John Ryle (anthropologist)

John Rowland Ryle

John Ryle teaching on Rift Valley Institute Sudans Course
BornShrewsbury, Shropshire, United Kingdom
OccupationWriter, anthropologist, film-maker, editor
NationalityBritish
GenreEthnography, reportage, essays, literary criticism
SubjectEastern Africa, Brazil, Human Rights, Religion, Visual Arts, Music and Literature
Website
johnryle.com

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.