Dr. Neville H. Chittick (1924–1984) was a British scholar and archaeologist. His expeditions and residence in east Africa produced a body of research into the ancient and pre- colonial sites of Aksum, Hafun, Kilwa Kisiwani, and the port of Manda Island. In 1961, after working in Sudan as the director of antiquitiesOgot, 2003. (p. 308). and in Tanganyika as the first conservator of antiquities, he was appointed the first director of The British Institute in Eastern Africa in Nairobi serving until 1983.

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