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  Index

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  Aathi, see Dorobo

  Aathi Plain, 32

  Abatwa (Twa; Small People), 23, 39, 208, 210, 215, 227

  Aberdares, 25, 30, 152–53, 164

  acacias (thorn trees), 7, 43–44, 139–40, 216, 237

  Adamson, George, 46

  Adamson, Terence, 41–42

  Afro-Asiatics, 4

  agriculture, 142, 176–77, 214–15

  Agumba, 38–39

  Albert Park, 31

  Allia Bay, 58, 59, 61–62, 68

  Amboseli, 150, 164

  Anderson, Jock, 45, 59–62

  Angola, 19

  antelope, 13, 16, 44, 51, 78, 95, 126, 149

  dik-diks, 48, 78, 87, 245–46

  elands, 51, 78, 93, 149, 150, 179

  gazelles, 41, 78, 79, 81, 85, 87, 90–91, 120, 128, 149, 179, 202

  impalas, 44, 137, 149

  kongonis, 87, 149

  oryxes, 41, 46, 105, 149, 150

  reedbucks, 88

  wildebeest, 76, 78–79, 81–82, 90, 124, 149, 179, 202

  ant lions, 45–46

  ants, 45–46, 124

  Arabs, 2, 5, 6, 23, 24, 27, 41, 57, 93, 97, 142, 235

  Archer’s Post, 47

  Ardai Plain, 153

  Ariangulo, 152, 232

  Arusha, 141, 144, 153, 201, 208, 209, 230–32, 241

  Arusa, 176

  Asians, 23, 29, 33, 93, 114

  Athi River, 151

  Australopithecus, 73, 215

  A. boisei, 58

  Azanians, 21–24, 57

  Babili, Gabriel, 10, 13, 14

  badgers, honey, 121–22

  Bagamoyo, 142

  Bahi Swamp, 143

  Bahr el Ghazal, 2

  Bajun, 23

  Baker, Samuel, 11

  Banagi River, 113, 131

  Bantu, 12, 20–24, 26, 33, 39, 40, 57, 58, 92–94, 98, 103, 104, 109–10, 112–13, 129, 164, 176–78, 182, 191–92, 209, 210–12, 217

  bao, 69

  baobab trees, 1, 7, 151–52, 253

  Barabaig, 93, 210–11, 217–18, 249

  Baragoi, 71

  Bari, 12, 93

  Beasley, John, 166–68, 171

  Bedarians, 4

  Bedouins, 5, 57

  bees, 170, 239–40

  beetles, 83, 124, 185

  Bell, Karamoja, 99, 195

  Belwa, 178

  Berbers, 51

  Bergdama, 227

  Bilad al-Sudan, 4

  bilharzia, 135, 190, 233

  Black God, 202

  Blixen, Bror von, 99, 110

  Blixen, Karen (Isak Dinesen), 35–36, 108, 153, 161

  Boers, 24

  Boran, 40, 48, 51

  Botswana, 46

  Boyes, John, 27

  British East Africa Company, 26, 27

  buffalo, 15–16, 32, 93, 137, 149, 150, 161, 165, 167–69, 172–73, 196, 236–40

  Buffalo River (Ndala River), 134, 135

  Buffalo Springs, 44

  Bura Galadi Hills, 54, 62

  Burton, Richard, 99, 142

  Bushmanoids, 9, 21, 74, 227

  Bushmen, 23, 38, 39, 56–57, 74, 80, 101, 102, 165, 208, 211–13, 215, 227–29, 249

  bush pigs, 171, 172

  Cameroon Highlands, 22

  cattle, 148–50, 179, 180, 197, 216, 217

  Caucasoids, 9, 21–23, 55–56, 103, 209

  Chagga, 26, 164–65, 212

  Chalbi Desert, 54, 202

  Chaperro, 166

  cheetahs, 77, 84, 106, 120

  Chilufia (cook), 162–63, 182–83

  Christian missions, 10–11, 31, 45, 63, 109, 211

  click-speech, 39, 102, 154, 211, 213, 224–25, 227, 249

  Congo, 14, 15, 17, 20, 22, 31, 73

  cow gnus (wildebeest), 76, 78–79, 81–82, 90, 124, 149, 179, 202

  Crater Highlands, 58, 73, 75, 88, 90, 92–93, 97, 102, 106, 113, 126, 134, 154, 174, 175, 178, 179, 187, 195–97, 203, 205, 206, 208–10, 215

