A photo-essay tracing lost memories of Bhojpuri women who migrated under indenture from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar to Suriname ...

At 55, Richmond resident Ricky Jugree has become the guardian of his family's remarkable 120-year history in KwaZulu-Natal, ...

A protester in Jamaica holds a sign during a rally to demand that the United Kingdom make reparations for slavery - GILBERT BELLAMY/Reuters Caribbean nations are set to demand that Britain make ...

THERE are some compelling studies on Indian indenture, tracing its origins to the British colonial era and the exploitation of cheap labour - often described as a form of human trafficking or "a new ...

One aspect of the Australian government’s neo-colonial policy toward the island nations of the South Pacific is a proposal to exploit the region’s people as a source of cheap labour—a practice which ...

‘Araro Ariraro’ is a feature-length musical documentary about Indian indentured labourers working in Malaya’s British colonial plantations. (M S Nakajima pic) It is believed that from as early as the ...

Indian folk singer Gopal Maurya (centre) performing in his village in eastern state of Bihar in August 2019. Picture courtsey The Bidesia Project CHENNAI, India, July 30 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - ...

Indentured servants first arrived in America in the decade following the settlement of Jamestown by the Virginia Company in 1607. The idea of indentured servitude was born of a need for cheap labor.

During his visit to Mauritius on Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was welcomed with a heartfelt performance of Geet Gawai, a traditional Bhojpuri musical art form. Recognised by Unesco as an ...