Lucio Antonio Bianchi
I am a historian of precolonial West Africa and the Atlantic trade in Enslaved people.
My research centers on the relationships between state, slavery, and trade, with particular focus on the 17th century Denkyira kingdom, located in central Ghana. I address the changes in political authority demonstrated by Denkyira during the rise of Atlantic Trading with Europeans.
My research on slavery often stretches through time and reaches as far back as Classical Greece and Rome. I have found myself many times compelled to re-examine the human relationship with slavery to contextualize the sheer impact that the Atlantic slave trade had on the making of the Modern World.
Beyond my primary research in Africa, I focus on comparative ancient slavery, as well as Early and Modern Europe.
My research is supported by a Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowship funded by the U.S. Department of Education for studying Twi. I also sit on the SOAS, University of London Regional Advisory Committee for the Global Council on Anthropological Linguistics (GLOCAL). My roles include advising on the regional appropriation of activities and recommending ways in which to assist regionally bounded organizations and institutions.
My research centers on the relationships between state, slavery, and trade, with particular focus on the 17th century Denkyira kingdom, located in central Ghana. I address the changes in political authority demonstrated by Denkyira during the rise of Atlantic Trading with Europeans.
My research on slavery often stretches through time and reaches as far back as Classical Greece and Rome. I have found myself many times compelled to re-examine the human relationship with slavery to contextualize the sheer impact that the Atlantic slave trade had on the making of the Modern World.
Beyond my primary research in Africa, I focus on comparative ancient slavery, as well as Early and Modern Europe.
My research is supported by a Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowship funded by the U.S. Department of Education for studying Twi. I also sit on the SOAS, University of London Regional Advisory Committee for the Global Council on Anthropological Linguistics (GLOCAL). My roles include advising on the regional appropriation of activities and recommending ways in which to assist regionally bounded organizations and institutions.
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This paper analyzes the political history of precolonial Asante to demonstrate that during bouts of internal divisions, the ruler's political authority was crippled and unable to function in a stable and effective manner. By analyzing periods of political serenity, as well as those of political chaos, we shall demonstrate how the disunity created by the latter, splintered the political authority held by the ruling class.
Papers by Lucio Antonio Bianchi
This paper analyzes the political history of precolonial Asante to demonstrate that during bouts of internal divisions, the ruler's political authority was crippled and unable to function in a stable and effective manner. By analyzing periods of political serenity, as well as those of political chaos, we shall demonstrate how the disunity created by the latter, splintered the political authority held by the ruling class.