Harry Roselmack, newscaster
- Omar Sy, actor
- Olivier Coipel, comic book artist
- Black_M, rapper
European / African (or Afro-Caribbean) descent
- Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, general in the French Revolution and father of Alexandre Dumas
- Thierry Dusautoir, rugby player
- Chevalier de Saint-Georges, composer, conductor, and violinist
- Noémie Lenoir, model
- Chloé Mortaud, Miss France 2009
- Anais Mali, model
- Tony Parker, basketball player
- Sonia Rolland, actress, Miss France 2000
- Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, tennis player
- Flora Coquerel, Miss France
See also
- African immigration to France
- African Americans in France
- Cape Verdeans in France
- Haitians in France
References
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- African diaspora in France
- Caribbean French
- French people of Senegalese descent
- French people of Malian descent
- French people of Cameroonian descent
- French people of Ivorian descent
- French people of Togolese descent
- French people of Guadeloupean descent
- French people of Martiniquais descent
- French people of French Guianan descent
- French people of Guinean descent
- French people of Malagasy descent
- French people of Cape Verdean descent
- French people of Gabonese descent
- French people of Beninese descent
- French people of Comorian descent
- French people of Ghanaian descent
- French people of Burkinabé descent
- French people of Angolan descent
- French people of Kenyan descent
- French people of Rwandan descent
- French people of Mauritian descent
- French people of Seychellois descent
- French people of Haitian descent
- People of African descent
- Ethnic groups in France
- French people of Republic of the Congo descent
- French people of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent