Elaine Rosa Salo

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'''Elaine Rosa Salo''' (1962–2016) was a South African [[anthropologist]], scholar and activist, who specialised in [[gender studies]] and [[African feminism]].<ref name="In Memoriam - Dept"></ref><ref name="obit - AoSA">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref name="In Memoriam - AN">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> She taught at the [[University of the Western Cape]], the [[University of Cape Town]], the [[University of Pretoria]], and, until her death from cancer, at the [[University of Delaware]].

==Early life and education==
Salo was born in 1962 in [[Kimberley, Northern Cape|Kimberley]], South Africa, grew up under [[apartheid]].<ref name="obit - AoSA" /> She studied anthropology at the [[University of Cape Town]], graduating with a [[Bachelor's degree|bachelor's]] and an [[Honours degree#South Africa|honours degree]].<ref name="In Memoriam - Dept" /><ref name="obit - UCT">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> She was a "token" black student in an otherwise [[White South Africans|White]]-majority university: the university was located in a [[Group Areas Act|White Group Area]].<ref name="obit - AoSA" /> Having been awarded a scholarship, she studied [[international development]] at [[Clark University]] in Massachusetts, United States: she graduated with a [[Master of Arts]] (MA) degree in 1986.<ref name="obit - AoSA" /> Also with a scholarship, she studied anthropology at [[Emory University]] in Georgia, United States, graduating with a [[Doctor of Philosophy]] (PhD) degree in 2004:<ref name="obit - AoSA" /> her [[doctoral thesis]] concerned gendered roles in the [[Manenberg]] [[Township (South Africa)|Township]] of Cape Town, South Africa.<ref name="obit - UCT" />

==Academic career==
Salo taught at universities in South Africa and in the United States. She lectured at the [[University of the Western Cape]] from 1988 to 1999; the [[University of Cape Town]] from 2000 to 2009; and the [[University of Pretoria]] from 2009 to 2013, where she was director of its Institute for Women's & Gender Studies.<ref name="In Memoriam - Dept" /><ref name="obit - UCT" /> From 2013, until her death in 2016, she was an [[associate professor]] in political science, international relations, and women & gender studies at the [[University of Delaware]].<ref name="In Memoriam - Dept" />

Her [[anthropological]] and [[ethnological]] research was focused on [[African women]] (including [[gender studies]], [[African feminism]], [[patriarchy]] and [[masculinity]], and [[motherhood]]), particularly in the township of her doctorate ([[Manenberg]]).<ref name="obit - AoSA" /><ref name="In Memoriam - AN" /> Her research and teaching also extended to [[water politics]], [[Feminist movement|women's movements]], and the anthropology of gender and sexuality.<ref name="In Memoriam - AN" />

==Personal life==
Salo was married to Colin Miller, and together they had two children.<ref name="In Memoriam - Dept" />

Salo had survived [[breast cancer]], but it returned in the year before her death.<ref name="In Memoriam - AN" /> She died on 13 August 2016, in [[Newark, Delaware]], USA, aged 54.<ref name="obit - AoSA" />

==Selected works==

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==References==




[[Category:1962 births]]
[[Category:2016 deaths]]
[[Category:South African anthropologists]]
[[Category:Women anthologists]]
[[Category:Gender studies academics]]
[[Category:University of Cape Town alumni]]
[[Category:Clark University alumni]]
[[Category:University of the Western Cape faculty]]
[[Category:Emory University alumni]]
[[Category:University of Cape Town academics]]
[[Category:University of Pretoria faculty]]
[[Category:University of Delaware faculty]]
[[Category:Deaths from breast cancer]]
[[Category:South African Africanists]]

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