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Black British is a term used to describe British people of Black African or African-Caribbean descent. The term has been used from the 1950s to describe those of Sub-Saharan African ancestry, some of whom are from former British colonies in Africa or from the British West Indies (i.e. the New Commonwealth), who are residents of the United Kingdom and consider themselves British. Others are also from former French-speaking colonies in Africa such as Senegal and the Congo (which was Belgian), and many of the Black Africans in Britain still speak French as well as their own native languages.
The term 'black' has historically had a number applications as a racial and political label, and may be used in a wider socio-political context, to encompass a broader range of non-European ethnic minority populations in Britain, though this is a controversial and non-standard definition.
Black British is primarily used as a official category in UK national statistics ethnicity classifications, where it is sub-divided into 'Caribbean', 'African' and 'Other Black' groups.
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