Web Link Hits      Afro-Brazilians An estimated 91 million Brazilians are of African ancestry, according to the census, which found that more than half (50.7 per cent) of the Brazilian population now identified as preto (black) or pardo (mixed ethnicity). 2574      African History: The Slave Trade Of Africans To Brazil.. The assault on Africa: The Slave Trade: South America Brazil and its African Roots. Brazilian Colony: Sugar Plantation 778