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Amar Wahab

Amar Wahab

Amar Wahab is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at York University. His research and teaching are situated in postcolonial studies, with an emphasis on Indians and the cultural politics of identity in the Caribbean. Intersecting areas of interest include transnational and diaspora studies, critical race studies and Asian American studies. He is co-author (with Professors David Dabydeen and Brinsley Samaroo)of the recent publication "The First Crossing" (2007) a diary found on the first ship that brought Indians to the Americas.