MAURITS HASSANKHAN is Senior Lecturer/Researcher at the Anton de Kom University, Suriname. NARINDER MOHKAMSINGH is an Indologist (Leiden University) who works on Indian music, culture and religion in the Caribbean. GOOLAM VAHED is Professor in the Department of History, University of Kwa Zulu Natal. RADICA MAHASE is a PhD and Senior Lecturer at the History College of Science, Technology and Applied Arts of Trinidad and Tobago.

• Figures and Tables Foreword Preface Introduction I. HINDUISM AND HINDUS IN THE GIRMIT DIASPORA1. The Construction of Hindu Authority in Mauritius: The Case of a Tamil Priest - MATHIEU CLAVEYROLAS 2. Hinduism in South Africa, 1860-2020 - VINAY LAL and GOOLAM VAHED 3. Transnational Hindu Movements and the South African Experience after Indenture - KARTHIGASEN GOPALAN 4. Pivotal Developments on Hinduism in Fiji - PRASHNEEL GOUNDAR 5. The Impact of the Årya Sam"aj on Caribbean Hinduism - FREEK L. BAKKER 6. 'They Came to Mauritian Shores': The History and Symbolism of Ram Leela and Ramayana in Mauritius - SATYENDRA PEERTHUM 7. 'Beyond Vanvaas: Hinduism in Trinidad' - SHERRY ANN SINGH II. ISLAM AND MUSLIMS IN THE GIRMIT DIASPORA8. The Ummah in the Caribbean: African and Asian Origins of Caribbean Islam - BRINSLEY SAMAROO 9. From Indentured Labourers to Permanent Settlers: Muslims in Fiji - JAN A. ALI 10. The Muslims who Arrived in Trinidad, 1887-1891: A Preliminary Assessment - HALIMA-SA'ADIA KASSIM and PERRY POLAR III. INTERRELIGIOUS RELATIONS IN THE GIRMIT DIASPORA11. Interreligious Cooperation: Suriname and Guyana, 1950-2014 - KIRTIE ALGOE 12. Fasting Practices of Religiously-mixed Families in Trinidad: Evaluation of the Social Psychological Impact - SHALIMA MOHAMMED Contributors Index

MAURITS HASSANKHAN is Senior Lecturer/Researcher at the Anton de Kom University, Suriname. NARINDER MOHKAMSINGH is an Indologist (Leiden University) who works on Indian music, culture and religion in the Caribbean. GOOLAM VAHED is Professor in the Department of History, University of Kwa Zulu Natal. RADICA MAHASE is a PhD and Senior Lecturer at the History College of Science, Technology and Applied Arts of Trinidad and Tobago.

• Figures and Tables Foreword Preface Introduction I. HINDUISM AND HINDUS IN THE GIRMIT DIASPORA1. The Construction of Hindu Authority in Mauritius: The Case of a Tamil Priest - MATHIEU CLAVEYROLAS 2. Hinduism in South Africa, 1860-2020 - VINAY LAL and GOOLAM VAHED 3. Transnational Hindu Movements and the South African Experience after Indenture - KARTHIGASEN GOPALAN 4. Pivotal Developments on Hinduism in Fiji - PRASHNEEL GOUNDAR 5. The Impact of the Årya Sam"aj on Caribbean Hinduism - FREEK L. BAKKER 6. 'They Came to Mauritian Shores': The History and Symbolism of Ram Leela and Ramayana in Mauritius - SATYENDRA PEERTHUM 7. 'Beyond Vanvaas: Hinduism in Trinidad' - SHERRY ANN SINGH II. ISLAM AND MUSLIMS IN THE GIRMIT DIASPORA8. The Ummah in the Caribbean: African and Asian Origins of Caribbean Islam - BRINSLEY SAMAROO 9. From Indentured Labourers to Permanent Settlers: Muslims in Fiji - JAN A. ALI 10. The Muslims who Arrived in Trinidad, 1887-1891: A Preliminary Assessment - HALIMA-SA'ADIA KASSIM and PERRY POLAR III. INTERRELIGIOUS RELATIONS IN THE GIRMIT DIASPORA11. Interreligious Cooperation: Suriname and Guyana, 1950-2014 - KIRTIE ALGOE 12. Fasting Practices of Religiously-mixed Families in Trinidad: Evaluation of the Social Psychological Impact - SHALIMA MOHAMMED Contributors Index

MAURITS HASSANKHAN is Senior Lecturer/Researcher at the Anton de Kom University, Suriname. NARINDER MOHKAMSINGH is an Indologist (Leiden University) who works on Indian music, culture and religion in the Caribbean. GOOLAM VAHED is Professor in the Department of History, University of Kwa Zulu Natal. RADICA MAHASE is a PhD and Senior Lecturer at the History College of Science, Technology and Applied Arts of Trinidad and Tobago.

• Figures and Tables Foreword Preface Introduction I. HINDUISM AND HINDUS IN THE GIRMIT DIASPORA1. The Construction of Hindu Authority in Mauritius: The Case of a Tamil Priest - MATHIEU CLAVEYROLAS 2. Hinduism in South Africa, 1860-2020 - VINAY LAL and GOOLAM VAHED 3. Transnational Hindu Movements and the South African Experience after Indenture - KARTHIGASEN GOPALAN 4. Pivotal Developments on Hinduism in Fiji - PRASHNEEL GOUNDAR 5. The Impact of the Årya Sam"aj on Caribbean Hinduism - FREEK L. BAKKER 6. 'They Came to Mauritian Shores': The History and Symbolism of Ram Leela and Ramayana in Mauritius - SATYENDRA PEERTHUM 7. 'Beyond Vanvaas: Hinduism in Trinidad' - SHERRY ANN SINGH II. ISLAM AND MUSLIMS IN THE GIRMIT DIASPORA8. The Ummah in the Caribbean: African and Asian Origins of Caribbean Islam - BRINSLEY SAMAROO 9. From Indentured Labourers to Permanent Settlers: Muslims in Fiji - JAN A. ALI 10. The Muslims who Arrived in Trinidad, 1887-1891: A Preliminary Assessment - HALIMA-SA'ADIA KASSIM and PERRY POLAR III. INTERRELIGIOUS RELATIONS IN THE GIRMIT DIASPORA11. Interreligious Cooperation: Suriname and Guyana, 1950-2014 - KIRTIE ALGOE 12. Fasting Practices of Religiously-mixed Families in Trinidad: Evaluation of the Social Psychological Impact - SHALIMA MOHAMMED Contributors Index