Jean Herskovits
Jean Frances Herskovits (Mayu 20,1935-Fabrairu 5,2019) farfesa ne na bincike kan tarihi a Jami'ar Jihar New York a Sayi ƙwararre a tarihin Afirka (musamman Najeriya) da siyasa.Herskovits ya koyar a Jami'ar Brown, Kwalejin Swarthmore,Kwalejin City na Jami'ar City na New York da Jami'ar Columbia.Ta rike D.Phil.a tarihin Afirka daga Jami'ar Oxford.

Rayuwar farko da ilimi 
An haifi Jean Frances Herskovits a Evanston, fassarIllinois, a ranar 20 ga Mayu, 1935, ga masana ilimin ɗan adam Melville J. Herskovits da Frances Shapiro Herskovits. Ta sami digiri na farko na Arts daga Kwalejin Swarthmore a 1956,sannan ta sami digiri na uku daga Jami'ar Oxford a 1960,inda ta rubuta takardar shaidarta kan ’yantattun bayi da suka dawo Afirka da Legas Colony.

Sana'a 
Jean Herskovits ya koyar a Jami'ar Brown,Kwalejin Swarthmore,Kwalejin City na New York,da Jami'ar Columbia.Ta kasance farfesa a Jami'ar Jihar New York,Siyayya,tun 1977.Ƙididdigar Herskovits,"A Preface to Modern Nigeria:Saliyo Leonians in Yoruba,"an rubuta shi a kan balaguron bincike na 1958 zuwa Najeriya kuma aka buga a 1965.Ta kasance darakta a bankin United Bank for Africa daga 1998 zuwa 2005 inda ta kuma jagoranci kwamitin amintattu na gidauniyar UBA.Ta kuma yi aiki a matsayin shugabar aikin sake saka hannun jari a Najeriya na Kamfanin makamashi na Jama'a kuma daga 2001 zuwa 2008 ta kasance mamba a majalisar shawara ta Conoco Phillips' Nigeria.

Ta rubuta kasidu da yawa game da Najeriya a cikin wallafe-wallafe kamar manufofin kasashen waje da New York Times.

Mutuwa 
Herskovits ya mutu a ranar 5 ga Fabrairu,2019, a New York.

Nassoshi 

Mutuwan 2019
Haihuwan 1935