Jacqueline Roumeguere-Eberhardt


Jacqueline Roumeguère-Eberhardt was a French anthropologist, research director at the French National Centre for Scientific Research and Africa specialist. She conducted pioneering research in Southern Africa, Central and Kenya, which led her to develop the project "Totemic Geography of Africa ". During her career, she has collected valuable fieldwork material which now constitute a substantial archive. She is the author of numerous scientific publications in French and English.

Education

Pretoria Girls' High School
March 1948 : BA Social Studies, Max Pollack Prize
December 1949 : M.A With Distinction
1950/1954 : Post Graduate Studies at La Sorbonne and EPHE in Social Anthropology and Phylosophy with professors : Georges Gurvitch, Gaston Bachelard, Maurice Leenhardt, Marcel Griaule, Claude Lévi-Strauss
December 1954 – 2002: Researcher at the CNRS

Biography (short)

Scientific aspects

Languages

French, English, Maasai, Venda, Tsonga, Afrikaans, Sotho/Pedi/Tswana, Spanish, Portuguese, Kalanga/Karanga, Gbaya, Gukwe, Kiswahili

Fieldwork

Family

Family status : three children : Isabelle, Caroline, Georges.

Filmography

The Python Uncoils, The Domba filmed in 1960, 16 mm, color, 1982–84, Film Director : Jacqueline Roumeguère-Eberhardt, Production: Azakili Films and Cnrs
The Oxe Of The Moon Crescent Horns, 16 mm, color, 1985, Film Director : Jacqueline Roumeguère-Eberhardt, Co-Production: Azakili Films / A2
Self Control, 16 mm, color, 33mn, 1985, Film Director : Jacqueline Roumeguère-Eberhardt and Isabelle Roumeguère, Production: Azakili Films and Cnrs,
Farewell Great Maasai Warriors, 16 mm, color, 19 mn, 1987, Film Director : Jacqueline Roumeguère-Eberhardt, Production : Azakili Films
From Warriors To Traders, 16 mm, color, 52 mn, 1987, Film Director : Jacqueline Roumeguère-Eberhardt and Meitamei Ole Kapusia, Production: Azakili Films and Fr3
Eunoto, A Maasai Ceremony, 16 mm, color, 52 mn, 1987 Film Director : Jacqueline Roumeguère-Eberhardt And Meitamei Ole Kapusia, Production: Azakili Films And Fr3
Zimbabwe Rituals : ZCC, Childrens Games, Drums Cure, Rain Dancers, 1960/1988, Film Director : Jacqueline Roumeguère-Eberhardt, Production: Azakili Films
Parallel Lives, 16 mm, Color, 52 mn, 1991, Film Director : Jacqueline Roumeguère-Eberhardt, Production : Azakili Films
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