I. Schapira
I. Schapira · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Social anthropologist known for ethnographic studies of southern African peoples
1905, Garies, Namaqualand, Cape Colony (South Africa) — 2003, London, England
South Africa · United Kingdom
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Isaac Schapera was a South African-born social anthropologist who produced the most authoritative body of ethnography on the Tswana of Botswana and the Khoisan of southern Africa, and taught at the University of Cape Town and the London School of Economics. He was the son of Jewish immigrant parents in Namaqualand.
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Social anthropologist known for ethnographic studies of southern African peoples
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