Colonial diaspora

Descendants of colonial-era migrants
A statue of Janey Tetary, an Indian indentured servant who died in an 1884 uprising in Suriname.[1]

A colonial diaspora is a group of people that live outside of their ancestral homeland because their ancestors migrated as part of a colonial-era practice. Depending on the source, the term refers to either people originating from the colonizing group or those whose ancestors were shifted under colonial pressure.[2][3][4][5]

Colonial diasporas by origin

Europe

In ancient times, the Greek Empire established colonies around the Mediterranean and as far away as Northwestern South Asia.[6][7]

During the colonial era that ended after World War 2, Europeans migrated around their global empires, with significant groups settling in the Western Hemisphere and Australasia.[8][9]

South Asia

Over 1 million Indian people were taken as indentured servants to other parts of the world during the British Empire, primarily to the Caribbean and Southeast Africa.[10][11] Because they had left South Asia before the establishment of the current independent nations of that region, they were often denied citizenship in South Asia,[12] and because they were also sometimes expelled or otherwise treated like non-citizens in their host countries, some of them or their families were forced to migrate twice.[13]

Postcolonial diasporas

Postcolonial diasporas are similar to colonial diasporas in that both groups often migrated in a way that addressed the global demand for labor.[14][15] Postcolonial diasporas tend to split into those who have migrated as part of a "post-national" clique that has economic dealings with multiple countries, and those who have migrated out of a sense of exile.[16]

See also

  • African diaspora

References

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  3. ^ Cohen, Robin. Global diasporas: an introduction (Revised edition 2008).
  4. ^ Jacobs, Johan U. (2016). "The trauma of home and (non)belonging in Zimbabwe and its diaspora: 'Conversion disorder' in Shadows by Novuyo Rosa Tshuma". Literator (Potchefstroom. Online). 37 (1): 1–11. doi:10.4102/lit.v37i1.1237. ISSN 2219-8237.
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  6. ^ Rozen, Minna (2008-01-01). "Homelands and diasporas: Greeks, Jews and their migrations". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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  8. ^ Varadarajan, Latha (2008). "Out of Place: Re-thinking Diaspora and Empire". Millennium: Journal of International Studies. 36 (2): 267–293. doi:10.1177/03058298080360020501. ISSN 0305-8298.
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  11. ^ Kesavapany, K. (2003-08-01). Rising India and Indian Communities in East Asia. Flipside Digital Content Company Inc. ISBN 978-981-4517-60-7.
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  13. ^ "Global South Asians: Introducing the Modern Diaspora". grfdt.com. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  14. ^ Sadiq, Kamal; Tsourapas, Gerasimos (September 2021). "The postcolonial migration state". European Journal of International Relations. 27 (3): 884–912. doi:10.1177/13540661211000114. ISSN 1354-0661.
  15. ^ Keown, Michelle; Murphy, David; Procter, James (2009), Keown, Michelle; Murphy, David; Procter, James (eds.), "Introduction: Theorizing Postcolonial Diasporas", Comparing Postcolonial Diasporas, London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, pp. 1–15, doi:10.1057/9780230232785_1, ISBN 978-0-230-23278-5, retrieved 2023-11-16
  16. ^ Suna-Koro, Kristine (2017-05-01). In Counterpoint: Diaspora, Postcoloniality, and Sacramental Theology. Wipf and Stock Publishers. ISBN 978-1-62564-710-8.
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