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Barabaig : life, love and death on Tanzania's Hanang Plains / Charles Lane

by Charles R. Lane

An illustrated record of the Barabaig, a nomadic pastoralist group in Tanzania, documenting their daily life, artistry, and culture. The book also details their traditional lifestyle and their unsuccessful legal battles against land dispossession.

Accession 15313 ISBN 9786167339856 Publisher Rivers Books
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