Asia – India

Emmett John Rice (1919-2011)
Economist, academic scholar, and bank executive Emmett John Rice was born on December 21, 1919, in Florence, South Carolina to...
March 4th, 2024

Who are the Siddis? A Brief Introduction to the 800-Year African Experience in India
In the following article, University of Louisville historian John McLeod surveys illustrative episodes in the long history of the Siddis,...
February 13th, 2024

On the Origins of Non-Violence in the Civil Rights Movement: Howard Thurman in South Asia, 1935-1936
In the article below, historian Amy Sommers describes the February 1936 meeting of Howard Thurman in India with Mahatma Gandhi,...
October 16th, 2023

Nora Holt (1885–1974)
Nora Holt was an important figure in the history of Black music in Chicago in the 1930s and was a...
April 21st, 2023

Sidi Mubarak Bombay (a.k.a. Mbarak Mombée, 1820?-1885)
Sidi Mubarak Bombay, one of the most extensive travelers in sub-Saharan Africa in the 19th century, was honored for his...
December 14th, 2022

Pravind Kumar Jugnauth
(1961- )
Mauritius Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth, a lawyer, was born of Hindu heritage on December 25, 1961, in Vacoas-Phoenix, Mauritius,...
June 3rd, 2022

Chandrikapersad Santokhi (1959- )
Politician Chandrikapersad “Chan” Santokhi, whose grandparents were taken to Surinam from Bihar, India, to work as indentured laborers during the...
May 12th, 2022

Seewoosagur Ramgoolam (1900-1985)
Seewoosagur Ramgoolam was the first Prime Minister of independent Mauritius. He was born on September 18, 1900, at Belle Rive,...
April 4th, 2022

Arnold H. Taylor (1929- )
Historian Arnold H. Taylor was born in Regina, Northern Neck, Virginia, on November 9, 1929, to Isaiah Taylor and Tina...
December 7th, 2021