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 23
... land that soon unraveled into sand . The Stone Age hunters found by the Asians are known as the Tasarians and Bedarians , and the Afro - Asiatics born of these encounters raised villages on the flood plains of the Nile that would become ...
... land that soon unraveled into sand . The Stone Age hunters found by the Asians are known as the Tasarians and Bedarians , and the Afro - Asiatics born of these encounters raised villages on the flood plains of the Nile that would become ...
Page 37
... land , for every foot of Kikuyu land was owned by individ- ual tribesmen , not only the pieces for which token sums were paid but also the fallow land that was appropriated by the government , then dispensed to the colonials on the ...
... land , for every foot of Kikuyu land was owned by individ- ual tribesmen , not only the pieces for which token sums were paid but also the fallow land that was appropriated by the government , then dispensed to the colonials on the ...
Page 174
... Land . The cones extend east and west from Kilimanjaro to the Crater Highlands , and from Shombole , just north of the Kenya border , south to Mt. Hanang . The last active volcano in the Great Caldron Moun- tains is Ol Doinyo Lengai ...
... Land . The cones extend east and west from Kilimanjaro to the Crater Highlands , and from Shombole , just north of the Kenya border , south to Mt. Hanang . The last active volcano in the Great Caldron Moun- tains is Ol Doinyo Lengai ...
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