USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -(African diaspora refers to the long-term historical process by which people of African descent have been scattered from their ancestral homelands to other parts of the world.)

Detailed explanation-2: -Definition: AFRICAN & BLACK DIASPORA The African Diaspora is the voluntary and involuntary movement of Africans and their descendants to various parts of the world during the modern and pre-modern periods.

Detailed explanation-3: -The word “Diaspora” has its origins in the Latin word “diaspeirein” meaning “disperse”. Accordingly, we understand the term African Diaspora to refer to the “dispersal” of Africans outside of the African continent. Here the word “dispersal” can be used in two ways: Firstly, to describe the actual process of dispersal.

Detailed explanation-4: -The African Diaspora – History and Definition The term “African Diaspora” first appeared in the literature in the 1950s and has been broadly defined to include all global communities descended from the historic migrations of peoples from Africa since the 15th century [3, 4].

Detailed explanation-5: -African diaspora populations include but are not limited to: African Americans, Afro-Caribbeans, Afro-Latin Americans, Black Canadians – descendants of enslaved West Africans brought to the United States, the Caribbean, and South America during the Atlantic slave trade.