Background
Middleton, John Francis Marchment was born on May 22, 1921 in London.
(Written by one of the most distinguished ethnographers of...)
Written by one of the most distinguished ethnographers of African cultures, this edition updates 30 years of research and writing. Middleton's sensitive account dramatizes how this complex sociopolitical society, once reliant on feud or warfare to control competition, became refugees of harassment and victims of famine.
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This was the first full-length account of this hitherto little-known people and remains one of the very few modern accounts of an African ancestral cult.
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Middleton, John Francis Marchment was born on May 22, 1921 in London.
Bachelor, University London, 1941. Bachelor of Science, University Oxford, England, 1949. Doctor of Philisophy in Anthropology, University Oxford, 1953.
Lecturer anthropology, U. London, England., 1953-1954, 56-63; senior lecturer, U. Cape Town, Republic of South Africa, 1954-1956; professor, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1963-1966; professor anthropology, New York University, since 1966; professor anthropology, Yale University, New Haven, 1966-1972; professor African anthropology School of Oriental & African Studies, London U., 1972-1981; professor African anthropology School of Oriental & African Studies, Yale University, since 1981; director, International African Institute, 1973-1974, 80-81. Research in anthropology Uganda, 1949-1953, Zanzibar, 1958, Nigeria, 1963-1964, Ghana, 1976-1977, Kenya, 1986. Visiting professor University of Virginia, Oregon, Lagos, Nigeria, Ecole Pratique des Hautestudes, Paris.
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Member Royal Anthropological Institute Great British and Ireland.
Married; 2 children.