Cynthia Brantley

Region of Interest	Africa
Primary Country of Residence	United States of America
Title	Associate Professor of History
Affiliation	University of California, Davis
Email	clbrantley@ucdavis.edu
Mailing Address	Department of History University of California, Davis Davis, California 95616 USA
Phone/Fax Number(s)	phone: 530-752-0776 (messages at the department) fax: 530-752-5301
Countries of Specialization	East Africa ; Kenya
Research Interests	My focus is on East and Central African history, right now writing a book on East Africa's colonial nutrition legacy, focusing on the Nyasaland Nutrition Survey of 1938-40 and the subsequent Nutrition Development Unit. Previous work looked at the nutrition study of Maasai and Kikuyu in 1929 and issues of matriliny and patriliny in Nyasaland ( Malawi ) and the gendered implications. Prior work was on the Giriama rising in Kenya in 1914.
Publications	None on file.
Keywords	nutrition ; colonial legacy ; gender ; Maasai ; Kikuyu.