Suzanne Comhaire-Sylvain

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Suzanne Comhaire-Sylvain
Suzanne Comhaire-Sylvain
Born	(1898-11-06)November 6, 1898 Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Died	June 20, 1975(1975-06-20) (aged 76) Nigeria
Occupation	Folklorist, anthropologist, ethnographer
Period	c. 1935–1975
Spouse	Jean Comhaire ​ ​ (m. 1927; div. 1975)​

Suzanne Comhaire-Sylvain (6 November 1898 – 20 June 1975)^[1] was the first woman Haitian anthropologist. Suzanne Comhaire-Sylvain was a student of Bronisław Malinowski who worked in 1949 with Alfred Métraux, and participated in a UNESCO project in Haiti. She married Jean Comhaire, a Belgian who headed the Anthropology Department of University of Nsukka. Subsequently, she worked in Africa.