Christey L Carwile
Professor of Anthropology
Anthropology
Warren Wilson College
United States of America
Biography
My doctoral research was based on ethnographic fieldwork in Southeastern Nigeria in 2000 and 2002 with a grant from the West African Research Association. During this time I worked closely with a Nigerian women's healing group in order to learn more about local understandings of reproduction and indigenous forms of fertility regulation among Igbo women. As a result of this research I have argued for the importance of African women's roles in cultural and biological reproduction and how these roles continue to be an important source of power and negotiation for these women. From a comparative standpoint this is quite different from the cultural values given to motherhood in the U.S
Research Interest
Latin and Afro-Latin dance,Pedagogy, Anthropology
Publications
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2005 "Mami Wata Religion." In Encyclopedia of Shamanism. Mariko Walter, ed. Santa Barbara:ABC Clio.
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2014 From Salsa to Salzonto: Rhythmic Identities and Inventive Dance Traditions in Ghana. Oxford Handbook of Dance and Ethnicity. Edited by Anthony Shay.
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In Review. The Clave Comes: Salsa Dance and Pan-African Identity in Ghana. African Studies Review.
