It is a publishing, archiving and chronicling outfit of and by indigenous people of India's Adivasi Tribes.
In April 2012, Ruby Hembrom attended a four month publishing course,[1] and on being confronted by the absence, invisibility and erasure of Adivasi representation in the curriculum and discourse, a common feature in many spaces she had been at, the idea began there.
[2][3][4] Adivaani was registered as a non-governmental organization on 19 July 2012,[5] and became operational, and have produced 19 books thus far, including to anthologies.
[9] Adivaani aims to document and disseminate knowledge systems, tangible and intangible cultural facets of Adivasis in English and bi-lingual, creating a database of the authentic Adivasi voice, as recounted by them, using diverse multimedia channels, which can be accessible to indigenous people themselves.
Adivaani has made a documentary film on the making and playing of the Santhal lute and fiddle, the Banam.