page_title: Afro-Russians
section_title: Notable Afro-Russian
hierarchical_section_title: Afro-Russians / Notable Afro-Russian
caption_attribution_description: Portrait of Ivan Abramovich Gannibal (1735-1801)
context_page_description: Afro-Russians are people of Black African descent that have migrated to and settled in Russia. The Metis Foundation estimates that there were about 50,000 Afro-Russians in 2009.
context_section_description: Lyukman Adams – half-Nigerian triple jumper
  Aleksandr Alumona – half-Nigerian footballer
  Allan Dugblei – half-Ghanaian footballer
  Abram Gannibal – Cameroonian-Russian statesman, military leader, and politician
  Ivan Gannibal – half-Cameroonian military leader. Son of Abram Gannibal
  Alice Edun – half-Nigerian singer
  Nkeirouka Ezekh – half-Nigerian Olympic curler
  Brian Idowu – three quarters-Nigerian Russian Premier League footballer
  Victor Keyru – Sierra Leonian-Russian basketball player
  Yelena Khanga Russian journalist and TV anchor of Zanzibari-American descent Khanga divides her time between New York City and Moscow.
  Stanislav Lebamba – half-Congolese footballer
  Cyrille Makanda – half-Cameroonian basketball player
  Avua-Siav Leo Nelson – half-Ghanaian footballer
  Peter Odemwingie – half-Nigerian footballer
  Adessoye Oyewole – half-Nigerian footballer
  James Lloydovich Patterson – Russian child actor, naval officer, and poet of African-American and Ukrainian descent
  Jean Sagbo  – Beninese-Russian politician. Elected councilman of the town of Novozavidovo
  Jerry-Christian Tchuissé – Cameroonian-Russian footballer
  Emiliya Turey – part-Sierra Leonean handball player
  Grigory Siyatvinda – part-Zambian actor
  Elladj Baldé – half-Guinean figure skater
  Isabel dos Santos – half-Angolan businesswoman
caption: Ivan Gannibal
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