# Conclusion  
This section explores the formation of Global Africa and its consolidation throughout the world by means of its diasporas. The main features of this section are its interdisciplinary approach, the scope of the collaborators involved, and the great diversity of sources used. Our biggest challenges were covering the immense movement of Africans and Afrodescendants across the world and over a long time, and identifying the events and processes in which they took part and the meanings these processes gave to their lives. Here we looked at the experiences of African people in the diaspora, focusing on their capacity to create and endure in order to highlight their contribution to the formation of the societies into which they were inserted. Although we recognize the differences between the history of African people in the diasporas and African history, we understand that it is more important to highlight where the two subjects intersect than to show what divides them.  
The shortcomings that the project presents are representative of the gaps that still linger in the disciplines themselves and in studies on the diaspora and other dimensions of human experience. The history of Global Africa in Europe, the Middle East, South Asia, the Pacific and Oceania still calls for greater attention from researchers. The history of women in the African diasporas warrants special attention in future research agendas. The history of material African-diaspora culture also merits greater attention, since objects and peoples cannot be treated separately. The current debate on the restitution of African artefacts kept in European museums and other museums around the world is essential to repairing the colonial violence associated with looting; it cannot take place separately from an enhanced social history.