Tags: Ethnic Group.
Afro-Arubans or Arubans of African descent are Arubans whose ancestry lies within the continent of Africa most notably West Africa. Most of Arubans are mixed of Amerindian (fundamentally Arawak) white and black people. Afro-Arubans are a minority ethnic group in Aruba accounting for less than 20% of the country’s population. They speak Papiamento an Afro-Portuguese dialect spoken in the ABC islands.