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The Wind in the Bamboo: A Journey in Search of Asia's "Negrito"

The Wind in the Bamboo: A Journey in Search of Asia's "Negrito" Indigenous People Hardcover - 2014

by Mirante, Edith

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Bangkok: Orchid Press, 2014. 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.. First. Hard bound. New. 23 x 15 cm..
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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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