AfroVenezuela

As in many countries, accurate demographics are lacking. Estimates of mestizo or mixed range from 50% to 70%, blacks from 3% to 10%, and whites from 20% to 40% while indigenous hover at around 2% to 3%. The story of Chavez revolves around the taking of power by black and mixed venezuelans to the detriment of the previous white masters. The story of the opposition to Chavez and Maduro centers on a retaking of power by white elites.

AfroVenezuela News

Books/Libros

Afrovenezuelan Reflections. The Drums Of Liberation

Dinorah Castro de Guerra, who studies the physical anthropology & medical genetics of AfroVenezuelan populations.

Bibliografía para AfroVenezuela, Universitat de Barcelona

Rank	Ethnic Group	Share of Venezuelan Population
1	Mestizo	50.3%
2	White (European Ancestry)	42.5%
3	Black (African Ancestry)	3.5%
4	Indigenous Venezuelan (Native American)	2.5%
	Other Groups	1.2%

www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Americas/Venezuela.html

The original inhabitants of Venezuela were Amerindians, predominantly Caribs and Arawaks. The majority (about 68%) of the present population is mestizo (mixed race). Approximately 21% are European, primarily Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, and German. Blacks account for an estimated 8–10%, and Amerindians for about 2%. Arab peoples are also represented in the overall populace.

World Fact Book

Population: 22,803,409 (July 1998 est.)

Ethnic groups: mestizo 67%, white 21%, black 10%, Amerindian 2%

Age structure:
0-14 years: 34% (male 3,979,045; female 3,733,364)
15-64 years: 62% (male 7,054,525; female 7,011,814)
65 years and over: 4% (male 469,799; female 554,862) (July 1998 est.)

Population growth rate: 1.77% (1998 est.)

Birth rate: 22.96 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Death rate: 4.98 deaths/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Net migration rate: -0.27 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.08 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.07 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.85 male(s)/female (1998 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 27.52 deaths/1,000 live births (1998 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 72.66 years
male: 69.68 years
female: 75.87 years (1998 est.)

Total fertility rate: 2.7 children born/woman (1998 est.)

Nationality:
noun: Venezuelan(s)
adjective: Venezuelan

Ethnic groups: mestizo 67%, white 21%, black 10%, Amerindian 2%

Religions: nominally Roman Catholic 96%, Protestant 2%

Languages: Spanish (official), native dialects spoken by about
200,000 Amerindians in the remote interior

Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 91.1%
male: 91.8%
female: 90.3% (1995 est.)

Presbytarian Church - note the bias towards Native, which Europeans have long used to put both groups down.

21.2 million
67% mixed indigenous and white
21% white
10% black
2% indigenous

Music/Musica

Venezuela, Afropop Worldwide

Organizations/Organizaciones -- Persons/Personas

Afroamiga

Afro TV Barlovento

Afroideologia - Freddy Blanco
www.facebook.com/AFROIDEOLOGI/
Afroideologi.wordpress.com/

Afrotvb Televisora

Aristóbulo Istúriz

Cátedra Libre África, Universidad Bolivariana de Venezuela

Centro Madre, Barlovento
www.centromadre.org

Centro de Saberes Africanos, Americanos y Caribeños
www.saberesafricanos.net
www.facebook.com/saberesafricanos
www.facebook.com/saberafricano
twitter.com/saberafricano
Instituto de Investigaciones Estratégicas sobre África y su Diáspora

CONADECAFRO
twitter.com/normaconadeca Norma Romero, presidente
twitter.com/CONADECAFRO
conadecafro.wordpress.com
Canal YouTube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCzpXDvI9b9BVq3O7XANa2aQ

Congreso Patria Afro
twitter.com/patriafro

Fundacion Afroamérica
Jesus Chucho Garcia

Fundación Afroamiga
afroamiga.wordpress.com

Fundacion Ateneo de Rio Chico
Fundacion de Amigos del Instituto Universitario Barlevento
Fundacion de Proteccion del Joven y del Afrovenezolano
Fundacion Participacion, Cooperacion y Convivencia Comunitaria

Gen. Jesús Suárez Chourio, Comandante General del Ejercito Bolivariano

INCODIR - Instituto Nacional contra la Discriminación Racial

Inés Perez-Wilke: activista, investigadora cultural

Jesus "Chucho" Garcia, Embajador

Legado Afro
legadoafro.ning.com
Portal de Noticias de los Afrodescendientes

Luis Perdomo, Red de Organizaciones Afrovenezolanas

Meyby Ugueto-Ponce

Movimiento AfroRevolucionario Juan Ramón Lugo

Mundocuranderodevenezuela Afrovenezolano (El papa )

Programa Venezolano de Educacion - Accion en Derechos Humanos (PROVEA)
Union de Mujeres Negras de Venezuela

Poblaciones Indígenas de Venezuela

Parlamento Indigena de America