Black Ambassadors of Politics, Religion, and Jazz in India

by Omar Ali, Kenneth X. Robbins, Jazmin Graves (Editor)

Book illustrated with over 100 full-color pictures. Many Black American and African lives have mattered to the world because their interactions with SouthAsians have furthered the causes of political liberation, spiritual liberation, and musical liberation. They range from global pan-Africanists to the mentors of Martin Luther King, Jr. who met with Mahatma Gandhi. The global import of Afro-Diasporic music is seen throughout South Asia and jazz musicians have been greatly influenced by South Asian religions.This is the third volume of Afro-South Asia in the Global African Diaspora, where nearly three dozen contributors, including historians, anthropologists, linguists, literary scholars, ethnomusicologists, documentary film-makers, and art historians, delve into the ways in which Africans and people of African descent have both shaped and been shaped by the histories, cultures, and societies of South Asia.

470 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 21, 2020