Ethnologist, ethnographer, and author James E. Lassiter studied anthropology and biology at California State University, Sacramento. He was trained in cultural anthropology and the peoples of Africa at the University of Oregon where he earned his Ph. D. in 1983. Over half of Jim's life has been spent living and working in Eswatini, Tanzania, Ghana, Kenya, and Uganda. Jim and his wife Immy Rose Namutosi Lassiter, formerly of Bukiende, BuMasaaba, Uganda, divide their time between their home near Atlanta and BuMasaaba.