Afro-Haitian Erotic

Afro-Haitians comprise approximately 95% of the Haitian population — the most demographically homogeneous African-descended national population in the Americas. The community descends from approximately 800,000+ enslaved Africans brought to French colonial Saint-Domingue between the 1660s and 1791, with source populations concentrated in West Africa (Fon and other Aja-language speakers from modern Benin and Togo, Yoruba, Akan, Igbo) and Central Africa (Bantu-language Kongo and adjacent populations). Saint-Domingue was the most lucrative colony in the Caribbean, producing approximately 40% of European sugar consumption by the 1780s, sustained by an enslaved population that vastly outnumbered the colonial European and free-mulatto population. The 1791-1804 Haitian Revolution produced the world's first independent Black republic and the only successful slave revolution in modern history. The post-revolutionary population has remained overwhelmingly Afro-descended due to revolutionary-era violence and emigration of the colonial European population, plus subsequent very limited immigration from non-African source regions. Cultural traditions including Vodou (Afro-Haitian religious syncretism with strong Fon and Yoruba elements), Haitian Creole (a French-lexified creole with West African substrate), Haitian compas and rara musical traditions, and distinct cuisine reflect the strong continuity with West and Central African source populations.