African and Asian connections in history

Black African and Arab intermarriage in East Africa Black Africans in West Asia Habshis and Siddis - Africans and African descendants in South Asia Jotawa: Afro-Asians in East Africa Chinese blacks in the Americas Famous Afro-Asian couples and individuals in antiquity

Links Seychellois of Asian Origin (IIAS Newsletter Online) Belanda Hitam - The Black Dutchmen: The Story of African Soldiers in The Netherlands East Indies (Dr. I. van Kessel's article on ElwinInternational.com) Xinhua News Agency: Chinese descendants in Kenya from the time of Zheng He? BBC News: Oldest surviving map of Africa is from China

Black-Asian Interactions in Recent Times

Notable people of African and Asian/Pacific Islander descent in modern times Famous black-Asian couples in modern times Blacks and Asians in cross-community work Spotlight on Black/Asian friendships and romances Black/Asian Community Resources Films with Black-and-Asian Relationships Books About African/Asian Relationships

Links Malawi orphans trained by Shaolin masters ORIENT: a new anthropology (for Asian-Black relations) (a project set in motion by the death of 59-year-old Tian Sheng Yu in Oakland on April 16, 2010) Martin Luther King's Story Plays on Beijing Stage (June 23, 2007, NPR) New York School for Chinese Is a Magnet for Black Pupils (November 2, 2002, New York Times)

Why make a site dedicated to the "blasian" experience? At least in the United States, Black-Asian relations tend to be chillier than either Black-Latino or Latino-Asian relationships. Although prejudice between Blacks and Latinos or Latinos and Asians certainly exists, Black-Latino and Latino-Asian marriages are not rare in locations such as Florida or California. Asian families are more likely to accept Latin American sons- or daughters-in-law of mestizo or indigenous descent than they are to accept Black sons- or daughters-in-law. Similarly, non-Latinos of African descent generally encounter less disapproval from their partner's community when dating Latinos as compared to when dating Asians. So here is a site to show solidarity with the 'least encouraged' interracial couples.