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Isaac Schapera
Isaac Schapera (23 June 1905 Garies, Cape Colony – 26 June 2003 London, England), was a social anthropologist at the London School of Economics specialising in South Africa. He was notable for his contributions of ethnographic and typological studies of the indigenous peoples of Botswana and South Africa. Additionally, he was one of the founders of the group that would develop British social anthropology.
Not only did Schapera write numerous publications of his extensive research done in South Africa and Botswana, he published his work throughout
African Studies Vol. 12 No. 1 & 2 (1998) 100-115.
- Schapera Isaac, "Picturing a Colonial Past; The African Photographs by Isaac Schapera", ed. Comaroff et al. (University of Chicago; 2007).
Archives.
- Catalogue of the papers of Isaac Schapera held at LSE Archives
- Catalogue of books from the library of Isaac Schapera, mainly on the subject of David Livingstone