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Title Going for Visits with a Woman-Fakir: the African Diaspora in Gujarat | ||
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http://hdl.handle.net/1887/17285 | ||
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Date 1999 | ||
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Author(s) Basu, H. | ||
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Abstract Among the diverse practitioners of Islam in Gujarat, the Sidi stand out for their unique combination of a Sufi saint cult with the veneration of their African ancestry. Members of the small African Diaspora numbering ca. 6-7000 in Gujarat, trace their origins to slaves from the hinterlands of the East African coast captured and sold to India by Gujarati, Arab and Persian traders till the late 19t h century. Today their descendants, the Sidi, live in ramshackle houses in urban slums or villages at the fringes of Gujarat society. | ||
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Subject(s) Gujarat | ||
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Language en_US | ||
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Publisher ISIM, Leiden | ||
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Type of publication Article / Letter to editor | ||
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Format 193502 bytes; application/pdf | ||
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Source 3; 1; 39; 39; 1; ISIM Newsletter | ||
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Repository Leiden - University of Leiden 
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