Radical Anthropology Group

Anthropology asks one big question: what does it mean to be human?

If you live in London, why not come to our regular Tuesday evening talks? Admission is free.

Next evening talk

Jerome Lewis

‘Woman's Biggest Husband Is The Moon’

Tuesday, November 20, 2018 - 18:45

Daryll Forde Seminar Room, Anthropology Building, 14 Taviton Street, London WC1H 0BW. Tube: Euston Square. map

Jerome has many years experience in the field, working with the Bayaka hunter-gatherers in the Congo Basin in Central Africa. This is a ground-breaking study of the central importance to women of the link between their bodies and the Moon. Bayaka men are made aware that even though, as husbands, they may have some sexual expectations, the Moon's own demands come first! Women's solidarity is fundamental to the unusually egalitarian dynamics of Bayaka society.

Upcoming talks

27 Nov	From Music To Language: A Bayaka Perspective	Jerome Lewis
4 Dec	Human Evolution: Where Are We Now?	Chris Stringer
11 Dec	Spirits Of The Forest: Self-Government Through Polyphonic Singing	Ingrid Lewis
18 Dec	A Christmas Fairy Tale: The Shoes That Were Danced To Pieces	Chris Knight

Recent talks

Many of our past talks are available as video.