WHERE FIRE SPEAKS
With an introduction by Hugh Brody
Arsenal Pulp Press 2002
Winner: BC Book Prize for Nonfiction

The Himba live on the edge of the Kalahari Desert. In 1996, we visited northern Namibia to find out how a proposed hydro-electric dam would impact their herding economy and culture. In this out-of-the-way corner of Africa, industrial resource extraction and mass tourism were just beginning and we found ourselves drawn to the contact zone between these tribal people and the global economy.

An impressive collaborative work of non-fiction. 

-Calgary Herald

Handsomely produced, thought-provoking. 

-Publisher's Weekly

When I woke up after having read Where Fire Speaks, I thought I'd seen a film, and it took me a moment to remember I was recalling a book.
-Deborah Campbell, author This Heated Place

Witty and often poignant, these photographs tell the layered stories of a traditional culture embracing the contemporary world. And the sensitive probing text reminds us that there is no longer an 'end of the earth.' This is the story of the new global community, told with insight and honesty by two Canadians roaming through northern Namibia.
-Kim Echlin, novelist Elephant Winter, and Dagmar's Daughter

To their credit, the authors are wise enough to offer only observations, not answers, and the tale is told in a self-effacing observational style that is very refreshing. 

-ascent magazine

In a compact form, Campion and Shields present a moving portrayal of one of the world's numerous indigenous peoples coming to terms with, on one hand, their traditional life and identity and, on the other, the enticements and forces of modernity.
-Crank Magazine