Karin Barber, Date of Birth

Karin Barber

British cultural anthropologist and academic

Date of Birth: 02-Jul-1949

Profession: anthropologist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Karin Judith Barber, (born 2 July 1949) is a British cultural anthropologist and academic, who specialises in the Yoruba-speaking area of Nigeria.
Since 1999, she has been Professor of African Cultural Anthropology at the University of Birmingham.
Before joining the Centre of West African Studies of the University of Birmingham, she was a lecturer at the University of Ife in Nigeria. Barber has written two introductory textbooks for the Yoruba language, and a number of books concerning Yoruba culture, and oral literature and written literature in Africa.
She has been awarded a number of prizes for her publications, and has been recognised by her peers and the British government for her contributions to scholarship.