Marabou (; ) is a term of Haitian origin denoting Haitians of mixed race ancestry. The term comes originally from the African Marabouts. Marabous are mainly descended from intermingling between Africans, Europeans, Asian and indigenous Taino.
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,Médéric-Louis-Elie Moreau de Saint-Méry. Description topographique, physique, civile, politique et historique de la partie francaise de lisle Saint-Domingue. 3 vols.(Philadelphia, 1797). describes Marabous as the product of the union of an African/European and a Taino.
See also
Mulatto Haitians Afro-Haitians White Haitians Indo-Haitians Chinese Haitians Zambo Indo-African (disambiguation) Dougla people Arab Haitians Italian Haitians French Haitians German Haitians
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