An uneasy embrace : Africa, India and the spectre of race /

"The entwined histories of Blacks and Indians defy easy explanation. From Ghanaian protests over Gandhi statues to American Vice President Kamala Harris's story, this relationship--notwithstanding moments of common struggle--seethes with conflicts that reveal how race reverberates througho...

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Main Author: Shankar, Shobana (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2021.
Series:African arguments.
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505 0 |a A cultural economy between the Black Atlantic and Indian Ocean -- Fears of Indian independence -- Race as postcolonial strategy -- Third World science: diasporic dreams and disillusionment -- Hinduism's Black Atlantic itinerary -- NeÌ?gritude beats Bollywood. 
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