James Suzman
Anthropologist and writer
James Suzman is a South African-born anthropologist who has worked with the San peoples of the Kalahari since 1991. His catalog title is Work.
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British Born in Johannesburg, South Africa
About James Suzman
James Suzman is an anthropologist and writer, born in South Africa and based in Cambridge, UK. He first traveled to eastern Botswana's Kalahari in June 1991 and has worked with the San and other Kalahari peoples since then. He earned a doctorate in social anthropology, and he held the Smuts Fellowship for African studies at the University of Cambridge. His 2017 book Affluence Without Abundance, published by Bloomsbury, draws on 25 years of fieldwork with the Ju/’hoansi. Our catalog includes his book Work.