Title: Nisa, the life and words of a !Kung woman
Description: 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.
Subjects: !Kung (African people), Biography, Kung (African people), Social life and customs, Women, !Kung, Moeurs et coutumes, Biographies, Kung (volk), Vrouwen, Kung (Peuple d'Afrique), Social Conditions, Nisa, Africa, social conditions, Africa, social life and customs, !kung (african people)--social life and customs, !kung (african people)--biography, Dt2499.n57 s56 1990, Women,!Kung
Places: Southern Africa
People: Nisa