Afro-Asia is a term describing the combination of Africa and Asia. The term is often used to describe the solidarity between African and Asian nations when they were acting against European colonialism and later also remaining nonaligned during the Cold War.[1]
Together with Europe, Africa and Asia form the landmass of Afro-Eurasia.
History
editAncient era
editAfrica and Asia had trade links in pre-colonial times, particularly through East Africa trading with Asian regions as far east as China (see also Ming treasure voyages).[2]
Modern era
editModern Afro-Asian solidarity began in reaction to Western colonialism and the positioning of whiteness as superior.[3] For example, Japan's rising ability to contest Western dominance in the Asia-Pacific in the early 20th century encouraged black nationalists in America to envision a rising Afro-Asian world order that could overthrow white dominance (see also Yellow Peril).[4][5] Collaboration also occurred due to (sometimes forced) migration within and beyond Afro-Asia; the efforts of the Afro-Asian diaspora (i.e. the combined African diaspora and Asian diaspora) played a role in creating pressure toward justice, with labourers such as the coolies forced to band together to face oppression.[3][6]
The major postcolonial impetus for Afro-Asian solidarity was the 1955 Bandung Conference. This solidarity was sometimes frustrating for the West when votes were taken at the United Nations.[7] However, the solidarity declined due to the 1962 Sino-Indian War, weakening the relationship between the two Asian giants; the division of the African nations into groups such as the Monrovia Group and Casablanca Group, as well as the Sino-Soviet split were other major issues that further split Afro-Asia into competing blocs in the 1960s.[8][9]
See also
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References
edit- ^ Kee, Joan (2023-04-18). The Geometries of Afro Asia: Art Beyond Solidarity. Univ of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-39245-8.
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{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ a b Park, Yoon Jung (2020), Anthony, Ross; Ruppert, Uta (eds.), "Afro-Asian Solidarities to Afrasian Spaces and Identities: Exploring the Limits of Afrasia", Reconfiguring Transregionalisation in the Global South: African-Asian Encounters, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 223–247, doi:10.1007/978-3-030-28311-7_11, ISBN 978-3-030-28311-7, retrieved 2024-10-20
- ^ Blain, Keisha N. (2015-04-03). ""[F]or the Rights of Dark People in Every Part of the World": Pearl Sherrod, Black Internationalist Feminism, and Afro-Asian Politics during the 1930s". Souls. 17 (1–2): 90–112. doi:10.1080/10999949.2015.998582. ISSN 1099-9949.
- ^ "GERALD HORNE. Facing the Rising Sun: African Americans, Japan, and the Rise of Afro-Asian Solidarity. Get access Arrow". academic.oup.com. doi:10.1093/ahr/rhz258. Retrieved 2024-08-28.
- ^ Afro-Asian Solidarity through Revolution Chris Noble
- ^ James, Alan (1996), James, Alan (ed.), "Fretting about Afro-Asia", Britain and the Congo Crisis, 1960–63, London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, pp. 157–167, doi:10.1007/978-1-349-24528-4_14, ISBN 978-1-349-24528-4, retrieved 2024-04-16
- ^ 衛, 定形 (1990). "アジア・アフリカ連帯運動と中ソ論争-アジア・アフリカ会議と非同盟会議のはざまで (一九六四-六五年)-". 国際政治. 1990 (95): 115–130, L12. doi:10.11375/kokusaiseiji1957.95_115.
- ^ Lee, Christopher J. (2022-07-03). "Afro-Asia as method: Bandung, the production of postcolonial space, and the cruel optimism of the 1960s". The Global Sixties. 15 (1–2): 134–149. doi:10.1080/27708888.2022.2157988. ISSN 2770-8888.