started reading this book under duress, I did not want to read it, but did to help my daughter through some of the African vocabulary and African names.
I actually liked it After I got to about chapteror, After reading it I can see why teachers are using this book for Social Studies, But, I was very disappointed that I could not locate a copy of this book from any of the local libraries so that I could have a copy at home to read on my own time.
I havent read this yet myself but I knew the author when I was a kid, He was my fourth and fifth grade science teacher, Although the women are forbidden to participate in the hunt, a young Bushman girl determines to realize her dream of hunting an ostrich.
This The Ostrich Chase's main theme is about gender affliation of women's skills and jobs in the San Tribe of Africa, This is a feminist book, although it is a children's book, The main character questions her assigned jobs as a provider based on her gender, The feeling of being held back and forbidden to explore man's work holds the greatest threat toward discovering oneself, MOSES LEON HOWARD, an American writer and educator, has written for children and adults for fifty years, A retired dean of a community college, he has worked as a biology teacher, assistant high school principal, and mentor and counselor for students at risk.
He lives in Tacoma, Washington, In addition to his long career as an educator in the U, S. , Mr. Howard served as a Fulbright Fellow in Africa and spent ten years training medical technologists and preparing secondary school teachers in Kampala, Uganda.
Mr. Howard has also published childrens books such as The Human Mandolin and other titles under the pen name Musa Nagenda, including Dogs of Fear and The Ostrich
Egg Shell Canteen.
.
Retrieve The Ostrich Chase Translated By Moses L. Howard Document
Moses L. Howard