Word: clan
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Instead of selling fifty hectares of rainforest to lumber companies as many of their neighbors had, the Wanang clan of Papua New Guinea had a different idea: use the plot for scientific purposes...
Under the terms of a deal between the clan and scientists, the land will be used for research on climate change in a joint venture that includes Harvard’s Arnold Arboretum and the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute’s Center for Tropical Forest Science...
Apart from providing economic development for the members of the clan, the venture will be an important part of the CTFS’ work...
Hours before polls opened in the U.S., the people of Kogelo were celebrating the ascension of one of their own to the most powerful office in the world. It's a miracle for the clan known as the Jor'Obama, or "People of Obama"--after Malik and Barack's grandfather--but it's murder on their animals. Meat is highly prized in a poor community like Kogelo, a pretty village with views of the green hills north of Lake Victoria. Cows and goats are the main measure of wealth here, and most villagers maintain a vegetarian diet. The past...
...Obama have gone from barefoot subsistence farmers to the U.S. presidency in two generations. Many still live the life of their grandfather, growing maize, millet and sweet potatoes and tending cows, chickens, goats and ducks. As the first-born son of the first-born son, Malik is the clan head, and at night the men build a fire outside his hut, drink moonshine and talk...