ANTH 326 Peoples and Cultures of Sub-Saharan Africa

Meeting 2, September 15, 2010Representing Africa

Logistics?

• Attendance?• Coursepack?

Projects?

Learning from Africa

Representations

• Misconceived• Generalized• Stereotypical• Controversial• Accurate

Last Week's List• Aid• Aids• Apartheid• Black continent• Blood Diamonds• Colonialism• Cradle of humanity• Famine• Female Genital Mutilation• First mathematic school• Genocide• Happiness• Independence• Magic

• Mandela• Megaslums• Mugabe• Music• Political unrest• Poverty• Salif Keita• Slavery• Spirituality• Sports• Street hawkers• Tribal warfare• Wildlife

Media examples

Playlist

• Pata Pata, Miriam Makeba, Vuvuzela Hits• Ungudi Wele Wele, Konono Nº1,

Congotronics• Ambelen Gwara, Flutes Of The

Mandara Mountain• Au mois de mai, Zekuhl, Zekuhl

Next week

• Misconceptions• Bit of geography• Generalities

Alex's interest in Africa

• From vague (exoticism)• Anthropological relevance• Music and language• Griots• Hunters

Malian Music

• Zumana, Abdoulaye Traore, Banankabougou• Yamourou, Yoro Sidibe, Histoire de Yamourou• Kayi ni Wura, Béla Fleck and Oumou Sangare,

Throw Down Your Heart - Africa Sessions Part 2

• Dununkan, Madou Diarra, Dakan• Bismillah, Tinariwen, The Radio Tisdas

Sessions

Mass Media

• Africa Today• Africa no 1

Semi-mass

• The World's Technology Podcast

TED

• "Single Story"• Mathematical Recursion• Ushahidi

Pop! Tech

• Appiah

Radio Open Source

• Vishwas Satgar: the Political Economy of FIFA–Vishwas Satgar makes a left-wing South African

argument that the World Cup serves FIFA handsomely, but will leave his countrymen in shacks.

• Ghana Speaks• Darfur• Comaroff

Blogs and Social Media

• Ethan Zuckerman– My Heart's in Accra– Global Voices

• Erik Hersman– White African–Ushahidi– Afrigadget

• Twitter in Tanzania – Epic Change– MamaLucy and StaceyMonk