http://www.bbc.com/news/video_and_audio/features/world-asia-india-36040567/36040567
BBC: Being black in India mins 5:40
A recent African immigrant living in India told BBC Pop Up about the
racism he faces.
The team sets out to ask what it's like being black in India. They
travel and visit a Siddi Community who have a 400 year history in India.
The Siddis, also known as Siddhi, Sheedi, Habshi or Makrani, are an
ethnic group inhabiting India and Pakistan. Members are descended from
Bantu peoples from Southeast Africa. Some were merchants, sailors,
indentured servants and mercenaries.
The Community is currently estimated at around 20,000–55,000
individuals, with Karnataka, Gujarat and Hyderabad in India and Makran
and Karachi in Pakistan as the main population centres.
Siddis are primarily Sufi Muslims, although some are Hindus and others
Roman Catholic Christians.
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