BLOG 8: NISA - The Life and Words of an !Kung Woman (1969-1976)

NISA - The Life and Words of an !Kung Woman


The narrator, Nisa starts explaining that she was a poor person with a happy heart when ever she would receive food. She felt that she lived in a bush, meaning that her father was a gather hunter while she had to stay at home. During the day of her marriage, she cried because she didn't have the liberty to choose with who she wanted to marry. Nisa realized that who ever she is going to marry with, he will have sex with her, kill and bring food to eat.

In the middle of the story, Nisa looses her husband a blamed everything on God. She really "loved" him just like two young adult who knows how to love. She felt sad, broken and miserable. Nisa does a good explanation of the pain when loosing a love one or a close member of the family. God destroys everything and is the cause of people death apparently to Nisa.

To summarize, Nisa is telling a story of what could have been the life of a women during the Paleolithic era. Her equality and freedom has never taken into account just because of her gender.

We talked in class how her story "The Life and Words of an !Kung Women" which part was an evidence and vice versa. In addition, in class we said that since Nisa wasn't born and never actually lived during the Paleolithic era, most of her evidence weren't correct.

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