@blindianproject

//The archive for Black x Brown futures. Told by us. For us. Forever.//

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Joined April 2020
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Building a cultural initiative is one thing. Sustaining it is another. We’re looking for four people to join BlindianProject’s advisory board, bringing experience across arts, philanthropy, finance and education. blindianproject.substack.com…
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Two works from my ongoing Diagram Studies appear in Mute Points: Wandering Reflections on Afro-Asian Solidarity by Kandis Williams, published by Montez Press An essay examining the tensions, contradictions and limits of Afro-Asian solidarity. shorturl.at/eqKuX
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I began making these diagrams to visualise complex ideas for myself and the BlindianProject community. They’ve become a way of thinking in public, tracing how power moves through everyday life. Explore Diagram Studies: jonahbatambuze.com/the-archi…

Architectures of Oppression: Diagrammatic Series on Caste, Race & Capital | Jonah Batambuze — Jonah...

A diagrammatic series exploring how caste, race, capitalism, and religion intersect to structure power, labor, and social hierarchy. Blending visual theory and contemporary art, Jonah Batambuze’s...

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Reconstruction Lab · Reading 002 We’re reading @NedBertz on Indian Ocean cinema, race, diaspora and nationalism in urban Tanzania. Read. Annotate. Think with us. Come with questions. Leave something in the margins. forms.gle/wNnbf3nG5FcKmkeg7
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A viral post about "wifey material" started the conversation. The question of who gets close to whom turned out to be much older. New Bandung Banter: WIFEY MATERIAL ™ blindianproject.substack.com…
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A short piece on a ongoing project which seeks to understand trajectories of recent African migration to Mumbai, and the contributions of Africans to the city's economic + cultural landscapes. Thanks to @AsianStudies @MIASA_UG for support humanitiesacrossborders.org/…
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aleya@aleyakassamJul 4
Taking that Cabo Verde energy into my life for the rest of the year
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BLINDIANPROJECT ARCHIVE EAST AFRICA COLLECTION — ENTRY 003 OBJECT TYPE: Formal Family Portrait LOCATION: Kampala, Uganda DATE: c. 1960s SUBJECT: Serwano W. Kulubya STATUS: Recovered from domestic family archive — Recovered from a family home in Nankulabye, Kampala.
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Every few months, we're back having the same conversation about anti-Blackness. A year ago, I started making diagrams to better understand those patterns and where they come from. jonahbatambuze.com/the-archi…
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People often recognize a feeling long before they have language for it. Sometimes a sentence or diagram simply makes an existing tension speakable. Not closure. Just language for what communities have carried quietly for years.
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Kenyan Indians who've been following the conversation after @shikshaarora_ 's comments on the podcast This is the time to listen. To be honest. To reflect deeply. Proximity does not equal relationship As excellently articulated in @blindianproject blindianproject.substack.com…
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Eugene Skeef@eugeneskeefApr 22
Community screenings of Mathonga Elizwe (Spirits Of The Land) documentary about land restitution in South Africa. Providing a platform for people to talk about this pertinent matter in a land that still suffers from the legacy of colonial and apartheid brutal thefts. Spread it.
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Last week we partnered with Dream Big Youth Foundation and launched a campaign to build long-term infrastructure for this work. Because this can’t rely on moments—it has to be sustained. Learn more: shorturl.at/ZJ0cy Support: givebutter.com/founding-supp…
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Faith in a Box is live with Goya How does caste travel through packaging, branding, and the global spice aisle? What is moralised on the plate often becomes normalised in policy. goya.in/blog/faith-in-a-box-…
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Which hand? We talk about eating with our hands. We rarely ask which hand. Power enters the body before we have language for it. 👇🏽 shorturl.at/XPmvi
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Global Southasia@SapanNewsJan 28
What Southasian spaces lose when anti-Blackness goes unspoken and what past movements can teach us about widening the circle again. sapannews.com/2026/01/27/whe…

When solidarity stops at the border: Lessons from ‘political blackness’ - Global Southasia

Intro What Southasian spaces lose when anti-Blackness goes unspoken and what past movements can teach us about widening the circle again

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Solidarity doesn’t collapse because people disagree. It collapses when hierarchy goes unnamed. shorturl.at/l1I4R For: @SapanNews @beenasarwar
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We’re pleased to welcome Kavitha Rajagopalan as a Board Member of the BlindianProject. As the board comes into formation, we’re focused on building cultural infrastructure with care, accountability, and long-term stewardship.
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Before consent, there was the kitchen. Reconstruction Studies 001 is now public — a foundational text on how power is learned before it’s named. blindian-project.com/post/be…

Before Consent, There Was The Kitchen

What the Body Reveals about PowerBEFORE LANGUAGEBefore Christmas, I asked the community a simple question.How was power taught to you, before it became obvious?I waited.Nothing came back.The post...

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They archive solidarity as the past. We archive solidarity as practice. BlindianProject histories.
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Afro-Asian entanglement isn’t a metaphor. It’s a set of conditions people had to live through. Too often, the field studies connection from a distance — because proximity would implicate us.
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