Africans in Poland
racial minority group in Poland
Africans in Poland, also known as Afro-Poles or Afro-Polish (Polish: Afropolacy), are citizens or residents of Poland who have any ancestry from any of the Black racial groups of Africa.
History
The first people of African descent to arrive on Polish soil were brought as servants to Polish kings and nobles. Among others, John III Sobieski, Augustus II the Strong and Stanisław August Poniatowski had black servants. In the first half of the 17th century a black servant named Aleksander Dynis was in the service of the Bishop of Krakow. In 1752, Hieronim Florian Radziwiłł from Biała Podlaska purchased 12 slaves in London, black servants were also in the service of Jerzy Ignacy Lubomirski in Przemyśl, and Elżbieta Izabela Lubomirska in Mokotów (today part of Warsaw). A black adjutant and butler, Jean Lapierre, was in the service of Tadeusz Kościuszko.
However, the origins of the current Afro-Polish community are rooted in educational immigration to the Polish People's Republic. The Communist government strongly supported anti-colonial movements in Africa as part of broader Soviet policy. From the 1950s to the 1980s, many Africans emigrated to Poland to pursue their educations. While most African students in Poland returned to their countries of origin, many decided to remain in Poland and acquire citizenship.
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