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Reading the life narratives and literary texts of South Asians writing in and about East Africa, Gaurav Desai builds a surprising, alternative history of Africa's experience with slavery, migration, colonialism, nationalism, and globalization. Consulting Afrasian texts that are literary and nonfictional, political and private, he broadens the scope of African and South Asian scholarship and inspires a more nuanced understanding of the Indian Ocean's fertile routes of exchange.Desai shows how the Indian Ocean engendered a number of syncretic identities and shaped the medieval trade routes of the Islamicate empire, the early independence movements galvanized in part by Gandhi's southern African experiences, the invention of new ethnic nationalisms, and the rise of plural, multiethnic African nations. Calling attention to lives and literatures long neglected by traditional scholars, Desai introduces rich, interdisciplinary ways of thinking not only about this specific region but also about the very nature of ethnic history and identity. Traveling from the twelfth century to today, he concludes with a look at contemporary Asian populations in East Africa and their struggle to decide how best to participate in the development and modernization of their postcolonial nations without sacrificing their political autonomy.

Indic literature --- National characteristics, East Indian, in literature --- East African literature (English) --- East Indians --- Asian Indians --- Indians, East --- Indic peoples --- Ethnology --- English literature --- History and criticism --- 891.1 --- 891.1 Indische literatuur --- Indische literatuur --- Littérature indienne (de l'Inde) de langue anglaise --- Caractère national --- Littérature africaine de langue anglaise --- Indiens (de l'Inde) --- National characteristics, East Indian, in literature. --- Histoire et critique. --- Dans la littérature --- History and criticism. --- Dans la littérature. --- Indians (India)

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Although the author cites numerous African writers, she selects six works by Chinua Achebe, Ahmadou Kourouma, and Calixthe Beyala for her primary analysis. Modern Language Initiative.

African literature (French) --- African literature (English) --- Irony in literature. --- Meaning (Philosophy) in literature. --- Postcolonialism in literature. --- Littérature africaine (française) --- Littérature africaine (anglaise) --- Ironie dans la littérature --- Signification (Philosophie) dans la littérature --- Postcolonialisme dans la littérature --- History and criticism. --- Histoire et critique --- Kourouma, Ahmadou --- Achebe, Chinua --- Beyala, Calixthe --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Littérature africaine (française) --- Littérature africaine (anglaise) --- Ironie dans la littérature --- Signification (Philosophie) dans la littérature --- Postcolonialisme dans la littérature --- English literature --- French literature --- African authors --- Achebe, Albert Chinua --- Achebe, Chinualumogu Albert --- Ats'ebeh, Ts'inuʼa --- Acībī, Cinūā --- Achebe, Albert Chinualumogu --- אצ׳בה, צ׳ינוא --- أتشينى، شينوا --- Ahmadou Kourouma --- Kourouma, Ahmadou (1927-2003) --- Achebe, Chinua (1930-....) --- Beyala, Calixthe (1961-....) --- Littérature africaine de langue anglaise --- Littérature africaine de langue française --- Ironie --- Sens (philosophie) --- Postcolonialisme --- Critique et interprétation --- 20e siècle --- Dans la littérature