African diaspora
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| - | The '''African diaspora''' is the [[diaspora]] created by the movements and cultures of [[Africa]]ns and their descendants throughout the world, to places such as the [[Americas]], (including [[the United States]], [[Canada]], the [[Caribbean]], [[Central America]], and [[South America]]) [[Europe]] and [[Asia]]. Much of the African diaspora is descended from people sold into slavery during the transatlantic slave trade, with the largest population living in [[Brazil]] (see [[Afro-Brazilian]]). | + | The '''African diaspora''' is the [[diaspora]] created by the movements and cultures of [[Africa]]ns and their descendants throughout the world, to places such as the [[Americas]], (including [[the United States]], [[Canada]], the [[Caribbean]], [[Central America]], and [[South America]]) [[Europe]] and [[Asia]]. Much of the African diaspora is descended from people sold into slavery during the transatlantic slave trade, with the largest population living in [[Brazil]] (see [[Afro-Brazilian]]). |
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| + | During the 20th century, Afro-Caribbean people began to assert their cultural, economic and political rights on the world stage. The Jamaican [[Marcus Garvey]] formed the [[UNIA]] movement in the U.S., continuing with [[Aimé Césaire]]'s [[négritude]] movement, which was intended to create a pan-African movement across national lines. From the 1960s, the former slave populations in the Caribbean began to win their independence from British colonial rule. They were pre-eminent in creating new cultural forms such as [[Calypso music|calypso]], [[reggae music]], and [[rastafari]]anism within the Caribbean. Beyond the region, a new Afro-Caribbean diaspora, including such figures as [[Stokely Carmichael]] and [[DJ Kool Herc]] in the United States, was influential in the creation of the [[black power]] and [[Hip Hop]] movements. Influential political theorists such as [[Franz Fanon]] and [[Stuart Hall (cultural theorist)|Stuart Hall]] contributed to anti-colonial theory and movements in Africa, as well as cultural developments in Europe. | ||
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| *[[List of topics related to the Black Diaspora]] | *[[List of topics related to the Black Diaspora]] | ||
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The African diaspora is the diaspora created by the movements and cultures of Africans and their descendants throughout the world, to places such as the Americas, (including the United States, Canada, the Caribbean, Central America, and South America) Europe and Asia. Much of the African diaspora is descended from people sold into slavery during the transatlantic slave trade, with the largest population living in Brazil (see Afro-Brazilian).
Culture
During the 20th century, Afro-Caribbean people began to assert their cultural, economic and political rights on the world stage. The Jamaican Marcus Garvey formed the UNIA movement in the U.S., continuing with Aimé Césaire's négritude movement, which was intended to create a pan-African movement across national lines. From the 1960s, the former slave populations in the Caribbean began to win their independence from British colonial rule. They were pre-eminent in creating new cultural forms such as calypso, reggae music, and rastafarianism within the Caribbean. Beyond the region, a new Afro-Caribbean diaspora, including such figures as Stokely Carmichael and DJ Kool Herc in the United States, was influential in the creation of the black power and Hip Hop movements. Influential political theorists such as Franz Fanon and Stuart Hall contributed to anti-colonial theory and movements in Africa, as well as cultural developments in Europe.
See also
- List of topics related to the Black Diaspora
- Afro-Anglo American
- Afro-Latin American
- Afro-Hispanic people
- Afro-Brazilians
- Theory of the recent African origin of modern humans
