Spring 2024 Anthropology GR6171 section 001

PRE-ATLANTIC SLAVERY AFRICA AND SOUT

PRE-ATLANTIC SLAVERY

Call Number 11140
Day & Time
Location
T 12:10pm-2:00pm
116 Knox Hall
Points 4
Grading Mode Standard
Approvals Required Instructor
Instructor Mahmood Mamdani
Type SEMINAR
Method of Instruction In-Person
Course Description

This seminar on pre-Atlantic Slavery in Africa and Asia will focus on the history of captivity and bondage in modern and the premodern Africa. Conceptually, what is the difference between a captive and a slave? How has captivity been central to the history of social difference and state formation in premodern Africa? By introducing the student to the history of trade in captives within Africa and across the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean, the student will be encouraged to rethink premodern Africa as central to premodern world history rather than marginal to it.

Web Site Vergil
Department Anthropology
Enrollment 5 students (15 max) as of 9:06PM Thursday, December 12, 2024
Subject Anthropology
Number GR6171
Section 001
Division Interfaculty
Note The permission of the instructor is required.
Section key 20241ANTH6171G001