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*Larry Ugwu – Nigerian-born musician, actor & Director of Baltic Sea Cultural Center ]
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*Patrick Kibangou – Congolese-born ] politician<ref name="African">{{Cite news|url=http://www.expatica.com/nl/news/Polands-African-candidate-for-the-European-parliament_162308.html|title=Poland's African candidate for the European parliament|access-date=2017-07-26}}</ref>
*] - Nigerian-born footballer *] - Nigerian-born footballer
*] – Senegalese-born musician *] – Senegalese-born musician
*] – Polish-born boxer of Nigerian descent *] – Polish-born boxer of Nigerian descent
*Osi Ugonoh - Winner of Poland's Next top model, of Nigerian descent
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*] - Footballer of Ghanean descent *] - Footballer of Ghanean descent
*] - Footballer of Moroccan descent *] - Footballer of Moroccan descent
*] - Moroccan president of the supreme council of the muslim league in Poland
*Karim Martusewicz - Libyan-born musician
*] - Basketball player *] - Basketball player
*Patrick Yoka - Actor
*] - Ghanean footballer *] - Ghanean footballer
*Mohamed Mbow - Musician
*Paco Sarr - Senegalese musician
*Yaya Samake - Malian musician
*Klaudia El Dursi - TV presenter
*Robert El Gendy - TV presenter
*Anna Will-El Achkar - radio presenter
*Luiza Beznouaoua - Reality TV program participant
*Inedes Maboundy - African Braids Hairdresser from Congo
*Olimpia Ajakaiye - Actress and TV presenter


==See also== ==See also==

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Ethnic group
Afro-Polish
Total population
5,000-20,000
Regions with significant populations
Warsaw (Wola), Łódź, Wrocław, Gdańsk, Szczecin
Languages
Polish, French, English
Religion
Islam, Roman Catholicism, Atheism

Africans in Poland, also known as Afro-Polish (Polish: Afro-Polacy) are citizens or residents of Poland who are of African descent.

History

The origins of the Afro-Polish community are rooted in educational immigration to the Polish People's Republic. The Communist government strongly supported anti-colonial movements in Africa as part of broader Soviet policy. From the 1950s to the 1980s, many Africans emigrated to Poland to pursue their educations. While most African students in Poland returned to their countries of origin, many decided to remain in Poland and acquire citizenship. The contemporary Afro-Polish community is composed of many of these Africans and their descendants.

In 1955, the 5th World Festival of Youth and Students was held in Warsaw. Organized by the leftist, anti-imperialist World Federation of Democratic Youth, the festival invited thousands of delegates from around the world, including almost 1,000 Africans. The Communist leadership of Poland wished to express solidarity and promote socialism to Africans from colonized nations. This was one of the earliest Polish encounters with non-white people following the end of the multicultural and multiethnic Second Polish Republic following World War II. The Polish Press Agency was given the task of documenting the African visitors, which began an ongoing series of Polish press photography depicting African visitors and residents of Poland.

Notable Afro-Polish citizens or residents

See also

Notes

  1. Polish: Afropolacy

References

  1. "Valid documents". Retrieved 2021-06-06.
  2. "Poland: Sub-Saharan Africans and the struggle for acceptance". Minority Rights Group International. Retrieved 2020-08-27.
  3. "Afro-Poland: a revolutionary friendship, captured in rare photographs from 1955-1989". The Calvert Journal. Retrieved 2020-08-27.
  4. "Poland's African candidate for the European parliament". Retrieved 2017-07-26.
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