Andrea Major, ‘“Hill Coolies”: Indian Indentured Labour and the Colonial Imagination, 1836–38’ (South Asian Studies 33:1, ...

On May 30, 1845, the Fatel Razack arrived in Trinidad, bringing indentured labourers from India to work on the plantations. These people were seeking a better life for themselves and family members.

The blood, sweat and tears of thousands of Indians across the world formed the laying foundation of the British Empire that ...

DOOKHEE GUNGAH, born of Indian migrants, began life in 1867 in a shed in Mauritius and worked as a child cutting sugar cane. By his death in 1944, he was one of the island’s richest businessmen. He is ...

THERE are some compelling studies on Indian indenture, tracing its origins to the British colonial era and the exploitation of cheap labour - often described as a form of human trafficking or "a new ...

Experience the stirring journey of resilience and hope in 'Beyond the Waves', where history comes alive through dance and drama.

A photo-essay tracing the forgotten migration of women indentured labourers from north India to Suriname through colonial contracts and family memory. Centred on Dhannu Munia, a Bhojpuri woman migrant ...

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar said descendants of Indian indentured labourers today represent the fulfilment of the dreams carried across the kala pani by generations of jahajis who endured ...

IN CAPE Town, four walking trails trace the history of slavery from where the first slaves set foot upon those shores, to where they lived, the sufferings they endured, and the profound contributions ...

Mukunda Ramarao faced this question whenever he tried, late in life, to ask about his family’s past. At 82, the Hyderabad-based academic and technologist has finally answered that question for himself ...

Workers process tuna at the Thon des Mascareignes factory in Port Louis, Mauritius. Reuters Mauritius, an island with no indigenous populations and a history of multiple European colonisations, is a ...