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Arrival of Indians in Boats

THE INDENTURED IMMIGRANTS WHO SPOKE TAMIL AND TELUGU ... THIS 2 X 2 METRE MURAL FORMS A SPECIAL TRIBUTE ...

Cofee picking in Kearsney

Arrival of the first indentured Indians, an event that was to have far-reaching ... Every vessel used to transport indentured Indians had ... Picking coffee beans.

Township to house the indentured Indian labourers

The town started off as a township to house the indentured Indian labourers imported by the sugar industry in the mid 19th century. The town started off as a township to house the indentured Indian labourers imported by the sugar industry in the mid 19th century. ...

Letter from Phyllis Naidoo to Sarah

Well here in subtropical Durban, the papers that spring raved had arrived yesterday. Produce some photos of daffodils, tulips etc to prove it.

Letter from Phyllis Naidoo to Crystal

Heck, you don't have to send a peace do is to get in that car. and motor need Jack fruit I see loads of it. bloody stuff. That's silly. You do see what the fruit markets produce.

Letter from Phyllis Naidoo to Bernard

I am deeply grateful to you for Paula. Yes she was my Sha. Only he recovered and 8 months later he died on me. I believed that he was well. She was in exile from her country and I know those problems. Living in one place and having your heart at home is very painful.

"A man of keen perceptive faculties" : Aboobaker Amod Jhaveri, an "Arab" in Colonial Natal, circa 1872-1887

Indians arrived in South Africa in two streams. Between 1860 and 1911, a total of 152 184 indentured labourers were introduced into colonial Natal mainly to work on the sugar plantations, though some were employed in other sectors of the economy. This initial flow …

CONSTRUCTIONS OF COMMUNITY AND IDENTITY AMONG INDIANS IN COLONIAL NATAL, 1860–1910: THE ROLE OF THE MUHARRAM FESTIVAL

This article is concerned with the historical construction of communities, cultures and identities in colonial Natal, in this case an Indian grouping that emerged from the heterogeneous collection of indentured workers imported between 1860 and 1911.

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