Pakistan's indigenous African community

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Pakistan's indigenous African community, known as the Sheedi, can be found in Karachi's Lyari neighbourhood. The Sheedi are believed to be descendants of sailors who came to the city 200 years ago.

Footballers from Lyari are renowned across Pakistan for their skills. Many have played for Pakistani teams but they are highly critical of the lack of local facilities.

Mombasa street is named after the Kenyan city. Records suggest that it was a slave market until 1945. Although everybody in Lyari denies having a slave for a forefather, many families speak West African languages.

Mohammad Hassan Abu is the former head of the local union council and is now the chief organiser of the annual Sheedi crocodile festival - an important event in their cultural calender in which the reptile features prominently.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8485274.stm

 

[Ahmad]

It is fascinating, i didnt know this.

 

[courageneverdies]

Neithor do I, nice info. Appreciated.

KIT Out

 

[Developereo]

They are far more widespread that just Karachi.

Makrani - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sheedi (Urdu: شید&#1740 are a descendants of African slaves that live in Balochistan and Sindh provinces of Pakistan.

 

[Ali.009]

Nice one, no doubt karachi is a cosmopolitan city.

 

[Jatt Boy]

The Siddi, Siddhi, or Sheedi (Urdu: شیدی ; Hindi: सिद्दी or शीदि; Gujarati: સિદ્દ&#2752 are an Indian ethnic group of Black African descent. The Siddi population is currently estimated to be 20,000-55,000, with Gujarat state of India being the main population center. Siddis are also sometimes referred to as Afro-Indians.

Regions with significant populations -
Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka states of India, Sindh and Balochistan provinces of Pakistan

 

[PlanetWarrior]

They look very Moroccan in outlook

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

They look very Moroccan in outlook

yaar khuda ka khouf kha. marrha morrocans r not black

 

[Veer]

 

[khanz]

hmm......interesting in the south we have black people from africa in the north there white people kalash tribes supposedly descended from greeks amazing diversity.

 

[Hyde]

fascinating....... i didn't know that either

 

[arslan_treen]

they are amazing in football and boxing and they are also found in high majority in MAKRAN and are commanly known as Makranis in rest of Pakistan . very humble and nice people indeed.

 

[arslan_treen]

hmm......interesting in the south we have black people from africa in the north there white people kalash tribes supposedly descended from greeks amazing diversity.

Many historian believe that they are the direct descendent's of remittance from Army of Alexander the Great and still are the follower of the same faith.

p.s there is also a small village near the border with china which have European travelers 1960s hippies most of them Germans living there they call it there home now and are proud Pakistanis , there is a same kind of village in ladakh valley if am not mistaken.

 

[ThunderCat]

hmm......interesting in the south we have black people from africa in the north there white people kalash tribes supposedly descended from greeks amazing diversity.

No they don't. This has been proven genetically and English translations of Alexander's diary make clear mention of blond haired people in the Chitral Valley who bury their dead in coffins. That fits the perfect description of the Kalash.

Most Greeks don't resemble the Kalash. Please let's cut the ignorance.

 

[ThunderCat]

Many historian believe that they are the direct descendent's of remittance from Army of Alexander the Great and still are the follower of the same faith.

p.s there is also a small village near the border with china which have European travelers 1960s hippies most of them Germans living there they call it there home now and are proud Pakistanis , there is a same kind of village in ladakh valley if am not mistaken.

I swear I'm gonna pull out quotations from Alexander's diary myself the next time this Greek/Macedonian propaganda comes up.