In April 1955, delegates from 29 Asian and African countries and colonies gathered in Bandung, Indonesia, for the Asian-African Conference. What was the message that these 29 delegations were seeking to transmit to their domestic and global audience? Why was a conference of postcolonial states and anticolonial movements perceived as so important in international politics by its contemporaries, and why has it had such lasting effects? “Studies focusing mainly on the Bandung conference are still rare. Wildan Sena Utama’s study is, therefore, all the more important. It provides an up-to-date and concise review of the most recent studies on this topic and places the conference in its historical context.” – Jurgen Dinkel