  crocodiles, 68

  Cush kingdom, 4

  Dakadima Hill, 152

  Danakil, 217

  Darashagan, 250, 253

  Dar es Salaam, 114

  Delamere, Hugh Cholmondeley, Lord, 29, 31, 98

  Derati, 59, 60, 63

  Dida Gilgalu Desert, 52

  dik-diks, 48, 78, 87, 245–46

  Dinka, 1, 2, 10–13, 94

  Dinesen, Isak (Karen Blixen), 35–36, 108, 153, 161


  Dodoma, 142

  dogs, wild, 117–20, 122–24, 130

  Dorobo (Ndorobo; Aathi), 25, 26, 37–40, 48, 72, 74, 92, 93, 97, 101, 102, 170, 177, 215

  Douglas-Hamilton, Iain, 133–41, 143, 153–59, 199, 201, 208–9, 237

  dung beetles, 83

  Dutch East India Company, 24

  East Africa, 2, 20–24, 26, 34, 55–56, 74, 92, 95, 96, 98, 99, 113, 142, 150

  egrets, 15–16, 40–41, 46

  Egypt, Egyptians, 2, 4–5, 51, 56

  elands, 51, 78, 93, 149, 150, 179

  elephants, 16, 42, 44, 50–51, 61, 109, 129–41, 143–49, 151–52, 154–56, 159, 160, 162, 165, 169, 172–74

  El Molo (Llo-molo), 40, 55, 63–64, 66–69, 102

  Embagai Crater, 176, 187, 195, 196, 206

  Enderlein, Peter, 154, 209, 213–23, 226, 227, 230–34, 236–40, 243–44, 246, 251, 252

  Endobash River, 137–38, 156–57

  Endobash Valley, 138, 141

  Endulen, 75

  Enenauner, 206

  Engaruka, 174–79, 183, 190

  Enjoe, 177

  Entebbe, 32

  Equatoria, 2, 14, 17

  Ethiopia, 4, 11, 17, 23, 39, 40, 42, 47, 49, 51, 53, 54, 56, 59, 62, 65, 73, 75, 142, 209, 217

