The Indonesia Africa Strategic Studies Centre - Universitas Indonesia

Despite Indonesia’s strong contribution to the history of Asia-Africa relations notably through the Asia Africa Conference held in Bandung in April 1955 that notably facilitated the independence of many African nations, knowledge of Africa in Indonesia remains insufficient for a large country like Indonesia, the fourth most populated country on Earth, natural leader of ASEAN, and largest archipelagic country on the planet. Africa can also surely learn more about Indonesia and its diversity and strategic position in the world; thus at the same time learning more about Asia in general since Indonesia is de facto an important gateway to ASEAN and Asia in general. In the academic context, the topic of “China-Africa”, for example, has gained a strong….