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Gandhi – 55 Racist Quotes of so-called Mahatma

Gandhi – 55 Racist Quotes of so-called Mahatma

All quotes are direct quotations from “The Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi,” here abbreviated as “CWMG.” All grammatical errors and misspellings are the responsibility of so-called Mahatma Mohandas Gandhi, the original author, and are preserved for historical consistency. 55 Racist Quotes of so-called Mahatma Before Dec. 19, 1894 “A general belief seems to prevail in the Colony that the Indians…

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Ceylonese (Sri Lankan) pugilist, James Morka. date of photo, uncertain. 

courtesy of Schomburg Center webpage on the African Diaspora in the Indian Ocean World. 

[puffstuffandmagic]

The Plain of Kaffirs in the Milky Way

Photo by Luc Perrot

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Kaffir Musicians and Dancers performing at Galle Music Festival (via indi)

Kaffirs are an ethnic group in Sri Lanka who are partially descended from Africans brought to Sri Lanka as slaves by Portuguese colonists. Kaffirs are proud to be Sri Lankans, acknowledge their African ancestry and are very proud of their name, and do not consider it a racist slur. Their culture and language is fading away through years of mingling with the other ethnic groups in the country. 

Read about the amazing Kaffir people of Sri Lanka in this article.

[dhivehi]

Historians say that the Kaffirs of Sri Lanka started arriving from the eastern shores of Africa in the 1500s with the Portuguese, and later in more waves with the different colonizers of Sri Lanka. 'Kaffir culture' is a video portrait of one such community of Kaffirs and the struggle to keep their culture alive in the face of falling numbers. Written and produced by Kannan Arunasalam. Music by Ceylon Kaffir Manja, arranged by Jesse Hardman.  Special thanks to Sweta Velpillay (on sound), Nethra Samarawickrema (for help with translations), Leah Worthington (background research) and Greg Kelly (Radio Netherlands).