Nisa: The Life and Words of a !Kung Woman
Marjorie Shostack
Marjorie Shostak was an anthropologist studying the women of the !Kung hunter-gatherers on the edge of the Kalahari in the 1960's and 1970's.
This book is the result of her interviews with one of those women, Nisa It is Nisa's life story as told to Marjorie in conversations that took place over a period of many years, left off, to be taken up again during Marjorie's next visit.
What I liked best about this book is that the translation seemed to me to capture Nisa's voice and the rhythms of African oral storytelling tradition.
It was also an interesting study, and sad to see how the way of life of the !Kung, and all of the San people have changed so dramatically.
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