Hadzabe: By The Light of a Million Fires

An unprecedented inside account of the Hadzabe, one of the world’s last hunter-gatherer societies, told through their own eyes. Working closely with a committee of Hadzabe elders in the remote Yaeda Valley of Tanzania, Daudi Peterson draws on the oral history that has unfolded around countless fires in their bush camps over thousands of years. Building on years accompanying Hadzabe in the field, Daudi and Trude Peterson, together with photographer Jon Cox, document daily hunter-gatherer life, culture, and knowledge: digging tubers, collecting honey and medicinal plants, hunting game, and making tools from the materials at hand. Richly illustrated with photographs, drawings, and Hadzabe handwritten text, the book is an innovative approach to documenting one of the world’s most distinctive surviving indigenous cultures. Also available in Swahili as Wahadzabe Kwenye Nuru ya Mioto Milioni. Internationally distributed by African Books Collective.