Beyond Queens and Captives
Women in Angola, 1500-1880s
Location
Performing Arts & Humanities Building : 151
Date & Time
March 12, 2025, 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Description
The UMBC Medieval and Early Modern Studies dept. will host Dr Mariana Candido from Emory University for its Spring 2025 Colloquy.
Dr. Candido's presentation problematizes the invisibility of women in West Central African history, specially in the pre-1850 period. It is based on her upcoming book, Beyond Queens and Captives, and covers a long period marked by change, including contact with Europeans, Portuguese conquest, expansion of the Atlantic slave trade, centralization of local states, growth of local forms of slavery, and transition to trade in natural resources. It ends with the so-called scramble for Africa in the 1880s, when European powers divided the African territories into colonies. In this study, and this presentation, African women are the main historical actors, as rulers, farmers, merchants, and healers. They played crucial productive and reproductive roles in West Central African societies. In this talk, Dr. Candido will examine some life stories to explore how internal and external factors led to profound transformations in West Central African societies.
Mariana P. Candido is the Winship Distinguished Research Professor of History and the director of the Institute of African Studies, at Emory University.
*Open for full participation by all individuals regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or any other protected category under applicable federal law, state law, and the University's nondiscrimination policy.
Food provided!
