Diaspora definition

Diaspora means peoples of African descent and heritage living outside the continent, irrespective of their citizenship and who remain committed to contribute to the development of the continent and the building of the African Union (DOC.EX.CL/164(VII))

Diaspora is a Greek word that means ‘the scattering of a population’. It refers to people who have emigrated from their country of origin and now reside in a host country, but maintain a connection with their country of origin (King and Christou, 2010). Prior to 2002, the term ‘diaspora’ mostly referred to the Jewish diaspora around the world, but a study by Brubaker (2005) indicates that this term now has a broader meaning. He indicates that, in 2002, of a total of 253 books published, only two were about the Jewish diaspora, while in past between 1900 to 1910, of the 18 published books on the diasporas, 17 were about the Jewish diaspora. Thus, nowadays, the word ‘diaspora’ has multiple and flexible meanings. However, from an economic point of view, the US State Department and the African Union have different definitions. The US State Department defines diasporas as: Immigrants and their descendants who maintain a connection to their country of origin, having a collective memory and an interest to support the country of origin, holding an option to return, aware of their diasporic consciousness. On the other hand, the African Union define diasporas as: people of African origin who live outside the continent, willing to contribute to their country of origin, as well as to the entire continent’s development and the building of the union.

Diaspora in Greek means „scattering‟ of seeds.

Examples of Diaspora in a sentence

• An African American, a person having origins in any of the black racial groups of the African Diaspora, regardless of cultural origin.

• The Spread of the Tablighi Jama’at Across Western, Central and Eastern Java and the role of the Indian Muslim Diaspora Farish A.

• African Diaspora Program 1976 Washington, D.C. Language: English.

• Electronic installation, digital media, video art.Frank, Barbara E., Ph.D., 1988, Indiana University: African, Mesoamerican and African Diaspora art history.

• The two-semester sequence introduces students to the theoretical and methodological issues of the African Diaspora.

• These speeches have been related to the Diaspora apologetic literature.

• It has been accepted for inclusion in African Diaspora Archaeology Newsletter by an authorized editor of ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst.

• Diaspora, Identity and Religion: New Directions in Theory and Research.

• African Diaspora Program 1976 Washington, D.C. Artist: Church of the Living God (Hyattsville, Md.) Language: English.

• It has been accepted for inclusion in African Diaspora ISPs by an authorized administrator of DigitalCollections@SIT.

More Definitions of Diaspora

Diaspora means the movement of moving to another location. The change of surroundings affects the formation of identity. When people move to another location, they are influenced by the surroundings. The first generations of Japanese Americans need to adjust themselves to fit in to the new life style. They have Japanese cultural teachings and ideas in them, which they try to pass on to their next generation. Therefore, the second generations receive two difference kinds of teachings: one through the influence of their surroundings and another through their parents. As a matter of fact, anyone can be affected by the change of surroundings, especially when the change comes through a major even like World War II.

Diaspora means “Scattering” in Greek. For nearly seven hundred years by the first-century CE the Mediterranean had been settled by waves of Jewish exiles fleeing waves of foreign conquests: the Assyrian in 722 BCE, the Babylo- nian in 597 BCE, and the Greek under Alexander the Great from 332 BCE. Six to seven million Jews were living in the Diaspora by the first-century CE, more in fact than in Palestine (Meeks 1983:33) (estimated by some as high as three million). All the large cities in the Eastern Mediterranean, including Alexandria, had a Jewish population of between ten to fifteen percent. Antioch's Jewish population may have approached fifty-percent. This was crucial for the devel- opment of Christianity, as Paul, with generations of others, blended the religious ideas of two cultures.

Diaspora means a Tanzanian/African in Diaspora