Hilda Kuper
Hilda Kuper · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Social anthropologist known for her ethnographic studies of the Swazi people
1911, Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) — 1992, Los Angeles, United States
Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) · South Africa · Eswatini (Swaziland) · United States
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Hilda Kuper was a social anthropologist renowned for her long ethnographic study of the Swazi people of Eswatini (Swaziland), including 'An African Aristocracy'. A student of Malinowski, she documented kingship, ritual and colonial change over decades and later taught at UCLA. Born in Bulawayo to a Jewish family, she was also an outspoken critic of apartheid.
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Social anthropologist known for her ethnographic studies of the Swazi people
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