The Wind in the Bamboo: A Journey in Search of Asia's "Negrito" Indigenous People - Softcover
Historically defined as "Negrito" because they physically resemble small Africans, these hunter-gatherers may have the most ancient ancestry in Asia. Nearly exterminated by disease and a cataclysmic volcanic eruption, they now survive in forests of Malaysia, the Philippines and India's Andaman Islands. Some are armed with spears and blowpipes, a few with cellphones and graduate degrees. Edith Mirante reveals the story of the "Negrito" peoples through a compelling Chatwinesque narrative of journeys into their remaining lands. The Wind in the Bamboo will captivate readers who wonder who we humans are, where we come from, and where we are going.
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Edith Mirante has roamed Asia since the early 1980s, collecting information on human rights and environmental issues. In 1986 she founded Project Maje, an information project on Burma. She has investigated atrocities and resistance in some of the most remote corners of Burma's frontier war zones. Her latest book, The Wind in the Bamboo required extensive research and trips to India, Malaysia and the Philippines.
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"Mirante leads the reader along with insight and humor and the same down-for-anything attitude as ever... As Mirante gets to know the 'Negritos,' she discovers many strange and intriguing similarities among the different groups separated by seas and time, suggesting that the tribes are not so far removed from one another after all... At each stop, Mirante passes around photos of 'Negritos' in other parts of Asia, and they grasp this validation of their existence in the world with excitement and wistful recognition." -- The Irrawaddy Magazine
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- PublisherOrchid Press
- Publication date2014
- ISBN 10 9745241474
- ISBN 13 9789745241473
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages296
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Book Description Hard bound. Condition: New. First. Historically defined as "Negrito" because they resemble small Africans, these forest peoples may have the most ancient ancestry in Asia. Captured for slavery, exhibited at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair, nearly exterminated by disease and a cataclysmic volcano eruption, they survive today in a few places: Malaysia, the Philippines and India's remote Andaman Islands. Some are still armed with spears and blowpipes, a few with cellphones and graduate degrees. Edith Mirante weaves a compelling, Chatwinesque narrative examining race and identity and the environmental, social and political challenges these indigenous people face in contemporary Asia. 308 pp., 45 col. & 11 monochrome photos, 4 maps, glossary, bibliography, index. Size: 23 x 15 cm. Seller Inventory # 001739
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