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Edward Evans-Pritchard

Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard was a British social anthropologist whose field research in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan examine...

Social 20TH Century Africa Oxford

9.4 Excellent

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E. E. Evans-Pritchard

E. E. Evans-Pritchard was a prominent British social anthropologist recognized for his extensive ethnographic studies of...

Social British Africa Religion

9.2 Excellent

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James Ferguson

James Ferguson was an American anthropologist whose work analyzed development institutions, globalization, and inequalit...

Contemporary Development Political Africa

8.5 Great

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Didier Fassin

Didier Fassin is a French social anthropologist and physician currently serving at the Institute for Advanced Study in P...

Contemporary Humanitarianism Medical Africa

8.4 Great

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Unni Wikan

Unni Wikan is a Norwegian social anthropologist and professor emerita at the University of Oslo. Her fieldwork has inclu...

Contemporary Social Norway Middle East

8.3 Great

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Meyer Fortes

Meyer Fortes (1906–1983) was a South African-born British anthropologist who became a central figure in the development...

Social Kinship British Africa

8.2 Great

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Keith Hart

Keith Hart is a British economic anthropologist known for his extensive research on the social and economic structures o...

Contemporary Africa Market Economic

8.1 Great

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Audrey Richards

Audrey Richards was a British social anthropologist who conducted foundational research on nutrition, ritual, and gender...

Nutrition Social British Africa

8.0 Great

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Birgit Meyer

Birgit Meyer is a German professor of religious studies at Utrecht University, known for her extensive anthropological r...

Contemporary Media Africa Sensory

7.8 Good

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Michael Lambek

Michael Lambek is a Canadian anthropologist and professor at the University of Toronto Scarborough, known for his extens...

Contemporary Canadian Ethics Madagascar

7.8 Good

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Edith Turner

Edith Turner was an American anthropologist whose fieldwork in Zambia focused on ritual, healing, and religious experien...

Contemporary Africa Healing Ritual

7.8 Good

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Henrietta Moore

Henrietta Moore is a British social anthropologist whose theoretical contributions have deeply influenced feminist anthr...

Contemporary British Africa Feminist

7.7 Good

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Jane Guyer

Jane Guyer (1938–2018) was an American economic anthropologist renowned for her meticulous historical and ethnographic s...

Time Contemporary Africa Economic

7.6 Good

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Peter Geschiere

Peter Geschiere is a Dutch anthropologist recognized for his extensive comparative research on the intersection of witch...

Contemporary Africa Witchcraft Cameroon

7.6 Good

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S. F. Nadel

Siegfried Frederick Nadel (1903-1956) was an Austrian-born British social anthropologist who made significant contributi...

Theory Social British Africa

7.6 Good

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Frederick Cooper

Frederick Cooper is an American historian at New York University whose research examines the history of labor, coloniali...

Contemporary Historical Africa Colonialism

7.5 Good

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Daryll Forde

Daryll Forde was a British social anthropologist and geographer known for his extensive research on African societies. H...

Social British Africa Economy

7.4 Good

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Godfrey Lienhardt

Godfrey Lienhardt was a prominent British social anthropologist associated with the University of Oxford, recognized for...

Social British Religion Past

7.4 Good

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Sara Berry

Sara Berry is an American anthropologist and economic historian whose research examines the intersections of agricultura...

Contemporary Land Historical Africa

7.3 Good

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Francis Nyamnjoh

Francis Nyamnjoh is a Cameroonian anthropologist, novelist, and academic recognized for his extensive research on media,...

Contemporary Media Africa Cameroon

7.3 Good