Uncovering the history of Africans in Asia / edited by Shihan de Silva Jayasuriya and Jean-Pierre Angenot.

Other author Jayasuriya, Shihan de S.
Other author Angenot, Jean-Pierre.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLeiden ; Boston : Brill,
Descriptionxi, 196 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
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Subjects
Africans--Asia. --History.
African diaspora.

Contents Identifying Africans in Asia : what's in a name? / Shihan de Silva Jayasuriya -- The Afro-Asian diaspora : myth or reality? / Gwyn Campbell -- The African slave trade to Asia and the Indian Ocean Islands / Robert O. Collins -- The Makran-Baluch-African network in Zanzibar and East-Africa during the XIX century / Beatrice Nicolini -- Somali migration to Yemen from the 19th to the 21st centuries / Leila Ingrams & Richard Panhurst -- Nineteenth century European references to the African diaspora in the Arabian peninsula / Clifford Pereira -- Migrant and the Maldives : African connections / Shihan de Silva Jayasuriya -- The African native in Indiaspora / Jeanette Pinto -- Migrants and mercenaries : Sri Lanka's hidden Africans / Shihan de Silva Jayasuriya.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [171]-187) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2008009473
ISBN9789004162914 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9004162917 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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