FOR Vijay Prashad, his visit to Indonesia in April 2026 felt especially meaningful. The Darker Nations: A People’s History of the Third World, by the historian and writer born in Kolkata, India, was translated into Indonesian last year. The book analyzes the movement of Third World nations following the Asian-African Conference in Bandung, held from April 14 to 19, 1955.

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