African diaspora in the Americas Lucia (85%), Grenada (82%), Martinique (80%), Guadeloupe (77%), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (66%), Bermuda (55%), Brazil (8%), Cuba (35%), Puerto Rico (16%), Belize (31%), Trinidad and Tobago (34.2%), Nicaragua (9%), Panama (14%), United States (13.6%), Colombia (10.52%), Guyana (36%), Suriname (37%), French Guiana (66%), Dominican Republic (10%), Costa Rica (8%), Paraguay (4%), Uruguay (4%), Canada (3.5%) and Venezuela (2.9%). After the United States achieved independence came the independence of Haiti, a country populated almost entirely by people of African descent and the second American colony to win its independence. After the process of independence, many countries have encouraged European
Surinamese Football Association Surinamese Football Association The Surinamese Football Association ( ) is the governing body of football in Suriname. It organizes the Surinamese football league system, the Surinamese Cup, Suriname President's Cup, Suriname national football team, and the Suriname women's national football team. It is based in Paramaribo, and is a founding member of CONCACAF and a member of FIFA. Just like the neighboring countries of French Guiana and Guyana, Suriname are not members of the South American CONMEBOL confederation, but are members of CONCACAF, which covers North-, Central-America and the Caribbean instead. Founded on 1 October 1920, the Surinamese Football Association