{"product_id":"karibu","title":"Karibu","description":"\u003ch3 dir=\"ltr\"\u003eKARIBU\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch4 dir=\"ltr\"\u003eFarmers' Knowledge and Living Heritage of the Comoros Archipelago\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eAt the edge of the Indian Ocean lies an archipelago where the moon seems almost to touch the sea. It was long called Djazaïr-el-Kamar, the Islands of the Moon. A land of stories and djinns, where vivid green meets an ocean blue that carries on across the walls of houses and mosques.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eKARIBU\u003c\/em\u003e enters the ways people inhabit Ngazidja, Mwali, Ndzuwani and Maore. Four islands, four presences, four memories held by tales, hospitality, knowledge and the inheritance of place.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA book in six gestures\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe book unfolds as an approach. First we observe the archipelago from the open sea; then we listen to its languages and voices; we touch its stone and its history: sultanates, coral palaces, medinas, the plantation era. Then we smell: the tree that guards the plot, ylang-ylang picked at dawn, the wood of the djahazi, infusion leaves, msindzano on the skin. We taste the ceremonies, the meals prepared together, the twarab of the grand mariage. And we pass on - which is where everything is decided.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat the book argues\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eComorian farming is not presented here as poor or rudimentary, but as a refined way of organising scarce land so that it can carry several forms of life at once. That is the book's quiet argument: Comorian farmers' knowledge is intangible cultural heritage, and deserves to be documented as such.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVoices and images\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eMost photographs are by Sofia Mmadi, pictures taken close to life, in celebration, in the silences before solemn moments, in the fields at daybreak. Art direction, research and design by Ava Xia, environmental researcher and designer, founder of LORE.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe book carries testimonies from Abderemane S. M. Wadjih (writer, anthropologist and storyteller), Achata Soilihi (founder of the Cohésie brand), the Collectif du Patrimoine des Comores, and Sittina Farate Ibrahima (agronomist, founder of Biozen Beauty). QR codes open onto the sounds and voices of the archipelago.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e146 pages · 7 × 10 in · full colour · text in French\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vergers du Monde Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54718535598418,"sku":null,"price":50.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1109\/2803\/6178\/files\/cov_baac9209-b1f6-43ba-920c-c407669de644.png?v=1789363216","url":"https:\/\/vergersdumondepress.com\/products\/karibu","provider":"Vergers du Monde Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}