Afro-Indians

Noun

Afro-Indian (plural Afro-Indians)

1. A person described by both African and indigenous American ancestry or culture.
   • In a recent account of the last of the unconquered Seminoles, who are still living in the Everglades of Florida, I noticed reference to an Afro-Indian who apparently holds a position among these people corresponding to that of a sheriff, since he is described as executioner of the tribe.1909, Booker T. Washington, The story of the Negro: the rise of the race from slavery, volume 1, Doubleday, Page & Co., page 133
2. A person described by both African and South Asian or East Indian (especially from India) ancestry or culture.
   • Ngema used his song to initiate what he called a "constructive discussion" about conflicts separating Zulus and Afro-Indians.2008, Patrick Lynn Rivers, Governing Hate and Race in the United States and South Africa, SUNY Press, →ISBN, page 97

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