Creolization
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Creolization is the process through which creole languages and cultures emerge. Creolization was first used by linguists to explain how contact languages become creole languages, but now scholars in o
Creole Delicacies Food Booth in Louisiana
Diaspora
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A diaspora is a population dispersed across multiple regions outside its geographic place of origin, typically comprising people who continue to identify—culturally, politically, religiously, or emoti
Creolization
…is traditionally used to refer to the Caribbean, although it is not exclusive to the Caribbean and some scholars use the term to represent other diasporas. Furthermore, creolization occurs when participants select cultural elements that may become part of inherited culture. Sociologist Robin Cohen writes…
India has the world's largest annual emigration. Pictured at Ricoh Coliseum, in Toronto, Canada, on April 15, 2015
The Mexican diaspora is the world's second-largest; pictured is Mexican day celebrations in Germany.
Emigrants Leave Ireland depicting the emigration from Ireland following the Great Famine
Kurdish refugees from Kobanî in a refugee camp, on the Turkish side of the Syria–Turkey border.