I, a Ngwazla Elie, Wouleo Kazla
Journal of Anthropological Film,
01/2022, Letnik:
6, Številka:
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“I, a Ngwazala” is a cross-examination of the Ngwazla caste of Mafa society. It gives valuable insight into the lives of blacksmiths and how their culture is currently exposed to rapid ...transformation. This documentary presents Zayadai our key character who although trained as a blacksmith by his father, was able to study. And on the death of his father, he abandoned his studies to practice the profession of blacksmith, a profession passed down from father to son. Helped by his three young brothers, he exercises his art in order to meet the demand of the inhabitants of Djinglia Kongoche and by extension to meet the needs of his wife, his mother and his 11 brothers. Thus it gives access to important transformation processes in the Mafa society. Although the old strict separation of the Ngwazla is still present, but the increased contacts with the outside world and the influences of locally established institutions, such as the modern school system, Christian mission and Islam, are revealing new identities of Ngwazla . The Ngwazla are proud of their identity and are trying to reshape it in line with the rapid societal transformation underway.
The paper aims to provide cultural and chronological analysis of the late La Tène period artefacts discovered in the Prosna and Warta interfluve. The authors attempted to categorise them and assess ...their character, rank and significance. As a result, some categories of items, e. g. brooches, stripe-painted pottery, mirrors or
have been found to be imports originating from the south, i. e. from the areas of dense Celtic settlement, while coinage and blacksmithing products are believed to be of local provenance. Gold coinage based on the Boii system was well attested by the finds in the Janków II settlement, where individual components of a minting workshop and numerous coins being its final product were discovered. In turn, local Celtic blacksmithing is documented by the discovery of rich graves of blacksmiths and many elements of armament occurring in the discussed area, such as double-edged long swords and spearheads decorated with cut edges and acid-etched ornaments. Additionally, research demonstrates the existence of armed warriors whose remains were discovered in the cemeteries in Wesółki and Ciecierzyn. All the above must lead to the conclusion that in the LT D2 phase, equivalent to the A3 phase of the Prosna and Warta interfluve (as evidenced by the dispersion of materials), there existed a thriving centre of power of a local Celtic
, or successive
, protected by groups of armed warriors. We believe that their power and prosperity expressed in gold coinage may have stemmed from their control over a significant section of the amber route which generated sufficiently high profits.
This essay explores the role and impact of termites in the social and cultural history of West Africa. It proposes an integrated understanding of a wide range of hitherto symbolically or ...metaphorically understood practices related to the mining of iron and gold, iron production, agriculture, health, wood carving and pottery, as well as to creation myths and the Sunjata epic.
Tendo em vista as produções acadêmicas sobre a região do Cariri, com viés atravessado pela abordagem da afrodescendência, que não perde de vista as diversas possibilidades de existência da população ...negra na formação do território, este artigo tem como objetivo problematizar africanidades Caririenses a partir do trabalho centenário dos ferreiros da cidade de Potengi, Sul do estado do Ceará. Para isso, utilizou-se de um referencial específico sobre a importância do ferro para a cultura africana, entendendo-a como uma tecnologia muito antiga, transportada e ressignificada na cultura afro-caririense. O estudo de campo como metodologia, em uma perspectiva étnica, nos foi necessário para conhecer a dinâmica local que circunda esse conhecimento milenar. Como resultado, esta escrita, assim como o trabalho desenvolvido pelos ferreiros, é uma possibilidade didático-pedagógica para o ensino da cultura, história, química e tecnologia do território local.
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