Being Maasai

Being Maasai
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Publisher : James Currey Publishers
Total Pages : 340
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ISBN-10 : 0852552157
ISBN-13 : 9780852552155
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Book Synopsis Being Maasai by : Thomas T. Spear

Download or read book Being Maasai written by Thomas T. Spear and published by James Currey Publishers. This book was released on 1993 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many of the people who identify themselves as Maasai, or who speak the Maa language, are not pastoralist at all, but framers and hunters. Over time many people have 'become' something else, adn what it means to be Maasai has changed radically over the past several centuries and is still changing today. This collection by historians, archaeologists, anthropologists and linguists examines how Maasai identity has been created, evoked, contested and transformed. North America: Ohio U Press; Tanzania: Mkuki na Nyota; Kenya: EAEP


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