Black Welsh people
Dame Shirley Bassey, singer
Black Welsh people are inhabitants of Wales who have an African or an Afro-Caribbean 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]
Notable black Welsh people[]
Sports[]
Association football[]
- Ethan Ampadu[3]
- Nathan Blake[4]
- Robert Earnshaw[5]
- Danny Gabbidon[6][7]
- Ryan Giggs[8]
- Rabbi Matondo
- Eddie Parris[9]
- Ashley Williams[10]
Athletics[]
- Jamie Baulch, sprint athlete[11]
- Colin Jackson[12]
- Christian Malcolm, track and field athlete[13]
- Nigel Walker, former Welsh track and field athlete and Wales international rugby union player[14]
Rugby League[]
- Billy Boston, represented Great Britain[15]
- Clive Sullivan, the first black athlete to captain Great Britain in any sport[16]
Rugby Union[]
- Colin Charvis, captain of the Wales national rugby union team[17]
- Richard Parks, former Wales international rugby union player turned extreme endurance athlete and television presenter[18]
- Nigel Walker (see athletics)[14]
Boxing[]
Music[]
- Dame Shirley Bassey, singer[20]
- Kizzy Crawford, singer-songwriter[21]
- Patti Flynn, jazz singer and founder and patron of Black History Wales[22]
- Benji Webbe, musician, frontman of the alternative metal band Skindred[23]
Film and television[]
- Josie d'Arby, TV presenter[24]
- Rakie Ayola, actress[25]
- Rungano Nyoni, film director and screenwriter[26]
- Suzanne Packer, actress[27]
- Jessica Sula, actress[28]
- Tayce, RuPaul's Drag Race UK series 2 contestant[29]
Others[]
- Betty Campbell, headteacher[30]
- Abdulrahim Abby Farah, diplomat[31][32]
- Vaughan Gething, Minister for Health and Social Services in the Welsh Government[33]
- Uzo Iwobi, equalities practitioner and former Commissioner for the Commission for Racial Equality[34]
References[]
- ^ "Office for National Statistics: Wales 2011". Retrieved 8 February 2021.
- ^ Green, Andrew (10 October 2019). "Ystumllyn, John (d. 1786), gardener". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.013.112797. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Abbandonato, Paul (10 August 2016). "The 15-year-old wonderkid England want to poach has just become big news". Wales Online.
- ^ "Nathan Blake, sportsman with a Welsh connection!". www.famouswelsh.com. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
- ^ "Profiles: Robert Earnshaw". Cardiff City F.C. Archived from the original on 29 May 2012.
- ^ "D. Gabbidon: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
- ^ "Giggs 'proud' of mixed race heritage". BBC Sport.
- ^ "Giggs 'proud' of mixed race heritage". BBC Sport.
- ^ Article in Chepstow Free Press Archived 3 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Ashley Williams". Premier League. Archived from the original on 29 September 2017.
- ^ Welsh athletes Baulch and Thomas finally hold the gold. BBC Sport (11 May 2010). Retrieved on 2010-06-04.
- ^ Who Do You Think You Are – Colin Jackson. BBC Sport. Retrieved on 18 June 2009.
- ^ Williams, Clive (January 2017). "Christian Malcolm". Welsh Athletics. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Nigel Walker at EIS".
- ^ "Birth details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ "Clive Sullivan remembered during Black History Month". BBC News. 21 October 2010. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
- ^ "Colin Charvis puts 'Grannygate' scandal to bed as DNA reveals he IS Welsh". Wales online. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
- ^ "Injury forces Parks to quit rugby". BBC News. 12 May 2009. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
- ^ "Steve Robinson – World Featherweight Champion". www.johnnyowen.com. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
- ^ Artist Biography by John Bush (1937-01-08). "Shirley Bassey | Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
- ^ Mark Smith (24 January 2013). "Young singer Kizzy Crawford, from Merthyr Tydfil, wins Arts Connect Original Singer-Songwriter prize". Wales Online.
- ^ "EMWWAA Awards 2019". Ethnic Minority Welsh Women Achievement Association (EMWWAA). Retrieved 2020-12-03.
- ^ Rawlins, Kirsten. "Music saved me: Benji Webbe of Skindred talks ahead of Bloodstock appearance". Shropshirestar.com. Retrieved 2018-08-26.
- ^ "City star's 'overwhelming honour'". South Wales Argus. 14 September 2007. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
- ^ "BBC - Press Office - Sea of Souls Rakie Ayola". BBC Online. BBC. Retrieved 5 September 2007.
- ^ "About Rungano Nyoni". Retrieved 8 March 2018.
born in Lusaka, Zambia and grew up in Wales, UK.
- ^ Abbie Wightwick (28 September 2018). "Brilliant, Black and Welsh: A celebration of 100 African Caribbean and African Welsh people". Wales Online. Archived from the original on 11 December 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
- ^ March, Polly (29 January 2011). "Swansea actress beats 8,000 to Skins role". BBC News. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
- ^ "Who is Tayce? Meet the RuPaul's Drag Race UK star who wants to "give 'em the razzle dazzle"". 6 January 2021. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
- ^ Marsden, Harriet (25 October 2017). "Betty Campbell: Wales's first black headteacher took civil rights history into classrooms". The Independent. London. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
- ^ "Abdulrahim Abby Farah: Tributes to Wales-born Somali diplomat". BBC News. 15 May 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
- ^ Hayes, Simon (14 June 2018). "Abdulrahim Abby Farah obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
- ^ Owen, Paul (3 August 2009). "Black Welshman aims to take the fight to the BNP". The Guardian. Manchester: Guardian News and Media. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
- ^ "Uzo Iwobi OBE". www.100welshwomen.wales. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
External links[]
- "Black History Month: The People That Shaped Our Nation". Cardiff City Foundation.
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