Africa in India – Deep Roots

Abstract

Africa’s intercontinental relations are in the focus of scholarly attention these days. Recent research on India as a sub-continent and cultural zone at the same time and its linkages with Africa can build on millennia of historic ties – the case of Madagascar and how it was populated throughout the centuries is a good example from this angle. Concerning trade relations we have to devote attention to slave trade and its effects, which also left its heritage among some of India’s unique ethnic and cultural groups, which partially keep their ancestral reminiscence. The paper gives an overview of deeply rooted historic ties between Africa and India.