POLI SCI 277 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Risk Aversion, Moral Economy
29 Aug 2016
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Political landscape: very few organized states, otherwise extremely decentralized. ex) banda, gbaya, poto; a pronounced state of economic inequality was masked by kinship. Elaborating further there was congruence between politics and kinship, also the chief gets the most resources. Royal authority was based on divine right. Royal power rested on military was rising throughout the kingdom economic inequality . Make up of a chief and council. Household elects council elects chief (i"d like to point out that there was constant interaction between the kongo and micropolities) Economics in 1875 (sort of, maybe we should ask about this in. Central africa and europe were connected by coastal sea routes. Although slave trade was generally done around 1868. Certain aspects of life pre-colonial was awful, not like the misconceptions people had about pre-colonial life women were not involved have done a lot of behind the scenes work) in political power (however they seemed to.
