The Prophet's Camel Bell

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When Margaret Laurence set out for Somaliland with her engineer husband in 1950, she confronted the difficulty of communication between peoples of vastly different cultures. Yet she came to know the skilled orators, poets and craftsmen of the country, and to share the vision of a people’s struggle for survival in a barren land. The Prophet’s Camel Bell is part travelogue, part autobiography, part celebration of human nature, and essential reading for anyone who has ever been a stranger in a strange land. From the Paperback edition.

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  The Prophet's Camel Bell: A Memoir of Somaliland

  • 2012-10-12
  • 256 pages
  • Ebook
  • University of Chicago Press

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