Historically, global forces have also contributed to migration, including seafaring explorations, colonialism, and the transatlantic slave trade that led to a diaspora (dispersal) of millions of African peoples into… Migration is an important characteristic of human behavior.

People migrate for all sorts of reasons, moving from place to place in search of economic opportunities, refuge from political or social oppression, educational opportunities, health resources, fulfillment of family… From our earliest ancestral beginnings, humans have moved from place to place, sometimes on a seasonal basis and sometimes permanently

migration — movement from one place to another that reestablishes a household, whether temporarily or permanently. diaspora — the movement and dispersal of large ethnic groups from their homelands because of warfare, institutionalized violence, or opportunity (usually education or employment). forced labor — the recruitment, transportation, transfer, and/or harboring of persons by means of threat or use of force or coercion for the purpose of financial exploitation. cultural hybridity — the exchange and innovation within cultures that is a product of migration and globalization.