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 226
... Magandula curls up with his bunduki , and Giga is hooked close to the embers . They mur- mur in their soft deep ... Magandula and Nangai , and Mugunga , who is Nangai's young porter , and two wild Hadza , Yaida and Salibogo . Ma- gandula ...
... Magandula curls up with his bunduki , and Giga is hooked close to the embers . They mur- mur in their soft deep ... Magandula and Nangai , and Mugunga , who is Nangai's young porter , and two wild Hadza , Yaida and Salibogo . Ma- gandula ...
Page 228
... Magandula has borrowed a wood comb from Giga ; perched on a rock , he combs his head for a long time without discernible results . According to Magandula , it is only the influence of civiliza- tion that prevents the Sipunganebe from ...
... Magandula has borrowed a wood comb from Giga ; perched on a rock , he combs his head for a long time without discernible results . According to Magandula , it is only the influence of civiliza- tion that prevents the Sipunganebe from ...
Page 233
... Magandula , crawls off to his sleep with a loud self - conscious sigh that tells the white men , stretched silent as two dead beneath the stars , that the worldly Magandula , although pa- tient to a fault , has no place among such ...
... Magandula , crawls off to his sleep with a loud self - conscious sigh that tells the white men , stretched silent as two dead beneath the stars , that the worldly Magandula , although pa- tient to a fault , has no place among such ...
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