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Going South tracing the Masai from the Middle East to East Africa Paul Kunoni ; edited by Kaziwa Salih
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kunoni, Paul, author.
- Series:
- Middle Eastern Studies (Lived Places Publishing)
- Middle Eastern Studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Maasai (African people)--Migrations--History.
- Maasai (African people).
- Ethnology--Africa, Eastern.
- Ethnology.
- Sociology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Edition:
- First edition
- Place of Publication:
- New York, N.Y. : Lived Places Publishing 2026
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Going South: Tracing the Masai from the Middle East to East Africa by Paul Nkuo Kunoni traces the historical, cultural, and political pathways that shaped the Masai people and their enduring legacy in the region. A multigenerational narrative tracing a Maasai family from ancient migrations to colonial upheaval, postcolonial struggle, and modern asylum. Blending history, memoir, and anthropology, it follows Lenku's journey across Kenya, the United States, and Canada, revealing how ancestry, displacement, and resilience shape African lives in a world marked by migration
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half-Title Page
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Copyright Page
- Acknowledgements
- Abstract
- Book-level learning objective
- Table of Contents
- Disclaimer
- Content warning
- Prologue
- Introduction
- Methodological statement
- Book structure
- Significance of the study
- Part I Roots, knowledge, and the becoming of An Empire
- 1 The lineage of smoke and iron
- 2 The prophecy of a mysterious calf
- 3 The prophetic lineage
- 4 The hippo tale
- 5 The inheritance dilemma
- 6 The feast and the curse
- 7 The return to Kaputiei
- 8 The prison's bulls
- 9 From spear to service
- 10 The making of moral unions
- 11 The builder becomes the tenant
- 12 The name that healed a house
- 13 The curse of the green fence
- 14 Enkopiro rising
- Part II Research frontiers and ethical encounters
- 1 When the rivers met
- 2 Roots, responsibilities, and resilience
- 3 The river of balance
- 4 Stewards of the land
- 5 New politics of opportunity
- 6 The wine that announced a silence
- 7 Reconfiguration of courage
- 8 Crisis of domestic order
- 9 The house between two nations
- 10 From spears to songs and goals
- 11 The age of learning
- 12 The rise of the desk
- 13 Moral economics of belonging
- 14 Landscapes of memory
- Part III Professional formation and transnational mobility
- 1 The making of a young scientist
- 2 Quiet logic of encounter
- 3 Social order among the Maasai
- 4 Ethics of survival
- 5 Landscapes of research, knowledge, and risks
- 6 Mapping memory and medicine in Laikipia
- 7 When the world opened
- 8 Unsettled geographies of return
- 9 Journey of resilience
- 10 Return to identity
- 11 Village recognition and independence
- Part IV Diaspora, precarity, and reassembled belonging
- 1 Between care and racial boundaries
- 2 A shared vulnerability
- 3 A life in transition
- 4 Crossing America, finding Maine
- 5 A journey through snow and sun
- 6 The Cornerstone Shelter
- 7 Northbound Thresholds
- 8 Learning to Belong
- Epilogue
- The Long Shadow of the Journey South
- Book-Ending Suggested Projects / Assignments / Discussion Questions
- Recommended Further Readings
- References
- Author's Biography
- Subject Index
- Names Index
- Terminology Index
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Description based on Publisher's website, viewed June 05, 2026
- Other Format:
- Print version Going South : tracing the Masai from the Middle East to East Africa.
- ISBN:
- 9781915271976
- 9781915271983
- OCLC:
- 1591639319
- Publisher Number:
- 10.62859/9781915271969 DOI
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