Black Welsh people

Black Welsh people are the inhabitants of Wales who have an African or an Afro-Caribbean background and are black. 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).

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.

Demographics

Notable black Welsh people

Sports

Association football

Athletics

Jamie Baulch, sprint athlete
Colin Jackson
Christian Malcolm, track and field athlete
Nigel Walker, former Welsh track and field athlete and Wales international rugby union player

Rugby League

Billy Boston, represented Great Britain
Regan Grace
Clive Sullivan, the first black athlete to captain Great Britain in any sport

Rugby Union

Aled Brew
Nathan Brew
Leon Brown
Mark Brown, became the first known player of black origin to represent Wales in 1983.
Colin Charvis, the first black captain of the Wales national rugby union team
Rio Dyer
Jason Forster
Ashton Hewitt, Hewitt has also become known for speaking out against racial abuse.
Martyn Madden
Mackenzie Martin
Richard Parks, former Wales international rugby union player turned extreme endurance athlete and television presenter
Matthew Robinson
Anthony Sullivan
Ben Thomas
Gavin Thomas
Christ Tshiunza, became the first black & African born player to represent Wales in November 2021.
Eli Walker
Nigel Walker
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".

Boxing

Steve Robinson

Music

Dame Shirley Bassey, singer
Jason Camilleri (Dregz), rapper and former BBC presenter
Kizzy Crawford, singer-songwriter and producer
EÃÂ¤dyth, producer and singer-songwriter
Patti Flynn, jazz singer and founder and patron of Black History Wales
Aluna Francis, musician, former member of electronic music duo AlunaGeorge
Eric Martin, musician and rapper also known as MC Eric
Benji Webbe, musician, frontman of the alternative metal band Skindred
Iris Williams, musician and member of the Gorsedd of Bards.

Film and television

Josie d'Arby, TV presenter
Rakie Ayola, actress
Rungano Nyoni, film director and screenwriter
Suzanne Packer, actress
Jessica Sula, actress
Tayce, RuPaul's Drag Race UK series 2 contestant
Darragh Mortell, actor
Gabin Kongolo, actor

Others

Selena Caemawr, autism activist, entrepreneur and poet
Betty Campbell, headteacher
Abdulrahim Abby Farah, diplomat
Vaughan Gething, former First Minister of Wales in the Welsh Government, first black leader of a European nation
Uzo Iwobi, equalities practitioner and former Commissioner for the Commission for Racial Equality
Louise Watkins Kelton, United States Marshal

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