Beheroze Shroff
Biographic Data
| ID | 660535 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Beheroze Shroff |
| GIVEN NAMES | Beheroze |
| FAMILY NAME | Shroff |
| SIGNATURE | SHROFF B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Irvine |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Island Fort Janjira
My Filmic Journey to Sidis
The Sidis are Indians of African descent. Sidi communities reside in different regions of India, mostly in Gujarat, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Goa and Maharashtra. My films and research focus on the Sidi community of Gujarat. The Sidi oral history community delineates its genealogy to the Abyssinian Sufi saint Bava Gor, whose shrine is in Gujarat. My family and I were deeply connected with the healing spiritual legacy of Sidi saint Bava Gor from …
Sidi voices and the Sidi Sayyid mosque
The presence of Sidis, Indians of African descent, in India today is concentrated in the states of Gujarat and Karnataka. In this essay, we focus on the Sidis of Gujarat, and their oral narratives, to establish a genealogy, a counter history, by virtue of which space is imagined as a way of belonging and claiming cultural citizenship. Babubhai Sidi’s story of Sidi solider, Sidi Sayyid, of the famous Sidi Sayyid mosque in Ahmedabad, recounts the a…
African Theatre 15
Juje Jackie Siddi
This article offers a perspective on Siddi (Indians with African ancestry) life and community through the profile of Juje Jackie Siddi and his highly productive activities for his community. My previous studies addressed religious practices of the Siddis of Gujarat, India, and their uses in articulating a distinctive social and cultural identity. This article departs from such a focus on religion, and explores the life and work of Juje as a “bare…
Goma Is Going On”
March 01 2013 “Goma Is Going On”: Sidis of Gujarat Beheroze Shroff Beheroze Shroff Beheroze Shroff teaches in the Department of Asian American Studies at UC Irvine. Currently, she has ongoing research and film projects on the Sidi community of Gujarat. Her most recent documentary is Sidis of Gujarat: Maintaining Tradition, Building Community (2011). For more information on her films write to [email protected] Search for other works by this author o…
India Bibliography
March 01 2013 India Bibliography Henry John Drewal, Henry John Drewal Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Beheroze Shroff, Beheroze Shroff Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Alicia Cannizzo Alicia Cannizzo Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Information Henry John Drewal Beheroze Shroff Alicia Cannizzo Online ISSN: 1937-2108 Print ISSN…
Indians of African Descent
Although primary focus on the African diaspora has been placed on the slave trade, one should remember that Africans traded voluntarily throughout much of the world long before the slave trade existed. In ancient times they traveled as merchants and sailors, many of whom settled in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. Some came as soldiers and remained permanently.1KeywordsAfrican DescentSlave TradeTribal CommunityBlack Panther PartySchedule TribeT…
Indians of African Descent
This article analyzes the contemporary experience of Sidis—Indians of African descent in India, focusing on some contemporary Sidi communities of Gujarat. With a brief history of the African presence in India, the article emphasizes contemporary dilemmas and struggles confronted by Sidis as a minority community in postindependent India. Keywords: African diaspora in Indiacontemporary Sidi communities in Gujarateconomic and social initiativesIndia…
Sidis in Mumbai
In this essay, I discuss issues of identity within the context of social and economic circumstances of the Sidi1 community in Mumbai. I argue that the Sidis who work as caretakers of shrines in Mumbai are accorded dignity and status from the community of devotees who are often from the Muslim, Hindu and Parsi Zoroastrian communities. Those Sidis who are dispersed in different parts of the city and who work as domestics in the homes of middle clas…
Documentary Filmmaker Beheroze Shroff, Interviewed by Trisha Mitra
(2004). Documentary Filmmaker Beheroze Shroff, Interviewed by Trisha Mitra. South Asian Popular Culture: Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 185-193
Sidis in Mumbai
In this essay, I discuss issues of identity within the context of social and economic circumstances of the Sidi1 community in Mumbai. I argue that the Sidis who work as caretakers of shrines in Mumbai are accorded dignity and status from the community of devotees who are often from the Muslim, Hindu and Parsi Zoroastrian communities. Those Sidis who are dispersed in different parts of the city and who work as domestics in the homes of middle clas…
Sidi voices and the Sidi Sayyid mosque
The presence of Sidis, Indians of African descent, in India today is concentrated in the states of Gujarat and Karnataka. In this essay, we focus on the Sidis of Gujarat, and their oral narratives, to establish a genealogy, a counter history, by virtue of which space is imagined as a way of belonging and claiming cultural citizenship. Babubhai Sidi’s story of Sidi solider, Sidi Sayyid, of the famous Sidi Sayyid mosque in Ahmedabad, recounts the a…
Goma Is Going On”
