Africa: Colonialism, Power and Culture - Why Reading French Anthropologist Georges Balandier Is Crucial Today

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When it comes to great names in French anthropology, many people know of Claude Lévi-Strauss, who passed away in 2009 at the age of 100. Others might cite Lévi-Strauss's late colleague Germaine Tillion or Françoise Héritier, whose work on gender has marked generations of young researchers worldwide.

Few would immediately think of Georges Balandier, who passed away in October 2016. Yet Balandier was an eminent specialist in African studies, and left his mark on the history of anthropology.

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