Afro-Indian

plural Afro-Indians · alternative rare Afrindian

1. A person described by both African and indigenous American ancestry or culture.

   In a recent account of the last of the unconquered Seminoles, who are still living in the Everglades of Florida, I noticed reference to an Afro-Indian who apparently holds a position among these people corresponding to that of a sheriff, since he is described as executioner of the tribe.

   1909, Booker T. Washington, The story of the Negro: the rise of the race from slavery, volume 1, Doubleday, Page & Co., page 133

2. A person described by both African and South Asian or East Indian (especially from India) ancestry or culture.

   Ngema used his song to initiate what he called a "constructive discussion" about conflicts separating Zulus and Afro-Indians.

   2008, Patrick Lynn Rivers, Governing Hate and Race in the United States and South Africa, SUNY Press, →ISBN, page 97

comparative more Afro-Indian · superlative most Afro-Indian · alternative rare Afrindian

1. Having both African and indigenous American ancestry or other attributes, whether of people, cultures, cuisine, language, and so on.

   Despite the decline of Indian slavery, throughout the eighteenth century South Carolina newspapers frequently advertised for runaway Indian and Afro-Indian slaves.

   2003, Jayme A. Sokolow, The Great Encounter: Native Peoples and European Settlers in the Americas, 1492-1800, M.E. Sharpe, →ISBN, page 177

2. Having both African and South Asian or East Indian (especially from India) ancestry or other attributes, whether of people, cultures, cuisine, language, and so on.

   Afro-Indian settlements were established at least since the early 16th century onwards. Through migration of ex-slaves and free Africans within India, new settlements arose, such as that in the hilly district of Uttara Kannada[...]

   2008, Carole Boyce Davies, Encyclopedia of the African Diaspora: Origins, Experiences, and Culture, volume 1, ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, page 563

   Synonyms: Zambo, Siddi, Indo-African, Afrindian

3. Pertaining to both Africa and India.

   Another evidence of early Afro-Indian trade relations is to be found in the work of the Greco-Egyptian monk Cosmos Indicopleustes who wrote, as cited by Pankhurst (1972:10), in the early sixth century that Barbaria, probably Somalia, had substantial trade with India and Ceylon.

   2004, Ababu Minda Yimene, An African Indian Community in Hyderabad: Siddi Identity, its Maintenance and Change, Cuvillier Verlag, →ISBN, page 64