A compelling analysis of the complex history, identities, and self-determination of diasporic Africans (Habshis/Siddis) of Karnataka, South India. It addresses African Indian religious beliefs and practices, their deployment of expressive cultural expressions and forms of social and political power through which they engage effecitvely Indian's multi-religious, and complex social stratification systems.
A compelling analysis of the complex history, identities, and self-determination of diasporic Africans (Habshis/Siddis) of Karnataka, South India. It addresses African Indian religious beliefs and practices, their deployment of expressive cultural expressions and forms of social and political power through which they engage effecitvely Indian's multi-religious, and complex social stratification systems.
Pashington Obeng is assistant professor of Africana studies at Wellesley College and Harvard University, and the author of Asante Catholicism: Religious and Cultural Reproduction among the Akan of Ghana (E.J. Brill).
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Chapter 1 Brief History of African Presence in India Chapter 2 Education Economic and Occupational Patterns Chapter 3 Churches Mosques Dargahs and Shrines Chapter 4 Fugidi Damman andSigmo: Constructing Identities Chapter 5 Family Systems: Marriage Funerals and Ancestors Chapter 6 Social and Political Organization Chapter 7 Conclusion
Chapter 1 Brief History of African Presence in India Chapter 2 Education Economic and Occupational Patterns Chapter 3 Churches Mosques Dargahs and Shrines Chapter 4 Fugidi Damman andSigmo: Constructing Identities Chapter 5 Family Systems: Marriage Funerals and Ancestors Chapter 6 Social and Political Organization Chapter 7 Conclusion
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