Jajouka Rolling Stone: A Fable of Gods and Heroes

by Stephen Davis

Book Overview

Beatniks, hippies, rock-and-roll stars, and other Western thrill-seekers parade through Jajouka, where money and greed have corrosive effects on a tribe that has existed in peace for centuries. 20,000... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 067942119X
• ISBN13: 9780679421191
• Release Date: August 1993
• Publisher: Random House (NY)
• Length: 297 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

Wonderful book, wonderful trip

Just happened upon this book at the house of a friend; I had never heard of its existence but had long been fascinated by the musicians of Jajouka, even though I knew little about them. What a wonderful book! Not really a novel, just done up that way to protect some of the participants, I suppose. Whether it's accurate or not (re: one of the other reviews), they can fight that out between themselves. But I was transported to this incredibly unique place & culture, a vestige of very ancient quasi-spiritual traditions garbed in Arab robes, at a critical juncture in its history - from its full-flowering to its near-extinction in the space of two decades. Stephen Davis was privy to something very, very special, and I thank him for sharing something so hard to capture - the mystical engagement of music and tradition (wreathed in a halo of kif smoke as well!) - in such a beautiful, touching and readable fashion.