Listen, Here Is a Story Ethnographic Life Narratives from Aka and Ngandu Women of the Congo Basin

Name: Listen, Here Is a Story Ethnographic Life Narratives from Aka and Ngandu Women of the Congo Basin
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Authors: Bonnie L. Hewlett

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Based on author Bonnie L. Hewlett's ten years of field experience in the Central African Republic,Listen, Here Is a Story: Ethnographic Life Narratives from Aka and Ngandu Women of the Congo Basinoffers a fascinating glimpse into the lives of contemporary African women in their own words.Rendered here are the experiences of four women who Hewlett depicts in their homes, fields, and the forest. The women vividly recall memories, childhood games, dances, folk tales, songs, and drawings from throughout their lives and provide insights and anecdotes from their experiences as children, adolescents, mothers, wives, and providers.A vital contribution to literature on foraging and farming…

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List price: $34.99
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/1/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 8.19" wide x 5.51" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

Bonnie L. Hewlett worked as a registered nurse in neonatal intensive care before obtaining her Ph.D. degree in anthropology at Washington State University, Pullman. She has conducted research in Gabon, Republic of Congo, and Central African Republic. Her research interests include medical anthropology, adolescent development, hunter-gatherers, and evolutionary cultural anthropology. Recent publications include "Providing Care and Facing Death: Nurses and Ebola in Central Africa" in JOURNAL OF TRANSCULTURAL NURSING, "Vulnerable Lives: Death, Loss, and Grief among Aka and Ngandu Adolescents of the Central African Republic" In HUNTER-GATHERER CHILDHOODS (Barry Hewlett and Michael Lamb,…



Preface


Acknowledgments


Map of Central African Republic


Introduction Women's Lives at the Crossroads


Into the Field


Anthropological Methods: Collecting the Data


The Women


Blondine, a Ngandu Woman


Therese, a Ngandu Woman


Nali, an Aka Woman


Konga, an Aka Woman


Notes from the Field


Questions for Reflection



The Forest and Village Worlds


Socio-Economic and Historic Context of Central African Republic


The Impact of Colonialism on Nambï¿½lï¿½, Central African Republic


Overview of the Aka and Ngandu Peoples


The Aka


The Ngandu


The Nature of Relations Between the Aka and Ngandu


In Their Words: Relations Among the Women


Ngandu Women: Blondine


Ngandu Women: Therese


Aka Women: Nali


Aka Women: Konga


Notes from the Field


Questions for Reflection



Children of the Forest and Village


The Work of Childhood


Ngandu Children


Aka Children


Earliest Memories and Childhood


Ngandu Women: Blondine


Ngandu Women: Therese


Aka Women: Nali


Aka Women: Konga


Lessons of Respect and Learning to Share


Ngandu Women: Blondine


Ngandu Women: Therese


Aka Women: Nali


Aka Women: Konga


When the Moon is Full and the Night is Clear


Ngandu Women: Blondine


Ngandu Women: Therese


Therese's Story


Aka Women: Nali


Aka Women: Konga


Developmental and Cross-Cultural Perspectives


Notes from the Field


Questions for Reflection



The Components of a Good Life


On Becoming a Woman


Ngandu Adolescents


Aka Adolescents


Menstruation, First Marriage, and Love


Ngandu Women: Blondine


Ngandu Women: Therese


Therese's Marriage Story


Aka Women: Nali


Aka Women: Konga


The Work and Pleasure of Sex


Ngandu Women: Blondine


Ngandu Women: Therese


Aka Women: Nali


Nali's Story


Aka Women: Konga


Sex, Love, and Attachment: The Interactive Nature of Culture, Ecology, and Biology


Notes from the Field


Questions for Reflection



The Harsh and Delightful Realities of Marriage and Motherhood


The Work of the Night


Learning to Love and Learning to Mourn: Child Birth and Child Loss


Ngandu Women: Blondine


Ngandu Women: Therese


Aka Women: Nali


Aka Women: Konga


The Adaptive Design of Grief


Woodburn's Model


Explaining Diversity and Unity


Ngandu


Aka


Notes from the Field


Questions for Reflection



The Consequences of Being a Woman


Egalitarianism, Hierarchy, and Gendered Relations


Differing Faces of Gendered Realities, or, The Life of a Woman


Ngandu Women: Blondine


Ngandu Women: Therese


Aka Women: Nali


Aka Women: Konga


Voices of Pain and Passion


Ngandu Women: Blondine


Blondine's Story


Ngandu Women: Therese


Aka Women: Nali


Aka Women: Konga


Confronting the Challenge: Jealousy, Anger, and Divorce


Notes from the Field


Questions for Reflection



Generations and Grandmothers


From Mothers to Grandmothers


Reflections from a Woman's Life


Ngandu Women: Blondine


Louise, Friend and (Ex)Sister-in-Law of Blondine


Gaspard, 58-year-old Brother of Blondine


Ngandu Women: Therese


Basil, 50-year-old Son of Therese


Chantal, 39-year-old Daughter of Therese


Mbengui, 20-year-old Grandson of Therese


Vanessa, 24-year-old Granddaughter of Therese


Aka Women: Nali


Elaka, Daughter of Nali


Kokote, Husband of Nali


Aka Women: Konga


Mokandja, Son of Konga


Moboubou, Daughter of Konga


Lessons from the Grandmothers


Ngandu Women: Blondine


Ngandu Women: Therese


Therese's Story


Aka Women: Nali


Aka Women: Konga


Social Continuity and Change: An Intergenerational View


Ngandu Women: Blondine


Ngandu Women: Therese


Aka Women: Nali


Aka Women: Konga


Lives at the Intersection of the Global and Local Worlds


Grandmothers, Kinship, and Health


Notes from the Field


Questions for Reflection



Conclusion: Globalization and Forces of Change


Notes from the Field


Questions for Reflection


Glossary


Bibliography


Index