Suzanne Comhaire-Sylvain, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Haitian anthropologist
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Place of Birth: Port-au-Prince, Ouest, Haiti
About Suzanne Comhaire-Sylvain
- Suzanne Comhaire-Sylvain (6 November 1898 – 20 June 1975) was the first woman Haitian anthropologist.
- Suzanne Comhaire-Sylvain was a student of Bronislaw 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.
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