Dr. Benjamin Nutor

Biography

Benjamin Kofi Nutor is an Assistant Professor at Texas A&M University in the College of Arts and Sciences, with a focus on Archaeology and Historical Anthropology. He earned his Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of Texas at Austin in 2021. Dr. Nutor's research interests encompass several significant areas, including Historical Anthropology, Archaeology, Atlantic Slavery, Colonialism in West Africa, Material Culture Studies, and Historic Artifacts Analysis. His work aims to understand the historical implications of the transatlantic slave trade and the establishment of colonial empires in Africa, exploring how these dynamics impacted Indigenous communities. He utilizes a diverse array of sources, including material culture, archaeological contexts, archival documents, oral traditions, and ethnographic studies to provide insights into the strategies employed by local communities in navigating the entanglements of the Atlantic slave trade. Currently, he is researching the Atlantic mercantile economy, European missionary activities, and colonial encounters that have shaped the history and social identities of the Ewe community in Eastern Ghana, a significant hub during the 17th to 19th centuries. Nutor's work lies at the intersection of archaeology and history, particularly in examining the global encounters and power relations that influenced resistance, religious practices, material culture, and memory in the African Diaspora following slavery.

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