The African-Asian Diaspora: Myth or Reality?

Author: Campbell, Gwyn

Source: African and Asian Studies, Volume 5, Numbers 3-4, 2006 , pp. 305-324(20)

Publisher: BRILL

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Abstract:

Since Joseph E Harris' The African Presence in Asia: Consequences of the East African Slave Trade (1971) there has been a growing scholarly interest in the possibility of an African 'slave' Diaspora in the Indian Ocean world similar to that of the well-documented African Diaspora of the Americas. However, while the number of studies on communities of African origin has blossomed, there has been little attempt to evaluate if those communities fit the criteria - well-established for the Americas - of a victim diaspora. In pursuing such an exercise, this paper concludes that in the Indian Ocean world the criteria for the historical or current existence of an African Diaspora of slave origin are not met.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1163/156920906779134795

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