Because most of the stories out there about africans are disturbing, insulting and ridiculous, africaneurs blog is dedicated to sharing stories and achievements of africans. Bibliography for 7aah2016 new perspectives on atlantic slavery. History of africa from hieroglyphics to the fight for freedom. This is found in the african philosophical tradition. By examining the role of religious objects in africa, it interrogates the conflicts and misinterpretations that rose over the uses of material objects in religious life. What explains the current crisis of human rights and the retreat from the human rights paradigm as an engine of struggle. Sa pagsasaka at kalakalan aktibo ang mga kushite ng masakop sila ng mga taga ehipto. The muslim north had little influence on the independent kingdoms in the forested regions. Aksumite relations with himyar in the sixth century c. This course is a combination of lectures and seminars. Central african identities and religiosity in colonial minas. Crosscultural exchange in the atlantic world by roquinaldo.
The atlantic slave trade from west central africa, 17801867. Albeit a rare case, mariana was not the only black african to become a jew in the early modern world. Social history of medicine in latin america a free highlight issue of social history of medicine for ichst2017. Cambridge imperial and postcolonial studies series. Social history of medicine in latin america oup academic.
Healers and empires in global history springerlink. A study of the attitudes of africans to europeans in ghana before independence 1961. We are an organization that motivates africans to contribute to the development of a new africa through our engaging online contents and events. By closing this message, you are consenting to our use of cookies. Reviewed by kalle kananoja published on hluso africa october, 2014 commissioned by philip j. The rise of islam generated an increase in the arab slave trade, which culminated in the 19th century and eventually led to the forced transport in the atlantic slave trade and the beginning of european colonization throughout africa, which had dramatic effects on the history of africa. A companion to african philosophy edited by kwasi wiredu advisory editors. The sponge cloths are also easy to dispose of as they are fully compostable and biodegradable. Markku hokkanen is senior lecturer in the department of history, university of oulu, finland. Certain herbal remedies regularly used by african herbalists, like male fern, were now available in tincture form at many chemist shops. Preface namibian history is an exciting and constantly growing field. History, memory and society in namibia nordic journal of.
Most traditional african music is primarily functional it operates within a ritual structure or to keep workers together. It seeks to regenerate and unify africa and promote a feeling of oneness among the people of the african world. A concise history of brazil the history students handbook. African atlantic cultures and the south carolina lowcountry, by ras michael brown. Healers and empires in global history healing as hybrid. The movement takes its name from the founder simon kimbangu who was born in 1889 at nkamba, a small. Nyasaland networks, 18591960 2017 and the coedited collection encountering crises of the mind. The rise of islam generated an increase in the arab slave trade, which culminated in the 19th century and eventually led to the forced transport in the atlantic slave trade and the beginning of european colonization throughout africa, which had dramatic effects on the history of africa in west africa. Mga sinaunang kabihasnan sa silangang africa imperyong kush ayon sa kasulatan, ang kush ay nanatili mula 2000 bce hanggang sa maglaho ito noong 350 ce. Journal of african diaspora archaeology and heritage, vol. Central african religious specialists were often denounced to the authorities in angola for organizing healing and divination rituals. In the first phase of the project, senior research fellows jan kuhanen and kalle kananoja will focus on tanzania and namibia respectively.
To learn about our use of cookies and how you can manage your cookie settings, please see our cookie policy. Why more africans dont use human rights language carnegie. Lds materials for the study of postcolonial subsaharan africa, international journal of african historical studies 52, no. Creolization is the process through which creole languages and cultures emerge. Oct 25, 2016 dynast speaks on pensar africa, cafe touba, and westernized africans. Since the countrys independence on 21 march 1990, historical studies of its colonial and precolonial pasts have burgeoned. A case study of creolization and popular religion in mideighteenth century angola by kananoja, kalle. He has published extensively on angolan and afrobrazilian religious and medical history. The finnish literature society sks makes its englishlanguage academic series, studia fennica, as well as a selection of finnishlanguage research publications available in open access. Mariana pequena, a black angolan jew in early eighteenthcentury. This issue of the nordic journal of african studies has been coordinated by two guest editors, professor gregory kamwendo and.
