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    Indian origins in SA caught in entanglement between Asia and Africa

    Nov 25, 2020 3 minutes
    NISHAI MOODLEY

    UNDERSTANDING the Indian identity is special in 2020 because it marks the 160 years of the first arrival of Indians in South Africa, as indentured labourers, as well as the 110th official recognition of Diwali as a religious occasion.

    All these festivities ought to also be celebrated under Covid-19 conditions, again signalling this auspicious moment in human history. The question of conceptualising the Indian identity comes from these histories and in South Africa, it is framed as an “identity crisis”.

    While Indian people in South Africa may be dealing with this “identity crisis”, it

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