doctoral_advisor thesis_year death_place death_date birth_place thesis_title fields workplaces birth_date spouse article_title alma_mater
bronisław malinowski 1947 1963 los angeles , california 1992 rhodesia '' '' '' the uniform of colour : a study of an white -- black relationships in swaziland '' '' the swazi african : a south african kingdom '' aristocracy : rank among the swazi social anthropology ucla 23 august 1911 leo kuper hilda kuper
 university of witwatersrand london school of economics
hilda kuper

hilda beemer kuper , née `` beemer '' -lrb- 23 august 1911 -- 1992 -rrb- , was a social anthropologist most notable for her extensive work on swazi culture .
born to lithuanian jewish and austrian jewish parents in bulawayo , she moved to south africa after the death of her father .
she studied at the university of the witwatersrand and , afterwards , at the london school of economics under malinowski .
in 1934 , after winning a fellowship to study in swaziland , kuper befriended king sobhuza ii who , together with malinowski , helped to settle her into place at the royal village of lobamba , where she would pursue her research .
her publications on swazi culture would include the two-part dissertation , `` an african aristocracy : rank among the swazi '' -lrb- 1947 -rrb- and `` the uniform of colour : a study of white -- black relationships in swaziland '' -lrb- 1947 -rrb- , and `` the swazi : a south african kingdom '' -lrb- 1963 -rrb- .
some years later , in durban , kuper became a founder member of the liberal party in natal , as well as authoring `` indian people in natal '' -lrb- 1960 -rrb- .
in 1961 kuper moved to los angeles , where she took up a teaching post at ucla .
in 1969 she won a guggenheim fellowship , and in 1978 published an extensive , official biography of sobhuza ii , `` king sobhuza ii , ngwenyama and king of swaziland '' .
