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ANTH326 Meeting 6 (Draft)
This document outlines the themes and topics that will be covered in an anthropology course on the peoples and cultures of Sub-Saharan Africa. The course will take a month-long, in-depth look at key themes through selected readings. Some of the main themes to be addressed include European colonialism in Africa, kinship structures like marriage and descent, and how African societies and cultures have been impacted by westernization and globalization.
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ANTH326 Meeting 6 (Draft)
- 1. ANTH326 Peoples andCultures of Sub-Saharan Africa Meeting 6, October 15, 2007
- 2. Business Project PlanOffice Hours Forums Course Structure
- 3.
- 4. Rethinking Africa Maintheme Month-long ”semester core” More readings Reassess research Some overlap/parallels E.g. Appiah/Diop Perspectives on Africa May read in advance
- 5. European Eyes onAfrica Colonialism Romanticism Otherness Projection Dismissed history Dismissed diversity Christian/Capitalism/Industrialism “ Modernity”
- 6. Readings Keim onpreconceptions Appiah on Afrocentrism Owusu on ethnography Diop on political movement Southall on “Tribe” Ranger on tradition Comaroffs on colonial conceptions Rodney on economy
- 7. Themes in KinshipMarriage Descent (lineages, clans) Terminology
- 8. Marriage Difference withmating (or love) Affinal relationships Residence Incest Taboo
- 9. Choice Spouse(s) Neverfree Preferential marriage Arranged marriage Exogamy Endogamy Polygamy
- 10. Descent Defining ConsanguinityRecognise ancestry Unlilateral Matrilineal Patrilineal Corporate Ownership Cultural Stability Segmentary lineage system (clans)
- 11. Kinship in CulturalAnthropology Classic anthropology Universal but particular Incest Taboo Colonial past Kinship models Cross-cultural comparisons Decrease in significance
- 12. Beyond Kinship Definingsocial groups Support systems Solidarity Communitas Ethnicity as super-kinship Kindreds (selected kins) “ Sodalities” Associations
- 13. Age Sets andAge Grades Age Set as Cohort “ Oldboy” «Promotionneur» Age Grades as Steps Rites of passage (van Gennep) Separate genders
- 14. Secret societies Initiationsocieties Muslim brotherhoods (sufism) Tijaniyya Freemasons
- 15. Voluntary Associations Socialnetworks Urban life Local "Ethnic“ Cosmopolitan networks Political parties
- 16. Westernization Cultural ContactsCultural change Coerced or voluntary Western-like but typically African Networks Manage change Other partners
- 17. Education School types(Koranic, Missionary, National) Networks Formal education “ Western-style” Obsession with literacy Power of orality Gender Generation gap
- 18. Shanklin Notes Groupdecision Power of community Complementary Kinship Family as “African solution” Out of Africa Slave trade Davidson (community, weapons, movement)
- 19. Shanklin Notes 2Polygamy (polyandry, polygyny) Complementary filiation Dual-sex systems Matrilineal puzzle Classless society Maintained significance of kinship? Chabal/Daloz on nepotism/cronyism/corruption
- 20. Shanklin Notes 3Westernization Globalization Labour migration Political systems Tyranny of choice Romantic love Nuclear family