Welsh people of black African/Afro-Caribbean descent
Black Welsh people are
Welsh people who have an African, Afro-Caribbean or other
Black background. 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]
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]
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".[23][24]
Welsh people of black African/Afro-Caribbean descent
Black Welsh people are
Welsh people who have an African, Afro-Caribbean or other
Black background. 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]
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]
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".[23][24]