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Indigenous Music

Indigenous Music

Indigenous Music

Sahil Desai

16 hours ago3 min read

Before Consent, There Was The Kitchen

Before Consent, There Was The Kitchen

Before Consent, There Was The Kitchen

Jonah Batambuze

5 days ago3 min read

Aterere

Aterere

Aterere

Sahil Desai

Jan 23 min read

When African Authority Appears in India

When African Authority Appears in India

When African Authority Appears in India

Jonah Batambuze

Dec 20, 20252 min read

What Survives When Institutions Don’t

What Survives When Institutions Don’t

What Survives When Institutions Don’t

Jonah Batambuze

Dec 16, 20255 min read

Patriarchy Has No Gender: From a Berlin Sticker to a Rooftop in Guntur

Patriarchy Has No Gender: From a Berlin Sticker to a Rooftop in Guntur

Patriarchy Has No Gender: From a Berlin Sticker to a Rooftop in Guntur

Jonah Batambuze

Nov 24, 20255 min read

Kréol Fest — A Night for the Mixture to Move

Kréol Fest — A Night for the Mixture to Move

Kréol Fest — A Night for the Mixture to Move

Jonah Batambuze

Oct 22, 20255 min read

The Day Proximity Ran Out

The Day Proximity Ran Out

The Day Proximity Ran Out

Jonah Batambuze

Oct 14, 20255 min read

Members of the Pakistan League of America gather with African American and South Asian guests at a dinner honoring Congressman Arthur C. Klein, New York City, October 26, 1952. The photograph—featured in In Search of Bengali Harlem—captures a rare moment of mid-century Black and South Asian kinship, where shared struggles against segregation and exclusion gave rise to unexpected solidarities across faith, migration, and memory.

Members of the Pakistan League of America gather with African American and South Asian guests at a dinner honoring Congressman Arthur C. Klein, New York City, October 26, 1952. The photograph—featured in In Search of Bengali Harlem—captures a rare moment of mid-century Black and South Asian kinship, where shared struggles against segregation and exclusion gave rise to unexpected solidarities across faith, migration, and memory.

In Search of Bengali Harlem Comes to the UK: Stories of Black and South Asian Solidarity

Jonah Batambuze

Oct 10, 20255 min read

How Black and Asian Couples Are Rewriting Love’s Rules

How Black and Asian Couples Are Rewriting Love’s Rules

How Black and Asian Couples Are Rewriting Love’s Rules

Jonah Batambuze

Aug 13, 20256 min read

Flat lay of African wooden masks, Indian family photo, passports, spices, vintage Cunard Line ship ticket, and smartphone with glowing search bar — symbolizing Black and Indian migration, heritage, and identity.

Flat lay of African wooden masks, Indian family photo, passports, spices, vintage Cunard Line ship ticket, and smartphone with glowing search bar — symbolizing Black and Indian migration, heritage, and identity.

Black and Indian: What 18,100 Searches Can’t Tell You About Us

Jonah Batambuze

Aug 11, 20257 min read

Steve Biko: Political Blackness Wasn't Confusion — It Was Strategy

Jonah Batambuze

Aug 5, 20253 min read

Jayaben Desai standing defiantly during the 1976 Grunwick strike in London, wearing a sari and holding a picket sign, with police lined up in the background. Text reads: 'She Fought In a Sari. And Shook The System. Jayaben Desai 1933–2010. Dignity. Power. Refusal.' Image by BlindianProject.

Jayaben Desai standing defiantly during the 1976 Grunwick strike in London, wearing a sari and holding a picket sign, with police lined up in the background. Text reads: 'She Fought In a Sari. And Shook The System. Jayaben Desai 1933–2010. Dignity. Power. Refusal.' Image by BlindianProject.

Jayaben Desai: She Fought In a Sari. And Shook The System.

Jonah Batambuze

Aug 3, 20252 min read

Black and white image of Roy Sawh, an Indo-Caribbean man wearing dark sunglasses and a suit, raising one arm as if mid-speech or protest. Text overlaid reads: “Indo-Caribbean by birth. Pan-African by conviction.” Below the image, it says: “Roy Sawh (1928–2000). Guyanese. Socialist. Pan-Africanist.”

Black and white image of Roy Sawh, an Indo-Caribbean man wearing dark sunglasses and a suit, raising one arm as if mid-speech or protest. Text overlaid reads: “Indo-Caribbean by birth. Pan-African by conviction.” Below the image, it says: “Roy Sawh (1928–2000). Guyanese. Socialist. Pan-Africanist.”

Roy Sawh: Indo-Caribbean By Birth. Pan-African By Conviction.

Jonah Batambuze

Jul 29, 20252 min read

Pio Pinto: Killed For Believing Black Freedom Was His Fight Too

Pio Pinto: Killed For Believing Black Freedom Was His Fight Too

Pio Pinto: Killed For Believing Black Freedom Was His Fight Too

Jonah Batambuze

Jul 15, 20251 min read

Femme Infrastructure

Femme Infrastructure

Femme Infrastructure

Jonah Batambuze

Jul 2, 20253 min read

Art Basel 2025: The Hands of Gods Debut

Art Basel 2025: The Hands of Gods Debut

Art Basel 2025: The Hands of Gods Debut

Jonah Batambuze

May 21, 20252 min read

Rewriting the Global Story from the Margins – BlindianProject

Rewriting the Global Story from the Margins – BlindianProject

Rewriting the Global Story from the Margins – BlindianProject

Jonah Batambuze

May 10, 20252 min read

Gratitude Doesn’t Pay the Bills, but I’m Still Thankful.

Gratitude Doesn’t Pay the Bills, but I’m Still Thankful.

Gratitude Doesn’t Pay the Bills, but I’m Still Thankful.

Jonah Batambuze

Mar 24, 20254 min read

Isabella Mascarenhas wearing glasses and a black hoodie, raising one finger thoughtfully in front of a tropical wallpaper background.

Isabella Mascarenhas wearing glasses and a black hoodie, raising one finger thoughtfully in front of a tropical wallpaper background.

Uncomfortable Truths: Confronting Anti-Blackness

Jonah Batambuze

Mar 14, 20253 min read

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Black × South Asian Stories, Histories, and Cultural Connections

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