Indian Africa : : minorities of Indian-Pakistani origin in Eastern Africa / / edited by Michel Adam.

• Superior document: Africae Studies
• TeilnehmendeR: Adam, Michel, africanist,; Institut français de recherche en Afrique,
• Place / Publishing House: Dar-es-Salaam : : Mkuki Na Nyota,, 2015.; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English; French
• Series: Africae Studies
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (504 p.)
• Notes: Translation of Afrique indienne.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.
• ISBN: 295730581X; 9987753515
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Michel Adam.

Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania have minorities from the Indian sub-continent amongst their population. The East African Indians mostly reside in the main cities, particularly Nairobi, Dar es Salaam, Zanzibar, Mombasa, Kampala; they can also be found in smaller urban centres and in the remotest of rural townships. They play a leading social and economic role as they work in business, manufacturing and the service industry, and make up a large proportion of the liberal professions. They are divided into multiple socio-religions communities, but united in a mutual feeling of meta-cultural identity. This book aims at painting a broad picture of the communities of Indian origin in East Africa, striving to include changes that have occurred since the end of the 1980's. The different contributions explore questions of race and citizenship, national loyalties and cosmopolitan identities, local attachment and transnational networks. Drawing upon anthropology, history, sociology and demography, Indian Africa depicts a multifaceted population and analyses how the past and the present shape their sense of belonging, their relations with others, their professional and political engagement. This book is a must-read for contemporary researchers, students, policy practitioners as well as the general reader.