Global India Dialogue Series: A Talk by Olutayo C. Adesina

In global India, Diaspora is a major visible Indian entity. When India is reorganizing its global engagement as an emergent power, its dialogue with Indian Diaspora is its major foreign policy strategy. The political, social, economic and cultural ramifications of India-Nigeria engagement constitute a fascinating part of a relationship that started well before both countries’ political independence from Britain. Nigeria’s oil is important to India, which wishes to sustain strong economic growth. Since Nigeria and India established bilateral relations in 1958, India had risen to become one of the country’s largest trading partners. The bilateral economic, cultural, commercial, technical and military relations between Nigeria and India had since then defined both countries’ fruitful relationships. The talk would highlight this Diasporic engagement from various dimensions.

The Organisation for Diaspora Initiative is a non-governmental organisation and organizes itself as a civil society. This programme intends to highlight the historical relationship between India and Nigeria through the prism of Diaspora.

The speaker Prof. Olutayo C. Adesina will try to capture past experiences to draw the future trajectory of relations and the position and concerns of PIOs in the region. He is a professor of History at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. He specializes in the development of the study of the History of sub-Saharan Africa and understanding of the African experience in its interlocking dimensions with special reference to Diaspora.

The programme is scheduled on 5th December 2016 from 10:30AM -12:30PM, at Conference Hall II, India International Centre, New Delhi

The second programme will be organized in Mumbai at the Department of Civics and Politics, University of Mumbai on 7th December 2016 from 10:30 AM- 12:30 PM. This interaction is a part of a series of international dialogue which Organization of Diaspora Initiatives (www.odi.in ) is organizing to interact, analyze and understand the determinants, dimensions and impact of India’s global engagement on foreign policies and domestic developmental issues. The programme is being supported by Heinrich Böll Foundation, India.

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Information:

Shalini Yog Shah
Deputy Director
E: shalini.yog@in.boell.org