Marabou (ethnicity)

Marabou
Marabou Haitian man
Total population
10,000+
Regions with significant populations
Haiti, United States, Canada, France
Languages
French, Haitian Creole, French-based creole languages
Religion
Predominantly Roman Catholic, but also Anglican, Protestant, Baptist, Seventh-day Adventist Church and Jehovah's Witness
Related ethnic groups
Afro-Caribbeans, Dougla, Affranchi

Marabou (French: marabout) is a term of Haitian origin denoting multiracial admixture. The term, which comes originally from the African Marabouts, describes the offspring of a Haitian person of mixed race: European, African, Taíno and South Asian.

The Marabou label dates to the colonial period of Haiti's history, meaning the offspring of a mulatto and a griffe person. However, Médéric-Louis-Elie Moreau de Saint-Méry, in his three-volume work on the colony, describes Marabous as the product of the union of a black and a quadroon; he says nothing concerning East Indians.

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