March 01 2013 “Goma Is Going On”: Sidis of Gujarat Beheroze Shroff Beheroze Shroff Beheroze Shroff teaches in the Department of Asian American Studies at UC Irvine. Currently, she has ongoing research and film projects on the Sidi community of Gujarat. Her most recent documentary is Sidis of Gujarat: Maintaining Tradition, Building Community (2011). For more information on her films write to [email protected] Search for other works by this author o…
Indians of African Descent
This article analyzes the contemporary experience of Sidis—Indians of African descent in India, focusing on some contemporary Sidi communities of Gujarat. With a brief history of the African presence in India, the article emphasizes contemporary dilemmas and struggles confronted by Sidis as a minority community in postindependent India. Keywords: African diaspora in Indiacontemporary Sidi communities in Gujarateconomic and social initiativesIndia…
Documentary Filmmaker Beheroze Shroff, Interviewed by Trisha Mitra
(2004). Documentary Filmmaker Beheroze Shroff, Interviewed by Trisha Mitra. South Asian Popular Culture: Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 185-193
Sidis in Mumbai
In this essay, I discuss issues of identity within the context of social and economic circumstances of the Sidi1 community in Mumbai. I argue that the Sidis who work as caretakers of shrines in Mumbai are accorded dignity and status from the community of devotees who are often from the Muslim, Hindu and Parsi Zoroastrian communities. Those Sidis who are dispersed in different parts of the city and who work as domestics in the homes of middle clas…
Indians of African Descent
This article analyzes the contemporary experience of Sidis—Indians of African descent in India, focusing on some contemporary Sidi communities of Gujarat. With a brief history of the African presence in India, the article emphasizes contemporary dilemmas and struggles confronted by Sidis as a minority community in postindependent India. Keywords: African diaspora in Indiacontemporary Sidi communities in Gujarateconomic and social initiativesIndia…
Indians of African Descent
Although primary focus on the African diaspora has been placed on the slave trade, one should remember that Africans traded voluntarily throughout much of the world long before the slave trade existed. In ancient times they traveled as merchants and sailors, many of whom settled in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. Some came as soldiers and remained permanently.1KeywordsAfrican DescentSlave TradeTribal CommunityBlack Panther PartySchedule TribeT…
Goma Is Going On”
March 01 2013 “Goma Is Going On”: Sidis of Gujarat Beheroze Shroff Beheroze Shroff Beheroze Shroff teaches in the Department of Asian American Studies at UC Irvine. Currently, she has ongoing research and film projects on the Sidi community of Gujarat. Her most recent documentary is Sidis of Gujarat: Maintaining Tradition, Building Community (2011). For more information on her films write to [email protected] Search for other works by this author o…
India Bibliography
March 01 2013 India Bibliography Henry John Drewal, Henry John Drewal Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Beheroze Shroff, Beheroze Shroff Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Alicia Cannizzo Alicia Cannizzo Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Information Henry John Drewal Beheroze Shroff Alicia Cannizzo Online ISSN: 1937-2108 Print ISSN…
Juje Jackie Siddi
This article offers a perspective on Siddi (Indians with African ancestry) life and community through the profile of Juje Jackie Siddi and his highly productive activities for his community. My previous studies addressed religious practices of the Siddis of Gujarat, India, and their uses in articulating a distinctive social and cultural identity. This article departs from such a focus on religion, and explores the life and work of Juje as a “bare…
African Theatre 15
My Filmic Journey to Sidis
The Sidis are Indians of African descent. Sidi communities reside in different regions of India, mostly in Gujarat, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Goa and Maharashtra. My films and research focus on the Sidi community of Gujarat. The Sidi oral history community delineates its genealogy to the Abyssinian Sufi saint Bava Gor, whose shrine is in Gujarat. My family and I were deeply connected with the healing spiritual legacy of Sidi saint Bava Gor from …
Sidi voices and the Sidi Sayyid mosque
The presence of Sidis, Indians of African descent, in India today is concentrated in the states of Gujarat and Karnataka. In this essay, we focus on the Sidis of Gujarat, and their oral narratives, to establish a genealogy, a counter history, by virtue of which space is imagined as a way of belonging and claiming cultural citizenship. Babubhai Sidi’s story of Sidi solider, Sidi Sayyid, of the famous Sidi Sayyid mosque in Ahmedabad, recounts the a…
Island Fort Janjira
Geography (6 works) · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (6 works) · Art (5 works) · History (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · African history and culture studies (4 works) · History (4 works) · Visual arts (4 works) · Ancient history (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works)