THE SIDDI COMMUNITY IN INDIA by Palak, Rajashi, Akash, Shekhar and Chetanamayee Introduction The Siddi Africans are an unknown community living in India, a land of enormous ethnic linguistic and cultural diversity. These societies are the one of the oldest African diasporas in Asia which are centuries old. Though the Siddis have a long history in India, they have mostly stayed outside the historical narrative. They did not only have a migration story, but a resilience, adaptation, and cultural survival in slavery, displacement, and assimilation. The way the Siddis came to India and the way they stayed there; the way Africans came to India through trade and military service; the way they managed to become a part of Indian society; the ways they managed to maintain some of their unique tradition in spite of all change...