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Articles · Vol. 14 No. 2 (2018): Africa Review of Books, volume 14, n° 2, 2018

AFRICA in the INDIAN Imagination

Race and the Politics of Postcolonial Citation

  • Antoinette BURTON
    Antoinette BURTON https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9638-2263 (unauthenticated)
     is an American historian, and Professor of History and Bastian Professor of Global and Transnational Studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Along with Catherine Hall, Mrinalini Sinha, and Tony Ballantyne her work has helped define the "new imperial history"
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Abstract

Little over six decades ago, in 1955 to be precise, Indonesia hosted an important gathering that sought to make a major contribution to the ordering of the system of international relations in the post-Second World War period and the onset of the Cold War. This was the first Afro-Asian conference which was held in Bandung, Indonesia on 18-24 April 1955. It was sponsored by India, Indonesia, Burma, Ceylon, Pakistan and an additional 24 Asian and African countries. Fifty years later, on 2024 April 2005, the second Asian-African Conference was also held in Jakarta and Bandung. The Bandung Conference considered problems of common interest and concern to countries of Asia and Africa and discussed ways and means by which their people could achieve fuller economic, cultural and political cooperation, thus launching an era of Afro-Asian cooperation.

AFRICA in the INDIAN Imagination: Race and the Politics of Postcolonial Citation

Il y a un peu plus de six décennies, en 1955 pour être précis, l'Indonésie a accueilli un important rassemblement qui visait à apporter une contribution majeure à l'organisation du système des relations internationales dans la période de l'après-Seconde Guerre mondiale et au début de la guerre froide. Il s'agissait de la première conférence afro-asiatique qui s'est tenue à Bandung, en Indonésie, du 18 au 24 avril 1955. Elle était parrainée par l'Inde, l'Indonésie, la Birmanie, Ceylan, le Pakistan et 24 autres pays asiatiques et africains. Cinquante ans plus tard, le 2024 avril 2005, la deuxième conférence afro-asiatique s'est également tenue à Jakarta et Bandung. La Conférence de Bandungexaminé les problèmes d'intérêt et de préoccupation communs aux pays d'Asie et d'Afrique et discuté des voies et moyens par lesquels leurs peuples pourraient parvenir à une coopération économique, culturelle et politique plus complète , lançant ainsi une ère de coopération afro-asiatique.

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frican-Indian Imagination Race Politics Postcolonial Citation

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  • Antoinette BURTON

     is an American historian, and Professor of History and Bastian Professor of Global and Transnational Studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Along with Catherine Hall, Mrinalini Sinha, and Tony Ballantyne her work has helped define the "new imperial history"