Miracles and Extraordinary Experience in Northern Kenya

by Bilinda Straight

Book Overview

The Samburu of northern Kenya struggle to maintain their pastoral way of life as drought and the side effects of globalization threaten both their livestock and their livelihood. Mirroring this divide between survival and ruin are the lines between the self and the other, the living and the dead, "this side" and inia bata, "that side." Cultural anthropologist Bilinda Straight, who has lived with the Samburu for extended periods since the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812220927
• ISBN13: 9780812220926
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"