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The African Diaspora refers to the demographic, historical, and cultural legacies created by the migrations of African people to other continents of the world. The early modern African Diaspora evolved as part of the global contacts that began with the Iberian expansion and continued through the heyday of the trans-Atlantic slave trade -- creating a rich diversity of eclectic cultures within the Diaspora, although, at a horrible price in lives and folkways. The wave that witnessed the "New Imperialism" and the "Scramble for Africa" between 1870 and 1914 created in turn, efforts at Pan-African resistance, which ultimately led to independence movements in Africa, Europe, and the Caribbean after World War II. The most recent wave of migrants has contributed in part to the further impoverishment and disempowerment of newly independent African and Caribbean nations, but has also led to increased consciousness and empowerment movements among Africans in the U.S., Europe, Canada, Asia, and Africa.
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Contact Information
Dr. Khadijah O. Miller
Interdisciplinary Studies
Norfolk State University
700 Park Avenue
Norfolk, VA 23504
757.823.2864
757.823.8602 (fax) 
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