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diaspora  

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  • Diaspora is a term used to describe communities of people, often taken away from their homelands by force, who now live away from their country and culture of origin. Since the 1950s, the term has been used to describe the worldwide presence of Africans. [Source: Encyclopedia of African Religion; Diaspora]

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