Can someone tell me about the African diaspora of Greece?

Question

Can someone tell me about the African diaspora of Greece?

Answer 1

this is a reply to the turk from skopje.

1. the slavic migrations were in some parts of macedonia and peloponnese only and they were few in number and fail to change the language of that region like they did in half europe from west poland to west slovenia and all the way to south bulgaria. if those slavs were capable to change the language of half continent, why did they fail to change the greek language?

2. the slavs came to greece when there was no longer ancient greeks but medieval greeks that were living in the byzantine empire

3. the ancients and the modern greeks are related, like it or not. there were no slavs in most parts of the greek world.

answer to the question:

there is no african diaspora in greece, there are only immigrants and often, illegal ones

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afro-Europe...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_dia...

Answer 2

keyser must feeling shame because of his country's history. that's what I understand from all this.

Answer 3

Dear Asker, l am sorry l do not know what exactly you mean. Could you please be more specific, more details?

To Keyser: Your answer is not an answer and not related with the question. Please do not express any racist opinions of yours, they are not welcome anywhere. Greeks are Greeks, much more human than you.

Answer 4

Greeks went to America, Australia, Russia and Africa. In fact they went everywhere. The Greeks in Africa left Africa in the 80's when there were political problems.

Answer 5

I T hink and  IAM SURE your refering to the diasporia or so called diasporia during  NASERS  time in egypt in 1952 when he came to power ..there was a huge diasporia of greeks from egypt way back then.in fact today there are in foreing lands where those people fled too .associations of .EX,GREEKS FROM EGPYT.naser virtually took or gave next to nothing to non muslims to make every thing nationalistic in egypt..in fact thier where stories of people hidding thier money in all sorts of places even when they where boarding the ships they where escaping with the egyptian authorities where inspecting each and every person before they boared lots of stories of gold jewllery taken from them.other than that there is no other diasporia from africa that i know off...ps..all though greeks  have been in egypt since the time of alexander the great as a comuniity..in fact at FAYIOM..in ancient egypt they found a whole city of greek mummies.. with unbeliveable and unmistakablwe greeks feature painted on the out side of thier coffins..you u ever see one you would swear this person is of todays greek population..the other greeks who eascaped to egypt where the the main greek army and its familys in during WW2..when the german occupation of greece took hold.. thats about it..any othergreek african diasporia would be a supprisse to me..

Answer 6

Well, I couldn't find any references to Africans in Greece currently except in an immigrant status (particularly in Athens).  But historically, there seems to be some evidence for an African presence in Greece.  (Greeks in Africa is another story)

A Bibliography for Minorities in Greece:  

Pankhurst, Richard (1980). "Ethiopian and other African slaves in Greece during the Ottoman occupation." Slavery and Abolition (London) 1(3): 339-344.

http://www.armory.com/~thrace/bibl/bib3....

African Diaspora in the Indian Ocean by Richard Pankhurst  P. 199

The importance of the Ethiopian slave export trade, which constitutes the background to Hapshi history, was duly recognised by Alvares. He noted, of the 1520s, that Ethiopian slaves from Damot in particular were "much esteemed by the Moors", i.e. Muslims, and that "all the country of Arabia, Persia, India, Egypt, and Greece" was "full of slaves from this country". Such slaves, he says, "made very good Moors [i.e. Muslims] and great warriors".

http://www.civicwebs.com/cwvlib/africa/e...  (great link!!)

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TITLE: BLACK ATHENA WRITES BACK ----- MARTIN BERNAL RESPONDS TO HIS CRITICS

AUTHOR: MARTIN BERNAL  ISBN#: 0-8223-2717-1   PRICE: $26.95

Martin Bernal responds to the passionate debates set off by the 1987 publication of his book Black Athena. Producing a shock wave of reaction from scholar, Black Athena argued that the development of Greek civilization was heavily influenced by Afroasiatic civilizations. Moreover, Barnal asserted that this knowledge had been deliberately obscured by the rampant racism of nineteenth-century Europeans who could not abide the notion Greek society ---- for centuries recognized as the originating culture of Europe ----- had its origins in Africa and Southwest Asia.

http://www.headstartbooks.com/history/hi...

Article on African Diaspora

The ancient Greeks and Romans, like the Egyptians, held Africans in bondage.

http://www.novelguide.com/a/discover/aes...

Answer 7

either way everybody is related to the apes..well the 1st people..which are ethiopians...so what?that was  soooOOOOOoooooOOO longgggg ago...look at greeks not on tv..but actually go there most of them have blue eyes...and totally white skin i mean look at all the beaches with ppl tanning its bcuz we got pale skin...also come on...blacks and greeks dont look alike at all haha...and if they did mix a long time ago...it doesnt mean all greeks mixed with them..maybe 10% y would every greek man or every greek women breed with a black person...greeks breeded with greeks...this is why they call us g*y because greeks are pure.yes, i rather be called g*y then black,

Answer 8

all you need to know is that the greeks of today and not racially related to the ancients whatsoever.the ancient greeks disapeared after the slavic migrations.

ancient greeks are long gone.look at what the ancient greeks created and look at present day greeks,do they look the same?

case closed.

Answer 9

There are organized Greek communities in Egypt, Morocco, South Africa,Djibouti, Ethiopia.

http://www.ausgreeknet.com/greeksinafric...

You can try a google search "greeks in Africa" and you'll find further information for each one

Keyser S, a poor attempt for propaganda.

Answer 10

The largest amount of Greeks in Africa are found in Alexandria, Egypt. Alexandria was named after Alexander the Great. The famous poet Cavafy was born there. Also the only Egyptian that ever won a Miss Universe pageant was of GREEK origin from Alexandria. The Greek community in Alexandria flourished in the 19th century although many had fled after 1950, the city still has plenty of Greek churches, Greek restaurants, cemetaries and parks, all of Greek designs.