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Author:Browning, Valerie.
Title:Maalika : my life among the Afar nomads of Africa / Valerie Browning and John Little.
Published:Sydney : Pan Macmillan Australia, 2008.
Description:264 p., [16] p. of plates : map ; 24 cm.
ISBN:9781405038454 (pbk.)
LC Call Number:JC571
Dewey Number:323.092
Summary:In 1973, Valerie Browning volunteered to go to Ethiopia to help the victims of a devastating famine. The continent and its people would become the guiding force of her life. Valerie and her husband Ismael have waged an incredible struggle, bringing health and education to a people who would otherwise have nothing.
Notes:Australian nurse Valerie Browning lives in one of the harshest places on earth - the desert of northern Ethiopia. She is married to Ismael, a clan leader of the nomadic Afar tribe. Together, they bring education and life-saving medical aid to the nomads. Valerie has adopted the Afar way of life and they have become haer people. To the Afar, she is known as 'Maalika' or 'Queen'. Valerie's memoir, is written with compassion, humour and unflinching honesty. It is an adventure story, a love story, and, above all, the chronicle of one woman's tireless dedication to making the world a better place.
Subjects:Browning, Valerie.
Human rights workers -- Biography.
Nurses -- Biography.
Afar (African people) -- Social life and customs.
Ethiopia -- Description and travel.
Other Authors:Little, John, 1942-
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