Bahamians
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| Total population | |
|---|---|
| c. 460,000 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Bahamas 400,516 (2022)[1] | |
 United States | 56,498 (2015)[2] |
 Canada | 3,675 (2016)[3] |
 United Kingdom | 1,797 (2001)[4] |
 Jamaica | 1,000[5] |
| Languages | |
| English, Bahamian Creole, Haitian Creole, Spanish[6] Historically Lucayan | |
| Religion | |
 Christianity ∙ Irreligion ∙ Judaism ∙ Baháʼí Faith ∙ Rastafari ∙ Obeah ∙ Islam ∙ Black Hebrew Israelites ∙ Hinduism[7] | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Caribbean people | |
Bahamians /bəˈheɪmiənz/ are people originating or having roots from The Bahamas. One can also become a Bahamian by acquiring citizenship.
History
[edit]The Lucayan people, the original inhabitants, migrated from Hispaniola and Cuba to settle in the southern islands of the Bahamas around the 11th century CE.[8]
Culture
[edit]Religion
[edit]Religion of Bahamians.[9]
- Baptist (32.0%)
- Anglican (20.0%)
- Roman Catholic (19.0%)
- Protestant (12.0%)
- Methodist (6.00%)
- Church of God (6.00%)
- None or unknown (3.00%)
- Other (2.00%)
Olympic Games
[edit]World Championships in Athletics
[edit]List
[edit]- Sidney Poitier, first black man to win an Oscar, first black Bahamian actor to win Best Actor, first black Bahamian actor to be nominated for best actor.
- Shaunae Miller-Uibo, sprinter, 2016 Olympic 400m champion, and world record holder in 200m straight
- Buddy Hield, basketball player
- Klay Thompson, basketball player
- Rick Fox, three-time NBA champion, owner of Echo Fox
- Lynden Oscar Pindling, first Prime Minister of the Bahamas.
- Joseph Robert Love, important pan-African leader of the 19th and 20th century who influenced Marcus Garvey
- Allan Glaisyer Minns, first black British mayor
- Bert Williams, first black lead actor on Broadway
- Deandre Ayton, was ranked number-one high-school basketball player in the USA by scout in 2015
- Mychal Thompson, two-time NBA champion and first foreign-born player to be selected as 1st pick in the NBA draft history.
- Angela Palacious, first woman deacon and priest of the Diocese of The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands
- Yves Edwards, mixed martial artist
- Kimbo Slice, streetfighter, boxer and mixed martial artist
- Helen Singer Kaplan, important psychiatrist and sex therapist
Gallery
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Some women featured in the Leading Women of the Bahamas exhibit, Nassau, 2012.
Some women featured in the Leading Women of the Bahamas exhibit, Nassau, 2012.
Negro Bahamians
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Bahamas 2017. Population Pyramid.
- ↑ Access, Data; (DADS), Dissemination Systems (October 5, 2010). "Results". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 27, 2017.
- ↑ "Population by selected ethnic origins, by province and territory (2006 Census)". statcan.gc.ca. July 28, 2009. Archived from the original on January 15, 2011. Retrieved September 10, 2010.
- ↑ "Country-of-birth database". Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Archived from the original on May 11, 2005. Retrieved April 5, 2010.
- ↑ "Immigrant and Emigrant Populations by Country of Origin and Destination". February 10, 2014.
- ↑ The World in Your Hands. Vol 01.
- ↑ "2022 Report on International Religious Freedom: Bahamas, The".
- ↑ Ethnic Groups of the Americas.
- ↑ "Religion | The Bahamas Guide". www.thebahamasguide.com.
External links
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Media related to People of the Bahamas at Wikimedia Commons
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