Wikipedia:WikiProject African diaspora

WikiProject African diaspora aims to improve all articles related to the cultural contributions of people of African descent all over the world. The African diaspora is the story of how Africans, though scattered and dispersed, managed to preserve cultural traditions while, at the same time, reinventing their identities in places outside Africa.

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Peoples of the African Diaspora

See also: Category:Peoples of the African diaspora

African Americans African Filipinos Africans in the United States Afro-Arab Afro-Argentines Afro-Bahamian people Afro-Brazilians

Afro-Cubans Afro-Germans Afro-Latin Americans Afro-Mexicans Afro-Peruvians Afro-Trinidadian people Afro-Turks

Black British People Black Canadians Haitians Jamaicans Maroons Siddi and more...

Current Goals

Article Assessments

Project Afro assessments needs your help. You can:

• Assess articles (it's ok if you're not 100% sure about where you place an article.)
• Work on top importance articles first (especially the ones that aren't at least B class)
• Expand African Americans in Davenport, Iowa. Suggestions are welcome regarding what should be inlcluded.

African diaspora articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA	1	6	9	2			18
FL			2	1			3
GA	1	5	9	11		3	29
B	10	46	50	33		18	157
C		11	30	22		24	87
Start	9	43	115	176		123	466
Stub	3	15	50	182		138	388
List			17	6	2	57	82
Category					1		1
Template					2		2
NA					350		350
Other					1		1
Assessed	24	126	282	433	356	363	1,584
Unassessed			1			702	703
Total	24	126	283	433	356	1,065	2,287

Deletion discussions

All deletion discussions relevant to this wikiproject will be held at Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Ethnic groups or Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Africa

Recognized Articles

Featured articles

Of the more than 1,300 Wikipedia articles on subjects treating the African diaspora, just over one percent have achieved featured article status. Among them are:

Aaliyah African American literature (demoted in 2009) Alpha Kappa Alpha Alpha Phi Alpha Amazing Grace Barack Obama Black Seminoles (demoted in 2009) Coonskin (film) Janet Jackson Jena Six Malcolm X

Mariah Carey Master Juba Michael Jackson Michael Jordan Music of the Lesser Antilles Port Chicago disaster Rosewood massacre Shotgun house (demoted in 2010) The Autobiography of Malcolm X W. E. B. Du Bois

Featured lists

List of African American Medal of Honor recipients
List of African American United States Cabinet Secretaries
List of Alpha Kappa Alpha sisters

Good Articles

African American culture African Americans in Omaha, Nebraska Alan Keyes Alicia Keys A More Perfect Union: Advancing New American Rights ATL (film) Betty Shabazz Black Hebrew Israelites Bob Marley

Bud Billiken Parade and Picnic DuSable Museum of African American History James McCune Smith Mary McLeod Bethune Maya Angelou Music of Barbados Music of Dominica Rainbow/PUSH Washington Park Subdivision

Did you knows

• Paul Robeson
• W.E.B. Du Bois
• Clarence Lightner
• St. Paul A.M.E. Church
• Leonard Hall (Shaw University)
• Africatown
• Leonidas Berry, June 6, 2007
• Eldridge Dickey, July 4, 2007
• Calhoun Colored School, October 18, 2007
• Matilda Sissieretta Joyner Jones, May 10, 2008
• Robert Purvis, May 11, 2008
• James Cameron (activist) July 22, 2008
• Joe Dudley August 9, 2008
• Sia, le rêve du python, September 22, 2008
• The City Sun, September 27, 2008
• Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A., November 1, 2008
• Francine Everett, November 3, 2008
• The Blood of Jesus, November 22, 2008
• Go Down Death, December 3, 2008
• Juke Joint (1947 film), December 5, 2008
• Boy! What a Girl!, December 17, 2008
• Spencer Williams (actor), December 17, 2008
• The Notorious Elinor Lee, December 20, 2008
• Quindaro Townsite, December 20, 2008
• A Daughter of the Congo, December 28, 2008
• The Gunsaulus Mystery, December 29, 2008
• Swing! (film), December 30, 2008
• Western University (Kansas), January 2, 2009
• The House Behind the Cedars, January 5, 2009
• Body and Soul (1925 film), January 7, 2009
• Veiled Aristocrats, January 7, 2009
• First Baptist Church (Petersburg, Virginia), January 8, 2009
• Gillfield Baptist Church (Petersburg, Virginia), January 8, 2009
• Pocahontas Island, Virginia, January 9, 2009
• Frederick B. Williams, January 10, 2009
• Wyatt Tee Walker, January 11, 2009
• Pernessa C. Seele, January 30, 2009
• Andrew W. Cooper, February 2, 2009
• African American candidates for president of the United States, February 4, 2009
• Black president in popular culture (United States), February 5, 2009
• Mule Bone, February 16, 2009
• Message to the Grass Roots, April 5, 2009
• Louis Lomax, April 6, 2009
• William D. Alexander, April 17, 2009
• Jivin' in Be-Bop, April 18, 2009
• Aulcie Perry, April 19, 2009
• Donald Bogle, April 20, 2009
• The Hate That Hate Produced, May 14, 2009
• Charles Sumner School, May 30, 2009
• Alysa Stanton, June 7, 2009
• African Cemetery No. 2 (Lexington, Kentucky), August 1, 2009
• Anna Murray-Douglass, March 8, 2011
• Pym (novel), March 10, 2011
• Marimba Ani, July 7, 2011
• Mangrove restaurant, August 20, 2011
• Race Today, August 21, 2011

