Apr 21 2022 to Apr 21 2022 7 p.m.

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Where

Bangalore International Centre

7 4th Main Rd, Stage 2, Domlur 560071

Event Description

Africans and their descendants have long migrated across the Indian Ocean as sailors, merchants, soldiers, scholars, musicians, and explorers. Some of these Africans and their descendants rose to great positions of power and received much acclaim, becoming rulers, generals, viziers, and regent ministers, as well as artists, clerics, and even saints. The lives of figures such as Malik Ambar, Begum Hazrat Mahal, and General Hoshu Mohammad Sheedi are among the many who illuminate Afro-South Asia as an integral part of the global African diaspora.

This session will have two presentations. The first one by Omar Ali is titled Africans in the ruling elites of Bijapur and Ahmednagar, which delves into the history of Africans in these two Deccani Sultanates where they held a powerful political and military presence. The second presentation by Kenneth X. Robbins and Pushkar Sohoni is titled Janjira and Sachin: African ruled states in India. This review covers the impregnable island fort, powerful naval forces, beautiful palaces, an early Muslim feminist novel, and even a movie star.