Taken Captive by Birds

Download or read book Taken Captive by Birds written by Marguerite Poland and published by Penguin Global. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taken Captive By Birds is a collection of Marguerite Poland’s ‘discovery’ of birds as a child and the role they have played in her and her family’s life. Interwoven with the personal story are the myths, traditions and meanings behind birds and their names within Zulu and Xhosa culture. The book is divided into 18 chapters, each of which loosely deals with one particular bird or, sometimes, a grouping of birds. Beautifully illustrated by Craig Ivor van Vuuren, this collaboration promises to become one of the classic South African publications.