Suzanne Comhaire-Sylvain
Suzanne Comhaire-Sylvain | |
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Suzanne Comhaire-Sylvain | |
| Born | November 6, 1898 Port-au-Prince, Haiti |
| Died | June 20, 1975 (aged 76) Nigeria |
| Occupation | Folklorist, anthropologist, ethnographer |
| Period | c. 1935–1975 |
| Spouse |
Jean Comhaire
(m. 1927; div. 1975) |
Suzanne Comhaire-Sylvain (6 November 1898 – 20 June 1975) was the first woman Haitian anthropologist. Suzanne Comhaire-Sylvain was a student of Bronisław Malinowski who worked in 1949 with Alfred Métraux, and participated in a UNESCO project in Haiti. She married Jean Comhaire, a Belgian who headed the Anthropology Department of University of Nsukka. Subsequently, she worked in Africa.