Rita Pankhurst

Rita Pankhurst (1927-2019) was a British librarian and scholar specializing in Ethiopian history and culture. Wife of historian Richard Pankhurst and daughter-in-law of suffragette Sylvia Pankhurst. Quotes It is not surprising that in Ethiopia, where there is so much knowledge about the properties of the country's extensive flora, the wild coffee plant should also, at some unknown period, have yielded its secret. On Ethiopian coffee origins, quoted in Jeff Koehler's Where the Wild Coffee Grows The modern coffee ceremony has unmistakable antecedents in zar and other spirit rituals. The dichotomy between the concerns of the participants and those of the lecturers became immediately apparent. Report on IFLA Presession Seminar, 1971 The changing international perspective on culture ... Addis Ababa, rather than London, is now indisputably the main centre of Ethiopian Studies. Letter with Richard Pankhurst to The Independent on Maqdala treasures, 1997 Highly placed Ethiopian women, who combined worldliness, politics and religion are seen again and again in Ethiopian history. External links Category:1927 births Category:2019 deaths