Chapurukha M. Kusimba
Chapurukha M. Kusimba | |
|---|---|
| Occupations | Anthropologist, archaeologist |
| Known for | Indian Ocean archaeology, African chiefdoms and states, archaeology of slavery and diaspora |
| Awards | Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Kenyatta University (B.Ed.) Bryn Mawr College (M.A., Ph.D.) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | University of South Florida American University University of Illinois Chicago |
Chapurukha Makokha Kusimba is a Kenyan–American anthropologist and archaeologist. His research focuses on Indian Ocean trade, global commerce and inequality, the history of science and technology in Africa, and the archaeology of slavery and the African diaspora. He is Professor of Anthropology at the University of South Florida.
Education
Kusimba earned a B.Ed. in history and Swahili from Kenyatta University in 1986. He received an M.A. (1989) and Ph.D. (1993) in anthropology from Bryn Mawr College.[1]
Career
From 1989 to 1993, Kusimba worked as a research scientist in the Division of Archaeology at the National Museums of Kenya. In 1994 he joined the University of Illinois Chicago as assistant professor of anthropology[2] and assistant curator of African archaeology and ethnology at the Field Museum of Natural History.[3] He was promoted to associate professor and associate curator in 1999, and later professor and curator in 2005. He remained at Illinois and the Field Museum until 2013.[4]
Between 2013 and 2020, he was professor of anthropology at American University in Washington, D.C.[5] In 2020 he joined the University of South Florida as professor of anthropology.[6][7]
Books
- 2024 – Swahili Worlds in Globalism. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.[8]
- 2020 – China and East Africa: Ancient Ties, Contemporary Flows (co-edited with Tiequan Zhu and Purity Kiura). Lanham: Lexington Books.[9]
- 2004 – Unwrapping a Little-Known Textile Tradition: The Field Museum’s Madagascar Textile Collection (co-edited with J. Claire Odland and B. Bronson). Los Angeles: Fowler Museum Cultural History Publications.[10]
- 2003 – East African Archaeology: Foragers, Potters, Smiths, and Traders (co-edited with S. B. Kusimba). Philadelphia: University Museum of Pennsylvania.[11]
- 1999 – The Rise and Fall of Swahili States. Walnut Creek: Altamira Press.[12]
Honors
- 2024 – Outstanding Research Achievement Award, University of South Florida[13]
- 2018 – Elected Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences[14]
- 2011–2012 – Senior J. W. Fulbright Fellowship to Kenya (Pwani University)
- 2002–2003 – J. William Fulbright Teaching Fellowship to the Czech Republic[15]
References
- ^ "Making History". Bryn Mawr College.
- ^ "UIC Graduate Catalog | Graduate Faculty". Uic.edu.
- ^ "Ancient Chinese Coin Found on Kenyan Island by Field Museum Expedition". Field Museum.
- ^ "UIC Undergraduate Catalog 2011-2013 | Faculty List". Uic.edu.
- ^ "Faculty (Letter K | College of Arts & Sciences, American University, DC". American University.
- ^ "From humble beginnings to international academic success". The Crow's Nest. 19 September 2021.
- ^ "Chapurukha M. Kusimba | Faculty | Department of Anthropology | College of Arts and Sciences". University of South Florida.
- ^ Ichumbaki, Elgidius B. (February 2025). "Chapurukha M. Kusimba. 2024. Swahili worlds in globalism. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; 978-1-009-49508-0; hardback £49.99". Antiquity. 99 (403): 251–253. doi:10.15184/aqy.2024.211.
- ^ Mohrs, Shelby Ann (June 2025). "Chapurukha M. Kusimba, Tiequan Zhu, and Purity Wakabari Kiura, eds. China and East Africa: Ancient Ties, Contemporary Flows. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2020. 277 pp. $117.00. Hardback. ISBN: 978-1-4985-7614-7". African Studies Review. 68 (2): 419–420. doi:10.1017/asr.2024.199.
- ^ Walsh, Andrew (2005). "Unwrapping the Textile Traditions of Madagascar (review)". African Studies Review. 48 (3): 200–202. doi:10.1353/arw.2006.0048.
- ^ Reid, Andrew (2005). "Review of East African Archaeology: Foragers, Potters, Smiths and Traders". The African Archaeological Review. 22 (2): 105–109. doi:10.1007/s10437-005-4192-9. JSTOR 25130822.
- ^ Mazrui, Alamin (2001). "Review of The Rise and Fall of Swahili States". Anthropos. 96 (1): 274–275. JSTOR 40465505.
- ^ "Twenty-seven faculty members recognized with Outstanding Research Achievement Awards". USF.
- ^ "Chapurukha M. Kusimba". American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
- ^ "Chapurukha Kusimba". Fulbright Scholar Program.