‘FESTIVAL OF THE DIASPORA’ TO CONVENE BUSINESS AND GOVERNMENT LEADERS FROM ACROSS THE AMERICAS IN A CONFERENCE TO DISCUSS BELONGING AND THRIVING -…
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2,959 Kenyans in the Diaspora Register as New Voters – Mwakilishi.com
admin | February 11, 2022
Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) registered 1,031,645 new voters during the recently-concluded voter listing exercise. IEBC Chairman Wafula Chebukati says a further 396,163 registered voters applied to transfer to registration centers of their choice, while 2,269 others changed their particulars
Mellon Grant Funds Intersectional Studies at Georgia State’s Center for Studies on Africa and Its Diaspora – Georgia State University News
admin | February 11, 2022
ATLANTAThe Center for Studies on Africa and Its Diaspora (CSAD) at Georgia State University has received a grant of more than $500,000 to establish an intersectional studies collective with a focus on the American South.
How the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Created the African Diaspora – History
admin | February 7, 2022
The trans-Atlantic slave trade was the capture, forcible transport and sale of native Africans to Europeans for lifelong bondage in the Americas. Lasting from the 16th to 19th centuries, it is responsible, more than any other project or phenomenon in the history of the modern world, for the creation of the African diasporathe dispersal of Black people outside their places of origin on the continent of Africa.
Music and Spirit in the African Diaspora – JSTOR Daily
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When enslaved Africans were brought to the Americas, their experiences were very different across different parts of the region. Their musical, religious and cultural traditions were frequently suppressed, and always adapted and mixed with those of other cultures
Thank You, Mr. Nixon and other tales of the Chinese diaspora – Christian Science Monitor
admin | February 7, 2022
Award-winning author Gish Jens latest collection opens with a Chinese saying: A long journey begins with a step.
Nigerians in the Diaspora remitted $87.37bn in four years – New Telegraph Newspaper
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Between 2017 and 2020, Nigeria received total of $87.37billion in remittances from its citizens living in the diaspora, latest data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) and the World Bank shows. New Telegraphs analysis of the 2020 Demographic Statistics Bulletin released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) at the weekend, as well as the Migration and Development Brief 35 report published by the World Bank in November, indicates that Nigeria received $70.16billion and $17.21billion in remittances from 2017-2019 and in 2020 respectively. Infact, theWorldBankinits report in November projected that Nigeria would receive $17.6billion in remittances in 2021.
Diasporic Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com
admin | February 3, 2022
Often Diasporic . of or relating to the Diaspora, the scattering of the Jews to countries outside Palestine after the Babylonian captivity:The diasporic book of Daniel celebrates Daniel's refusal to assimilate to the pressures of the gentile court in Babylon.
B/AACC kicks of ‘Uniting the Diaspora’ Black History Month – Rocky Mountain Collegian
admin | February 3, 2022
Collegian | Kota Babcock Joseph Adenowo portrays Black Panther Party leader Fred Hampton on a small stage by the Lory Student Center Theatre along with two other students Jan. 28. Ivy Secrest, Arts and Culture ReporterFebruary 2, 2022 On Jan
Lunar New Year traditions evolve in the Asian diaspora – NPR
admin | February 3, 2022
Members of the Scottish Chinese community take part in Edinburgh Chinese New Year Festival on Monday in Scotland. Chinese New Year in Edinburgh has become one of the largest celebrations of its kind in Scotland
