The small Gujarati business community in Zambia played a big role in the country's non-violent, Gandhian freedom struggle. Ajay Kamalakaran writes.

"In his book, Kaunda wrote, “A free and independent India was the first and greatest of the nations of the co-called Third World. She was the Mecca or Jerusalem towards which weary freedom fighters on other continents turned for inspiration when things were going badly for them.”"

https://scroll.in/magazine/1051800/how-gujarati-merchants-helped-zambia-attain-independence

Great interview of Dr. Alex D. Ketchum is conducted by Hannah Steinkopf-Frank on a v. interesting upcoming book.

"HSF: How did you go about defining what makes a feminist restaurant?

AK: ...I wanted to know why a restaurant would call itself feminist in either its name or in its marketing or publications. That was what was interesting to me because you could have a restaurant run on feminist principles but not call it a feminist restaurant..."

https://annehelen.substack.com/p/the-fascinating-history-of-feminist