---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: shihan desilva <shihan.desi...@sas.ac.uk> Date: 1 December 2011 15:12 Subject: FW: Invitation to Canning House, Belgrave Square: Friday 16 December at 6.30 pm To: shihan desilva <shihan.desi...@sas.ac.uk>
Talk: "From Invisibility to Visibility: Africans in Portuguese Space" <http://www.canninghouse.org/index.php?option=com_acymailing&ctrl=url&urlid=113&mailid=41&subid=6382> "From Invisibility to Visibility: Africans in Portuguese Space", by Shihan de Silva, author of 'African Identity in Asia' and 'The Portuguese in the East' African movement to Asia has gone on for centuries and many migrants have assimilated with the local populations. Within historical documents, Africans become conspicuous through their military role. Moreover, there are Afro-Asian communities today, separated by vast distances and hidden in the villages and forests of Asia. Through their vibrant forms of music and lyrics still in Portuguese, they emerge from obscurity. Concentrating on Africans who moved within Portuguese space in India, Sri Lanka, Macau, Timor, this presentation will highlight the way in which the migratory process took place and affected their lives. Dr Shihan de Silva is a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies (University of London) and a member of the UNESCO International Scientific Committee (Paris) Friday 16th December 2011 | Canning House, 2 Belgrave Square, London SW1 | 18.30-19.30 |Free event| Further details shihan.desi...@sas.ac.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
