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Chapurukha (Chap) M. Kusimba.






Curator of Anthropology
Adjunct Professor of Anthropology at University of Illinois at Chicago

Chap received his undergraduate education at Kenya University, Nairobi, majoring in African history and linguistics in 1986 and doctorate in anthropological archaeology from Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania in 1993.  He is currently Curator of Anthropology and Professor of Anthropology at the University of Illinois, Chicago.  Before joining the Field Museum, he had served for seven years as Research Scientist at the National Museums of Kenya.  He has published extensively on the archaeology and ethnology of East Africa.  His books include, The Rise and Fall of Swahili States (1999), East African Archaeology:Foragers, Potters, Smiths, and Traders, co-edited with Sibel B. Kusimba (2003), and Unwrapping a Little Known Textile Tradition: The Field Museums Madagascar Textile Collection, co-edited with Been Bronson, and Claire Odland (2004).  Chapurukha is conducting the first truly in-depth regional analysis of early East African interaction spheres, centered around the Swahili Coast, Tsavo, and Mount Elgon in Kenya.  He also co-directs archaeological and ethnological research in India, the Czech Republic, Madagascar, and Illinois.  Chapurukha’s research has been supported by the National Science Foundation, Fulbright Fellowship, the National Geographic Society, and the Field Museum.  He is currently the Vice-Chairman of the Anthropology Department at the Field Museum.


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