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From the SAPIENS.org archive. Archaeological evidence and Oral Histories show people in what is today Ghana lived sustainably for millennia—until European colonial powers and the widespread trade of enslaved people changed everything. https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/food-insecurity-west-africa-origins-colonialism/

How Colonialism Invented Food Insecurity in West Africa People in Ghana lived sustainably for millennia—until European colonialism and the trade of enslaved people changed everything.

https://www.domestika.org/en/courses/5893-creative-ethnography-documenting-everyday-life-through-notes-sketches-photography-and-sound

https://blog.castac.org/author/ngashiyeu/

https://wennergren.org/article/submissions-for-the-2027-current-anthropology-visual-anthropology-competition-are-now-open/

https://revistas.ides.org.ar/clepsidra/es/article/view/780

From the SAPIENS.org archive. An anthropologist explains the evolutionary origins of why so many people seem practically programmed to love sugar. https://www.sapiens.org/biology/sweet-tooth-genetic-foragers/

The paperback edition of "Anthropology, Nationalism and Colonialism: Mendes Correia and the Porto School of Anthropology," by Patrícia Ferraz de Matos is available now!

https://www.berghahnbooks.com/title/FerrazdeMatosAnthropology

From the SAPIENS.org archive. The Demystifying Language Project brings together New York City high school and college students with linguistic anthropologists to make research on language and power available for broad audiences. https://www.sapiens.org/language/demystifying-language-project-teens-linguistic-anthropology/

Want to Make Academic Writing More Readable? Ask a High School Student. The Demystifying Language Project works with high schoolers and undergrads to make scholarly research on language and power more accessible.

The latest issue of, "Current Anthropology" is out now!

Current Anthropology | Vol 67, No 3 This article addresses a long-standing blind spot in anthropology, arguing that Western Protestant kinships have been overlooked in literature on both Christianity and English kinship. It is suggested that the recent and surprising popularity of Anglican cathedral visiting in England can be illumina...

Congrats to Wenner-Gren grant recipient Shruti Iyer whose dissertation has won the Law and Society Association Prize for 2026!

LSA Announces 2026 Annual Award Winners - Law and Society Association Law and Society Association congratulates its 2026 Annual Awards winners. LSA honors leading international scholars for their groundbreaking publications and contributions.