Wikipedia:WikiProject African diaspora

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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 disperesed, managed to preserve cultural traditions while, at the same time, reinventing their identities in places outside of Africa.

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African Diaspora Peoples

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[edit] Articles to watch

These articles require special attention to help neutralize the content and prevent vandalism. Please consider adding these articles to your watch lists and evaluating the content for POV violations.

[edit] Articles to improve

These articles are major topics that need to be improved. Feel free to expand this list.

Pan-Africanism
Committee for the Relief of the Black Poor
Great Migration (African American)
African aesthetic (Sources on the talk page need to be moved in to the article.)
Notable black innovators, inventors and scientists Too many unlinked names, list is too short.
Music of the African diaspora Just a stub
Great Migration (African American) a major diaspora internal to the US

[edit] Requested articles

List of mathematicians of the African Diaspora
Dhamal dance
Ring shout
Flambeaux see: [1]
Afro-French

[edit] Music articles

See: List of musical genres of the African diaspora

[edit] Art & Architecture

Please help expand!

Shotgun house

[edit] Technology

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Cotton gin

[edit] Food

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Soul food

[edit] Featured articles

Featured articles on subjects related to the African diaspora. At present there are 11 featured articles out of 1,310 featured articles in total concerned with subjects from the African diaspora.

Music of the Lesser Antilles
Black Seminoles
British African-Caribbean community
The Jackson 5
The Supremes
Dixie (song)
Salsa music
Sly & the Family Stone
West Indian cricket team in England in 1988
Gilberto Silva
Michael Jordan

[edit] Project participants

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futurebird 05:09, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
Szvest - ^{Wiki me up ®} 10:55, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
Zleitzen 11:14, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
--Toussaint 19:34, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
deeceevoice 19:04, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
Kynn 03:30, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
Sluzzelin 06:50, 11 February 2007 (UTC) (focus on music, but interested in every aspect)
Muntuwandi 00:15, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
Optimale ^Gu 17:17, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
Ab e g92contribs 20:54, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
Theangryblackwoman 13:38, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
JJJamal 20:30, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
Harrypotter 23:27, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
Jeeny 18:53, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
Jetamors 18:24, 23 March 2007 (UTC)