Nisa
The Life and Words of a !Kung Woman
By Marjorie Shostak
(Harvard University Press, Paperback, 9780674004320, 365pp.)
Publication Date: November 2000
Other Editions of This Title: Google eBook
Categories: Anthropology - General, Africa - General, Women
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This classic paperback is available once again--and exclusively--from Harvard University Press.
This book is the story of the life of Nisa, a member of the Kung tribe of hunter-gatherers from southern Africa's Kalahari desert. 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, the story is a fascinating view of a remarkable woman.











