Eat the Pig by Janice Harper

When tribal elders in the rainforests of Madagascar join forces with their local anthropologist to take care of an unmannerly pig, they decide to throw a sacrificial feast and good old fashioned hootenanny. But all hell breaks loose when another white girl comes to town and allegations of spying, betrayal and witchcraft abound. In this gonzo-anthropology tale from her fieldwork experience in Madagascar, anthropologist Janice Harper tells a hilarious story of what happens when an unruly pig, a culturally-challenged photographer, and a temperamental anthropologist battle over territory, moonshine and rainforest party manners as the drunken monarchy looks on.Janice Harper is a regular contributor to The Huffington Post and Psychology Today. Her critically-acclaimed ethnography of Madagascar, Endangered Health, Illness and Death Among Madagascar's People of the Forest was nominated for the Margaret Mead Award. This is a story about what it was really like . . .