Afro-Nicaraguans
Afro-Nicaraguans are Nicaraguans of African descent. There are five distinct Afro-Nicaraguan ethnic groups, including Creoles, who speak Moskitian Creole and trace their origin from the Anglo-Caribbean countries; Miskito Sambus, who speak Miskito and/or Moskitian Creole and are descendants of Spanish slaves and indigenous Central Americans; Garifunas, who speak Garifuna and are descendants of Zambos (Kalinago, Arawakan-speaking people, and shipwrecked maroons) who were expelled from St.