Religion and Empire
Belief and Identity among African Indians of Karnataka, South India
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8202175 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Pashington Obeng (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 71 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 99-120 |
| Publication date | 2003-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the American Academy of Religion (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7189 • E-ISSN: 1477-4585 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/jaar/71.1.99 |
| OpenAlex | W2077125500 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
This article examines the identity formation and religious, cultural, and political contributions of African Indians (Habshis/Siddis) in the Indian subcontinent. It begins by providing a historical background of the shifting roles and alliances African Indians have forged as political and military players from the fourteenth century to the present. The article focuses on the fourteen thousand present‐day African Indians in Karnataka, South India, and explores their social location, religions, and cultural contributions. African Indians' changing status, identity, and contributions are mediated through their political action within the framework of their historic displacement from Africa, an experience they share with other diasporic Africans on a global level. The article further addresses how today's Karnataka African Indians living in Yellapur, Hubli, and Mundgod subdistricts (taluks), though no longer key players in the political, cultural, and religious scene, do marshal both African and Indian resources to foster and articulate their own agency
Agency (philosophy · Ethnology · Geography · Identity (music · Indian subcontinent · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · African history and culture studies · Gender Studies · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · Law · Race, History, and American Society
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.46 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2024 (12) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |