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Seeking wisdom and lore from powerful women in the Bantu Matrilineal Belt

This blog will chronicle our research in the Bantu Matrilineal Belt. We received a National Endowment for the Humanities grant (maybe the last for a while) to do this research. This year Trip 1 will take us to Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The adventure begins . . .

Blog 8 Profs take Lubumbashi by a drizzle in dry season and the Saga of the Marital Pot

The main reason we received the visa to DRC was because we were giving a talk at the University about the significance of matrilineal...

Lubumbashi—the city of color and beats.

How to describe Lubumbashi. Just saying the name gives you an idea of how really unique and rhythmic this city is. On our second day,...

A Muslim, a Jesuit and a Père Blanc [White Father] Walked into an Archive…

Blog 4: A Muslim, a Jesuit and a Père Blanc Walked into an Archive… Ok now we are in Lusaka rested up. It is time to go to work. Of...

On the Ground and Watching out for Snakes

Blog 3: On the ground and watching out for snakes The trip to Lusaka was quite uneventful. Going through customs I remembered how people...

Desperately Seeking Lusaka

Muslim Does Philly Security 3 AM and the journey begins. The kids, Guy and Shyanne, had been working until midnight and I got them up at...

My first post

On May 3, 2017, my colleagues, Cymone Fourshey and Rhonda Gonzales, and I will leave for a seven week research trip to Zambia and the...

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Seeking wisdom and lore from powerful women in the Bantu Matrilineal Belt

Blog 8 Profs take Lubumbashi by a drizzle in dry season and the Saga of the Marital Pot

Lubumbashi—the city of color and beats.

A Muslim, a Jesuit and a Père Blanc [White Father] Walked into an Archive…

Blog 8 Profs take Lubumbashi by a drizzle in dry season and the Saga of the Marital Pot

Lubumbashi—the city of color and beats.

A Muslim, a Jesuit and a Père Blanc [White Father] Walked into an Archive…

On the Ground and Watching out for Snakes

Desperately Seeking Lusaka

My first post

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