PDF-(BOOK)-The Afterlife Is Where We Come From: The Culture of Infancy in West Africa

When a new baby arrives among the Beng people of West Africa they see it not as being born but as being reincarnated after a rich life in a previous world Far from being a tabula rasa a Beng infant is thought to begin its life filled with spiritual knowledge How do these beliefs affect the way the Beng rear their childrenIn this unique and engaging ethnography of babies Alma Gottlieb explores how religious ideology affects every aspect of Beng childrearing practicesfrom bathing infants to protecting them from disease to teaching them how to crawl and walkand how widespread poverty limits these practices A mother of two Gottlieb includes moving discussions of how her experiences among the Beng changed the way she saw her own parenting Throughout the book she also draws telling comparisons between Beng and EuroAmerican parenting bringing home just how deeply culture matters to the way we all rear our childrenAll parents and anyone interested in the place of culture in the lives of infants and vice versa will enjoy The Afterlife Is Where We Come FromThis wonderfully reflective text should provide the impetus for formulating research possibilities about infancy and toddlerhood for this century Caren J Frost Medical Anthropology Quarterly Alma Gottliebs careful and thoughtprovoking account of infancy sheds spectacular light upon a much neglected topic It makes a strong case for the central place of babies in anthropological accounts of religion  Gottliebs remarkably rich account delivered after a long and reflective period of gestation deserves a wide audience across a range of disciplinesAnthony Simpson Critique of Anthropology . Dr. Abdullahi Y. Shehu. Director General, GIABA. Presented to the Commissioners of the West Africa Commission on Drugs (WACD), Accra, Ghana. 29 April 2013. Presentation Overview. Regional Context – the facts. Click to edit Master subtitle style. The Book of the Dead. The Book of the Dead is a collection of spells and illustrations written on papyrus.. The papyrus was rolled, put inside a hollow statue and placed in the tomb with all the other things which the dead person would need for the afterlife.. Classical Time Period. 1000 B.C.E.-500 C.E.. Politics. Stateless Societies . Family/Kin based. Rise of Monarchies. Rise of . Nok. Civilization in Western Africa. Nok. Civilization. Economy. Africa -> Agricultural in general. Dr. . Mamarame. . Seck. Department of African and Afro-American . Studies & . Mam. . Harr. Gaye. An Introduction. Countries (17). Chad. Niger. Nigeria. Mauritania. Mali. Senegal. Guinea. Sierra Leone. The area now covered by the Sahara desert is cooler and wetter than it is now, although at this date it is getting dryer. Farming peoples are slowly spreading along the north African coast, and down the fertile strip of land along the river Nile is already home to a dense population of . Ashanti, Swahili, . Masai. , . Khoikhoi. & San, Igbo. Ashanti. Where. : Central Ghana. Culture. :. Animism (tree & animals have souls). “Talking drums” - much of jazz, blues & reggae have roots here. Ashanti, Swahili, . Masai. , . Khoikhoi. & San, Igbo. Ashanti. Where. : Central Ghana. Culture. :. Animism (tree & animals have souls). “Talking drums” - much of jazz, blues & reggae have roots here. Thesis. Through globalization from its origins in West Africa through to America, the Vodun religion has shifted and changed. This can be exemplified in the spirit . Legba. as he has transformed through the different cultures of West Africa, Haiti, and North America. Anthropological theory helps to deepen understanding both in the changes that took place (post-modernism) throughout . Trans-Saharan Trade. AP World History – Chapter 8 Notes. The Sand Roads. Trans-Saharan trade route. Linked North Africa and the Mediterranean world with West Africa. Trans-Saharan Trade. Like the Silk and Sea Roads . West African Civilizations. 3 Empires emerge by dominating trade across the Sahara. - . Empire of Ghana. - Empire of Mali. - Empire of Songhai . Objectives. Understand why gold and salt were important in early Africa.. History Alive! The Medieval World and Beyond: Chapter 12. A Long Unwritten Past. People have lived in . West Africa. for 100s of thousands of years.. Due to only passing information . orally. for much of this time, we do not have written records.. When a new baby arrives among the Beng people of West Africa, they see it not as being born, but as being reincarnated after a rich life in a previous world. Far from being a tabula rasa, a Beng infant is thought to begin its life filled with spiritual knowledge. How do these beliefs affect the way the Beng rear their children?In this unique and engaging ethnography of babies, Alma Gottlieb explores how religious ideology affects every aspect of Beng childrearing practices—from bathing infants to protecting them from disease to teaching them how to crawl and walk—and how widespread poverty limits these practices. A mother of two, Gottlieb includes moving discussions of how her experiences among the Beng changed the way she saw her own parenting. Throughout the book she also draws telling comparisons between Beng and Euro-American parenting, bringing home just how deeply culture matters to the way we all rear our children.All parents and anyone interested in the place of culture in the lives of infants, and vice versa, will enjoy The Afterlife Is Where We Come From.This wonderfully reflective text should provide the impetus for formulating research possibilities about infancy and toddlerhood for this century. — Caren J. Frost, Medical Anthropology Quarterly “Alma Gottlieb’s careful and thought-provoking account of infancy sheds spectacular light upon a much neglected topic. . . . [It] makes a strong case for the central place of babies in anthropological accounts of religion.  Gottlieb’s remarkably rich account, delivered after a long and reflective period of gestation, deserves a wide audience across a range of disciplines.”—Anthony Simpson, Critique of Anthropology  How to Revitalize, Reimagine and Retool The Aviation System in West Africa . Author: Abdoulie E. Jammeh. Director General. Gambia Civil Aviation Authority. PRE-COVID-19 ACHIEVEMENTS IN AVIATION SECTOR IN WEST AFRICA. 4. th. Annual Illicit Networks Workshop. Vancouver, Canada. 1 October 2012. Dr Simon Sneddon. Division of Law. University of Northampton. Contents. Introduction. South America to West Africa. Guinea Bissau.