- Paperback: 190 pages
- Publisher: Waveland Pr Inc (July 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1577661567
- ISBN-13: 978-1577661566
- Product Dimensions: 21.1 x 13.7 x 1.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 374,480 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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I read this book whilst completing my PhD in ethnography. It is totally brilliant! It doesn't really have an academic focus but you can pull that out if that's what you're looking for. Nigel is conveyed as just an ordinary bloke who sets out to study an African tribe (he's actually and Anthropology prof). His battles with African bureaucracy are highly amusing, especially when he works out how to get through it all! The phrase, "it's my job" in response to a question about why he wanted a permit to study this tribe, spoke volumes about his eventual grasp of bureaucracy. This much fun was only the start of his adventures with the tribe.
Describing how he learned their tonal language and the very easy mistake that led to him coming out with obsenities by mistake. The basic greeting, "how is the sky for you?" was easily corrupted by an inadvertant supplementary obsenity by mis-use of tone. Very funny for all concerned. And the flatulant goat story had me in stiches (as well as the tribe by all accounts - pockets of laughter errupting around the tribes huts as the story spread).
Humour aside, though there is much of it, this is also the true story about an anthropologist studying a very interesting African tribe.
This book is my standard birthday present for people when I'm stuck for something! So, actually I'd rather other people didn't read it because that would dry up my source of presents!
Carl
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I came across this book recommended in the acknowledgements of a novel I enjoyed. Basically it said if you enjoyed this book; try Nigel Barley's nonfiction accounts. I bought The Innocent Anthropologist, and loved every minute of the book. It's a real laugh out loud memoir - something as rare as hens' teeth in my opinion. It's also a great insight into the trials and tribulations and the realities of anthropological field research. If you have ever wondered what exactly an anthropologist does - this is the book for you. If you are just looking for a funny read, you will not be disappointed. Of course I then had to follow up with his sequel Plague of Caterpillars, (AKA Ceremony in the U.S.) which was equally as funny. My only complaint was that there were no photographs, though this was put right in the sequel.
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Having spent time in Cameroon I decided to read this book- it is very funny and strikingly true to life, I had experienced much of Barley's observations!
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Hilarious
I was told by my sociology teacher to read this, and after a few pages i was hooked.
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An entertainingly written book - great insight into the woes of field anthropology and the challenges facing rural west africa. A great book.
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