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[kikapucreations]

Been a minute since I worked on a new design ☺ how do you all like this one? I mixed some African here and some Indian there 😂 I like it very much. Link to my store in Bio #Africanindian #Designer #designerwear #print #designer #design #earthycolors #indian #fabric #art #Artlover #artwork #hustle #graphicdesign #graphicart #graphicdesigner #Nairobi #nairobikenya🇰🇪 https://www.instagram.com/p/CLUclB6lwk0/?igshid=lx1d098q66p1

[maximusrush]

#Repost @anglopunjabheritage ・・・ Sikh families arriving from Kenya, London Airport in 1972 In 1972 the mass migration of Sikhs from East Africa was further accelerated by the coming to power of Idi Amin in Uganda, which saw one of the largest exoduses of Indian migrants to Britain. Idi Amin gave Asians ninety days to leave, his actions being prompted by a need to shore up public support after the previous President, Milton Obote, who had backed down on the matter of expelling the Asians #sikh #sikhs #eastafrica #africanindian #migration #idiamin #uganda #punjabis #indianmigrants #sikhhistory #sikhheritage #punjabheritage #kenyanindian #gujrati #hindhu #musliims #kenyasikhs https://www.instagram.com/p/CDglHlwnk3H/?igshid=1lviwg0gm5ahp

[heavenlylulu3]

My African Indian Princess. Today was the last day of the dance rehearsal. This is what she will be wearing at her dance show tomorrow. Can't wait to see her!!!! 😍❤💖 #africanindianprincess #africanindian #african #indian #princess #dancerehearsal #danceshow #hms (at Kendall West, Florida)

[bloghistory101-blog]

Review of History Film Post #2

I watched the film American Red and Black: Stories of Afro-Native Identity. In this short film, a few people of African-Native and African-Native-Irish descent are interviewed about growing up in a modern day environment and how they have coped with various pressures from the community such as prejudices and cultural influence. The film follows the people throughout their journey’s to become more culturally educated as well. The first woman interviewed is Vella, a Cherokee and African American descent. As a child, her grandmother did not talk extensively about being Indian, but when she passed away it become more relevant in her life. The next woman, Minty, struggled with the challenge of deciding which of her grandmothers was unworthy of her, and as she learned more, she realized that neither could be considered unworthy, and that she should acknowledge both equally and embrace them as a part of who she was. For some of the people in the film, the Indian side of their family does not look so fondly of the African portion, stating that they are not of pure blood, or that they cannot be considered Indian because they also have African descent, and this has made it more difficult for those to become fully acclimated into the Indian culture without showing consistent effort to do so. For the others, the Indian tribes believe that because they are Indian at all that they must be accepted as Indian, and that it makes no difference that they are mixed descent. From an early age, many outside people have just referred to them as black, because of the difference in hair style and the color of skin, but the native culture is able to distinguish the difference in examples of curly hair versus the long, straight hair style of the Indians. My response to the film is that I was simply not aware of some of the challenges and discriminations faced by these people, and one example where a man who is being interviewed talking about how it is unfair to label a man as mulatto or colored instead of Indian. I did not know that this was such a prominent discrimination, and that these terms were basically just a broad labelling for anyone who was black and of mixed descent. It is not common to refer to a euro-Indian as that so why would it be that way for an African Indian. The filmmakers may show slight exaggerations in events or discriminations that have taken place by the African Indians in modern times, but do an excellent job of depicting how the generations before them were constantly forced to overcome hardships due to their descent. They also accurately show how resilient and strong many of these people have remained in educating and staying involved with their respective cultures despite these hardships. The filmmakers could have given more insight as to the specific differences in discriminations against the different tribes that are shown in the film, instead of broadly encompassing all African Indians as relatively the same.