Afro-Ukrainians
Afro-Ukrainians (Ukrainian: Афроукраїнці, romanized: Afroukraintsi[1]) 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.[2]
In 2019, Zhan Beleniuk became the first Afro-Ukrainian member of the Ukrainian Parliament.[3][4]
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.[5] Although nègre 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).
Population
The African Council estimates that 30,000 Africans live in Ukraine.[6]
Notable Afro-Ukrainians
- Mirabella Akhunu, Ukrainian artistic gymnast
- 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
See also
References
- ^ "В Донецьку темношкірі просили матюкливу росіянку вчити українську мову" [In Donetsk dark-skinned asked the bad-mannered Russian to study Ukrainian language]. Gazeta (in Ukrainian). January 20, 2014.
- ^ Adams, William Lee (9 February 2012). "Ukraine's Eurovision Selection Marred by Right-Wing Racism". Time. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Melnychuk (2003), Etymolohichnyi slovnyk Ukraïnsʹkoï movy (Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, p 63.
- ^ "«Африканська Рада в Україні»: розвиваємо діалог культур .: Ресурсний центр ГУРТ". gurt.org.ua. Retrieved 2025-02-08.
External links
- Huzio, H. Gaitana: Women should be first to give freedom to feelings. Interview to "Vysokyi Zamok". Art Vertep.