Her arrest was part of a crackdown on rios new christian community in the early eighteenth century. Religious studies opportunities digest 11 jan 20 the. From africa to brazil traces the flows of enslaved africans from the broad region of africa called upper guinea to amazonia, brazil. Palgrave macmillan, cambridge imperial and postcolonial studies series, 2019 encountering crises of the mind. Kananoja on candido, an african slaving port and the atlantic. Kalle kananoja eui, florence and madalina florescu ceaup, porto would welcome proposals for their panel on the materiality of religion in africa during the european expansion to be hosted at the cham conference in lisbon. It argues that, since the sixteenth century, the portuguese were interested in local medical practices and angolan medicinals. Healers and empires in global history healing as hybrid and. New congo music 2014 werrason ingredients galz dancing. Most friday class meetings will be devoted to discussion of two articles on selected topics in the social and cultural history of. Central african identities and religiosity in colonial minas gerais. These two regions, though separated by an ocean, were made one by a slave route. For instance, he pointed out that chemists had historically compounded their own medicine, yet the rise of wholesalers had made this practice less necessary. Mobile healers, politics and development in subsaharan.
Kalle kananoja is currently a postdoctoral researcher at university of helsinki. Portuguese sailors captured african men and women from what is presentday angola. A study of the attitudes of africans to europeans in ghana before independence. Mining and its commodities as wheels of the early modern global economy. The study analyzes the formation of central africans identities both in their homelands and in brazil. Kalle kananoja central african identities and religiosity in colonial minas gerais kalle kananoja central african identities and religiosity in colonial minas gerais abo akademi university isbn 9789529304899 2012. Roquinaldo ferreira focuses on the cultural, religious, and social impacts of the slave trade on angola. African women in ecclesiastical documents, benguela, 1760. To begin to understand, we must examine the evolution and practices of the organizations and institutions that espouse the protection of human rights. For wednesday 1114, well welcome a special guest speaker to lead tonights discussion.
Kalle kananoja west central africans held a prominent place in the slave society of minas gerais, making significant contributions to the cultural development of mineiro society during the second. Dynast speaks on pensar africa, cafe touba, and westernized. Irene fattacciu with the collaboration of kalle kananoja max weber fellow. For decades, kalle sponge cloths have been manufactured from cellulose and cotton fibres, both of which are renewable resources. History of africa from hieroglyphics to the fight for. Plo lumumba speaks to african religious leaders in. Another failed effort was the socalled angola plan with attempts from 1907 to 19 by the jewish territorial organization, under the influence of israel zangwill in britain, to set up an autonomous jewish entity somewhere in west africa with angola as a strong possibility. The discovery of gold in minas gerais led to an increasing demand for slaves in brazil, which was largely met by supplies from angola.
His previous publications include the monograph medicine, mobility and the empire. Religious encounters were a major source of misunderstanding between africans and europeans. Historians have also brought into question the idea of a bounded space called namibia or south west africa. Bibliography for 7aah2016 new perspectives on atlantic. Panafricanism a political and cultural phenomenon which regards africa, africans, and african descendants abroad as a unit. Kalle kananoja abstract this chapter introduces the conceptual, theoretical and methodological framework of the book, with focus on crosscultural medical interaction.
Creolization was first used by linguists to explain how contact languages become creole languages, but now scholars in other social sciences use the term to describe new cultural expressions brought about by contact between societies and relocated peoples. This article discusses european bioprospecting activities in early modern west central africa. Pai caetano angola, afrobrazilian magicoreligious practices, and cultural resistance in minas gerais in the late eighteenth century. This panel examines religious encounters between africans and europeans through the lens of cultural materiality. Academic journal article journal of pan african studies africans in arabia felix. Origins and consequences in africa, the americas and europe beta.
