Matabeleland North
IntroductionThis article concentrates on the end of Selous’ life. Two names on the Great War...
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BackgroundFrederick Courteney Selous needs no introduction to readers interested in the history of...
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A letter written by Frederick Courteney Selous to his mother on 25 December 1878 from Inyati Mission
What set Selous apart from the other sporting pioneers of Zambesia in the 187-80’s were his...
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Introduction Most of what follows is taken from two sources. The first is the Reverend William...
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World-renowned Kenyan conservationist and fossil hunter Richard Erskine Frere Leakey, whose...
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31 January 1892. We made a long run today, from 7am until we reached Sesheke where Dr Livingstone...
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29 November 1891. “This morning, instead of starting, the carriers, led by two rascals, Bwete...
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IntroductionJames (Jas) Johnston funded the expedition himself, he believed this was the only way...
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Background to the current situationSources estimate that worldwide some 1.7 million trophies were...
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Vultures like hyenas, get a bad pressVultures are often perceived as lowly scavengers, but...
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sub-titled: When are ZimParks going to act against hunters who lure lions out of Hwange National...
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Today we are reminded that conflict between people and wild animals is one of the main threats to...
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South Africa makes the correct decision on the future of wildlife including lion breeding, rhino...
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Zimbabwe’s Amos Gwema won the 2020 Tusk Wildlife Ranger Award sponsored by the Nick Maughan...
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Events leading up to the U-turnIn an abrupt reversal after being granted concessions to carry out...
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George Westbeech did keep a diary but sadly most of it has been lost except for those parts...
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The book by Alfred James Bethell is compiled from a series of articles that he wrote up for The...
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IntroductionHenry Stabb’s meticulously kept diary provides a wealth of information on the...
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The Daily Telegraph on 15 June 2020 carried an editorial promoting Michael Ashcroft’s newly...
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The first European Visitors to view the Victoria Falls before the end of 1880The list below...
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Frank Oates (1840 - 1875) was the quintessential Victorian naturalist; his discoveries are...
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The following account is from the diary[i] of Norman MacLeod (entries are in Italics) and the...
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IntroductionThis article is about two subjects; George Westbeech and the road which he built and...
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Background For biographical details see the article Thomas Leask’s Life and Diaries...
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In January and February 2020 Zambia and Angola both received heavy seasonal rainfall which has...
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Three hundred kilometres south of Victoria Falls are the Makgadikgadi Pans in Botswana – a...
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Thomas Baines – more paintings from his Zambezi journeyMuch of the detail of the Zambezi...
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The Zambezi expedition There is no consistency in the Victorian descriptions of the 1858-9 Zambezi...
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Publishers Introduction In this facsimile book, probably the finest edition produced by Books...
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Three oral history statements were made in 1937 by amaNdebele warriors present at the killing of...
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IntroductionThe notes below are from the handwritten reminiscences of Percy Crewe (1862 –...
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The dry-stone buildings of Manyanga Monument ruins have been little described in the literature;...
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For the associated articles on the battle of Ntaba zika Mambo and the Manyanga Monument ruins and...
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In addition to the above names, the battle is also called Thabas Amamba, or Thabas a Mambo,...
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Percy Clark in his book Autobiography of an Old Drifter tells how Charles Fox, nephew of Sir...
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In 1874 Edwin Arnold, an editor with the London Daily Telegraph, had coined the phrase...
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I am very grateful to Gary Haynes for letting me quote from his article cited at the end of...
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The name Chizarira comes from the Batonga “chijalila,” or “sijalila”...
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The park is situated in the north western corner of Zimbabwe between Kazungula (the border to...
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One of the best-known protected areas in Zimbabwe is Hwange National Park. This Park is also...
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The Zambezi is the fourth longest river in Africa after the Nile, the Congo and the Niger and...
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The borders of both National Parks are partly shaped by the Zambezi River which also forms the...
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The top ten World sites include three from Africa; Victoria Falls, the great Rift Valley in Kenya...
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