Hermine R. (herlibrary) reviewed Nisa: The Life and Words of a !Kung Woman on + 76 more book reviews
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A really engrossing and fascinating look into the life of a woman from a different culture. Believe it or not, I found this book to be a "page turner". I highly recommend it.
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Nisa, a member of the Kung Tribe of hunters-and-gatherers from Southern Africa's Kalahari desert, now in her fifties, would be considered a remarkable woman in any culture: as a small child she saved her newborn brother from infanticide; first married at the age of twelve to a man she did not want, she was separated, divorced, remarried, widowed; she bore four children, none of whom survived; dependent on no one, she foraged for food in one of the world's most hostile environments. This book is the story of her life, as told in her own words-earthy, emotional, vivid-to Marjorie Shostak, a Harvard anthropologist who succeeded, with Nisa's collaboration, in breaking through the immense barriers of language and culture.
