Alf Schwarz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Alf Schwarz

Canadian sociologist

Date of Birth: 22-May-1935

Place of Birth: Biberach an der Riss, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Date of Death: 03-Aug-2015

Profession: university teacher, sociologist, non-fiction writer

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Alf Schwarz ( 22 May 1935 – 3 August 2015) was a Canadian sociologist noted for his research in Sub-Saharan Africa.
After studies at the Sorbonne (Paris) with Raymond Aron, Pierre Bourdieu, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Roger Bastide, Georges Balandier and research assignment at Université de Dakar (Senegal), he began his academic career in 1963 with a faculty position at the Institut de recherches économiques et sociales of Université Lovanium (Kinshasa, RDC).
He joined in 1966 Université Laval (Quebec City) as professor of sociology.
He founded at Laval University the first academic program in African studies in French speaking Canada.
As one of the pioneers of African studies in Canada he was decidedly involved in the creation of the Canadian Association of African Studies and edited for many years the Canadian Journal of African Studies/La Revue Canadienne des Études Africaines.
He retired from Laval University in 1998.
He died in Natal, Brazil in 2015.