John Ryle (anthropologist)

John Rowland Ryle

John Ryle teaching on Rift Valley Institute Sudans Course
John Ryle teaching on Rift Valley Institute Sudans Course
BornShrewsbury, Shropshire, United Kingdom
OccupationWriter, anthropologist, film-maker, editor
NationalityBritish
GenreEthnography, reportage, essays, literary criticism
SubjectEastern Africa, Brazil, Human Rights, Religion, Visual Arts, Music and Literature
Website
johnryle.com

John Rowland Ryle OBE is a British writer, anthropologist, social activist, filmmaker, teacher and publisher, with an interest in the history and culture of Eastern Africa.[1] He is co-founder of the Rift Valley Institute, and Legrand Ramsey Professor of Anthropology at Bard College, New York.

  1. ^ Ascherson, N. (2 August 2012) "How It Felt to Be There", London Review of Books.