Asia – Sri Lanka
Lydia Fedorovna Arkhipova (1914-1997)
Lydia Fedorovna Arkhipova was a prolific painter who achieved fame in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and abroad. She...
The Black Pacific, 1919-1941: African Americans and Asia in the Interwar Period
In the following article novelist and independent historian Amy Sommers briefly outlines the experience of African Americans in Asia between...
Kizzmekia Shanta Corbett (1986- )
Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett is an American viral immunologist currently involved in first-stage clinical trials of a COVID-19 vaccine. Corbett was...
Gibor Saul Basri (1951- )
Astronomer Gibor S. Basri was born in May 3, 1951 in New York City, New York, the eldest son of Saul...
The Asian-African (Bandung) Conference: Fact and Fiction
In the article below independent historian Kyle Haddad-Fonda describes the Asian-African Conference popularly known as the Bandung Conference which was...
Afro-Asian Writers’ Conferences (1958-1979)
W.E.B. DuBois Greeting Unidentified Delegate, Afro-Asian Writers’ Conference, Tashkent, Soviet Union, 1958 Image Ownership: Public domain The Afro–Asian Writers’ Conferences...
Laura Élodie Flessel-Colovic (1971- )
Fencing champion and multiple Olympic medalist Laura Flessel-Colovic was born November 6, 1971, in Pointe-à-Pitre, the largest city on the...
Marcia Stephens Bloom Bernicat (1957- )
Born in Tinton Falls, New Jersey in 1957, Marcia Stephens Bloom Bernicat earned a bachelor’s degree in history from Lafayette...
Islam and the African Diaspora in the Indian Ocean World
In the following article historian Omar H. Ali explores a lesser-known aspect of the global African Diaspora, the spread of...
