I mean, in the same way that Rhodesia and South Africa were white minority governments in Africa. European colonial powers settled a significant number of Europeans on this continent during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, but many South and East Asians from other parts of these empires also moved to African colonies, both to satisfy demands for labor and occupy certain business niches and government administrative positions. Indeed, Indians and other Asians often dominated huge swathes of the economy of these countries at the time of independence, which created tension. In Tanzania and Uganda, these diaspora populations were eventually largely expelled.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durban_riots
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expulsion_of_Asians_from_Uganda
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zanzibar_Revolution
So, my question here is two-fold:
1) Firstly, with a point of divergence no earlier than 1900, would it have been possible for the Asian population of one or more European colonies in Africa, British or otherwise, to reach a critical mass such that a minority regime after independence would have been technically feasible?
2) Once that number is reached and the colony gains independence, what conditions would be necessary to create such a minority regime where the Asian diaspora is in charge of the government, with any white settlers being no more than junior partners?
One idea I have in mind is a violent communist takeover of India at some point in the early twentieth century, either as the result of Soviet meddling or (somehow) direct invasion or as a homegrown movement, leading to huge numbers of upper-caste Indians and other well-to-do South Asians to flee the subcontinent. However, the British dominions and the United States, with their racist immigration policies (especially Australia), are hesitant to admit more than a handful of refugees, meaning that nearby eastern and southern Africa are among the best available options. These refugees quickly outnumber white settlers and eventually obtain become the political elite in these areas, aside from perhaps Rhodesia and South Africa.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durban_riots
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expulsion_of_Asians_from_Uganda
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zanzibar_Revolution
So, my question here is two-fold:
1) Firstly, with a point of divergence no earlier than 1900, would it have been possible for the Asian population of one or more European colonies in Africa, British or otherwise, to reach a critical mass such that a minority regime after independence would have been technically feasible?
2) Once that number is reached and the colony gains independence, what conditions would be necessary to create such a minority regime where the Asian diaspora is in charge of the government, with any white settlers being no more than junior partners?
One idea I have in mind is a violent communist takeover of India at some point in the early twentieth century, either as the result of Soviet meddling or (somehow) direct invasion or as a homegrown movement, leading to huge numbers of upper-caste Indians and other well-to-do South Asians to flee the subcontinent. However, the British dominions and the United States, with their racist immigration policies (especially Australia), are hesitant to admit more than a handful of refugees, meaning that nearby eastern and southern Africa are among the best available options. These refugees quickly outnumber white settlers and eventually obtain become the political elite in these areas, aside from perhaps Rhodesia and South Africa.