The Afro-Asianism of the early Cold War has been overlooked, but this book explores it through various gatherings of the 1950s and 1960s, untangling the personal relationships, political competition, racial hierarchies, and solidarities that shaped it. It visualises political Afro-Asianism as a living network, bringing a fuller picture of decolonization and the Cold War into view.

Format: Hardback
Length: 334 pages
Publication date: 01 October 2022
Publisher: Leiden University Press

The Afro-Asianism of the early Cold War has been overshadowed by the narrative of Bandung, which has homogenized and subverted the diverse visions of post-colonial worldmaking that coexisted alongside the Bandung project. This book aims to shed light on these other visions and the transnational interactions that emerged from various gatherings of the 1950s and 1960s that existed beyond the realm of high diplomacy, while blurring the lines between state and non-state projects. It examines how Afro-Asianism was lived by activists, intellectuals, cultural figures, and political leaders in building a post-imperial world, particularly women. As a whole, this collection of essays explores the diversity of Afro-Asian ideals that emerged through such movements, untangling the personal relationships, political competition, racial hierarchies, and solidarities that shaped them. By visualizing political Afro-Asianism and its proponents as a living network, a fuller picture of decolonization and the Cold War is brought into view.

Afro-Asianism of the Early Cold War: Reclaiming the Other Visions of Post-Colonial Worldmaking

The Afro-Asianism of the early Cold War has long remained buried under the narrative of Bandung, homogenizing and subverting the different visions of post-colonial worldmaking that co-existed alongside the Bandung project. This book turns the lens on these other visions, and the transnational interactions which emerged from various other gatherings of the 1950s and 1960s that existed beyond the realm of high diplomacy, while blurring the lines between state and non-state projects. It examines how Afro-Asianism was lived by activists, intellectuals, cultural figures, as well as political leaders in building a post-imperial world – particularly women. As a whole, this collection of essays examines the diversity of Afro-Asian ideals that emerged through such movements, untangling the personal relationships, political competition, racial hierarchies, and solidarities that shaped them. By visualizing political Afro-Asianism and its proponents as a living network, a fuller picture of decolonization and the Cold War is brought into view.

Afro-Asianism of the Early Cold War: Reclaiming the Other Visions of Post-Colonial Worldmaking

The Afro-Asianism of the early Cold War has long remained buried under the narrative of Bandung, homogenizing and subverting the different visions of post-colonial worldmaking that co-existed alongside the Bandung project. This book aims to shed light on these other visions and the transnational interactions that emerged from various gatherings of the 1950s and 1960s that existed beyond the realm of high diplomacy, while blurring the lines between state and non-state projects. It examines how Afro-Asianism was lived by activists, intellectuals, cultural figures, and political leaders in building a post-imperial world, particularly women. As a whole, this collection of essays explores the diversity of Afro-Asian ideals that emerged through such movements, untangling the personal relationships, political competition, racial hierarchies, and solidarities that shaped them. By visualizing political Afro-Asianism and its proponents as a living network, a fuller picture of decolonization and the Cold War is brought into view.

Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9789087283889