ELDORET: An African Poetics of Technology. by Swiderski, Richard M.

ELDORET: An African Poetics of Technology.

Edition: First printing.

Tucson: University of Arizona Press, (1995.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Based on two years of living in the market town of Eldoret, in the highlands of Kenya, this is a look at how Africans 'make do' with both modern and traditional materials, both imported and indigenous, to create a useful technology. An unconventional approach to cultural anthropology and a lively picture of a growing urban area. Illustrated with line drawingsby the author. Bibliography, index. 228 pp. ISBN: 0-8165-14941.

Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (as new.)

Book ID: 26823
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