When Madras Checks meet African memory: inside the Siddi women’s kavand quilt tradition

Threads of Confluence, a travelling exhibition, tells the story of a grand African migration to India, and the export of a ...
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Our Culture Is African, But Heart is Indian, Say Gujarat’s Siddi Community

RAIPUR, (ANI) – African origin Siddi tribe, who came to India 850 years ago, have asserted that their heart is Indian while their culture is African. Siddi folk artist leader Abdul said, “Culture ...