Michigan State University Distinguished Professor Emeritus John M. Hunter talks about his reearch done in Africa
Peter Limb, Michigan State University Librarian and Africana Bibliographer introduces David Robinson, University Distinguished Professor of History and David Wiley, Director of the MSU African Studies Center who both interview John M. Hunter, University Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Geography. Hunter tells of his field research in the Gold Coast, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Gambia, and Nigeria in the mid-1950s, while serving as an MSU professor abroad. He also discusses the census mapping model he developed and used in Ghana in 1960, which was funded by UNESCO and became a model used in many African countries. Other topics covered include medical geography, socio-economic geography, river blindness, schistosomiasis, elephantiasis, guinea worm disease and seasonal hunger.
Read
- In Collections
-
G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Copyright Status
- In Copyright
- Date Published
-
2003-05-19
- Interviewees
-
Hunter, John M. (John Melton), 1928-2016
- Interviewers
-
Limb, Peter
Robinson, David, 1938-
Wiley, David, 1935-
- Recordist
-
Vincent Voice Library
- Contributors
-
Michigan State University. African Studies Center
- Subjects
-
Hunter, John M. (John Melton), 1928-
Michigan State University
Census
Economic history
Geography
Research
Retired teachers
Social conditions
Africa
Michigan--East Lansing
- Material Type
-
Sound recordings
- Language
-
English
- Extent
- 01:35:05
- Venue Note
-
Interviewed on May 19, 2003.
- Holding Institution
-
Vincent Voice Library
- Call Number
- Voice 14593
- Catalog Record
- http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/record=b7175662
- Permalink
- https://n2t.net/ark:/85335/m5ht2kn05