African diaspora

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cultural community demographic group diaspora

The African diaspora refers to the global communities of people of African descent living outside the African continent, formed largely through historical processes such as the transatlantic slave trade, migration, and displacement.

Aliases (9)

African diaspora in the Americas ×1
African diaspora literature ×1
African diaspora studies ×1
Africans ×1
Afro-Europeans ×1
Atlantic slave trade diaspora ×1
Black Atlantic intellectual tradition ×1
Black British communities ×1
South African diaspora ×1

Statements (85)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural community → demographic group → diaspora →
associatedWith	Afrocentrism → Black Atlantic → Black Lives Matter → Black nationalism → Negritude movement → Pan-Africanism → anti-colonial movements → civil rights movement →
definedAs	global communities of people of African descent living outside Africa →
emergedInPeriod	Atlantic slave trade era → early modern period →
hasCause	Arab slave trade → colonialism → conflict-related displacement → economic migration → forced migration → political displacement → transatlantic slave trade → voluntary migration →
hasCulturalExpression	diasporic literature → diasporic music → diasporic religions → diasporic visual arts →
hasEstimatedPopulation	hundreds of millions of people →
hasLanguage	African languages → Creole languages → Dutch → English → French → Portuguese → Spanish →
hasMainSubject	people of African descent →
hasOrigin	Africa →
hasPart	African Americans → Afro-Asian communities → Afro-Brazilians → Afro-Canadians → Afro-Caribbeans → Afro-Europeans → Afro-Latinos →
hasReligion	Afro-diasporic religions → Christianity → Islam → traditional African religions →
hasTheme	citizenship and belonging → cultural hybridity → cultural retention → memory of slavery → migration → racial identity → resistance to oppression → return to Africa → transnationalism →
influences	global popular culture → literature → music genres such as jazz, blues, reggae, hip hop, samba → political movements → religious practices →
presentIn	Asia → Caribbean → Europe → Latin America → Middle East → North America → Oceania → South America →
relatedTo	African continent → Black identity → Jewish diaspora →
significantInCentury	16th century → 17th century → 18th century → 19th century → 20th century → 21st century →
studiedInDiscipline	African diaspora studies → African studies → Black studies → anthropology → cultural studies → history → sociology →

Referenced by (18)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
African American studies → Association for Black Anthropologists →	focusesOn
Afro-Caribbean people → Afro-Grenadians ("African diaspora in the Americas") →	partOf
Fernando Po Krio ("Atlantic slave trade diaspora") →	associatedWith
Black is beautiful →	associatedWithCommunity
Indians in South Africa ("South African diaspora") →	diasporaRelation
Afro-Mexicans ("Africans") →	ethnicOrigin
Pan-Africanism ("Black Atlantic intellectual tradition") →	hasIntellectualRoot
African diaspora ("Afro-Europeans") →	hasPart
Black Lives Matter protests in London ("Black British communities") →	hasParticipant
A Mercy →	hasSubject
Afro-Latin American literature ("African diaspora literature") →	isPartOf
The Myth of the Negro Past →	mainSubject
Dakar Biennale of Contemporary African Art →	regionServed
Afro-Cubans →	relatedGroup
African American studies ("African diaspora studies") →	relatedTo
Oshun →	worshipRegion