  Eyasi Man, 215

  Facing Mt. Kenya (Kenyatta), 18, 29

  fig trees, 107–8

  finches, 190

  Finch-Hatton, Denys, 99, 153

  fires, 131, 146, 147

  Fischer, Gustav, 175

  flamingos, 77, 202–6

  flies, 5

  tsetse, 191–92, 210, 211, 215, 216

  Frank (askari), 166, 171, 182–84

  frogs, 83

  Gabbra, 51, 53, 54

  Galana River, 146, 150, 151, 152

  Galla, 25, 45, 51, 53, 55, 57, 58, 70, 93, 152, 209

  game ranching, 150

  game reserves and parks, 113–15, 131, 133

  Gatora, Kamande, 35–36

  gazelles, 41, 78, 79, 81, 85, 87, 90–91, 120, 128, 149, 179, 202

  Gelai, 175, 182, 202

  Germans, 95–96, 113, 143

  Gidabembe, 223–53

  Giga (porter), 221–25, 227, 228, 235, 236, 243, 250–52

  Gikuyu, see Kikuyu

  Gimbe (porter), 221, 223, 224, 235, 236, 246, 250, 252

  Giyeda Barakh, 216, 217, 220, 244

  giraffes, 44, 165

  Giriama, 65, 152

  Glover, Philip, 146

  Gof Bongole, 51

  Gogo, 57, 142–43

  Gol, 90–91

  Gol Kopjes, 84–85

  Gol Mountains, 72, 89, 90, 92, 105, 106, 110, 123, 195

  Grant, James Augustus, 24, 142

  Great Caldron Mountains, 174

  Great North Road, 141–42

  Great Rift, 175, 176, 182, 208, 209

  Great Ruaha River, 143

  Great Zimbabwe, 23

  Greenway, Peter, 163–64

  Grogan, Ewart, 46–47, 142

  Gumba, 25, 30, 39, 74, 210, 212

  guns, 97, 140

  Gura Falls, 30

  Hadza (Hadzapi), 208, 211–16, 218, 219, 221–53

  Hadza Land, 223, 230, 231, 253

  Halanogamai, 246, 250

  Hamites, 23, 51, 57–58, 94, 103, 177, 209, 211, 217

  Hanang, 217

  harpoons, 67–69

  Hawkes, Brian, 182, 184, 186

  Hehe, 142–43

  Hemingway, Ernest, 100

  Herero Bantu, 40

  High Semien, 174

  Hima, 177

  hippopotamuses, 7, 116–17, 203

  Homo, 74

  H. erectus, 73

  H. sapiens, 59, 80, 191

  H. sapiens Rhodesiensis, 74, 75, 215

  H. sapiens sapiens, 73–74

  honey badgers, 121–22

  Hook, Hillary, 136, 137

  Hook, Jane, 136

  Hottentots, 39, 213

  Hunter, John A., 46, 99, 163, 169

  hunting, 99–102, 115, 130, 175–76, 215–16, 232, 236–40

  poaching, 113–16, 131, 146, 152–53, 244

  Huri Mountains, 53

  Hurxthal, Lewis, 189–94

  Hurxthal, Nancy, 189, 191–94

  Huxley, Elspeth, 37–38

  hyenas, 59, 81, 107, 109–11, 120–21, 123–26, 204, 206, 236

  hyraxes, 234

  Ik, 15, 39, 214

  Ikoma, 103–4, 113, 131

  Ikuria, 93, 104, 112–13, 116

  il Adoru, 178

  Ileret, 58

  impalas, 44, 137, 149

  Indonesians, 226

  inselbergs (kopjes), 83–88, 96

  Ionides, C. P. J., 46, 108, 163, 169

  Irakw, 74, 177, 209

  iron, 4, 22, 23, 53

  Isanzu, 209–12, 217, 219–20, 221, 227

  Isanzu Land, 216–17

  Isiolo, 40, 41

  Islam, Moslems, 2, 3, 11, 14, 23, 31, 235

  Ituri Forest, 15

  jackals, 69–70, 81, 124

  Jaeger Summit, 187

  Johnson, Martin, 130

  Juba, 14, 15, 19

  Juba Land, 25

  Juba River, 22

  Kafirs, 80

  Kainam Plateau, 208–10, 224

  Kaisut Desert, 49

  Kalahari, 227

  Kamba, 26, 27, 37, 44–45, 47, 55, 60–61, 95, 152

  Kamba Land, 61

  Kampala, 20

  Kamunyere, Feragoni, 85

  Kanjera, 73, 74

  Kapiti Plains, 99

  Karatu, 209

  Karomojong, 57, 58, 65, 109

  Katanga, 22, 23

  Kenya, 23, 25, 27, 29–32, 34, 40–42, 45, 65, 73, 75, 92, 95, 98, 99, 103, 106, 112–14, 130, 143, 150, 152, 177, 182, 203, 204, 212, 217

  Kenya Capsians, 56

  Kenya Highlands, 99

  Kenya Rifles, 50

  Kenyatta, Jomo, 18, 25, 29, 30, 34–35

  Kere-Nyaga, 37

  Kerimasi, 175, 179, 182

  Kerio Valley, 177

  Khartoum, 2, 4, 5, 8–9, 56, 74

  Khoi, 39

  Khoisan, 23, 39

  Kidenoi, 89

  Kikuyu (Gikuyu), 25–30, 32, 35, 38, 39, 44, 45, 47, 95, 103, 108, 164, 165, 177, 182, 191, 192, 210, 212

  Kikuyu Land, 37

  Kikuyu Reserves, 29

  Kilifi, 153

  Kilimanjaro, see Mount Kilimanjaro

  Kilwa, 178

  Kimathi, Dedan, 29–31, 108

  Kimunginye, 55, 60–61

  Kismayu, 39

  Kitumbeine, 175, 179

  Kivu National Park, 31

  Kohl-Larsen, Ludwig, 215

  Kondoa-Irangi, 249

  kongonis, 87, 149

  Koobi Fora, 55, 58–60, 63

  kopjes (inselbergs), 83–88, 96

  Kosti, 6–7

  Krapf, Johann Ludwig, 99

  Kruuk, Hans, 107, 121, 122, 195

  Kulal Mountains, 70, 71

  Kusumu, 164

  Laikipia Plateau, 40, 43, 47, 71, 93, 95

  Lake Baringo, 164

  Lake Chad, 17, 22

  Lake Edward, 20

  Lake Elmenteita, 56

  Lake Eyasi, 75, 101–2, 176, 218, 219, 244

  Lake Kisale, 22

  Lake Lagarja, 76, 96

  Lake Magadi, 189

  Lake Manyara, 110, 134, 154, 160, 174, 175, 177, 205, 208

  Lake Natron, 103, 106, 134, 174, 175, 177, 182, 189, 190, 195, 199, 200, 202, 203, 205, 206, 217

