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Extinction faces the Jarawa, perhaps the oldest tribe of human beings in the world, because of a road that runs through pristine forests in the Indian-administered Andaman Islands, in the Bay of Bengal, and no one seems to care.
Tourists take the road each day to try and get selfies with the tribespeople, who came from what is now Botswana at least 60,000 years ago.
Once proud of their independence, the Jarawa are now tempted with biscuits and trinkets, as if they were exotic animals in a human safari park. They cannot survive like this.
In his astonishing book, Jonathan Lawley returns to what was once a penal colony built by the British to house Indian mutineers.
He asks what responsibility colonial administrators like his grandfather may have had for the sad plight of these palaeolithic hunter-gatherers, and what the Indian government should be doing to protect them.
Sumptuously illustrated with the author’s never-before-seen archive photographs.
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Endorsements
John Simpson, World Affairs Editor, BBC News
‘Deeply moving. Deserves our support.’
Matthew Parris, Writer and Broadcaster
‘Anthropologically important, with a message pivotal to the survival of an indigenous island society on the edge of extinction.’
Richard Luce, former U.K. government minister
‘A fascinating book. I strongly recommend it.’
Author Biography
Jonathan Lawley was born in N.E. India (now Pakistan) with family links going back five generations to the East India Company. After Indian independence, he moved to Africa, becoming the last white district commissioner in Zambia.
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- Publisher EnvelopeBooks
- Publication Date December 2020
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9781838172015
- Publication Country or regionUnited Kingdom
- FormatPaperback
- Pages192
- ReadershipGeneral
- Publish StatusPublished
- Copyright Year2020
- Page size8" x 5" (203.2 x 127) mm
- IllustrationIllustrated with the author's archive photographs
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