Black elite
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The Black elite is any elite, either political or economic in nature, that is made up of people who identify as of Black African descent. In the Western World, it is typically distinct from other national elites, such as the United Kingdom's aristocracy and the United States' upper class.
In addition to those that have already been cited, groups from around the world that either are or once were generally thought to constitute a Black elite include:
- Abirus
- Affranchis
- Afro-Bolivian monarchy
- Aguda people
- Americo-Liberians
- Andriana
- Angolan Mestiços
- Aro Igbos
- Assimilados
- Black Loyalists
- Black Patriots
- Children of the Plantation
- Creoles of Color
- Egba Alake Yorubas
- Emancipados
- Ethiopian nobility
- Évolués
- Fernandino peoples
- Ganwas
- Gbara clans of Mali
- Ghanaian chieftaincy
- Gold Coast Euro-Africans
- Kumasi Ashantis
- Masonic Order of Liberia
- Mourides
- Mulatto Haitians
- Nigerian bourgeoisie
- Nigerian chieftaincy
- Oyo Yorubas
- Pardo Brazilians
- Prazeros
- Reformed Ogboni Fraternity
- Saro people
- Shirazis of the Swahili Coast
- Siddis of Janjira and Jafarabad
- Sierra Leone Creole people
- Sigma Pi Phi
- South African Inkosis
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See also
- Aristocracy (class)
- Aristocracy (system)
- Elitism
- Nouveau Riche
- Old Money
- Upper class
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