Eritreans

Red Sea nationals

Eritreans are people from Eritrea, a country on the Horn of Africa along the Red Sea.

The term covers both citizens and those of Eritrean descent: Eritreans in the diaspora maintain strong ties to their homeland.

The country gained independence from Ethiopia in 1993 after a thirty-year war.

diaspora

refugees

People seeking safety elsewhere

exileBanishment from homeland
migrationMovement to new territory
remittancesPayments sent abroad

asylum · resettlement · community · expatriates · brain drain · displacement · integration · transnational · associations · second generation

homeland

Horn of Africa

Northeast African peninsula

Red SeaAfrican-Arabian saltwater inlet
NaraFormer Japanese capital
highlandsElevated, hilly land areas

identity

multilingual

Knowing multiple languages

NaraFormer Japanese capital
heritageInherited cultural legacy
ancestryFamily line of descent

national pride · resilience · solidarity · unity · diversity · statelessness

culture

injera

Spongy fermented teff bread

braidingInterlacing three strands
hennaPlant-derived body dye
EpiphanyChristian feast, January sixth

coffee ceremony · Eid

history

independence

Freedom from external control

liberationRelease from constraint
fedayeenSelf-sacrificing militant fighters
colonialismDomination through foreign settlement

federation · annexation · referendum · martyrs · border war · guerrilla

Categories

Indian OceanArabian Sea, Bay of Bengal, Persian Gulf, Red Sea, Andaman Sea
African PeoplesEgyptians, Nigerians, South Africans, Zulu, Moroccans
ethnic groupsJews, Arabs, Chinese, Irish, Greeks

Family

Eritrea, Eritrean

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