The Tree Where Man Was BornIn this classic volume, Matthiessen exquisitely combines both nature and travel writing to bring East Africa to vivid life. He skillfully portrays the daily lives of herdsmen and hunter-gatherers; the drama of the predator kills; the hundreds of exotic animals; the breathtaking landscapes; and the area's turbulent natural, political, and social histories. |
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Page 58
... Dorobo . " Still , it interests me that the Muisi Do- robo who once inhabited Mt. Kenya's bamboo forests were said 3 to have been very small , and that one of the two main clans of the Dorobo was known as the Agumba - the other was the ...
... Dorobo . " Still , it interests me that the Muisi Do- robo who once inhabited Mt. Kenya's bamboo forests were said 3 to have been very small , and that one of the two main clans of the Dorobo was known as the Agumba - the other was the ...
Page 111
... animals of the for- est are alike , though we eat some and not others , because we the Dorobo and they the animals all live side by side in the forest . -an anonymous Dorobo 1 One winter dawn of 1961 , looking westward from the Siringet.
... animals of the for- est are alike , though we eat some and not others , because we the Dorobo and they the animals all live side by side in the forest . -an anonymous Dorobo 1 One winter dawn of 1961 , looking westward from the Siringet.
Page 144
... Dorobo as the Mokwan , 1 who had long hair and enormous herds of long - horned cattle , and who may be the same herdsmen as the Mwoko , recorded by the Meru Bantu of Mt. Kenya . In regard to ... Dorobo say 2 that a Dorobo hunter at the Narok.
... Dorobo as the Mokwan , 1 who had long hair and enormous herds of long - horned cattle , and who may be the same herdsmen as the Mwoko , recorded by the Meru Bantu of Mt. Kenya . In regard to ... Dorobo say 2 that a Dorobo hunter at the Narok.
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