Jovenes saltando, danza tradicional masai youth jumping, masai traditional dance august 2005. Reconstructing biographies of africans and merchants, he demonstrates how crosscultural trade, identity formation, religious ties, and resistance to slaving were central to the formation of the atlantic world. Ang sinaunang sibilisasyon sa africa at sa pacific. This book explores crosscultural medical encounters involving nonwestern healers in a variety of imperial contexts from the arctic, asia, africa, americas and the caribbean.
Search results for global history humanities commons. Ken078 africa people, maasai people, african culture. Edward sackey am aware of works by critics and scholars, africans and non africans, on the african novel, as my bibliography shows. Encountering crises of the mind madness, culture and. What is missing in the existing critical literature is the directional underpinning of the african novel. Kabihasnang klasikal sa africa at amerika by yhana. The first part of this study discusses the atlantic slave trade in the southern atlantic world. Central africans took these healing and divining methods to minas gerais, where numerous african religious specialists enjoyed great prominence.
The team focuses on namibia, malawi, somalia and tanzania, with wider comparisons made possible through collaboration with project partners. Kimbanguism central africa kimbanguism originated in the democratic republic of the congo formerly zaire, and has now spread to many countries in africa and beyond. A study of the attitudes of africans to europeans in ghana before independence jahoda, gustav on. To which is added, an account of the present state of medicine among them volume 1 cambridge library collection african studies winterbottom, thomas on. Kalle kananoja is a postdoctoral researcher at the university of. Based on the analysis of ecclesiastical documents, this study explores how african women lived in the port town of benguela from about 1760 to 1860. Antislavetrade rhetoric and the image of africa in finland in the nineteenth century. Pdf central african identities and religiosity in colonial minas.
Central african identities and religiosity in colonial. Kalle kananoja is an expert on the history of medicine in precolonial atlantic africa and the early modern african diaspora. Pdf bioprospecting and european uses of african natural. Keywords colonial brazil, new christians, portuguese inquisition, judaism, slavery. They have forcefully reminded how deeply the past is still inscribed in the present. Combining these natural products produces a unique sponge cloth with exceptional absorbency, durability and sustainability. It shows that africans in the diaspora did not necessarily have to adhere to their ancestral religious traditions or to their masters christian religion but could make other choices based on their personal circumstances. Oct 21, 2010 account of the native africans in the neighbourhood of sierra leone. Gender and the limits of european patriarchy in the early modern atlantic world article in journal of global history 703 november 2012 with 55 reads how we measure reads. Creolisation of medicine in west central africa 16501850.
Sorry, we are unable to provide the full text but you may find it at the following locations. A case study of creolization and popular religion in mid. The origins of african slaves in minas gerais 64 3. Africans, women, and tobacco with the arrival of africans and women, jamestown was becoming a more diverse colony. His work focuses on cultural and social history of the southern atlantic. Mariana pequena, a black angolan jew in early eighteenth. Past and present policies of marginalization and integration. Kalle kananoja is a max weber postdoctoral fellow at the european university institute. The studia fennica series includes works from the fields of anthropology, ethnology, folklore studies, history, literature and linguistics.
If the inline pdf is not rendering correctly, you can download the pdf file here. This issue of the nordic journal of african studies has been coordinated by the guest editor, dr kalle kananoja. The atlantic slave trade from west central africa, 17801867, traces the inland origins of slaves leaving west central africa at the peak period of the transatlantic slave trade. New congo music 2014 werrason ingredients galz dancing on. Slaves and empires, 15th19th centuries research seminar. African slaves played a key role in the colonization of minas gerais in the interior of brazil during the eighteenth century. Academic journal article the international journal of african historical studies. In 2012, he was a max weber postdoctoral fellow at european university institute. Kalle kananoja central african identities and religiosity in colonial minas gerais.
Account of the native africans in the neighbourhood of sierra. Exploring a little known aspect of africans religious experience in the portuguese colonial world, this paper seeks to answer why and how mariana pequena chose to convert to judaism. Finnish missionaries and famine relief in german south west africa at the beginning of the 20th century. He received his phd in history from abo akademi university in june 2012. Diagnosis in these rituals was often made through spirit possession.
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