Gabonese Americans

Gabonese Americans are Americans of Gabonese descent. Based in the DNA analysis, at least some West African slaves from present-day Gabon arrived to the modern United States during the American colonial period.

History 
During the Atlantic slave trade, approximately 65,000 of the African slaves that arrived to the United States came from the Bight of Biafra, which is partially located in what is now northern Gabon. However, most were from Nigeria and Cameroon and only a few slaves came from Gabon. About 45,000 Senegambians were settled in the coastal Low Country of the Carolinas and Georgia. During these centuries, some Africans arrived in the United States were belonging to ethnicities such as the Fang, Benga, Benza and Kota. 

Later, since the abolition of slavery and independence of Gabon, a small number of Gabonese nationals have emigrated to United States from the modern Gabon. They arrived to USA fleeing the wars (which have taken place there after independence) and seeking political asylum and university studies. In United States, there about 250 Gabonese students in different colleges.

Notable people

Christelle Avomo
Aida Touré

References 

 
Category:Gabonese diaspora
Category:Central Africans in the United States