Published inAfro-Asian VisionsLosing lived Afro-Asianism: Kenneth Kaunda and Rambhai PatelYesterday, on 17 June 2021, the world lost Kenneth Kaunda. In 1964, he became Zambia’s first president. He is remembered today as a key…Jun 18, 2021Jun 18, 2021
Published inAfro-Asian VisionsGandhians on the RoadIn 1962, an unlikely trio of pacifists temporarily moved to East Africa, supported and facilitated by Julius Nyerere. They were: Bayard…Oct 22, 2020Oct 22, 2020
Published inAfro-Asian VisionsGrounded. On not travelling in the Bandung EraIn this earlier post, Su Lin Lewis shows how increased access to air travel did not just facilitate the Afro-Asian conferences of the…Mar 26, 2019Mar 26, 2019
Published inAfro-Asian Visions‘Bandung’ and the decolonization of the academy in Southeast AsiaHistory journal Itinerario celebrates its fortieth anniversary next year, which will include an anthology of the journal’s most interesting…Nov 2, 2016Nov 2, 2016
Published inAfro-Asian VisionsThe ‘Other’ BandungHistorians everywhere view the 1955 Asia-Africa Conference as the starting point for Afro-Asianism. The conference has become such a byword…May 25, 2016May 25, 2016