Books by G Whitney Azoy
Buzkashi
by G Whitney Azoy
Buzkashi means, literally, goat-grabbing. It is a very famous game played in North Afghanistan, which is a bit like polo played with a dead goat, or rather a calf because the Afghans say a goat is too fragile and the game ends too fast! People often talk about Afghan politics as a buzkashi, by which they mean a free-for-all. What Azoy noticed was that it was a non-violent way of doing politics. The game was a way of working out who was powerful and who wasn’t.
Interviews where books by G Whitney Azoy were recommended
The best books on Afghanistan, recommended by Thomas Barfield
Anthropologist and Afghanistan expert Thomas Barfield gives a panoramic view of Afghanistan, from founding dynasties to the failed central Asian states of today. He picks the best books on Afghanistan.
