Cafuzo is a term of Portuguese origin describing the first generation offspring of a Black African and an Amerindian (see Zambo). Native Americans (also Indians, Aboriginal Peoples, American Indians, First Nations, Alaskan Natives, or Indigenous Peoples of America) are the indigenous inhabitants of The Americas prior to the European colonization, and their modern descendants. ... A representation of Zambos in Pintura de Castas during the Latin American colonial period. ...
See also: List of terms for multiraciality This is a list of terms for multiraciality used worldwide for people of various types, kinds and degrees of multiracial backgrounds. ...
Translated, the legend for the figures in the foreground reads, "A male fl (left) and a female Amerindian (right) produce an infant 'Lobo' (literally "wolf," center), which is a Mexican synonym for "zambo." Note the slave shackles on the ground in the background (left) near the timbers.
Zambo (cafuzo in Brazil, lobo in Mexico, Garifuna in Honduras and Belize) is a term of Latin American origin describing peoples of mixed African and Amerindian racial descent.
In Honduras they are know as Garifunas, and while Zambos can also be found in other Caribbean and Central America countries (notably Belize and Guatemala) their history and origins are not linked to that of the Garifuna.
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