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This 10 page report discusses the diaspora of native Africans who have left the continent of Africa for political, economic, or for the even more fundamental reason of simple survival. Throughout Europe, North and South America, and Asia, Africans from virtually all African nations have re-settled and reconstructed their lives. In general, they have retained their unique African identities but there are, of course, necessary changes made in order to become an accepted part of their new lives and environments. The report also addresses issues of particular concern regarding the women of the African diaspora. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Jewish diaspora, it is appropriate to apply both the word and the concept to native Africans who have left the continent of Africa for political, economic, or for the even
more fundamental reason of simple survival. Throughout Europe, North and South America, and Asia, Africans from virtually all African nations have re-settled and reconstructed their lives. In general, they have
retained their unique African identities but there are, of course, necessary changes made in order to become an accepted part of their new lives and environments. Added to the struggle
is the decided Eurocentricism of the globalization process that, once again, leaves African people out of the proverbial global "loop" of economic, technological, and social development. Ironically, African women are
often caught between the worlds in ways that African men never experience. While they may live in a new reality, the old attitudes and beliefs about a womans place
remain firmly in place. As a result, traditions that have been built around male dominance and female subservience are carried into a new world where such practices may have become
fundamentally irrelevant. As a result, they face the same challenges as "modern" women but they face them while being shackled by the practices of their homelands. African Diaspora in the
21st Century Chukwu-Emeka Chikezie (2002) addresses the issues associated with the African diaspora and Africans in the United Kingdom in a paper presented at the African Knowledge Networks Forum (AKNF)
meeting in October of 2001, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The points Chikezie repeatedly makes is that Africans in the U.K. must be able to integrate within the society but that
such a process must be accomplished through the knowledge and assistance or organizations that exit to serve the African diaspora. Chikezi explains: " ... creating awareness among the African diaspora
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