  Lake Nyasa, 24

  Lake Rudolf, 40, 55, 57, 58, 62, 68, 71, 99

  Lake Rukwa, 142

  Lake Tanganyika, 24, 142

  Lake Victoria, 20, 22, 32, 72, 75, 93, 103, 113, 164, 191

  Lamprey, Hugh, 146, 153

  Lamu, 23

  Land Freedom Army movement, 29

  Laws, Richard, 144–47

  League of Nations, 27

  Leakey, Louis, 46, 212, 215

  Leak
ey, Mary, 46, 215

  Leakey, Philip, 191, 193

  Leakey, Richard, 55, 58–60, 63, 94

  Le-eyo, 93, 94

  Legaturi (native), 190–91, 193–94

  Leite (Maasai ranger), 92, 97, 104

  Lemagrut Volcano, 73

  Lemai, 112–13, 116

  Lemuta Hill, 90, 106

  Lemuta Kopjes, 87

  Lenana, 95

  Lengai (Ol Doinyo Lengai), 89, 97, 103, 105, 106, 153, 174, 179, 180, 182, 184–88, 195–96, 201, 202, 206

  leopards, 84–85, 106, 125, 127–28, 169, 235–36

  Libya, 5, 17

  lions, 13, 82, 84–86, 97–98, 106, 109, 110, 114–15, 121, 122, 124–28, 130, 132, 137, 157–58, 169, 193, 205

  livestock, 148–50, 179, 214, 215

  Livingstone, David, 24, 35, 97, 99

  lizards, 87

  Llo-molo (El Molo), 40, 55, 63–64, 66–69, 102

  locusts, 179

  Loita Hills, 75, 106, 184, 191, 194–95, 206

  Loitokitok, 164

  Loiyengalani, 55, 59, 60, 62–63, 66, 67, 71

  Lokuloko, 49

  Loliondo, 74, 75, 90, 106

  Lonely African, The (Turnbull), 161

  Loolmalassin, 187

  Lorian, 66–67

  Lorian Swamp, 40, 70

  Losai, 51

  Losiminguri Hills, 153

  Luckhurst, Adrian, 45–47, 59, 61, 65, 70

  Lugard, Frederick, 1st Baron Lugard, 26–27

  Lumumba, Patrice, 19–21

  Luo, 191

  Maasai, 26, 27, 37, 38, 45, 47, 48, 56, 57, 58, 65, 74–75, 84, 86, 89, 92–99, 103–5, 108, 110, 112, 113, 122, 131, 142–43, 150, 151, 164–65, 174, 176–78, 180–82, 189, 190, 192–93, 197–99, 202–6, 209, 215–18, 243

  Maasai Land, 32, 72, 75, 89–111, 142, 164, 174, 175, 179, 191, 197, 199, 202, 203, 219

  Maasai Mara, 75, 113, 116

  Maasai Steppe, 93, 141, 142

  Machakos, 44

  Madagascar, 142

  Mado Gashi, 40

  Magadi, 189, 192, 194, 198–200

  Magandula (game scout), 221, 223, 224, 232, 236–38, 240–44, 252

  magic, 108–10

  Magosi, 223

  Maikona, 53

  Maji-Maji Rebellion, 143

  Malakal, 7, 10

  Malindi, 178

  Malinowski, Bronislaw, 25

  Mangara, 14

  Mangati, 218, 226, 229, 230, 233, 244–46, 248

  Manyara, 110, 131, 134, 135, 137, 139, 153, 154, 157, 159–60, 174, 175, 177, 187, 205, 208, 209

  marabou storks, 77, 124

  Maraket, 177

  Maralal, 71, 93

  Mara River, 112–13

  Matthews Range, 48

  Mau-Mau Rebellion, 29–31, 35, 36, 108, 143, 152–53

  Mau Range, 32, 113, 197

  Mawensi, 144

  Mbarimbari, 206

  Mbatien, 95

  mbira, 235, 253

  Mbugwe, 110, 205, 208

  Mbulu (people), 177, 209–11, 217, 226, 228–30, 243, 246, 249

 

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