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Africa and South Asia: Diasporas and Connections

Inspired by the collections of Dr. Ken Robbins, the Penn Libraries is pleased to host this conversation between scholars on African connections with South Asia and its diasporas.

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July 19, 2023, 10:00am - 11:45am

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Making their journey to South Asia as sailors, soldiers, scholars, and slaves, Africans have a long and distinguished history on the subcontinent. Some rose to positions of power as rulers, generals, leaders of freedom struggles, and artists while others have more recently found connections within the respective African and South Asian diasporas around the world. This Zoom discussion will feature a distinguished set of experts on this broad topic and will include a presentation by Dr. Ken Robbins of some of the material in his renowned collection of South Asian material which will one day reside in the University of Pennsylvania Libraries.

Speakers

Dr. Jazmin Graves Eyssallenne
African American and African Diaspora Studies Program, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Dr. Rosie Llewellyn-Jones, MBE
Independent scholar and author
Dr. Rupa Pillai
Asian American Studies, University of Pennsylvania
Dr. Ken Robbins
Collector and author

Featured Image: Engraving depicting Malik Ambar (1548-1626). From Pieter van der Aa, La Galerie Agreable du Monde, vol. 1 (1725). Ken Robbins collection