Laibon: an Anthropologist's Journey with Samburu Diviners in Kenya

Name: Laibon: an Anthropologist's Journey with Samburu Diviners in Kenya
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ISBN: 9780759120679

ISBN-10: 0759120676

ISBN-13: 9780759120679

Edition: 2011

Authors: Elliot Fratkin

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Elliot Fratkin shares the story of his early anthropological fieldwork in Kenya in the 1970s. Using his fieldnotes and letters home to bring to life the voices of those he met, Fratkin invites the reader to experience his cross-cultural friendships with the enigmatic laibon (a diviner and healer of the Samburu and Maasai peoples) Lonyoki, his family, and the people of the nomadic community of Lukumai. Fratkin participated in the daily lives of the Ariaal livestock herders and accompanied the laibon as he performed divination and healing rituals throughout Marsabit and Samburu Districts. After Fratkin reunited Lonyoki with his son and wife, Lonyoki adopted Fratkin into his family, and…

Book details

List price: $111.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: AltaMira Press
Publication date: 9/29/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 202
Size: 6.33" wide x 9.45" long x 0.68" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Preface


"Where Are Your Dominic Stories?"


Different Voices


A Note on Language



Meeting the Laibon Lonyoki


A Journey North


The Laibon Extends an Invitation


Sour Milk and a Christian Dinner


Herding with Warriors



Living with Nomads


An Eclipse


Lonyoki's Request


I Am Adopted by the Laibon


Dancing with Warriors


Shivers, Fever, and Body Aches



The Dark Valley


A Hyena Attacks, a Lion Stalks


Sorcery in the Ndotos


Lonyoki's Divination and Healing


A Cursed Family


Thoughts about Divination


Ntasim for Lengidi


Thinking about Sorcery


A Meeting of Laibons


I Am Cursed



The Long Hunger


Shadows on the Land


Where to Move the Manyatta?


Lion and Ostrich's Children


A Trip to Mombasa


A Final Meeting of Laibons


Farewells



Epilogue: The Gourd Is Passed


Return to Lukumai


Marty and Leah Return


Sad News


Lembalen Becomes the Laibon


My Own Family Grows


The Gourd Is Passed


List of Characters, Words, and Places


Suggested Readings


Index


About the Author