Northampton novelist explores East African conflicts
Northampton novelist explores East African conflicts Updated Feb 05, 2021; Posted Feb 03, 2021 Retired Smith College professor Elliot M. Fratkin has penned “Maasai: A Novel of Love, War, and Witchcraft in 19th century East Africa.” Facebook Share After a career in academic anthropology writing non-fiction studies of Maasai and related peoples, Elliot M. Fratkin, a retired professor of anthropology and African Studies at Smith College here, published a personal memoir of fieldwork in 2012, “Laibon: An Anthropologist’s Journey with Samburu Diviners of Kenya.” But now he has turned h...
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