This seminal volume on the indigenous African Dinka group is a landmark documentation of a vanishing people in war-torn Sudan. World-renowned photographers Angela Fisher and Carol Beckwith have devoted their lives to documenting the rapidly disappearing ceremonies and cultures of the indigenous people of Africa. In breathtakingly poignant images, they present a story that started with their first visit to the Dinka thirty years ago. Living in harmony with their cattle, the Dinka have survived years of war only to find their culture on the brink of vanishing forever. Where the White Nile River reaches Dinka country, it spills over 11,000 square miles of flood plain to form the Sudd, the largest swamp in the world. In the dry season, it provides abundant pasture for cattle, and this is where the Dinka set up their camps. The men dust their bodies and faces with gray ash—protection against flies and lethal malarial mosquitoes, but also considered a mark of beauty. Covered with this ash and up to 7’ 6" tall, the Dinka were referred to as "gentle" or "ghostly" giants by the early explorers. The Dinka call themselves "jieng" and "mony-jang," which means "men of men."
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'... "Reaching this remote cattle camp in southern Sudan was like walking into a different world," says Carol Beckwith, who, along with her fellow photographer Angela Fisher, has spent the past 30 years documenting the rapidly vanishing way of life of the Dinka and other indigenous tribes across Africa...' --New Review (supp. To the Independent On Sunday), Apr 2011
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very good book ; i enjoyed it enorme, it is the extra in my already full bibliotheek of african tribes..good and fast delivery
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A Treasure
2 Mar 2011
By Julie
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The photography in this book is spectacular and the narrative is quite informative. I was saddened to learn of the changes in the 30 years between the authors' visits to this lovely, peaceful tribe, but was grateful that they had done such a beautiful job capturing the Dinka's lifestyle, culture and spirit before it all changed. This is an eye catching coffee table book to be savored over and over.
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By Tedd A. Blankenship
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If you appreciate truly good books, great books... then this is one you should have in your library. I probably own somewhere upwards of 1000 books. This is one that I will pull off the shelf and look at over and over again. I'm the kind of guy that when folks come over... I can't help myself, I pick up a book and say, "Check this out." This is one of those books. Enough already...it's excellent.
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Excellent images - beware of nudity as this is tribal images.
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I purchased this as part of my collection of Africa wildlife books. This book does not include wildlife, but as the title says, the people of the Dinka nation at work and play. Large thick book with excellent quality images. A great documentation of a lifestyel that is vanishing. I do want to note a warning: This book is realistic. As such there are many images of skin scaring and nudity that may offend some and may not be suitable to small children without some adult explanation.
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