05091nam 2201081 450 991079100430332120240215145726.00-520-28112-80-520-95940-X10.1525/9780520959408(CKB)2550000001333546(EBL)1711016(OCoLC)884645806(SSID)ssj0001288738(PQKBManifestationID)12443555(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001288738(PQKBWorkID)11295454(PQKB)10209960(MiAaPQ)EBC1711016(DE-B1597)519179(OCoLC)1100535756(DE-B1597)9780520959408(Au-PeEL)EBL1711016(CaPaEBR)ebr10898573(CaONFJC)MIL630035(OCoLC)891163185(EXLCZ)99255000000133354620140809h20142014 uy 0engur|nu---|u||utxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierEmail from Ngeti an ethnography of sorcery, redemption, and friendship in global Africa /James H. Smith and Ngeti MwadimeOakland, California :University of California Press,2014.©20141 online resource (241 pages)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-28110-1 1-306-98784-9 Includes bibliographical references.Front matter --Contents --Acknowledgments --1. Emails from the Field: An Introduction --2. English Makes You See Far --3. God Helps Those That Help Themselves --4. Good Ants, Bad Milk, and Ugly Deeds --5. The Power of Prayer --6. Works and Days --7. A Confrontation --8. Reflections --Appendix of Names --Notes --BibliographyEmail from Ngeti is a captivating story of sorcery, redemption, and transnational friendship in the globalized twenty-first century. When the anthropologist James Smith returns to Kenya to begin fieldwork for a new research project, he meets Ngeti Mwadime, a young man from the Taita Hills who is as interested in the United States as Smith is in Taita. Ngeti possesses a savvy sense of humor and an unusual command of the English language, which he teaches himself by watching American movies and memorizing the Oxford English Dictionary. Smith and Mwadime soon develop a friendship that comes to span years and continents, impacting both men in profound and unexpected ways. For Smith, Ngeti can be understood as an exemplar of a young generation of Africans navigating the multiplicity of contemporary African life-a process that is augmented by globalized culture and the Internet. Keenly aware of the world outside Taita and Kenya, Ngeti dreams big, with endless plans for striking it rich. As he struggles to free himself from what he imagines to be the hold of the past, he embarks on an odyssey that takes him to local diviners, witch-finders, Pentecostal preachers, and prophets. This is the fascinating ethnography of Mwadime and Smith, largely told through their shared emails, journals, and recorded conversations in the field. Throughout, the reader is struck by the immediacy and poignancy of coauthor Ngeti's narrative, which marks a groundbreaking shift in the nature of anthropological fieldwork and writing.Taita (African people)Social life and customsTaita (African people)Religious lifeWitchcraftKenyaTaita HillsEthnographyTaita Hills (Kenya)Social life and customs21st century international relations.africa.african studies.anthropology.connectivity.cultural anthropology.cultural studies.discussion books.engaging.ethnographic research.friendship.global africa.globalization.internet.journal entries.kenya.lively.local diners.multiplicity of african life.new research project.pentecostal preachers.prophets.realistic.recorded conversations.redemption.religion.shared emails.sorcery.transnational.witch finders.young generation.Taita (African people)Social life and customs.Taita (African people)Religious life.WitchcraftEthnography.305.896/395Smith James H.1970-1494997Mwadime NgetiMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910791004303321Email from Ngeti3718931UNINA