Voices and Silences: Narratives of Girmitiyas and Jahajis from Fiji and the Caribbean

by Anjali Singh

Indian indentured emigration is among the most notable social phenomena of modern history, which sent over one million men and women to tropical sugar colonies in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans. Indenture began in the 1830s and lasted till 1920; a period which finds little or no mention either in history textbooks or in literature.

This book takes a closer look at some of the important narratives on indenture and evaluates them...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032377046
• ISBN13: 9781032377049
• Release Date: October 2022
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"