Laibon: An Anthropologist's Journey with Samburu Diviners in Kenya

by Elliot M. Fratkin

Book Overview

Elliot Fratkin shares the story of his early anthropological fieldwork in Kenya in the 1970s. Using his fieldnotes and letters home to bring to life the voices of those he met, Fratkin invites the reader to experience his cross-cultural friendships with the enigmatic laibon (a diviner and healer of the Samburu and Maasai peoples) Lonyoki, his family, and the people of the nomadic community of Lukumai. Fratkin participated in the daily lives of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0759120684
• ISBN13: 9780759120686
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 202 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.8"