Abstract
This article examines the identity formation and religious, cultural, and political contributions of African Indians, called Habshis and Siddis, in and around Diu, India. I examine the historical background to the shifting roles and alliances African Indians forged as political and military players from the fourteenth century to the present. This study also explores their social location, religions, changing status, and cultural contributions. Those dynamics were mediated through their political action within the framework of their historic displacement from Africa, an experience they share with other African diasporas. My aim is to illustrate how the Siddis of Diu utilise both African and Indian resources to foster and articulate their own agency in post-independence, modern India.
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