Diaspora is a term used to describe the mass, often involuntary, dispersal of a population from a homeland to multiple areas, and the creation of communities and identities based on the histories and consequences of that dispersal. Diaspora entered the anthropological lexicon through the early ethnographic and theoretical work on the communities of African descent in the New World and has since attained new epistemological and political resonances.
Written by Jehron Muhammad May 25th 2025, Africa and its diaspora paid tribute to those heroes, past and present, whose … Continue reading Africa Day and the history of the Pan African anti-imperialist movement
Written by Adeoluwa Chukwu During an age where the flame of Pan-Africanism has been severely dimmed by the wave of … Continue reading The Value of Pan-Africanism
Written by Neil Turner The study of Maroon sites is a rich and virtually untapped area that can advance our … Continue reading MAROONS – The Great Palmares
This review is organized as a history of the diverse elements of scholarship by which the field of African Diaspora … Continue reading Revolta dos Búzios – 1798
It is the intention of the editor to present a series of texts written by some of the most … Continue reading The Great Revival: CIAD II
One Sunday in February, 2008 when my wife and I were living in the bairro of Itapúa which is situated … Continue reading Candomblé, Macumba Ritual and Jaré in Brazil
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