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    Default Documentary short: Sri Lankans of African origin

    Some thoughts on watching this:

    1) We really are the original people.
    2) Everywhere, Africans are treated less-than.

    http://vimeo.com/7234191
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    I was thinking that their language will not survive, when the older ones die. People from Sri Lanka are normally dark, and from far can look like Africans or people with African ancestry.
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    Sri Lankan kids


    Veddas..A tribe of Sri Lanka...Look at that fro..
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    Thanks for sharing this!
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    Thanks for sharing.
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