“The Wind in the Bamboo: A Journey in Search of Asia’s ‘Negrito’ Indigenous People” reveals the plight of Black Indigenous Asians who were classified as a separate race and considered doomed to vanish. Defined as “Negrito” because they physically resemble small Africans, they may have the most ancient ancestry in Asia. Nearly exterminated by disease and a cataclysmic volcano, these extraordinary people now survive as forest hunter gatherers in only a few places: mainland Malaysia, the Philippines and India’s remote Andaman Islands. Some are still armed with spears and blowpipes, a few with cellphones and graduate degrees.
“The Wind in the Bamboo” examines issues of race, identity, the body, scientific classification and genocide, through a sweeping Chatwinesque narrative of journeys into the remaining lands of these ancient-heritage forest peoples. Edith Mirante presents the story of the “Negrito” peoples (the ultimate survivors) with candor, wit and compassion. “The Wind in the Bamboo” will enchant readers who wonder who we humans are, where we come from and where we are going.
Includes maps, illustrations and an extensive bibliography. "The Wind in the Bamboo" can serve as a resource for Black Indigenous Asians when they tell their own stories, revealing their own histories and literature.
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“The Wind in the Bamboo” examines issues of race, identity, the body, scientific classification and genocide, through a sweeping Chatwinesque narrative of journeys into the remaining lands of these ancient-heritage forest peoples. Edith Mirante presents the story of the “Negrito” peoples (the ultimate survivors) with candor, wit and compassion. “The Wind in the Bamboo” will enchant readers who wonder who we humans are, where we come from and where we are going.
Includes maps, illustrations and an extensive bibliography. "The Wind in the Bamboo" can serve as a resource for Black Indigenous Asians when they tell their own stories, revealing their own histories and literature.
Request it from your local bookstore or your favorite online bookseller or order here:
