Voicing African Voices

Author

Andrew D. Spiegel

Jessica L. Dickson

Jessica L. Dickson is a doctoral student in African Studies at Harvard University, USA

Anthropology Social Sciences

South African Anthropology in Conversation

by Jessica L. Dickson and Andrew D. Spiegel

An Intergenerational Interview on the History and Future of Social Anthropology in South Africa In the 1980s, the University of Cape Town’s social anthropology…

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