Bahamians /bəˈheɪmiənz/ are people originating or having roots from The Bahamas. One can also become a Bahamian by acquiring citizenship.
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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 | |
History
editThe 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
editReligion
editReligion 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
editWorld Championships in Athletics
editList
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
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
editReferences
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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