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”’Colin Murray”’ (1948-2013) was a British anthropologist whose research work was for the most part undertaken in southern Africa; in particular in [[Lesotho]]. He was for may years a professor of African Sociology at the [[University of Manchester]]. His approach has been described as broadly speaking one of political-economic bent in which the social social life of those he worked with and studied was exmined in terms of dynamics of land-ownership and livelihoods was intertwinned with an examination of kinship patterns, the experience of marriage, familial histories and inheritance patterns.<ref> https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/colin-murray_1922/</ref><ref>James, Deborah (2014) Colin Murray 1948–2013, Anthropology Southern Africa, 37:1-2, 132-134, DOI: 10.1080/23323256.2014.940181</ref><ref>https://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/obituary-colin-murray-anthropologist-and-author-2002903</ref><ref>William Beinart (2014) Obituary: Colin Murray, Journal of Southern AfricanStudies, 40:6, 1377-1378, DOI</ref> |
”’Colin Murray”’ (1948-2013) was a British anthropologist whose research work was for the most part undertaken in southern Africa; in particular in [[Lesotho]]. He was for may years a professor of African Sociology at the [[University of Manchester]]. His approach has been described as broadly speaking one of political-economic bent in which the social social life of those he worked with and studied was exmined in terms of dynamics of land-ownership and livelihoods was intertwinned with an examination of kinship patterns, the experience of marriage, familial histories and inheritance patterns.<ref> https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/colin-murray_1922/</ref><ref>James, Deborah (2014) Colin Murray 1948–2013, Anthropology Southern Africa, 37:1-2, 132-134, DOI: 10.1080/23323256.2014.940181</ref><ref>https://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/obituary-colin-murray-anthropologist-and-author-2002903</ref><ref>William Beinart (2014) Obituary: Colin Murray, Journal of Southern AfricanStudies, 40:6, 1377-1378, DOI</ref> |
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He was for many years an editor of the [[Journal of Southern African Studies]]. On major work there was his co-editing with [[Terence Ranger]] in 1980 an issue on “Anthropology and History” . This was to become a noted and influential edition. (James, 2014, p.133) |
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==Selected publications== |
==Selected publications== |
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* Murray, C. (1980). Migrant labour and changing family structure in the rural periphery of Southern Africa. Journal of Southern African Studies, 6(2), 139-156. |
* Murray, C. (1980). Migrant labour and changing family structure in the rural periphery of Southern Africa. Journal of Southern African Studies, 6(2), 139-156. |
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Latest revision as of 13:22, 5 October 2025
Colin Murray (1948-2013) was a British anthropologist whose research work was for the most part undertaken in southern Africa; in particular in Lesotho. He was for may years a professor of African Sociology at the University of Manchester. His approach has been described as broadly speaking one of political-economic bent in which the social social life of those he worked with and studied was exmined in terms of dynamics of land-ownership and livelihoods was intertwinned with an examination of kinship patterns, the experience of marriage, familial histories and inheritance patterns.[1][2][3][4]
He was for many years an editor of the Journal of Southern African Studies. On major work there was his co-editing with Terence Ranger in 1980 an issue on “Anthropology and History” . This was to become a noted and influential edition. (James, 2014, p.133)
Selected publications
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- Murray, C. (1980). Migrant labour and changing family structure in the rural periphery of Southern Africa. Journal of Southern African Studies, 6(2), 139-156.
- Murray, C. (1981). Families divided: The impact of migrant labour in Lesotho (Vol. 29). Cambridge University Press.[5][6][7][8]
- Murray, C. (1992). Black Mountain: Land, Class & Power in the Eastern Orange Free State. Edinburgh University Press.
- Murray, C. (2001). Livelihoods research: some conceptual and methodological issues. Chronic Poverty Research Centre Working Paper, (5).
- Murray, C. (2002). Livelihoods research: transcending boundaries of time and space. Journal of Southern African Studies, 28(3), 489-509.
- Murray, C. (2013). Displaced urbanization: South Africa’s rural slums. In Segregation and Apartheid in Twentieth Century South Africa (pp. 231-255). Routledge.
- ^ https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/colin-murray_1922/
- ^ James, Deborah (2014) Colin Murray 1948–2013, Anthropology Southern Africa, 37:1-2, 132-134, DOI: 10.1080/23323256.2014.940181
- ^ https://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/obituary-colin-murray-anthropologist-and-author-2002903
- ^ William Beinart (2014) Obituary: Colin Murray, Journal of Southern AfricanStudies, 40:6, 1377-1378, DOI
- ^ Rathbone, R. (1982). Colin Murray: Families divided: the impact of migrant labour in Lesotho.(African Studies Series, 29.) xvi, 219 pp. Cambridge, etc.: Cambridge University Press, 1981. 18.50. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 45(2), 404-405.
- ^ Brown. Families Divided: The Impact of Migrant Labour in Lesotho. The international journal of African historical studies. 1983;16(4).
- ^ Beinart. W (1983) Families Divided: The Impact of Migrant Labour in Lesotho. Third world quarterly. 1983;5(2).
- ^ Atmore, A (1982) Families Divided: the impact of migrant labour in Lesotho, 1468-2621, African affairs. , 1982, Vol.81(324), p.449
