Editing Demographics of Honduras (section)

=== African ===
{{Further|Afro-Honduran}}

The Afro-Honduran population consist of people of African descent, [[Garifuna people|Garifuna]] and [[Creole peoples|Creoles]]. Most of them are descendants of African people brought by the Spanish and other European colonizers between the 16th and 18th centuries. Many of them came from the west African coast, from places like [[Angola]] or [[Senegambia]], where European bought slaves for their colonies, while others came from the other colonies in the [[Caribbean]].  
* The Garifuna are descendants of [[Island Caribs|Carib]], [[Arawaks|Arawak]], and West [[Native ethnic groups of Africa|African]] people. This ethnic group has its origins in a group from St. Vincent islands in the Caribbean, who came in 1797. At the 2001 census 46,448 people were registered as Garifuna, 0.8% of the total population of Honduras.<ref name=":0" /> The Garifuna speak an [[Arawakan language]]. They live along the entire Caribbean coastline of Honduras, and in the Bay Islands.
* The number of Creoles was 12,370 (0.2%) in 2001.

Examples of well-known Afro-Hondurans are footballers [[David Suazo]], [[Víctor Bernárdez|Victor "Muma" Bernardez]], Dr. Emet Cherefant, and [[Wilson Palacios]].
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David Suazo photo by Djuradj Vujcic.jpg|Footballer, David Suazo
Wilson Palacios Spurs 2009.jpg|Footballer, Wilson Palacios
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