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Because of slavery, most African Americans don't know where they originated from so African American is the the most descriptive label you can get.

• SoftTalker 1y ago
  African-Americans with slave ancestry almost all come from West Africa I would think, as that was the shortest route for the European slave ships between Africa and the New World.
  • viraptor 1y ago
    Many didn't go directly. For example Bristol, UK had around half a million slaves traded there.
  • cabrafilo 1y ago
    There are a number of African-Americans with Malgasy descent. It's true that the percentage would be small compared to the percentage of African that came from west Africa.