Margot Dias

Margot Dias
Black and white profile Press shot of a smiling, young, blonde woman with short, curly hair.
Margot Dias, c. 1960
Born
Margot Schmidt

(1908-06-04)4 June 1908
Nuremberg, German Empire
Died26 November 2001(2001-11-26) (aged 93)
Óbidos, Portugal
CitizenshipGerman and Portuguese
Occupation(s)Ethnologist, documentary filmmaker
Years active1940s–1980s
Notable workOs Macondes de Moçambique (The Makonde people of Mozambique)
SpouseJorge Dias

Margot Dias GOIH (née Schmidt; 4 June 1908 – 26 November 2001) was a German-born Portuguese musician, self-taught ethnologist and documentary filmmaker. She is mainly known for her contributions to Portuguese social anthropological studies in the 1950s and her ethnographic films and photographs on the Makonde people of Mozambique.


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