Lady Duff Gordon’s Letters from The Cape
Lady Duff Gordon (Lucie) traveled to Cape Town in the 1860s, and chronicled her trip with letters home, which are available from various sources as “Letters from the Cape.” From that volume: From ship...
View ArticleHappy Day of Reconciliation!
Formerly known as Day of the Vow, as South African holiday, and a time of reflection on dramatic historical and cultural changes. In 1836 about 400 or so southern African farmers of European Ancestry,...
View ArticleCelebrate Freedom Day
I started to work in Africa in the mid 1980s. Since I had been admitted to a graduate program that was heavily involved with work in Kenya, it would make sense that I’d work there, but I was well aware...
View ArticleNo Way Home
When wildebeest, such as those famous for crossing the Mara River in Tanzania during their annual migration, run into a crocodile or some other danger it is often the first time they’ve seen that...
View ArticleWildlife of Southern Africa
Wildlife of Southern Africa , by Martin Withers and David Hosking, is new (August 2011) and good. If you are planning a trip to South Africa, Namibia, Botswana or anywhere nearby, or if you live there...
View ArticleManspace
In an old colonial-looking restaurant that served ten kinds of steaks, I met up with an experienced explorer and a local farmer, to have dinner and discuss plans for an upcoming research project that...
View ArticleHow I captured the Ghost of the McGregor Museum: A True Story
A City of Death and Misery Everything I’m about to tell you in this story is true.1 You might not want to read this story while you are alone or while sitting in the dark.2 Kimberley South Africa is...
View ArticleThe Oldest Human Bones, Jebel Irhoud, Morocco
You’ve heard to story. I’m here to give you a little context. But in case you haven’t heard the story, this is from the press release which is, so far, the only information generally available: New...
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