Nisa the life and words of a kung woman nisa opens with an introduction by shostak detailing her own preparations and expectations for her first trip to the dobe region of africa in northwest botswana and at the edge of the kalahari desert shostak describes nisas people the zhun twasi real people bushmen who are hunter gatherers and . Summary of nisa the life and words of a kung woman january 2021 doi 1013140 rg221888486409. Nisa the life and words of a kong woman by marjorie shostak this book from 1981 is made up of interviews that the author had with a african tribal woman who was of people who were still involved with lives of hunter gathering i read it because i was curious about what life was like before agriculture before work and everything that came with all that more recent development of humankind. Nisa the life and words of a kung woman is a memoir by nisa and marjorie shosta that was first published in 1981 summary read a plot overview of the entire book or a chapter by chapter summary and analysis