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New Guinea

Island in the Pacific Ocean

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Nov 18, 2025
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Are there indigenous Black populations outside Africa like in Melanesia?

Yes — there are indigenous, dark‑skinned populations outside Africa, most prominently the Melanesian peoples of the southwest Pacific, whose name literally meant “black islands” in 19th‑century Europe...

Jan 17, 2026
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Which populations labeled 'Black' are indigenous to regions outside Africa, and what are their histories?

Black-labeled populations indigenous to lands outside Africa fall into two clear categories in the sources reviewed: (A) long-established non-African indigenous peoples whose deep prehistory traces ba...

Jan 21, 2026

Which Pacific islands have indigenous Black or dark-skinned populations like Melanesia?

The Pacific subregion commonly labeled is the primary area of islands whose indigenous populations are characteristically dark-skinned—hence the name derived from the Greek for “black islands”—and tha...