Audiovisual Materials
The Ameena Gafoor Institute is dedicated to collecting, publishing and sharing educational resources about indentureship and its legacies. On this page, you can find a number of useful resources that have been collected from various platforms.
The Cost of Sugar
Wales Estate, in Demerara, Guyana, was owned in the 19th century by John Jones, a Welshman, who in 1821, died by drowning in one of the Estate's canals. Nearly 200 years later, the Government of Guyana was harshly criticized for closing down the sugar estate and bringing thousands of sugar workers (mostly descendants of Indian Indentured labourers) and their families to a state of abject poverty.
The Man from El Dorado
A documentary film on the life and achievements of Yesu Persaud, a Guyanese icon, a leading entrepreneur and philanthropist and the descendant of Indentured labourers.
Readings and poems about indenture drawn from the work of an Indo-Fijian historian (Brij V. Lal) and two contemporary sources; Edward Jenkins and George Des Voeux. These are edited extracts compiled and recorded by Moray House Trust.
Durban, South Africa is home to the largest concentration of Indians outside India. Today the diversity within the coastal city is…
Indian people have been living in the Caribbean for more than 180 years, but Chandani Persaud, founder of Indo-Caribbean London…
The college is delighted to announce that the distinguished writer and broadcaster Trevor Phillips OBE will give this year's Ramsay Murray lecture…
The "East Indians" of the Caribbean and Caribbean rim countries are the descendants of immigrants from the Indian sub-continent…
The "East Indians" of the Caribbean and Caribbean rim countries are the descendants of immigrants from the Indian sub-continent…
Coolies: How Britain Reinvented Slavery tells the astonishing and controversial story of the systematic recruitment…
The social fabric of Mauritius is premised on a very strong conscious sense of multiculturalism. The Indian Diaspora is a majority…
This talk explores the relationship between tea plantation labor and production and coolie identity formation and heritage in Sri Lanka. Also how…
A little known fact to many Hindus currently living in India is the existence of Hindus of West Indian origin…
Enjoy this interview with 97 year old Mansee Subiah of Hermitage, Trinidad. She says her parents came from…
A Trailer of The Documentary Bridging Worlds - From Girmitya to Government_ The Journey of Indians in Mauritius…
“Aaditya and Kadambari from Namaste New Zealand speak with Fijian Indian author Rajendra Prasad on what is a painful past for many Fijian Indians - the indent...”
“Last April, the Reunion Island, a French territory situated near Mauritius, celebrated the Tamil New Year with great pomp. The Tamil inhabitants of the Reunion…”
“À l'occasion du Festival E-clip de La Réunion 2016 sur le thème "Réunion, Terre d'Inde", je vous présente mon projet vidéo qui s'intitule Reunion Island Vide...”
“Industries of British Guiana. Demerara sugar. Plantation workers climb aboard a train/tractor contraption to take them to work…”
“Industries of British Guiana. A typical planter's house. A woman rides a horse in front of a grand house. Large open canal barges take workers to the...”
“Industries of British Guiana. Lime groves. Young children use long sticks to knock limes off the trees. Girls and women gather the fruit and carry it in baskets on their heads…”
“Industries of British Guiana. Coconut palms. A young boy climbs up the trunk of a tree. He climbs up just using his hands and feet (no ropes or ladders). Once he is at the top he knocks down coconuts…”
“Historian Wally Look Lai joins Mariel to talk about the History of the Chinese in Trinidad”
“We've come to think of 1860 as the beginning of the saga of Indians in South Africa - but deeper research into our history has set that date some 2 centuries...”
“Culture is a fundamental facet of functioning and thriving communities. As culture penetrates through society, impacting and moving our everyday living experience as individuals and as a whole…”
“Two groundbreaking works on the history of indentured labor and the Asian diaspora in the Caribbean come into conversation with one another…”
“It was with great sadness that we learned this week of the death of documentary film maker Dennis O'Rourke. Dennis has made many films as an independent prod...”
“Anita Chandradath Singh, through an engaging narrative and sensitive visualization, traces the history, sociology, religions, cultural practices and traditions of the people of Indian decent in Trinidad and Tobago.”
“From Sugar Cane to Suva tells the story of Indo-Fijian relations from Fiji’s colonial period in the late 1800s to present day politics. The story will be told in two parts.”