Locating Afro-Asian communities is of paramount importance. In a global world in which economic interaction necessitates awareness of other peoples and cultures, Afro-Asians cannot remain completely unnoticed. But identification is not always easy where ethnic origins are blurred by overlapping physiognomical  
characteristics. Skin colour is not a separator of ethnicities where intermarriage has occurred over the centuries. The nature and extent of acculturation is also a drawback in identifying Afro-Asians. Identification is problematic in certain Afro-Asian spaces, particularly where numbers are small and the wider politics favour other identities. Recognition is a prerequisite for securing justice for a victim diaspora that emanated largely from the slave trade.