Latinoamerican Studies.

1. How has your idea of ‘diaspora’ changed or expanded after what you read this week?

2. The African Diaspora by Palmer makes the case for the importance of the diversity of African experiences. What is Palmer’s critique of the way the ‘diaspora’ has been constructed by scholars? Use a quote from the text to support your answer.

3. The article Agudas from Brazil demonstrates that trans-Atlantic crossings did not only move from Africa to Latin America and the Caribbean, but also the other way around. How was Brazilian identity constructed in Benin, and what were its privileges.

4. The African Experience in Early Latin America explains that not all Africans were slaves. What were some of the societal roles they filled?

5. Describe the differences in philosophy between the two noted anthropologists Herskovits and Frazier that is outlined in Anthropology of Afro-Latin America and the Caribbean byYelvington.