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 .

Afro-Asians, African Asians, Blasians, or simply Black Asians are people of mixed Asian and African ancestry. [1] Historically, Afro-Asian populations have been marginalised as a result of human migration and social conflict.

The Afroasiatic languages (also known as Afro-Asiatic, Afrasian, Hamito-Semitic, or Semito-Hamitic) are a language family (or "phylum") of about 400 languages spoken predominantly in West Asia, North Africa, the Horn of Africa, and parts of the Sahara and Sahel. [4]

At AFRO-ASIA GROUP, our mission is to foster radical future coalition-building by exploring the converging history of African and Asian diasporas. To us, Afro-Asia is a political project that we understand through the lens of feminism, technologies, and braided intellectual traditions.

a portal for discovery about the expansive project that is Afro-Asia. this index is a guide for navigating the contours of Afro-Asia and what it means to multiple communities and political configurations across time and space.

Jun 25, 2008 · With contributions from activists, artists, and scholars, Afro Asia is a groundbreaking collection of writing on the historical alliances, cultural connections, and shared political strategies linking African Americans and Asian Americans.

Afro-Asian or Blasian, means a person of mixed race. Black African and East Asian. Ethiopians went to South Arabia in the 2nd century and the 4th century. By 532 AD they had invaded Yemen. After this, many more Africans came to South Arabia as slaves; men were usually traded and the women were kept as servants for the Arab leaders.

Across Asia and Africa, intellectuals, activists, and revolutionaries conversed across national, linguistic and ideological borders. Artists, poets, and performers experimented with new ideas and techniques for intellectual and cultural expression to create new visions of the nation.

Aug 15, 2018 · Afro-Asia: Revolutionary Political and Cultural Connections between African-Americans and Asian-Americans. The African Diaspora in Trade Routes and Cultural Memories. Transpacific Antiracism: Afro-Asian Solidarity in 20th Century Black America. The East is Black: Cold War in China and Black Radical Imagination. Articles:

“Toward a Queer Afro-Asian Anti-Imperialism: Black Amerasians and U.S. Empire in Asian American Literature.” Journal of Asian American Studies 20, no. 2 (2017): 283–87. Reddy, Vanita.