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By Gedab News
Dec 9, 2003, 11:01pm
Dr. Alexander Naty, the former head of University of
Asmara's Department of Archeology and Anthropology, died
today due to complications caused by cerebral malaria.
Dr. Alexander Naty earned his Ph.D. in anthropology from
Stanford University in 1992 and conducted his post-doctorate
studies at Yale University. In 1994, he moved to Eritrea
and was instrumental in setting up the University of
Asmara's Department of Archeology and Anthropology, where he
served as Department Chair and lecturer. Well known for his
studies of the Kunama culture as well as various Eritrean
languages, he is widely published and respected and has
served as a visiting scholar in many institutions of higher
learning.
As reported by Gedab News on October 22, Dr. Alexander Naty,
along with his colleague Dr. Abdulkader Saleh, were briefly
detained and then fired from their jobs after they returned
from an unauthorized conference they attended in Germany.
Dr. Alexander Naty, who was 44 years old, is survived by his
parents, his wife, Aster, and his daughter, Amaale, which
means surprise in his native language, Kunama.
A distraught family friend described Dr. Alexander Naty's
death as a "huge loss for Eritrea."
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