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Melville Herskovits
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- Melville Jean Herskovits (1895–1963), an American ethnologist and educator, was among the founders of African anthropology and African studies in the United States. He was also a pioneer in documenting the importance of African cultural influences on the cultures of the Americas. [Source: Theory in Social and Cultural Anthropology: An Encyclopedia; Herskovits, Melville]
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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-CLF7DPVP-N
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