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Diaspora [daɪˈæspərə] n 1. (Historical Terms) (Social Science / Peoples) a. the dispersion of the Jews after the Babylonian and Roman conquests of Palestine b. the Jewish communities outside Israel c. the Jews living outside Israel d. the extent of Jewish settlement outside Israel 2. (Christian Religious Writings / Bible) (in the New Testament) the body of Christians living outside Palestine 3. (Social Science / Anthropology & Ethnology) (Sociology) (often not capital) a dispersion or spreading, as of people originally belonging to one nation or having a common culture [from Greek: a scattering, from diaspeirein to disperse, from dia- + speirein to scatter, sow; see spore] Diaspora the scattering of the Jews after the period of Babylonian exile. See also: Judaism
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Legacy explores the artifacts of Howard University's Moorland-Spingarn Research Center (MSRC), which is recognized as one of the world's largest and most-comprehensive repositories for the documentation of the history and culture of people of African descent in the global Diasporas. In spite of the high quality of the artists, this approach was subject to certain criticisms, and for the next round, the Biennale incorporated African diasporas as a sixth "region" of Africa, with two of its solo exhibitions by Carrie Mae Weems of the US and Kcho (Alexis Leyva) of Cuba. As far ahead as one can imagine, India and China will provide the two great diasporas of the world. |
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