Subjects:  1. Indigenous peoples   2. Race relations   3. Sociology   4. South Africa   5. Working class   

Subjects:  1. Africa   2. Art of indigenous peoples   

Subjects:  1. African   2. Art   3. Art & Art Instruction   4. Art of indigenous peoples   5. Southern Africa   

Subjects:  1. Art of indigenous peoples   2. Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire)   

Subjects:  1. 1884-1915   2. Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General   3. Government relations   4. History   5. Indigenous peoples   6. Namibia   7. Social Science   8. Sociology   

Subjects:  1. Anthropology - General   2. Cultural And Social Anthropology   3. Customs & Traditions   4. Philosophy   5. Social Science   6. Africa   7. Anthropology   8. Indigenous peoples   9. Social, group or collective psychology   

Subjects:  1. Africa   2. Chaga (African people)   3. Comparative   4. Education   5. Education / Teaching   6. Educational sociology   7. Non-Formal Education   8. Popular Culture - General   9. Tanzania   10. Indigenous peoples   11. Philosophy of education   12. Social & cultural anthropology   

Subjects:  1. 20th century   2. Africa, West   3. Doctrinal Theology   4. History   5. History of doctrines   6. Holy Spirit   7. Religion   8. Theology, Doctrinal   9. Yoruba (African people)   

Subjects:  1. Cultural studies   2. Indigenous peoples   3. Interdisciplinary Studies   4. Southern Africa   

Subjects:  1. Africa - General   2. Contract labor   3. History - General History   4. Indigenous peoples   5. Labor & Industrial Relations - General   6. Miners   7. South Africa   8. Transvaal   9. History / Africa   

Subjects:  1. Cultural studies   2. Indigenous peoples   3. Interdisciplinary Studies   4. Southern Africa   

Customer Reviews (1)

Understanding Traditional Africa
After spending two years in Zimbabwe I must admit I will probably never fully understand the beauty, depth, and mystery of Shona traditional beliefs ... try as I might to do so.

One of the closest keys to unlocking the mystery and getting a tiny understanding of traditional medicine and Shona beliefs came to me when I read "The Children Who Sleep by the River."

I have talked to many Zimbabweans in the past two years and found that although most were Christian, there was also a deep belief in communication with "the ancestors." They see no conflicts in this. Traditional medicine and modern scientific treatment of medical matters are equally practiced. Taylor makes this very understandable.

Although this work deals with childbirth, it is not "a woman's book." It brings across the role of women in Africa ... a role I learned to respect during my exciting time there. Zimbabwe's women give birth, feed, clothe, and raise their offspring. They grow the food to sustain the children; carry the firewood to warm the children; fetch the water to bathe the children; and make the clothes to cover the children. Women are the "beast of burden" as they lead a child by the hand, carry a second child strapped to the back, and ballance a hundred-pound load on their head.

Although Taylor doesn't dwell on the subject, I see most members of the other gender spending their time drinking the home-brew beer and keeping the women supplied with children. Zimbabwe is a great place to be a male without a conscience.

If you want to gain a picture of the life of women in the Zimbabwe bush and get a hint of the beauty and depth of Shona beliefs, put this wonderful book #1 on your reading list! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Africa   2. Indigenous peoples   3. Sociolinguistics   4. Women's studies   

Subjects:  1. Development - Economic Development   2. Development Studies (Social Sciences)   3. Economic Conditions   4. Ethiopia   5. Indigenous peoples   6. Poverty   7. Social Science   8. Sociology   

Subjects:  1. Children's 9-12 - Sociology   2. Children: Grades 1-2   3. Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General   4. General   5. Juvenile Nonfiction   6. Juvenile literature   7. San (African people)   8. Social Science   

Subjects:  1. Africa   2. Art of indigenous peoples   3. Industrial / Commercial Art & Design   

Subjects:  1. Customs & folklore   2. Indigenous peoples   3. Landscape art & architecture   4. Republic of South Africa   

Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice   2. Legal Reference / Law Profession   3. African history: from c 1900 -   4. Anthropology   5. East Africa   6. Indigenous peoples   

Subjects:  1. Africa   2. Art of indigenous peoples   3. Pacific Ocean   4. Sculpture & other three-dimensional art forms   5. South East Asia   

Subjects:  1. Age groups   2. Anthropology - General   3. Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies - Tribes   4. Kenya   5. Masai (African people)   6. Matapatu   7. Rites and ceremonies   8. Social Science   9. Social life and customs   10. Sociology   11. East Africa   12. Ethnography   13. Indigenous peoples   14. Social & cultural anthropology   

Subjects:  1. Africa   2. Dance   3. Indigenous peoples   4. Photographs: collections   5. c 1945 to c 1960   6. c 1960 to c 1970   7. c 1970 to c 1980   8. c 1980 to c 1990