ISSN 0851-2914 

A biannual publication of International Centre for Ethnic Studies, Colombo, Sri Lanka and the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa, Dakar, Senegal. It aims at dissemination of knowledge and exchange of ideas and projections amongst African and Asian scholars and activists.

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Editors

Imtiaz Ahmed , University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Solofo Randrianja, Université de Tamatave, Faculté des Lettres / U.E.R. d’Histoire Tamatave  / Madagascar

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Editorial Advisory Board

Names	Affiliation
Abdelghani Abouhani	Université de Rabat, Morocco
Tariq Banuri	Sustainable Development Policy Initiatives, Islamabad, Pakistan
Partha Chatterjee	Centre  for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta, India
Radhika Coomaraswamy	International Centre for Ethnic Studies, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Mahmood Mamdani	Columbia University, New York, USA
Bishnu Mohapatra	Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India / Ford Foundation
Ashis Nandy	Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi, India
Okwudiba Nnoli	University of Lagos, Nigeria
Nira Wickramasinghe	University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Muhammad Yunus	Grameen Bank, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Anna Tsing	University of California Santa Cruz, Oakland, CA, USA
Vinesh Y. Hookoomsing	University of Mauritius, Reduit, Mauritius
Ousmane Kane	Columbia University, New York, USA

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All contributions to 

Prof. Imtiaz Ahmed, Co-Editor, Identity, Culture and Politics. An Afro-Asian Dialogue, Dept of International Relations, University of Dhaka, Dhaka – 1000, Bangladesh, Email imtiaz@bangla.net 

or

Ousmane Kane,  Co-Editor, Identity, Culture and Politics. An Afro-Asian Dialogue. School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, 420 West, 118th Street, MC3331, NY 100027, USA Email ok2009@columbia.edu

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