Question

How has the African diaspora been critical to the economic development of North America, South America, and the Caribbean

Answer 1

The African Diaspora has been formed with the movements of Africans and their descendants to regions throughout Europe, North America, South America, and the Caribbean. From the Caribbean, numerous African slaves (after having been “seasoned” for few time) were transshipped to both North America and South America for serving on same plantations in these other parts of the globe. Hence the migration of Africans continued in the New World both during slavery when slaves from the Caribbean were further relocated and sold for the plantations in North America and South America and after slavery when voluntary migration to metropolitan centers in Europe and North America became widespread.

There are many push factors responsible for the increasing waves of out-migration away from Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean, which in the early 2000s constitute the bulk of the African diaspora. Major important among these push factors are political instability, repressive or oppressive state policies, lack of personal advancement, and economic hardships. Moreover the migrants also desire to settle in the more advanced metropoles of North America and Europe as they wanted improved economic opportunities and higher educational attainments. Because of these push factors, African diaspora been critical to the economic development of North America, South America, and the Caribbean