Diaspora

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A diaspora ( dy-ASP-ər-ə) is a population dispersed across multiple regions outside its geographic place of origin, typically comprising people who continue to identify—culturally, politically, religiously, or emotionally—with a particular homeland while residing elsewhere. The term originates from the ancient Greek διασπορά (diaspora, lit. 'dispersion') and was first used this way in reference to the Jewish exile from Judea following the Babylonian captivity. The term now broadly encompasses communities formed through voluntary migration (such as trade, labor movement, or education) as well as through forced displacement caused by conquest, persecution, enslavement, famine, or war. The concept of diaspora encompasses a wide range of communities, from longstanding groups such as Armenians, Africans dispersed through the Atlantic slave trade, and overseas Chinese, to more recent diasporas shaped by twentieth- and twenty-first-century conflict and upheaval, including Palestinians, Syrians...

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