Warrior Princess: My quest to become the first female Maasai warrior - Couverture souple

Bugdor, Mindy

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1743314477 ISBN 13 : 9781743314470

Editeur : Allen & Unwin, 2013

Synopsis

Tired of her job, bored of waiting for her university application to be processed, Mindy Budgor decided to make some changes. Driven by cultural curiosity, passion, fearlessness and a set of Jewish parents breathing fire down her neck, she bought herself a ticket to Kenya to volunteer on a building project in the Maasai Mara.

After two weeks of working, sharing meals, and hiking at dawn with the Maasai, Mindy asked the chief why there were no female warriors. His terse reply -- that women 'aren't strong enough or brave enough to do men's work' -- hit a nerve. Mindy and her fellow volunteer Becca lobbied the chief to train them to become Maasai warriors.

Trading in their Egyptian cotton pillowcases, cushy mattresses, down-filled quilts and matzah ball soup for leaf beds, tattered wool blankets and goat head soup, Mindy and Becca began a new routine of slaughtering goats and cows, spear training, buffalo hunting and drinking animal blood. Ultimately they transformed the chief's notions of female strength and courage and were inducted into the clan, becoming the world's first female Maasai warriors.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

In her first year at the University of Wisconsin, Mindy Budgor started her first business, CollegeButler, a concierge service for undergraduates which she sold several years later. She currently attends the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and is an MBA candidate.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Allen & Unwin
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1743314477
• ISBN 13: 9781743314470
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 352
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible