David Tait Books

David Tait's writings offer an in-depth exploration of the Konkomba people, highlighting their political system alongside insights into their social and religious life. Drawing from five years of personal experience, this volume presents both published and previously unpublished material, providing a comprehensive understanding of the Konkomba culture and community dynamics.

Written from Shanghai with a global perspective, By Degrees bears witness to the surreality and devastation of day-to-day life in the midst of a pandemic. Ghastly football matches, Skype funerals, and innumerable candles lit for the dead are recorded with disbelief, with horror, and with heart-rending empathy.