Women and Land in Africa Culture, Religion and Realizing Women's Rights Book

A strangely personal yet antiseptic look at one of the more whimsical UFO cults out there. Not quite Unarius-silly, but not Heaven's Gate-bleak either, the Raëlians claim to have cloned human beings, they support sexual freedom and deplore FGM, and they're going to meet our cosmic makers just as soon as humanly possible (and maybe sooner). There's no angry Operation Clambake protest here and no bizarre celebrity testimonials either. From what Professor Palmer tells us, these folks just seem to be having a lovely time, and we're welcome to join them. I would have liked this book better if it evinced the slightest sense of humor regarding its subject matter, but as it stands it's a valuable, entertaining overview of a harmless gaggle of loons.