John Ryle (anthropologist)
John Rowland Ryle | |
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John Ryle teaching on Rift Valley Institute Sudans Course | |
| Born | Shrewsbury, Shropshire, United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Writer, anthropologist, film-maker, editor |
| Nationality | British |
| Genre | Ethnography, reportage, essays, literary criticism |
| Subject | Eastern Africa, Brazil, Human Rights, Religion, Visual Arts, Music and Literature |
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John Rowland Ryle OBE is a British writer, anthropologist, social activist, filmmaker, teacher and publisher, with an interest in the history and culture of Eastern Africa. He is co-founder of the Rift Valley Institute, and Legrand Ramsey Professor of Anthropology at Bard College, New York.