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Afro-Paraguayan are Paraguayans of African descent. They can be found in Camba Cua outside Asuncion; Kamba Kokue outside of Paraguari, and the city of Emboscada.Currently, the Afro-Paraguayan population accounts for 2% of the total population. == History == The first African slaves arrived at Paraguay in 1556.〔(Noticias: La otra historia ) (in spanish: News: The other story)〕 The majority of the slaves were of Nigerian and Angolan origin, like other black people from any South American country. Thus, according to Argentine historian José Ignacio Telesca, the slaves that entered legally came from the esclavistas ports of Buenos Aires, Montevideo and Córdoba, while those that entered illegally came from Brazil. Thus, the Spanish explorer Pedro de Mendoza - who reached the Rio de Plata in the 16th century and was appointed its viceroy - brought enslaved Africans to Paraguay to settle them in that place. According to the aforementioned Telesca, more than 4% of the population were slaves in colonial times, keeping the same percentage in the 19th century after independence.〔(Historia de esclavos en el Paraguay ) (in Spanish: History of slaves in Paraguay)〕 However, according to the Kamba Cuá "Afro Paraguayan Association", in 1782, the black population represented 11.2 percent of the total population of the then Province of Paraguay.〔 This population was continued to increase, as already in 1811, according Telesca, half of the Paraguayan population was of African descent,〔(Ultima hora: "En 1811, la mitad de la población paraguaya era afrodescendiente" ). Retrieved December 3, 2012. written by Cristian Cantero. Editorial Última Hora〕 whether slave or free. So, several towns like Aregua, Emboscada (in English: "Ambush"), and Guarambare were established as black communities.〔(Día y noche: Arte y cultura sin frontera: La Comunidad Afro paraguaya Kamba Kua ) (in Spanish: Day and night: Art and culture without borders: the Kamba Kua Afro Paraguayan Community).〕 Also, with the arrival of Artigas' also arrived, curiously, people of Kamba ethnic, a Kenyan ethnic group, from Uruguay, who settled in Paraguay in the 1820s.〔(Info Zuque. com. Se los llama Kamba Kua ) (in Spanish: They are call Kamba Kua)〕 They arrived in a regiment of 250 spearmen, men and women, who accompanied General Jose Gervasio Artigas, the revolutionary leader of the now Uruguay, in his exile in Paraguay.〔 The Kamba Cua were dispossessed of their land by General Higinio Morinigo in the 1940s. Of his 100 hectares they stayed with 3 hectares.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Afro-Paraguayan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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