Re: SUNDAY SPECIAL: From Dar to Siolim to Maryland... a story of theBlues

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The nation-state is a European eighteenth century construct. Does that 
mean that identities -- however loose they might have been --  didn't 
exist totally before then? FN

On Mon, 28 Apr 2003, Jorge/Livia de Abreu Noronha wrote:

> >
> > Prof Peter Nazareth, writing in a past issue of The African American,
> > explains the context: "Goa was part of India but was conquered by the
> > Portuguese in 1510. Portuguese colonial rule ended when India, newly freed
> > from British rule, invaded in 1961. Under intense political and cultural
> > oppression, Goans created space for themselves in and through music."
> >
> 
> Which India does Peter Nazareth refer to? There was no country named India
> when the Portuguese conquered Goa in 1510, so there is no point in saying
> that at that time "Goa was part of India". The Portuguese conquered it from
> the Adil Shahi kingdom of Bijapur. It is well known that India as a nation
> came into existence only on August 15, 1947 when it gained independence from
> the British.
> 
> Jorge