SOSC 2480 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Ethnic Group, Consanguinity, Animism

• School: York University
• Department: Social Science
• Course: SOSC 2480
• Professor: Paul Idahosa

Document Summary

African politics and religion: political and religious culture in early africa. The challenge of re-creating ancient african societies is often considerable. Ma(cid:374)(cid:455) afri(cid:272)a(cid:374) people s for(cid:373)ed (cid:449)hat are ofte(cid:374) referred to as (cid:862)stateless. Societies or agnatic societies in the sense that there were no large institutions preaching their authorities. Not ha(cid:448)i(cid:374)g a state does(cid:374)(cid:859)t (cid:373)ea(cid:374) that these so(cid:272)ieties (cid:449)ere (cid:272)haoti(cid:272) or anarchic. Many african societies were based on morals and beliefs prior to the introduction of biblical texts. A state society is one that governs and mobilizes a large number of people. Ancestor: a man or a woman who is supposed to be at the origin of a decent group. In this (cid:272)ase (cid:449)e speak of the (cid:862)api(cid:272)al(cid:863) a(cid:374)(cid:272)estors i. , e (cid:449)ho is at the top (cid:894)ape(cid:454)(cid:895) of the des(cid:272)e(cid:374)t s group(cid:859)s ge(cid:374)ealogi(cid:272)al tree. Clan: group of individuals who consider themselves to be descended in the male or the female line, from a common male or female ancestor.