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When the anthropologist returns to Kenya to begin fieldwork for a new research project, he meets a young man from the Taita Hills who is as interested in the United States as Smith is in Taita. This book tells the story of sorcery, redemption, and transnational friendship in the globalized twenty-first century.

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Contents Acknowledgments ix 1 Emails from the Field: An Introduction 2 English Makes You See Far 3 God Helps Those That Help Themselves 4 Good Ants, Bad Milk, and Ugly Deeds 5 The Power of Prayer 6 Works and Days 7 A Confrontation 8 Reflections Appendix: Members of Ngeti's Family Notes Bibliography

Email from Ngeti

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    A Paperback / softback by James H. Smith, Ngeti Mwadime

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      Publisher University of California Press
      Published 5 September 2014
      ISBN-13 9780520281127
      978-0520281127
      ISBN-10 0520281128
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      Published diaries, letters and journals Social and cultural anthropology

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      When the anthropologist returns to Kenya to begin fieldwork for a new research project, he meets a young man from the Taita Hills who is as interested in the United States as Smith is in Taita. This book tells the story of sorcery, redemption, and transnational friendship in the globalized twenty-first century.

      Table of Contents
      Contents Acknowledgments ix 1 Emails from the Field: An Introduction 2 English Makes You See Far 3 God Helps Those That Help Themselves 4 Good Ants, Bad Milk, and Ugly Deeds 5 The Power of Prayer 6 Works and Days 7 A Confrontation 8 Reflections Appendix: Members of Ngeti's Family Notes Bibliography

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