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This blog is part of an online anthropology course created by Dr. Alicia Odewale, titled….

ANTH 4273/6273 Archaeology and History of the African Diaspora

This blog serves as a forum for the course, featuring student work and a description of the course for a wider audience to engage with the topics discussed. This course is open to both undergraduate and graduate students and examines the archaeological sites and cultural material left behind by people of African descent before, during, and after The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. This course uses a blend of archaeological and historical evidence to examine the diversity of lived experiences that existed for enslaved and free Black people around the world, from the earliest “slave jails” and castles in West Africa to the diamond mines of Brazil. The aim of this course is to not only help students understand the world of diversity represented by people of African descent across the Diaspora, but to also examine archaeology’s role in bringing their stories to light. Through this blog, students enrolled in this course will share their experiences as they explore the world of African Diaspora Archaeology for the first time.

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