Colonial diaspora

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] 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] 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.

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