Maalika : my life among the Afar nomads of Africa / Valerie Browning and John Little.

Australian nurse Valerie Browning lives in one of the harshest places on earth - the desert of norther Ethiopia. She is married to Ismael, a clan leader of the nomadic Afar tribe. Together they bring education and life-saving medical aid to the nomads. Valerie has adopted the Afar way of life and they have become her people. To the Afar, she is known as 'Maalika' or 'Queen'. Her work takes her into the desert, walking long distances in searing heat, living on bread and camel's milk, and sleeping rough. But hardship is nothing new to this remarkable woman, During thirty years of living in the Horn of Africa, she has nursed famine victims in Ethiopia, helped independence fighters in Eritrea, supported guerilla soldiers in Djibouti and reported undercover on human rights abuses in Ethiopia. She has risked her life many times for her belief in justice.