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The global African diaspora is the worldwide collection of communities descended from people from Africa. [50] The term most commonly refers to the descendants of the native West and Central Africans who were enslaved and shipped to the Americas via the Atlantic slave trade between the 16th and 19th centuries, with their largest populations in the United States, Brazil, Colombia and Haiti.
Americans face few obstacles to living in Ghana, with most people paying an annual residency fee. ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — […]
Many studies and socioeconomic observations have demonstrated that the African-American community was disproportionately impacted by the disease in multiple ways. For instance, in cities like Chicago, although African-Americans are only 30% of the population, they comprise more than 50% of COVID-19 cases and about 70% of COVID-19 deaths. [6]
WikiProject African diaspora aims to improve all articles related to the cultural contributions of people of African descent all over the world. The African diaspora is the story of how Africans, though scattered and dispersed, managed to preserve cultural traditions while, at the same time, creating new identities influenced by new homelands in places outside Africa.
The International Decade for People of African Descent, 2015–2024, [1] was proclaimed by the UN General Assembly in a Resolution (68/237) adopted on 23 December 2013. [2] The theme of the International Decade was "People of African descent: recognition, justice and development".
The African diaspora in the Americas refers to the people born in the Americas with partial, predominant, or complete sub-Saharan African ancestry. Many are descendants of persons enslaved in Africa and transferred to the Americas by Europeans, then forced to work mostly in European-owned mines and plantations, between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries.
Maultsby describes how in Africa and the black diaspora, black musicians have managed to cultivate an array of unique sounds that imitate nature, animals, spirits, and speech into their music. [54] Mechanics of delivery involves improvisation of time, text, and pitch to deliver Black audiences a variety in performances. [57]
Donald Trump set to recognise African state as official country, says ex-Tory minister after holding talks. David Maddox. November 19, 2024 at 12:15 PM.