Angolans in Brazil

{{Ethnic group

| group = Angolans in Brazil

| native_name = Angolano-brasileiros

| native_name_lang = pt

| image =

| caption =

| population = 17,294

| regions = Rio de Janeiro

| langs = Portuguese

| rels = Mainly Roman Catholicism

| related = Angolan Americans, Angolan Argentine

}}

There is a small but recognizable community of Angolans in Brazil consisting mainly of immigrants and expatriates from Angola. There are an estimated 17,294 Angolan citizens registered in Brazil, most Angolan citizens in the country are on student or work visas.{{Cite news |title=Angolanos no Brasil |language=pt |work= |url=https://www.nepo.unicamp.br/observatorio/bancointerativo/numeros-imigracao-internacional/sincre-sismigra/}}{{cite news|url=https://www.voaportugues.com/content/angolanos-brasil-08-04-2011-voanews-126785413/1260861.html|title=Angolanos são a maioria dos refugiados africanos no Brasil|date=August 4, 2011|work=VOA|language=pt}}

In addition to the modest number of Angolan expats currently residing in Brazil, millions of Afro-Brazilians have considerable Angolan ancestry as a result of the transatlantic slave trade shipping many slaves from Angola to Brazil.{{cite web|url=http://www.el-exportador.com/122008/digital/mundo_usos.asp|title=Prácticas sociales|accessdate=2014-03-06|url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140226192106/http://www.el-exportador.com/122008/digital/mundo_usos.asp|archivedate=2014-02-26|website=el-exportador.com|language=es}}{{cite news|url=https://www.farodevigo.es/gran-vigo/2012/06/04/protectores-capoeira-espana/654183.html|title=Los "protectores" de la capoeira en España|last=Villar|first=María|date=4 June 2012|work=Faro de Vigo|language=es}}