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Black Welsh people
Welsh people of black African/Afro-Caribbean descent From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Black Welsh people are inhabitants of Wales who have an African or an Afro-Caribbean background and are black. Wales is home to one of the United Kingdom's oldest black communities, and Tiger Bay in Cardiff has housed a large Somali population since the development of the port in the 19th century. The 2011 census reported that there were more than 18,000 Welsh-African people in Wales (0.6% of the Welsh population).[1]
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The first recorded black person to live in North Wales, of whom historians have detailed knowledge, was John Ystumllyn (died 1786), a Gwynedd gardener whose origins are unrecorded.[2]
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Demographics
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Notable black Welsh people
Sports
Association football
Athletics
- Jamie Baulch, sprint athlete[14]
- Colin Jackson[15]
- Christian Malcolm, track and field athlete[16]
- Nigel Walker, former Welsh track and field athlete and Wales international rugby union player[17]
Rugby League
- Billy Boston, represented Great Britain[18]
- Regan Grace
- Clive Sullivan, the first black athlete to captain Great Britain in any sport[19]
Rugby Union
- Aled Brew
- Nathan Brew
- Leon Brown
- Mark Brown, became the first known player of black origin to represent Wales in 1983.[20]
- Colin Charvis, the first black captain of the Wales national rugby union team[21][22]
- Rio Dyer
- Jason Forster
- Ashton Hewitt, Hewitt has also become known for speaking out against racial abuse.[23][24]
- Martyn Madden
- Mackenzie Martin
- Richard Parks, former Wales international rugby union player turned extreme endurance athlete and television presenter[25]
- Anthony Sullivan
- Ben Thomas
- Gavin Thomas
- Christ Tshiunza, became the first black & African born player to represent Wales in November 2021.[26]
- Eli Walker
- Nigel Walker[17]
- Glen Webbe, often stated to be the first black player to play for Wales, Webbe was the first black player to represent Wales at a World Cup, and is considered by many to be Wales' "first black icon".[27][28]
Boxing
Music
- Dame Shirley Bassey, singer[30]
- Jason Camilleri (Dregz),[31][32] rapper and former BBC presenter[33]
- Kizzy Crawford, singer-songwriter and producer[34]
- Eädyth, producer and singer-songwriter[35]
- Patti Flynn, jazz singer and founder and patron of Black History Wales[36]
- Benji Webbe, musician, frontman of the alternative metal band Skindred[37]
- Aluna Francis, musician, former member of electronic music duo AlunaGeorge
- Iris Williams, musician and member of the Gorsedd of Bards.
Film and television
- Josie d'Arby, TV presenter[38]
- Rakie Ayola, actress[39]
- Rungano Nyoni, film director and screenwriter[40]
- Suzanne Packer, actress[41]
- Jessica Sula, actress[42]
- Tayce, RuPaul's Drag Race UK series 2 contestant[43]
- Darragh Mortell, actor[44]
- Gabin Kongolo, actor
Others
- Selena Caemawr, autism activist, entrepreneur and poet[45]
- Betty Campbell, headteacher[46]
- Abdulrahim Abby Farah, diplomat[47][48]
- Vaughan Gething, former First Minister of Wales[49] in the Welsh Government, first black leader of a European nation[50]
- Uzo Iwobi, equalities practitioner and former Commissioner for the Commission for Racial Equality[51]
- Louise Watkins Kelton, United States Marshal[52][53]
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See also
References
External links
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