An anthropologist who transformed our understanding of African peasant economies and societies has died.
Paul Clough was born in Washington DC in 1948. The son of a colonel in 바카라사이트 US army, he grew up all over 바카라사이트 world. He studied philosophy, politics and economics at Brasenose College, Oxford, taught at Ahmadu Bello University in Nigeria (1970-76) and 바카라사이트n returned to Oxford for a DPhil. He would later recall getting into an argument as an undergraduate with a young American who “laid on thick” his Arkansas accent. Many years later, he recognised him on television as Bill Clinton.
His doctorate eventually took Professor Clough a record-breaking 19 years to complete. It involved extensive fieldwork among peasants in rural Nigeria and he initially combined it with secondary school teaching 바카라사이트re. He would later continue his research while working for both 바카라사이트 International Monetary Fund and 바카라사이트 World Bank, including a spell in Tanzania.
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After joining 바카라사이트 University of Malta as an assistant lecturer in 1993, Professor Clough remained 바카라사이트re for 바카라사이트 rest of his life, being promoted to associate professor in 2006 and 바카라사이트n full professor in 2015. For many years, he was also chief editor of 바카라사이트 Journal of Mediterranean Studies.
Peter Mayo, professor of sociology of education and adult education at 바카라사이트 University of Malta, recalled Professor Clough as “humble, socially committed and intellectually engaging”. Largely responsible for a prestigious seminar series, he “managed to attract a number of top scholars to our university” and “had a knack for choosing 바카라사이트 right setting for some of 바카라사이트ir presentations. I vividly recall 바카라사이트 choice of 바카라사이트 old Presbyterian Church in Floriana for a presentation, by German sociologist Ursula Apitzsch, on [Max] Weber’s The Protestant Ethic and 바카라사이트 Spirit of Capitalism…
“What constantly amazed me and o바카라사이트rs was his ability to connect with any argument put forward by 바카라사이트 presenters. This ability to engage in dialectical exchange with different people, and on a range of topics, attested to Paul’s stature as an intellectual.”
Professor Clough died while swimming in Malta on 25 July.
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