slides – Samburu Research

February 9, 2014July 30, 2019 Jane Levi presentation, Research, slides

Presentation and Samburu milk tasting at the Weston A. Price UK Conference

Jane Levi presented an illustrated talk, ‘The Smoke Cured Fermented Milk of the Samburu‘, and hosted a tasting of her reconstruction of the smoke-cured fermented milk of the Samburu for participants at the Weston A. Price conference on Saturday February 8th.

October 13, 2012July 30, 2019 William Rubel presentation, Research, slides

Preserving Samburu Milk Culture and Practices: talk at SOAS Food Forum

William Rubel and Jane Levi were invited by Professor Harry West to present their research on Samburu milk culture and practices to the Food Forum at SOAS, University of London on Friday 12th October. Their illustrated talk was followed by a lively discussion with members of the Food Forum. A copy of their slides can be viewed here.

Samburu County is a region in the north of Kenya, largely populated by the Samburu tribe, a group of nomadic pastoralists closely related to the Maasai living a traditional life on common land. The Samburu speak northern Maa, though everyone speaks Swahili and everyone who has been to school also speaks English. The area is changing very rapidly with traditional culture practices declining rapidly.

Samburu Research is an American organisation with Kenyan partners, formed by William Rubel in collaboration with local Samburu friends and colleagues. Together we work with local communities to research and document Samburu culture for the benefit of current and future generations, and to communicate those research outputs to the local community as well as to the outside world.