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He is neither a professional author nor an anthropologist. He is a lawyer, the first one to become a learned friend from Tiriki. This is Simani Sangale, who through sheer interest in ethnography has devoted his time and resources to study the customs and traditions of his people, Abatiriki. The product of his many years of field research and oral study is a book entitled: Tiriki Community Customs and Traditions. Before Simani’s book, everything about Tiriki culture was seen through the prism of Western scholars of whom the American, Walter Sangree stands out. It is a brilliant exercise in originality that debunks some of the myths portrayed by those with a colonist mindset. More... |
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