Life of Frederick Courtney Selous
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Frederick Courtney Selous (1851-1917) was above all a great hunter and adventurer. He was also a naturalist, patriot and pioneer. He was very much a man of his times and yet was one of the few men of his men of his day who could see beyond the narrow vision of colonialism.The name of Selous lives on in one of the great game reserves of East Africa.The modern reader not only gains an insight into the life of the man but also the history of colonial Africa and the genesis of some of the political and ecological issues of today.
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Frederick Courtney Selous (1851-1917) was above all a great hunter and adventurer. He was also a naturalist, patriot and pioneer. He was very much a man of his times and yet was one of the few men of his men of his day who could see beyond the narrow vision of colonialism.The name of Selous lives on in one of the great game reserves of East Africa.The modern reader not only gains an insight into the life of the man but also the history of colonial Africa and the genesis of some of the political and ecological issues of today.