African diaspora

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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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural community
demographic group
diaspora
associatedWith Afrocentrism
Black Atlantic
Black Lives Matter movement
surface form: Black Lives Matter

Black nationalism
Negritude
surface form: 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
surface form: 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 Black Americans
surface form: African Americans

Afro-Asian communities
Afro-Brazilians
Afro-Canadians
Afro-Caribbean people
surface form: Afro-Caribbeans

African diaspora self-linksurface differs
surface form: Afro-Europeans

Afro-Latin Americans
surface form: 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

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Afro-Kittitians and Nevisians partOf African diaspora
Princes and Powers mainTopic African diaspora
Long Look hasHeritage African diaspora
William T. Williams hasSubject African diaspora
The Root hasTargetDemographic African diaspora
this entity surface form: Black diaspora
Afrodeezia mainSubject African diaspora
Door of No Return symbolizes African diaspora