Hunting Africa: British Sport, African Knowledge and the Nature of Empire

by Angela Thompsell

Big game hunting was an iconic activity in British colonial Africa that has long been associated with the celebration of rugged, white manhood and imperial dominance over African people and landscapes. On the ground, however, the pursuit of game could look quite different. This book recovers the multiplicity of meanings and experiences embedded in colonial hunting by examining how African people leveraged British hunters' dependence on their labor...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137494425
• ISBN13: 9781137494429
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 229 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.6"