In April 1955, representatives of twenty-nine Asian and African nations gathered in Bandung, Indonesia for the first Afro-Asian Conference.  They hailed from newly independent states and colonial territories alike, meeting to assert a common voice against colonialism and great-power rivalry.  As historian Jason Parker notes, the Bandung agenda mixed “economic development, trans-racial unity and uplift … Continue reading Introduction: The Bandung Moment and Its Intellectual Legacy