WHO ARE THE BLACK TRIBES OF INDIA?
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This video is a look into the tribes of India with a darker skin hue and what a typical westerner would characterize as black. The following 4 tribes of the Indian subcontinent bear striking phenotypical similarities to black Africans and therefore, in a broad sense, could be considered black. Hi and welcome again to Afroartista Films. Remember to like this video and post your comments below. I will make a great effort to respond to as many of you. On to number one.
The Santals
The Santal people are an Austroasiatic-speaking Munda ethnic group of the Indian subcontinent. According to linguist Paul Sidwell, Austro-Asiatic language speakers probably arrived on coast of Odisha from Indochina about 4,000–3,500 years ago.These Austroasiatic speakers spread from Southeast Asia and mixed extensively with local Indian populations.The Santals have the same deep dark color as black Africans. Their facial characteristics are also strikingly similar to those of several African black people as their dark skin resembles the brilliant hues of Sub-Saharan Africans.
The Sidis.
These are not native to Asia, but rather migrants from Africa to Pakistan and India many years ago. Considering the trade relationship between Asia, the Arabian Peninsula, and eastern Africa, the Sidis' African ancestors are supposed to have been brought to India and Pakistan as slaves, domestic workers, concubines, palace guards, and soldiers, or went there as sailors and free merchants. Today, the Sidis have a distinct genetic makeup that combines African and South Asian characteristics.
The Andamanese.
The Andamanese are the diverse indigenous peoples of the Andaman Islands, which are part of India's union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands in Southeast Asia's Bay of Bengal. All Andamanese have historically had a hunter-gatherer lifestyle and appear to have lived in significant isolation for thousands of years. It is thought that the Andamanese arrived in the Andaman Islands a
