Cover of Nisa, the life and words of a !Kung woman

Nisa, the life and words of a !Kung woman

by Marjorie Shostak

1983 402 pages eng

Nisa, a member of the !Kung tribe of hunters-and-gatherers from southern Africa's Kalahari desert, now in her fifties, would be considered a remarkable woman in any culture: as a small child she saved her newborn brother from infanticide; first married at the age of twelve to a man she did not want,…

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