ABA | Association of Black Anthropologists
ABA is a section of the American Anthropological Association
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KATHERINE DUNHAM (1909-2006) was an American dancer, choreographer, and company director as well as an author, educator, and social activist. > You can read more about Dunham here.
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BORDERS AND CROSSINGS: This year the American Anthropological Association’s Annual Meeting will be held in San Francisco, CA on November 14-18.
The theme of this 111th conference is “Borders and Crossings.” The proposal deadline is Sunday, April 15, 2012, 11:59 p.m. ET.
EDUARDO CHIVAMBO MONDLANE (1924-1969) was on the faculty of the Department of Anthropology at Syracuse University before working for the UN and then returning to Southern Africa to dedicate himself to FRELIMO, of which he was a founder and leader. > You can read more about Mondlane here.
ZORA NEALE HURSTON (1891-1960) was an American folklorist, anthropologist, and author during the time of the Harlem Renaissance. In 1936 and 1937 she traveled to Jamaica and to Haiti with support from the Guggenheim Foundation from which her anthropological work Tell My Horse emerged. > You can read more about Zora Neale Hurston here.
(Illustration: Tell My Horse, Harper Perennial (1990)
PEARL PRIMUS (1919-1994) was a dancer, choreographer and anthropologist. Primus played an important role in the presentation of African dance to American audiences. > You can read more about Pearl Primus here.
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What is ABA?
Founded in 1970, the mission of the Association of Black Anthropologists (ABA) is to bring together Black Anthropologists and other scholars concerned with the goals of the ABA and support its activities.
ABA will achieve its mission by ensuring that people studied by anthropologists are not only objects of study but active makers and/or participants in their own history. We intend to highlight situations of exploitation, oppression and discrimination.
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