Noirs Marcheurs

Noirs Marcheurs (Black Walkers) are a ethnic group in New France, mainly composed of African refugees who emigrated or fled to New France during the country's nationalist African purge in the late 2010s in which thousands of ethnic Africans were killed during a nationalist uprising. Their name comes from their skin color and it is thought that it originated from a spelling error amongst the local population of Ignes, a region with a highly poor and mostly uneducated population. Most of the Noirs Marcheurs in the country reside in Southern regions like Vites and Bouycenest, however, due to a direct maritime connection with Marseille, a city with a high population of ethnic Africans, a high percentage of them live in Côte d’Orsainne. During the last census in 2023 it was found that 1.2 million Noirs Marcheurs lived in French, with them representing 0.7% of the population.