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African Voices, African Lives: Personal Narratives from a Swahili Village
Contributor(s): Caplan, Pat (Editor)
ISBN: 0415137233     ISBN-13: 9780415137232
Publisher: Routledge
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Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: February 1997
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"African Voices, African Lives" explores the world of Mohammed, a Swahili peasant living on Mafia Island, Tanzania. Through his own words and those of his relatives, the reader sees the world through his eyes, including the invisible world of spirits which plays a significant role in his life.
This information was gathered by anthropologist Pat Caplan over almost three decades of talking and writing with Mohammed. She acts not only as translator and editor, but also as interpreter, bringing in her own knowledge gathered from field data as well as comparative material from other anthropological work. This study will make an important contribution to current debates in anthropology by grappling with issues raised by "personal narratives," authorial authority, and with reflexivity.
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BISAC Categories:
- History | Africa - General
- Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social
Dewey: 305.896
LCCN: 96025693
Lexile Measure: 1150
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.22" W x 8.76" (1.32 lbs) 288 pages
 
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African Voices, African Lives explores the world of 'Mohammed', a swahili peasant living on Mafia Island, Tanzania. Through his own words - some written, some spoken - and those of his relatives, including his ex-wife and one of his daughters, he enables us to see the world through his eyes, including the invisisble world of spirits which plays a significant role in his life. This information is gathered by Pat Caplan, the anthropologist, over almost three decades of talking and writing to each other. She acts not only as translator and editor, but also as interpreter, bringing in her own knowledge gathered from field data as well as comparative material from other anthropological work.
By utilising a mixture of styles - narrative and life history, ethnographic observation, and the diary kept by Mohammed at the anthropologist's bequest, African Voices African Lives will make an important contribution to current debates in anthropology by grappling with issues raised by 'personal narratives', authorial authority, and with refexivity.