Cultural and political interactions between African and Asian diasporas during and after decolonization are discussed by historian and journalist Vijay Prashad. These interactions have included exchange of cultural and religious symbols, appropriated personas and lifestyles, and working together to achieve political change.

Vijay Prashad, Chair in South Asian History and Professor of International Studies, Trinity College; journalist and commentator; author of The Poorer Nations: A Possible History of the Global South (2014). His 2001 book Everybody was Kung Fu Fighting: Afro-Asian Connections was named a Favorite Book by the Village Voice. His sixteen published books also include The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World (2007), Arab Spring, Libyan Winter (2012), and Uncle Swami: Being South Asian in America (The New Press and HarperCollins, June 2012). Forthcoming books include Letters to Palestine. Writers Respond to War and Occupation (2014), and as co-editor, Land of Blue Helmets: The UN in the Arab World (University of California Press, 2015).

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