Afro-Argentine

Adjective

 * 1)  Of or pertaining to Argentines of African descent.

Noun

 * 1)  An Argentine of African descent.

Usage notes

 * Since Argentina historically had a large black population, but currently has a very small one (see the article "Demographics of Argentina" in Wikipedia), the term Afro-Argentine is mostly historical.
 * The variant form Afro-Argentinian exists as well, but is exceedingly rare.

Quotations

 * 2005: Monte Reel, In Buenos Aires, Researchers Exhume Long-Unclaimed African Roots, published in the Washington Post, 5 May 2005, page A14
 * ...the black Argentines did not vanish; they just faded into the mixed-race populace and became lost to demography. According to some researchers, as many as 10 percent of Buenos Aires residents are partly descended from black Argentines but have no idea. "People for years have accepted the idea that there are no black people in Argentina," said Miriam Gomes, a professor of literature at the University of Buenos Aires who is part black and considers herself Afro-Argentine.
 * 2005: Monte Reel, In Buenos Aires, Researchers Exhume Long-Unclaimed African Roots, published in the Washington Post, 5 May 2005, page A14
 * ...the black Argentines did not vanish; they just faded into the mixed-race populace and became lost to demography. According to some researchers, as many as 10 percent of Buenos Aires residents are partly descended from black Argentines but have no idea. "People for years have accepted the idea that there are no black people in Argentina," said Miriam Gomes, a professor of literature at the University of Buenos Aires who is part black and considers herself Afro-Argentine.
 * 2005: Monte Reel, In Buenos Aires, Researchers Exhume Long-Unclaimed African Roots, published in the Washington Post, 5 May 2005, page A14
 * ...the black Argentines did not vanish; they just faded into the mixed-race populace and became lost to demography. According to some researchers, as many as 10 percent of Buenos Aires residents are partly descended from black Argentines but have no idea. "People for years have accepted the idea that there are no black people in Argentina," said Miriam Gomes, a professor of literature at the University of Buenos Aires who is part black and considers herself Afro-Argentine.