Where Fire Speaks: A Visit With the Himba (Parallax)

Editorial Reviews. From Publishers Weekly. Canadian journalist Shields and photographer Campion, funded by the International Center for Human Rights and .
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But the world of the Himba sits in the shadow of third-world development and the inevitability of change that threatens their way of life; now, they are more likely to attend evangelical church services, congregate around the liquor trader's truck, journey to the big town to visit the hospital, and pose for tourists' photographs.


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Sandra Shields and David Campion spent two months living with the Himba, and this book, a provocative melding of images and narrative, tells the kind of story that other publications mention only in passing, the story that is the unspoken subtext of many a travel adventure. The profound changes in the lives of the Himba-both gradual and immediatewhich the authors bear witness to are a testament to those effecting indigenous people around the world.

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Where Fire Speaks also takes an unflinching look at what we do in order to satisfy our obsession with documenting the exotic. The act of taking photographs lies at the heart of this book. The terrain being explored here is caught in the question that one Himba headman put to a film crew: Why are you all so interested in us, anyway'. Full of small revelations and grand gestures, Where Fire Speaks is a new kind of photo documentary book which depicts the once-exotic frontier as a place of great human truths.

It provides a unique opportunity for readers to stand with the Himba and experience for themselves the meaning of the contact zone.

Where Fire Speaks A Visit With The Himba Parallax

Includes more than black and white photographs. Winner, Hubert Evans Prize for Non-fiction.


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Exquisite and sensual, witty and often poignant, David Campion's photographs tell the layered stories of a traditional culture embracing the contemporary world. And Sandra Shields' sensitive and probing text reminds us that there is no longer an "end of the earth.

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But I do question whether that's a distinction that the Himba saw, and whether that distinction would make a difference to them. I will note that I think seeking money from something that's going to happen anyway -- i.

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Shields seeks a neutral perspective -- falling neither on the side of yes, bring in the dam, bring in change nor on the side of keep this culture untouched -- but my impression is that the more she sees the less she likes the idea of the culture changing. She makes an interesting point about education, that the low level of education that is sometimes available to Himba youth is enough to give them a thirst for more but not enough to give them the skills to really succeed in the 'modern' world Interesting book with wonderful photos; although I have reservations about a number of non-conclusions drawn, it made me think quite a bit, and that's never a bad thing.


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Jun 04, Kevin rated it really liked it. This engaging, well-written, and entertaining story depicts one woman's encounter with the Himba, as she researches the effects a proposed dam construction might have on their culture. In addition to issues relating to the dam, though, the author gets the Himba's perspective both older generation and new on topics such as money, family, health, education, and sex.

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There are plenty of books out there that highlight the good and bad effects of "modernization" of traditional cultures, but I liked t This engaging, well-written, and entertaining story depicts one woman's encounter with the Himba, as she researches the effects a proposed dam construction might have on their culture. There are plenty of books out there that highlight the good and bad effects of "modernization" of traditional cultures, but I liked that this story did it in a way that wasn't preachy.

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