New articles

• Russell J. Rickford (November 2011)
• Jesmyn Ward (November 2011)
• Nikky Finney (October 2011)
• Lionel Morrison (August 2011)
• Race Today (August 2011)
• Frank Crichlow (August 2011)
• Mangrove restaurant (August 2011)
• Marimba Ani (July 2011)
• Wadsworth Jarrell (April 2011)
• Pym (novel) (March 2011)
• Anna Murray-Douglass (March 2011)
• Coromantins (January 2011)
• (Here I Stand) In The Spirit of Paul Robeson (December 2010)

Articles recently added to the project

• Good Hair
• Hair straightening
• Coromantee people
• Darren Barrett
• Marc Edwards (drummer)
• Samuel R. Delany
• Paul Cuffee
• Georgia Douglas Johnson
• The Washington Informer
• The Washington Afro American
• Wilmington Insurrection of 1898
• Phi Beta Sigma
• Alma Woodsey Thomas

Project participants

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1. futurebird 05:09, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
2. Szvest - ^{Wiki me up ®} 10:55, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
3. Zleitzen 11:14, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
4. --Toussaint 19:34, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
5. deeceevoice 19:04, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
6. Kynn 03:30, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
7. Sluzzelin 06:50, 11 February 2007 (UTC) (focus on music, but interested in every aspect)
8. Muntuwandi 00:15, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
9. Optimale ^Gu 17:17, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
10. Abeg92contribs 20:54, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
11. Theangryblackwoman 13:38, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
12. JJJamal 20:30, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
13. Harrypotter 23:27, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
14. Jeeny ^Talk 18:53, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
15. Jetamors 18:24, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
16. Rob C (Alarob) 22:15, 8 May 2007 (UTC), esp. interested in history.
17. CJ 19:17, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
18. Malik Shabazz 22:43, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
19. Littledrummrboy 16:21, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
20. Cosprings 21:23, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
21. Bwyche 17:02, 3 August 2007 (UTC) 17:00, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
22. SqueakBox 23:26, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
23. Yahel Guhan 02:56, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
24. WDavis1911 02:23, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
25. Wiki Raja 04:57, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
26. Da Stressor 23:13, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
27. Claraparks 22:39, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
28. Scott Free 20:55, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
29. DeeOlive 00:24, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
30. Themalau 06:46, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
31. Parkwells 16:19, 8 November 2007 (UTC) interests: Reconstruction,19th c. migrations and US social history
32. Skywriter interests: Journalism, Reconstruction History, civil rights, human rights
33. George100 11:22, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
34. Blackjays1 (talk) 19:19, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
35. Portia_ak 14:56, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
36. Quimbaraquimba (talk) 04:50, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
37. Mizu onna sango15 (talk) 07:09, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
38. Lquilter - scientists, activists
39. Lizzard - writers, history, civil rights
40. RemoTheDog 14:10, 1 May 2007 (UTC) - African Diaspora, specifically Black Thought in Latin America
41. Fclass 17:20, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
42. APK ^{like a lollipop} 05:15, 9 July 2008 (UTC) (historical buildings and churches in Raleigh and Washington, D.C.)
43. LizConno
44. WikiGuy86 03:49, 23 October 2008 (UTC) — Film main area of expertise, though interested in other aspects.
45. BhangTheory (talk) 19:12, 15 November 2008 (UTC)-- Interests & Expertise: Social Psychology, Writing and World Literature.
46. Ecoleetage (talk) 13:39, 18 November 2008 (UTC)
47. Wikid77 (talk) 08:36, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
48. trudat2000 interests/expertise: social movements, black power & nationalism, violence directed against African Americans
49. Moni3 (talk) 12:14, 3 April 2009 (UTC) North American civil rights
50. Bab-a-lot (talk) 21:54, 12 October 2009 (UTC) Colonial Era and the African diaspora
51. Olayinka117 (talk) 14:06, 7 April 2010 (UTC)
52. User:Hash789 11:19 20 June 2010 interests: Africana philosophy, history, social movements, gender/sexuality/race/ethnicity theory, literature, theatre, colonialism
53. LTC David J. Cormier (talk) 15:27, 5 July 2010 (UTC) early North American efforts to return, culture
54. HalifaxnBlack (talk) 06:13, 21 July 2010 (UTC)
55. Tribal Jam (talk) 05:51, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
56. JN466 19:26, 7 July 2011 (UTC)
57. SarahStierch (talk) 01:06, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
58. Draco^E 00:11, 27 November 2011 (UTC)

