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This partial autobiography is a light-hearted account of Clive Spinage's attempts to gain a degree in zoology and then deals with his adventures as an ecologist, weaving together anecdote and history particularly of some of the lesser known African countries. His wide experience ranges from helping Uganda dictator Idi Amin take off at night in his private aircraft to the doubtful honour of attending Emperor Bocassa s coronation banquet at which it was rumoured human flesh was served. The author s dry sense of humour aptly describes his experiences and the colourful characters he has met; at the same time he treats us to an authoritative political history of Central Africa during the wind of change that so affected the continent.
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Clive Spinage first went to Kenya, Africa in 1953 but did not become a professional wild life ecologist until 1964 when he conducted antelope research in Uganda. Since then he has worked in Rwanda, Tanzania, the Central African Republic, Upper Volta and Botswana. He has been described as one of the world's leading authorities on African mammals. Author of many scientific papers, his best known books are "Animals of East Africa", "The Book of the Giraffe", "The Natural History of Antelopes", and "Elephants". This partial autobiography is a light-hearted account of his attempts to gain a degree in zoology and then deals with his adventures as an ecologist, weaving together anecdote and history particularly of some of the lesser known African countries. His wide experience ranges from helping Uganda dictator Idi Amin to take off at night in his private aircraft, the doubtful honour of attending Emperor Bocassa's coronation banquet at which it was rumoured human flesh was served.The author's dry sense of humour aptly describes his experiences and the colourful characters he met; at the same time he treats us to an authoritative political history of Central Africa during "the wind of change" which so affected the continent.
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- PublisherLibrario Publishing
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 1904440746
- ISBN 13 9781904440741
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages308
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FROM DARK HEART TO KALAHARI: THE NOT-SO-ECOLOGICAL ADVENTURES OF AN ECOLOGIST IN AFRICA.
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Librario Publishing. Milton Brodie, Moray. 2006.
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ISBN 10: 1904440746
ISBN 13: 9781904440741
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Book Description (Paperback, 2006). 2006 1st edition. 4to paperback. Pp307. B/w photographs, maps, bibliography. Slightly spine-faded but a fine unread paperback. The author began his time in Africa in Kenya in 1953, "but did not become a professional wildlife ecologist until 1964 when he conducted antelope research in Uganda". This book is an account of his subsequent career in ecological field research, his attempts to gain a degree in zoology as he went along and a great many observations on the life and politics of the countries he worked in. The action takes place in Burkina-Faso, the Central African Republic, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania and Botswana, and the reader is given first hand accounts, amongst others, of Idi Amin and emperor Bokassa's coronation. The author is well read in the European literature of these countries and devotes a lot of time to revisiting places described in the nineteenth century, such as the Kagas of the Central African Republic, otherwise unvisited by Europeans since. Well worth reading. . Seller Inventory # 17095
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