Indo-African

Adjective

Afro-Indian (comparative more Afro-Indian, superlative most Afro-Indian)

1. Having both African and indigenous American ancestry or other attributes, whether of people, cultures, cuisine, language, and so on.
   • Despite the decline of Indian slavery, throughout the eighteenth century South Carolina newspapers frequently advertised for runaway Indian and Afro-Indian slaves.2003, Jayme A. Sokolow, The Great Encounter: Native Peoples and European Settlers in the Americas, 1492-1800, M.E. Sharpe, →ISBN, page 177
2. Having both African and South Asian or East Indian (especially from India) ancestry or other attributes, whether of people, cultures, cuisine, language, and so on.
   • Afro-Indian settlements were established at least since the early 16th century onwards. Through migration of ex-slaves and free Africans within India, new settlements arose, such as that in the hilly district of Uttara Kannada[...]2008, Carole Boyce Davies, Encyclopedia of the African Diaspora: Origins, Experiences, and Culture, volume 1, ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, page 563

   Synonyms:

   Zambo, Siddi, Indo-African, Afrindian

3. Pertaining to both Africa and India.
   • Another evidence of early Afro-Indian trade relations is to be found in the work of the Greco-Egyptian monk Cosmos Indicopleustes who wrote, as cited by Pankhurst (1972:10), in the early sixth century that Barbaria, probably Somalia, had substantial trade with India and Ceylon.2004, Ababu Minda Yimene, An African Indian Community in Hyderabad: Siddi Identity, its Maintenance and Change, Cuvillier Verlag, →ISBN, page 64

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