Stubs

Stub categories are meant for stub articles only. An article only belongs in one of the following stub categories if it is directly related to the category. Individuals should not be placed in one of these categories unless they are important to the history and/or culture of Africans, African-Americans or the African diaspora as a whole. Instead they should be placed according to their nationality and or profession. The number of stub categories should be as minimal as possible.

Do Not subst the templates or hardcode stub categories into the article.

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Resources

Digitized books

• Okpewho, Isidore; Nzegwu, Nkiru (2009). The new African diaspora. Indiana University Press. ISBN 9780253353375. http://books.google.ca/books?id=CMg--t-YQWQC&lpg=PP1&dq=African%20diaspora&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=true. 
• Olaniyan, Tejumola; Sweet, James H (2010). The African Diaspora and the Disciplines. Indiana University Press. ISBN 9780253354648. http://books.google.ca/books?id=KEsqd8CkCZ8C&lpg=PP1&dq=African%20diaspora&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=true. 
• Hine, Darlene Clark; Danielle Keaton, Trica; Small, Stephen (2009). Black Europe and the African diaspora. University of Illinois Press. http://books.google.ca/books?id=YH-DgrHLu1UC&lpg=PP1&dq=African%20diaspora&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=true. 
• Davies, Carole Boyce (2008). Encyclopedia of the African diaspora: origins, experiences and culture, Volume 1. Santa Barbara, Calif: ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9781851097005. http://books.google.ca/books?id=nkVxNVvex-sC&lpg=PP1&dq=Encyclopedia%20of%20the%20African%20diaspora%3A%20origins%2C%20experiences%20and%20culture&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=true. 
• Wisdom, Tettey; Puplampu, Korbla P (2005). The African diaspora in Canada: negotiating identity & belonging. University of Calgary Press. ISBN 1552381757. http://books.google.ca/books?id=QpoxptJZ73sC&lpg=PP1&dq=The%20African%20diaspora%20in%20Canada%3A%20negotiating%20identity%20%26%20belonging&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=true. 
• Olliz-Boyd, Antonio (2010). The Latin American Identity and the African Diaspora: Ethnogenesis in Context. Cambria Press. ISBN 9781604977042. http://books.google.ca/books?id=hCcMb_2i0SUC&lpg=PP1&dq=African%20diaspora&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=true. 
• Carter, Donald Martin (2010). Navigating the African Diaspora: The Anthropology of Invisibility. University of Minnesota Press. ISBN 9780816647774. http://books.google.ca/books?id=i2ub33rbk3MC&lpg=PP1&dq=African%20diaspora&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=true. 
• Conyers, Jr, James L (2009). Racial structure and radical politics in the African diaspora. London : Transaction. ISBN 1412810450. http://books.google.ca/books?id=e7uVp3ipwW0C&lpg=PP1&dq=African%20diaspora&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=true. 
• Curry, Dawne Y; Duke;, Eric D; Smith, Marshanda A (2009). Extending the diaspora : new histories of Black peopl. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 9780252034596. http://books.google.ca/books?id=iLxYa1HpdbgC&lpg=PA157&dq=African%20diaspora&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=true. 
• Arthur, John A (2008). The African diaspora in the United States and Europe: the Ghanaian experience. Ashgate. http://books.google.ca/books?id=OHg2eXlVMykC&lpg=PA1&dq=African%20diaspora&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=true. 

Web pages

• MoAD - The Museum of the African Diaspora
• Afro-Europe - The blog relating to all things Afro-European and black Europe
• Afropolitans - The blog on the cosmopolitan community of African ancestry

Related projects

WikiProject African diaspora is one of the African WikiProjects.

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