1. ANTH 1616: African Intersections Contemporary Problems in the Anthropology of Africa Spring, 2010

2. Words we use a lot.  Global  Local  Cosmopolitan  Transnational  Globalization  Translocal  Network  Nation  Tribe  Village  Community  Ethnic Group  Culture

3. THERE IS: A Financial (Citibank) and Technological (email, phone systems, airports) penetration from the Core into the Periphery THIS PRODUCES: An unbalanced economic structure within the peripheral societies and among them and the centers THIS LEADS TO: Limitations upon self-sustained growth in the periphery THIS FAVORS: The appearance of specific patterns of class relations THESE REQUIRE: Modifications in the role of the state to guarantee the functioning of the economy and the political articulation of a society, which contains, within itself, foci of inarticulateness and structural imbalance (Cardoso, 1979) CORE Periphery

4. Core v. Periphery. Core’s Stats.

5. Core v. Periphery. Periphery Stats. Periphery States Poor. Weak. Few, basic economic activities Weak institutions Tiny tax base Little infrastructure development Smart and hard-working labor migration Lots of people who are poor and uneducated Very influenced by core nations and their multinational corporations Forced to obey economic policies favoring core nations and harm the long-term economic prospects of periphery nations

6. Afro-Centrist Analysis Thornton on Commerce and Exchange Africans as active agents African perceptions African valuations of products and relationships African controls and restrictions African ideologies of wealth and ownership Piot on Culture Africans as active agents African perceptions African valuations of products and relationships African controls and restrictions African ideologies of wealth, fealty, relationship, obligation, ownership

7. The Role of Anthropology?

8. Something Happened on the Way to the Americas… A.K.A. The Transatlantic Slave Trade 1840: “The Slave Trade” Auguste-Francois Biard Lots of people were traded. 9.4-12 Million. Plus the babies. Over a long period of time. 16 th -19 th centuries. African communities and leaders were deeply involved in procuring humans for commercial exchange There was a long tradition of slave trade in Africa – African Societal Structures… “Good” Slavery? “Bad” Slavery? What’s up with this debate?