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DESCRIPTION:Christopher DeCorse will present the AIA lecture Africans\, Eur
 opeans\, and Finding Castle Cormantine:  Archaeology and cultural entangle
 ment on the 17th century Gold Coast.\n\nAbstract:  Castle Cormantine\, fou
 nded in 1632 on the coast of what is now modern Ghana\, was England’s fi
 rst outpost in Africa.  Occupied for little more than three decades before
  its capture by the Dutch\, the fort nonetheless played a key role in shap
 ing African—European interactions and the nascence of the Atlantic slave
  trade. In time\, the name Cormantine or Coromantee became synonymous with
  slaves from the entire Ghanaian coast throughout the English-speaking col
 onies of the Americas\, and the name resonates down to the present day. Ca
 stle Cormantine is an iconic symbol of a trade that brought millions of en
 slaved Africans to the Americas.  In a well-illustrated lecture\, Professo
 r DeCorse will tell the story of Castle Cormantine’s rediscovery\, conti
 nuing threats to its preservation\, and its lasting legacies. \n\nChristop
 her R. De Corse is Distinguished Professor and Chair of Anthropology in th
 e Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs\, Syracuse University. 
  His research interests include African archaeology and history\, general 
 anthropology\, and archaeology in popular culture.  His work in West Afric
 a focuses on the Atlantic period\, particularly the impacts of the slave t
 rade\, and understanding these transformations in terms of Africa’s pre-
 Atlantic past.  He currently directs ongoing research projects in coastal 
 Ghana and in Sierra Leone.  His books include An Archaeology of Elmina: Af
 ricans and Europeans on the Gold Coast\, 1400-1900 (Percheron Press\, 2021
 )\, Power\, Political Economy\, and Historical Landscapes of the Modern Wo
 rld (SUNY Press\, 2019)\, British Forts and Their Communities: Archaeologi
 cal and Historical Perspectives (University Press of Florida\, 2018)\, and
  West Africa during the Atlantic Slave Trade: Archaeological Perspectives 
 (Bloomsbury Academic\, 2016).  Dr. DeCorse has also published several text
 books\, including Fringe Archaeology newly released by Cognella\, and a ne
 w introduction to archaeology and world prehistory forthcoming with Sage P
 ublishing.\n\nThis event is sponsored by the Archaeological Institute of A
 merica (Oberlin-Wooster chapter) and Archaeological Studies at Oberlin Col
 lege.\n\nLight refreshments will be provided.
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LOCATION:Oberlin Public Library\, Community Room
SUMMARY:AIA Lecture:  Africans\, Europeans\, and Finding Castle Cormantine
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 eans-and-finding-castle-cormantine
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