This document contains notes from a lecture on the peoples and cultures of Sub-Saharan Africa. It discusses several topics including the history of anthropological studies of Africa, perceptions of Africa, colonialism, missionary work, medical anthropology, belief systems, and ethnic identity. Key anthropologists mentioned include Jean and John Comaroff, who take a non-radical particularist approach in their ethnographic work. The document also examines concepts such as modernity, contact between Africa and Europe, livingstone's medical mission work, syncretism of beliefs, and the fluidity of ethnic identities in Africa.

1. ANTH326 Peoples and Cultures of Sub-Saharan AfricaMeeting 6: Flesh and BloodOctober 13, 2010

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3. History in Anthropological FrameAnthropologists using/doing historyHistorian on ethnicityEthnohistoryParticularism

4. Africa PerceivedInfantilizationIgnoranceContradictory tropesCirculation of tropesPop cultureMedia coverage (Comaroffs on Time)Rescue narrativeEthnographic journalism

5. Comaroffs

6. Jean and John ComaroffsCurrent anthropologyNon-radical particularismEthnographic approachWriting styleBoth from ZA

7. ModernityContinuityFoucaultModernist selfIndividualism

8. ContactAfrica and EuropePre-Scramble AfricaVariety of outcomesExchange

9. ColonialismEmpireNot all imposedHegemonyCivilizing mission

10. MissionProselytismWesleyanPragmatismObjectified power

11. LivingstoneLondon Missionary SocietyObstetricsGenderIntimacyModernized?Parallel Newton

12. Soft RelativismLearn from localsContextual adaptationParallel therapeutic traditionsTherapeutic repertoireExotic knowledgeRemaining importance of imported medicinePragmaticSocial expediency

13. Negative Impact on HealthWest Africa as white man's grave“Diseases of civilization” (lifestyle diseases)Maggi cubes

14. MedicineBody and soul dualismAfrica as LabPasteur revolution

15. Medical Anthropology ClassicsSubsistence strategiesHot/coldTepidnessWhat perceived as disease/illnessSignificance of barrenness

16. HygieneGrease/graceCleanliness/GodlinessDouglas on cleansingMatter out of placeAblutionsParallel Islam?

17. “Moral Hygiene”Health and morals as connectedMorality and mortalityMoral side of healthStrong connectionsStraw cabin, roof, and dress

18. Social “Ills”Social bodySociosomatic healingBack to causal

19. Belief SystemsBeliefs and scienceBeliefs and healingRitual healing (Roberts)SecrecySecret BibleConflicting ideas about resurrection

20. Contemporary EchoesNeo-ColonialismDevelopmentMSF and experimenting (Lab Africa)AIDS

21. Transition

22. SyncretismBelief systemsAfrican ChristianityVoodooBeliefs changingAcross generations

23. SyncretizationMix-and-match/pick-and-choose?Not haphazardFertile groundCompartmentalizationFluidityCounterpoint

24. CreoleCreole identityCreole languagesCentral African Republic

25. RacialismDivision of humanity as “races”Leading to racismBut also anti-racistTelegraphing AfrocentristsEmergence of geneticsSociobiologyEugenics

26. Roberts

27. Africa Outside ContinentStill African studiesAfrica created by colonialismPan-AfricanismSlave trade

28. DiversityThrough diverse African originsThrough diverse experiences

29. Ethnic IdentitySegu EmpireBounded entity? FluidityBazin «À chacun son bambara» (“To Each Their Own Bambara”)Constructed identitiesBack to SouthallLabels

30. BambaraEthnonymFrom outsideBamananRejection of IslamFolk etymologyNow identified as Muslim

31. Mande languagesGlossonymsManinka (Malinke)Not necessarily Mande identityRelated families