Zambo (Spanish: or) or Sambu is a racial term historically used in the Spanish Empire to refer to people of mixed Amerindian and African ancestry. Occasionally in the 21st century, the term is used in the Americas to refer to persons who are of mixed African and Native American ancestry.

A small but noticeable number of Zambos, resulting from recent unions of Amerindian men to Afro Ecuadorian women, are found in coastal cities of Ecuador. Before the rural-to-urban migration in Ecuador, the Amerindian and Afro Ecuadorian ethnicities were mainly in the Andes region.

Sambo is a derogatory label for a person of African descent in the Spanish language. Historically, it is a name in American English derived from a Spanish term for a person of African and Native American ancestry.

Zambo or cafuzo are racial terms used in the Spanish and Portuguese Empires and occasionally today to identify individuals in the Americas who are of mixed African and Amerindian ancestry. Historically, the racial cross between African slaves and Amerindians was referred to as a "zambaggoa", then "zambo", then "sambo".

Zambo (Spanish: [ˈθambo] or [ˈsambo]) or Sambu is a racial term historically used in the Spanish Empire to refer to people of mixed Amerindian and African ancestry. Occasionally in the 21st century, the term is used in the Americas to refer to persons who are of mixed African and Native American ancestry.

Zambos are persons of black and Indian parentage and who generally occupied a lowly social status in colonial Latin America. The high incidence of mestizaje (interracial sexual relations) in 16th-century Latin America led to the development of a complex system of racial classifications used by Spaniards.

Feb 1, 2017 · The Zambos were the offspring of African slaves from a pirated slave ship and the indigenous inhabitants of the region engaged in long-range raiding.

Occasionally in the 21st century, the term is used in the Americas to refer to persons of mixed Black and Indigenous American ancestry. (The analogous English term, sambo, is a slur.) Historically, the racial cross between enslaved Africans and Amerindians was a zambayga, Zambo, and sambo.

Zambo refers to a person of mixed African and Indigenous ancestry in colonial Latin America, specifically within the context of the casta system.

Feb 11, 2022 · Today in the U.S. and Britain, sambo is considered a racial slur perhaps second only to the infamous n-word. However, in Latin America the term zambo has been reclaimed as the first name of a...