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Afro-Ukrainians(Ukrainian: Афроукраїнці) or Black Ukrainians are Ukrainians of Sub-Saharan African descent, including Black people who have settled in Ukraine.

History

In 2012, Gaitana, by then "the only Afro-Ukrainian celebrity in her country", represented Ukraine at the Eurovision Song Contest.

In 2019, Zhan Beleniuk became the first Afro-Ukrainian member of the Ukrainian Parliament.

Nehr

The Ukrainian word nehr (Ukrainian: негр) is widely used and is a nativized loan word from the French: nègre, lit. 'Negro', itself a nativized loan from the Spanish: negro and the Portuguese: negro. Althoughnègre is considered offensive in French, nehr/неɾр is not considered offensive. The native Slavic word for things that are actually black (e.g. a car with black paint) is chórnyy (Ukrainian: чо́рний).

Notable Afro-Ukrainians

• Aderinsola Habib Eseola, Nigerian-Ukrainian football player
• Aleks Chidomere, Nigerian-Ukrainian football player
• Antoniy Emere, Nigerian-Ukrainian football player
• Berta Vázquez, Ukrainian-born Spanish actress of Ethiopian-Ukrainian descent
• Colince Ngaha Poungoue, Cameroon-born football player and manager
• Daniel Ehbudzhuo, Nigerian-Ukrainian football player
• Denys Ndukve, Nigerian-Ukrainian football player
• Dzhoan Feybi Bezhura, Ugandan-Ukrainian fencer
• Gaitana, Congolese-Ukrainian singer
• Ismail Sillakh, Sierra Leonean-Ukrainian boxer
• Issuf Sanon, Burkinabé-Ukrainian basketball player
• Joel Bolomboy, Ukrainian-born Congolese-Russian basketball player
• Mark Mampassi, Congolese-Ukrainian football player
• Myroslav Kuvaldin, Nigerian-Ukrainian reggae singer, songwriter and television presenter
• Olavale Fabunmi, Nigerian-Ukrainian football player
• Philippe Hamilton-Rollings, Ghanaian-Ukrainian football player
• Quedjau Nhabali, Bissau-Guinean-Ukrainian judoka
• Roland Bilala, Congolese-Ukrainian football player
• Şeref Osmanoğlu, Ukrainian-born Turkish athlete of Sudanese-Ukrainian descent
• Vladis-Emmerson Illoy-Ayyet, Congolese-Ukrainian football player
• Zhan Beleniuk, Rwandan-Ukrainian wrestler and politician

References

1. In Donetsk dark-skinned asked the bad-mannered Russian to study Ukrainian language. Gazeta in Ukrainian. January 20, 2014
2. "Ukraine's Eurovision Selection Marred by Right-Wing Racism]". Time.com. 9 February 2012. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
3. Штогрін, Ірина (11 June 2019). "Чи пройшла Україна "тест Чепурного", реагуючи на першого темношкірого кандидата у депутати Жана Беленюка". Радіо Свобода (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2021-02-15.
4. "Монобільшість Зе, бюджетні гроші для Шарія та перший темношкірий депутат. 7 "вперше" виборів у Раду | Громадське телебачення". hromadske.ua (in Ukrainian). 22 July 2019. Retrieved 2021-02-15.
5. Melnychuk (2003), Etymolohichnyi slovnyk Ukraïnsʹkoï movy (Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, p 63.

External links

• Huzio, H. Gaitana: Women should be first to give freedom to feelings. Interview to "Vysokyi Zamok". Art Vertep.

• Ukraine
• Africa

• African diaspora in Europe
• People of African descent
• Ethnic groups in Ukraine
• Ukrainian people of African descent