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The Wind in the Bamboo - A Journey in Search of Asia's "Negrito" Indigenous People

English · Paperback / Softback

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Historically defined as "Negrito" because they physically resemble small Africans, these forest peoples may have the most ancient ancestry in Asia. Captured for slavery, exhibited at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair, nearly exterminated by disease and a cataclysmic volcano, they survive in a few places: Malaysia, the Philippines and India's remote Andaman Islands. Some are armed with spears and blowpipes, a few with cellphones and graduate degrees. Edith Mirante, author of Burmese Looking Glass and Down the Rat Hole, weaves a compelling Chatwinesque narrative examining race and identity and the environmental, social, political challenges these indigenous peoples face in contemporary Asia.

Product details

Authors Edith Mirante
Publisher Orchid Press Publishing Limited
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 30.04.2014
 
EAN 9789745241893
ISBN 978-974-524-189-3
No. of pages 308
Dimensions 152 mm x 229 mm x 18 mm
Weight 503 g
Subject Travel > Travel guides > Asia

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