ABSTRACT The idea of solidarity between India and Africa has long drawn heavily from historical sources, including the anti-colonial legacies of Jawaharlal Nehru and Mahatma Gandhi, and ongoing frustration with a hierarchical world order that subordinates them from international decision-making. In this article, I consider the historical ambivalence embedded within the ways in which India now identifies with and talks about “Africa.” I argue that elements of the Modi government’s political project is changing the meaning of India’s identification with “Africa.” After a brief theoretical discussion and a consideration of the historical context, I look at two recent examples in which India’s relationship with Africa was narrated: the 2015 India–Africa Forum Summit and the recent furor over attacks on African students in India. This has already caused upset between India and specific African states. Although still premised on shared resistance to hierarchy, there are signs that the idea of “India-Africa relations” itself can become a hierarchical discourse.

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团结还是等级制度？：印度对非洲的认同和种族的后殖民政治

摘要 长期以来，印度和非洲之间的团结理念很大程度上来自历史渊源，包括贾瓦哈拉尔·尼赫鲁和圣雄甘地的反殖民遗产，以及对使他们从属于国际决策的等级化世界秩序的持续挫败感。在这篇文章中，我考虑了印度现在认同和谈论“非洲”的方式所蕴含的历史矛盾。我认为，莫迪政府政治项目的要素正在改变印度对“非洲”认同的含义。在进行了简短的理论讨论和对历史背景的考虑之后，我看了两个最近讲述印度与非洲关系的例子：2015 年印度-非洲论坛峰会和最近对印度非洲学生遭受袭击的愤怒。这已经引起了印度和特定非洲国家之间的不满。尽管仍以对等级制度的共同抵制为前提，但有迹象表明，“印非关系”本身可以成为等级制度的话语。