afro cuban sahrawis the source cited for the claim that afro cubans are descended from sahrawi refugees is misrepresented in the article it does not claim that the afro cuban population is partially comprised of sahrawis or that a significant number of sahrawis immigrated to cuba indeed the article never even mentions the term afro cuban rather it details someone's dubious claims about sahrawi children from the tindouf camps being abducted to la isla de juventud for military training assuming that this is not all in his head this explicitly means they are not afro cuban according to that article it states that afro cubans are from sub saharan africa