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DRAWN TO AFRICA

Paul Bolstad while a volunteer on Tanzania’s Kilombero Settlement Scheme (1966-68). Followers of Stories of East Africa may remember the post: Volunteering in Tanzania: Lessons from the Kilombero Settlement Scheme, by Paul Bolstad. https://storiesofeastafrica.com/2025/04/04/volunteering-in-tanzania-lessons-from-the-kilombero-settlement-scheme/ I mention this because Paul has recently published a memoir, Drawn to Africa, about his family’s time in East Africa. Across oceans and cultures, one family’s … Continue reading DRAWN TO AFRICA →

Understanding Burseraceae: Trees of Eastern Africa

Commiphora bushland in eastern Hiraan Region, Somalia (Photo: Peter Kuchar) THE BURSERACEAE Those of you who downloaded digital copies of The Burseraceae by Kuchar and Gillett on storiesofeastafrica.com will welcome the updated version now available at Kuchar & Gillett – The Burseraceae (Dec 2025). For those unfamiliar with the term, Burseraceae is a family of shrubs and small … Continue reading Understanding Burseraceae: Trees of Eastern Africa →

RANGELAND DOCUMENTS RELEVANT TO LARGE AREAS OF SOMALIA.

Speke’s gazelle is a very rare small antelope that is similar in appearance to the Thomson’s gazelle encountered by tourists on the Serengeti Plains in Tanzania. It inhabits a 20-40 km wide grassy plain along much of Somalia’s coast. In the mid 80’s it also occurred in the northern Ogaden of eastern Ethiopia. cc-by-sa-2.0. FlickreviewR … Continue reading RANGELAND DOCUMENTS RELEVANT TO LARGE AREAS OF SOMALIA. →

FREE DOWNLOADS OF HARD-TO-GET DOCUMENTS ON THE RANGELANDS OF SOUTHERN SOMALIA

Featured image: Densities of goats November / December 1983 This announces the availability of free downloads of hard-to-find documents on the rangelands of Southern Somalia, an area larger than Great Britain. These include 2 published papers, 15 reports and 87 maps. Twenty-six of the maps compare wet and dry season densities of dynamic resources, including … Continue reading FREE DOWNLOADS OF HARD-TO-GET DOCUMENTS ON THE RANGELANDS OF SOUTHERN SOMALIA →

Free Downloads of Documents on Central Somalia Rangelands

Featured image: Large trucks provided the primary transport for pastoralists and villagers within the Central Rangelands. Boards resting on the upright sides of the truck separated people (above) from small stock and other cargo (below). A fourth set of free downloads of hard-to-find documents on the Central Rangelands of Somalia’s is now available. This installment … Continue reading Free Downloads of Documents on Central Somalia Rangelands →

Free Downloads on Central Somalia Rangelands

Featured image: A village in Central Somalia A third set of free downloads on the rangelands of Central Somalia is now available. This installment includes five reports, ten maps, and seven published papers on rangeland ecology and development https://storiesofeastafrica.com/?page_id=4116

HE WALKED WITH ELEPHANTS–A TRIBUTE TO IAIN DOUGLAS-HAMILTON

Featured image: Iain Douglas-Hamilton with Save the Elephants Foundation’s Cessna in Samburu National Park, Kenya. (File: Iain Douglas-Hamilton.jpg-Wikipedia Commons) By Ted Schmitt Senior Director, Conservation at Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) Editor’s note: Over the years I’ve known a number of individuals who became “movers and shakers” in understanding and conserving Africa’s wildlife. One was … Continue reading HE WALKED WITH ELEPHANTS–A TRIBUTE TO IAIN DOUGLAS-HAMILTON →

FREE DOWNLOADS OF CENTRAL SOMALIA RANGELAND DOCUMENTS–2nd Installment

A second set of free downloads of hard-to-obtain documents on the rangelands of Central Somalia is now available. This installment includes survey and research results produced by the Central Rangelands Development Project https://storiesofeastafrica.com/reports-by-somalia-crdp/. Reports by other agencies will follow in future texts.

CLOSE CALL WITH A LEOPARD–PART II

This story is a continuation of the previous post (see below). Featured image: Clary Palmer-Wilson. (Artist: Gregg Davies) It was late in the afternoon and shadows were lengthening before Musa, Clary’s gun bearer, exhausted from his ordeal, stumbled into the house of Clary’s father in Tanga. “Your son has been attacked by a leopard and … Continue reading CLOSE CALL WITH A LEOPARD–PART II →

CLOSE CALL WITH A LEOPARD

(Featured image by David Bygott) INTRODUCTION This is the story of Clary Palmer-Wilson, born in Nairobi, East Africa in 1907. At the age of 14 he began earning his livelihood as a hunter in the East African bush where dangers lurked everywhere and mistakes carried severe consequences. Unable to survive by hunting alone, he tried … Continue reading CLOSE CALL WITH A LEOPARD →

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