Warrior Princess by Mindy Bugdor

Warrior Princess by Mindy Bugdor

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A hilarious fish-out-of-water memoir of empowerment, by a woman determined to become the first female Maasai Warrior

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Warrior Princess by Mindy Bugdor

Tired of her job, bored of waiting for her university application to be processed, Mindy Budgor decided to make some changes. Driven by cultural curiosity, passion, fearlessness and a set of Jewish parents breathing fire down her neck, she bought herself a ticket to Kenya to volunteer on a building project in the Maasai Mara. After two weeks of working, sharing meals, and hiking at dawn with the Maasai, Mindy asked the chief why there were no female warriors. His terse reply -- that women 'aren't strong enough or brave enough to do men's work' -- hit a nerve. Mindy and her fellow volunteer Becca lobbied the chief to train them to become Maasai warriors. Trading in their Egyptian cotton pillowcases, cushy mattresses, down-filled quilts and matzah ball soup for leaf beds, tattered wool blankets and goat head soup, Mindy and Becca began a new routine of slaughtering goats and cows, spear training, buffalo hunting and drinking animal blood. Ultimately they transformed the chief's notions of female strength and courage and were inducted into the clan, becoming the world's first female Maasai warriors.
In her first year at the University of Wisconsin, Mindy Budgor started her first business, CollegeButler, a concierge service for undergraduates which she sold several years later. She currently attends the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and is an MBA candidate.
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ISBN 13 9781743314470
ISBN 10 1743314477
Title Warrior Princess
Author Mindy Bugdor
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Allen & Unwin
Year published 2013-08-15
Number of pages 352
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.