{"product_id":"brother-mambo-finding-africa-in-the-amazon-paperback-1","title":"Brother Mambo: Finding Africa in the Amazon - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJ. D. Lenoir\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePhil (Kutukutu) Ceder\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBrother Mambo\u003c\/em\u003e is a memoir of an anthropology graduate student who set out to document African cultural influences in the Guianas of South America. His initial study plan blocked by local immigration officials, he followed a hummingbird and other oracles to an Amazonian river and the Pamakans, Africans who had escaped slave plantations in Suriname to rebuild a society in the rainforest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLiving among the Pamakans more than three years, he learned, with the help and friendship of young KutuKutu, how the Pamakans think and act. He describes their brilliant concepts of life and death, and the impact of missionaries and the market economy on their villages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis initial loneliness in the close, suspicious, and very foreign environment, led to his gradual acceptance as one of them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLenoir ultimately married a Pamakan woman and started a family. This work is a continuing collaboration with KutuKutu, the Pamakan teenager who became a steadfast confidant the first day the author arrived at their village.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 198\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.42 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 10, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52464948019507,"sku":"9781684338771","price":34.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/VUttZ3J3YU1RRGVQNUU3SVVmcXBmUT09_5c893f6b-b64c-4a2b-bb2b-05bcda65df97.webp?v=1759269323","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/brother-mambo-finding-africa-in-the-amazon-paperback-1","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}