A Road to Extinction: Can Palaeolithic Africans Survive in the Andaman Islands?

Some of the world's last Stone-Age tribespeople know that to survive, they need total isolation in their forests in the Andaman Islands, but tourists and sightseers just won't leave them alone.

About the author

Jonathan Lawley was born in N.E. India (now Pakistan) with family links going back five generations to the East India Company. After Indian independence, he moved with his parents to Africa, becoming the last white district commissioner in Zambia. He went on to work for Rio Tinto, setting up Africa's first management training programme for black employees. He has been a director of the Royal African Society, and has campaigned energetically on African interests.

Summary

A wake-up call to the dangers that threaten the Jarawa, a group of palaeolithic tribespeople in the Andaman Islands, off the coast of India. Researched and written by the first director of the Royal African Society, Dr Jonathan Lawley, it chronicles the people's African origins, 100,000 years ago, and their vulnerability to civilisation and tourism

Product details

• Authors: Jonathan Lawley
• Publisher: Continental Sales
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9781838172015
• ISBN: 978-1-83817-201-5
• No. of pages: 194
• Dimensions: 202 mm x 127 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 224 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology