Danish Architect Publishes New Book about His Experiences Living Among the Rendille Nomads of Kenya

"When the Flies Once Owned the Camels and Eighty Other Stories of the Rendille," a new book by Anders Grum, has been released by Dorrance Publishing Co., Inc.

The Rendille camel nomads have for many centuries lived and moved with their herds of camels, goats, sheep and entire homesteads in the semi-desert and open bush land of northern Kenya in a vast area, too dry for growing crops or even for herding cattle like the Maasai.

In the 1970's Anders Grum, a Danish architect, and his family lived and moved for seven months with one nomadic Rendille settlement of fifty-two houses to study the habitation and migration of the camel nomads. As one source of understanding the Rendille way of life he collected traditional tales and myths. In this volume they are presented with more than two hundred photographs of traditional Rendille nomadic life in the 1970's.

The eighty-one stories give us a picture of the grandiose, but harsh environment; of tricksters and fools, cleverness and greed, of hardship and bravery, love and sex, and not least of respect for the camel.

"When the Flies Once Owned the Camels and Eighty Other Stories of the Rendille" is a 162-page paperback with a retail price of $25.00. The ISBN is 978-1-4349-1535-1. It was published by Dorrance Publishing Co., Inc of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. For more information, or to request a review copy, please go to our virtual pressroom at www.dorrancepressroom.com or our online bookstore at www.dorrancebookstore.com.