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Safari Jema
- A Journey of Love and Adventure from Casablanca to Cape Town
- De: Teresa O'Kane
- Narrado por: Jennifer Groberg
- Duración: 7 h y 50 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 14
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 13
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 13
Teresa O'Kane had always longed to see the world. She owned scads of travel books and maps and was about to buy yet another bookcase to hold the many Lonely Planet guides and travel essays that she had accumulated over the years when she turned to her husband and said, "I'm tired of storing our dreams. Let's live them!" Within a month, they bought one-way tickets to Morocco, leased out their home, and set out on a journey of the African continent top to bottom from Casablanca to Cape Town.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A different kind of safari....
- De Madelein Wentzel en 08-09-22
- Safari Jema
- A Journey of Love and Adventure from Casablanca to Cape Town
- De: Teresa O'Kane
- Narrado por: Jennifer Groberg
A different kind of safari....
Revisado: 08-09-22
I usually read serious History, Political books based on Africa or the countries within. This was a totally different experience and I loved it.
As a South African who has travelled somewhat extensively through southern Africa but mostly for work, I have often seen travelers such as the author and her husband, taking "bush taxi's" and busses and backpacking through rough neighborhoods. I couldn't help wondering about their experiences. The phrase "fools rush in where angels fear to tread" sometimes came to mind.
This book made me envious of those travelers. Oh but to experience the real grassroots Africa in this manner but just sprinkled here and there with a few good "touristy" experiences such as a time in a luxury lodge and a Vic Falls flyover. Maybe one day...
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The Eye of the Elephant
- An Epic Adventure in the African Wilderness
- De: Mark Owens, Delia Owens
- Narrado por: Donna Postel, Sean Runnette
- Duración: 11 h y 31 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 474
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 418
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 412
Intelligent, majestic, and loyal, with lifespans matching our own, elephants are among the greatest of the wonders gracing the African wilds. Yet in the 1970s and 1980s, about 1,000 of these captivating creatures were slaughtered in Zambia each year, killed for their valuable ivory tusks. When biologists Mark and Delia Owens, residing in Africa to study lions, found themselves in the middle of a poaching fray, they took the only side they morally could: that of the elephants.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I want to go there
- De Katherin en 05-11-19
- The Eye of the Elephant
- An Epic Adventure in the African Wilderness
- De: Mark Owens, Delia Owens
- Narrado por: Donna Postel, Sean Runnette
Definite read for conservationists
Revisado: 08-09-22
This was a difficult and sometimes depressing book to read as it journals the struggle of two "die-hard" conservationists in 1980's Zambia fully caught up in the shocking slaughter of Elephants in the Luanga Valley by commercial poachers.
Initially their plan was to continue studying Lions as they have in the Kalahari (journalled in a previous book titled "Cry of the Kalahari"), but from the start it is clear that they have a wildlife war on their hands.
Not shying away from controversy, Delia and Mark Owens are also the subjects of a New Yorker article titled "The Hunter" (April 5, 2010) about the death of a poacher during this tumultuous time.
I am certain the author of this article did not fully read this book, as anyone who has will feel the frustration of trying to save these beautiful animals only to be met with opposition, lies and even corruption at the highest levels of government.
Definitely a must read for anyone interested in Conservation of Elephants/ other animals in Africa.
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