Africans have dispersed around the globe and built a community known as the African Diaspora. It arose thousands of years before the Atlantic slave trade and has influenced science, art, literature, and religions of people the world over. Africans and their descendants everywhere have created thriving cultures to sustain themselves and their relationships with Africa. In the Americas, major Diasporan communities can be found throughout Canada, the United States, the Caribbean, and South America. In this section, discover dimensions of the Diaspora.