Awareness days and holidays in the African diaspora
| Holiday | Date | Region | English translation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black History Month (US) | February | US | ||
| Black History Month (Austria) | February | Austria | Black History Month Austria | Initiated by Pamoja (Movement of Young African Diaspora in Austria) in 1997[1] |
| Blak History Month (Australia) | July | Australia | est 2008 "Australia's BLAK history month, will join the worldwide celebration of Black History Month, giving a greater international profile to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nations, alongside Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States of America."[2] Held during July to to coincide with NAIDOC Week.[3] | |
| Black History Month (Germany) | February | Germany | launched in 1990[4] by the Initiative of Blacks in Germany (Initiative Schwarze Menschen in Deutschland, ISD)[5] | |
| Black History Month (CA) | February | Canada | ||
| Mes de la herencia africana | April | Honduras | ||
| Mes de la afrodescendencia | May | Uruguay | ||
| Día de la afrovenezolanidad | May 10 | Venezuela | Afro-Venezuelan Day | Q54670209 |
| Mes de la Herencia Africana | May | Colombia | ||
| Día Nacional de la Afrocolombianidad / Día de la Afrocolombianidad | May 21 | Colombia | Afro-Colombian Day | |
| Mes de la Etnia Negra de Panamá | May | Panama | ||
| Día de la Etnia Negra de Panamá | May 30 | Panama | ||
| National Caribbean American Heritage Month | October | US | ||
| Mes de la Cultura Afroperuana | June | Peru | ||
| Día de la Cultura Afroperuana | June 4 | Peru | ||
| Windrush Day | June 22 | UK | ||
| Día Internacional de la mujer afrodescendiente | July 25 | International Day of Afro-descendant Women | established in 1992 at the Primer Encuentro de Mujeres Afrolatinas, Afrocaribeñas y de la Diáspora [First Encounter of Afro-Latin, Afro-Caribbean and Diaspora Women] in Santo Domingo. "In recognition of the work carried out by women of African descent in the fight against racial discrimination, sexism, poverty and marginalization."
Also know as Día de la Mujer Afrolatina, Afrocaribeña y de la Diáspora [Afro-Latin, Afro-Caribbean and Diaspora Women's Day] | |
| Día de la Persona Negra y la Cultura Afrocostarricense / Día Nacional del Afro Costarricense / Día del Negro | August 31 | Costa Rica | Afro-Costa Rican Day | |
| Día Nacional del Pueblo Afroecuatoriano | October, 1st Sunday | Ecuador | National Day of the Afro-Ecuadorian People | |
| Black Achievement Month | October | Netherlands | ||
| Black History Month (UK) | October | UK | ||
| Día Nacional de los/as afroargentinos/as y de la cultura afro | November 8 | Argentina | The National Day of Afro-Argentines and Black Culture | Law 26.852 ratified on 20 May 2013. Date of death of María Remedios del Valle[6] |
| Día Nacional Garífuna | November 19 | Nicaragua | ||
| Garifuna Settlement Day | November 19 | Belize | ||
| Dia da Consciência Negra / Zumbi Day | November 20 | Brazil | Black Awareness Day | |
| Día Nacional del Pueblo Garífuna | November 26 | Guatemala | ||
| Día del Candombe, la Cultura Afrouruguaya y la Equidad Racial | December 10 | Uruguay | Candombe Day, Afro-Uruguayan Culture and Racial Equity | |
| Negro History Week (1926-) | February 2nd week | USA | ||
| UN's International Decade for People of African Descent (2015-2014) | ||||
| Emancipation Day | - US Virgin Islands [1] [2] [3]
- Keti Koti - Emancipation Day in Suriname and Dutch Antilles, add contemporary commemorations in Netherlands | |||
| Africa Day / African Liberation Day | May 25 | - African Liberation Day merge to Africa Day
- Africa Day add history of African Liberation Day celebrations |
- ^ Martone, Eric (2008-12-08). "Pamoja". Encyclopedia of Blacks in European History and Culture [2 volumes]. ABC-CLIO. pp. 407–408. ISBN 978-0-313-34449-7.
- ^ "About // Australia's Blak History Month". Abhm2020. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
- ^ Buccitelli, Anthony Bak (2017-11-10). Race and Ethnicity in Digital Culture: Our Changing Traditions, Impressions, and Expressions in a Mediated World [2 volumes]. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1-4408-4063-0.
- ^ Florvil, Tiffany N. (2020-12-28). Mobilizing Black Germany: Afro-German Women and the Making of a Transnational Movement. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 978-0-252-05239-2.
- ^ Martone, Eric, ed. (2009). "Black History Month". Encyclopedia of Blacks in European history and culture. Greenwood Press. pp. 77–78. ISBN 978-0-313-34449-7.
- ^ Hossein, Caroline Shenaz (2017). The Black Social Economy in the Americas: Exploring Diverse Community-Based Markets. Springer. ISBN 9781137600479.