VYAKARAN: South Asian Languages and Linguistics Net
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>The African
Section<br>
African and Middle Eastern Division<br>
and the Asian Division<br>
Library of Congress<br>
in conjunction with<br>
the Embassy of India<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Invite you
to a <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Lecture and
Book Signing<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:14.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Free
and Open to the Public<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=right dir=RTL style='margin-bottom:14.0pt;text-align:
left;direction:rtl;unicode-bidi:embed'><span dir=LTR style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>“African
Elites in India”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>“India
is the only place in the <br>
world where black African ruled <br>
over non-Africans.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>A new
scholarly book <i>African Elites in India</i> edited by Kenneth X. Robbins and
John McLeod tells the story of powerful Indo-Africans who were rulers,
statesmen, soldiers, and builders of beautiful mosques. Dr. Robbins identified
many Africans in the Deccani, Mughal, and Rajput paintings which are reproduced
among the almost 350 high quality images in the book.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Thursday,
October 14, 2010<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>12 Noon
– 1:00 PM<br>
African and Middle Eastern Reading Room<br>
Thomas Jefferson Building LJ-220<br>
10 First St. S.E. <br>
Washington, D.C. 20540<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>(near
Capital South Metro)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>For
additional information contact: <br>
Marieta Harper (202) 707-1960 or <u><span style='color:blue'><a
href="mailto:mhar@loc.gov">mhar@loc.gov</a><o:p></o:p></span></u></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Please allow
time to clear security<br>
Request ADA accommodations five business days in advance at (202) 707-6362
(voice/TTY) <br>
or email <u><span style='color:blue'><a href="mailto:ADA@loc.gov">ADA@loc.gov</a></span></u><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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