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Potosi, once the place to mine for silver, attracted different cultures from all over the world. What I found interesting was that the idea of another “Potosi” for other Europeans, such as the English and Portuguese, enticed them to further explore America in hopes of becoming successful like the Spanish (Mangan,10-12). There was this idea about Potosi that it could only be imagined, and as Mangan called it, gained “mythological status” in the eyes of Europeans (Mangan, 10). There is no doubt that wealth played a big role in the growth of Potosi and this idea of finding the unexpected, such as silver and other riches, brought different cultures close together.
In the Yoruba City article, what caught my eye was how there was a social structure in place that had not been recognized by the West. I agree with Allison’s post that the Yoruba cities had a stable social, political, and trade structures. The king was the center of Yoruba life so naturally, the king’s palace would sit in the center of town with the rest of the town built around him and his palace (Adelusi-Adeluyi, 1316). It is sad that Yoruba cities were not recognized for its urban living, and thus debated for many years on whether or not they should be called cities (Adelusi-Adeluyi, 1316). Both of the articles included a similar theme in which Africans were very influential wherever they lived. In the Potosi article, Africans were sent to Potosi as part of the Atlantic slave trade and years later, were immersed in Potosi society, selling food on the streets, refining silver, and even becoming property owners (Mangan, 9-10). In the Yoruba City article, ex-slaves who had been sent to Brazil made the trip back to Yoruba and brought with them masonry skills that later altered Yoruba architecture (Adelusi-Andeluyi, 1319).