Author: Lou Hallamore
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781882458417
Category : Leopard hunting
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
Chui!
Author: Lou Hallamore
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781882458417
Category : Leopard hunting
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781882458417
Category : Leopard hunting
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
The Aesthetics of Mandé Hunting Tradition in African Fiction
Author: Amadou Ouédraogo
Publisher: Sans Souci Books
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
From its medieval origins to the present, Mandé culture in West Africa is known for its highly intriguing art and tradition of hunting; undeniably one of its most conspicuous distinctive features. Totally entrenched in myth, legend and history; firmly grounded in the supernatural, the divine and the abstruse, hunting is altogether a cult, a ritual gesture, a token of allegiance to divine forces. Considered to be a dauntless intrusion of man into the realm of metaphysics and the “unknown”, the hunting vocation transcends by far the confines of human and tangible spheres. This study examines various articulations of the hunting art and tradition as they are conveyed in numerous African literary and cinematographic works. It elucidates the mythical and supernatural magnitude of the hunting activity by showing how it is presided over by immutable deities and tutelary figures. Held to be endowed with infrangible supernatural and esoteric proportions, hunting is deemed to be a reflection of Mandé people’s worldview, a vibrant expression of how they perceive and articulate their existence as part of, and in relation to the world. From all perspectives, traditional hunting in Mandé society is viewed as a noble, dignified and revered activity; sustained by a vehement sense of brotherhood, esprit de corps, faithful loyalty, compassion, munificence. It encompasses a set of principles and values enjoined by transcendent forces, in illo tempore, and meant to serve as timeless paradigmatic ideals to be preserved and handed down along generations. By persistently echoing the magnificence of the hunting art and tradition, African artists place the vocation at the heart of contemporary Africans’ yearning quest for origins, identity and plenitude.
Publisher: Sans Souci Books
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
From its medieval origins to the present, Mandé culture in West Africa is known for its highly intriguing art and tradition of hunting; undeniably one of its most conspicuous distinctive features. Totally entrenched in myth, legend and history; firmly grounded in the supernatural, the divine and the abstruse, hunting is altogether a cult, a ritual gesture, a token of allegiance to divine forces. Considered to be a dauntless intrusion of man into the realm of metaphysics and the “unknown”, the hunting vocation transcends by far the confines of human and tangible spheres. This study examines various articulations of the hunting art and tradition as they are conveyed in numerous African literary and cinematographic works. It elucidates the mythical and supernatural magnitude of the hunting activity by showing how it is presided over by immutable deities and tutelary figures. Held to be endowed with infrangible supernatural and esoteric proportions, hunting is deemed to be a reflection of Mandé people’s worldview, a vibrant expression of how they perceive and articulate their existence as part of, and in relation to the world. From all perspectives, traditional hunting in Mandé society is viewed as a noble, dignified and revered activity; sustained by a vehement sense of brotherhood, esprit de corps, faithful loyalty, compassion, munificence. It encompasses a set of principles and values enjoined by transcendent forces, in illo tempore, and meant to serve as timeless paradigmatic ideals to be preserved and handed down along generations. By persistently echoing the magnificence of the hunting art and tradition, African artists place the vocation at the heart of contemporary Africans’ yearning quest for origins, identity and plenitude.
African Hunting, from Natal to the Zambesi
Author: William Charles Baldwin
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hunting
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hunting
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Hunting Game
Author: Louisa Lombard
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108478778
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
The first ethnographic and historical study of raiding in the Central African Republic. By treating raiding as a political mode, this fascinating study investigates forceful acquisition, revealing the evolution of raiding skills, examples of encounters and its consequences over the last 150 years.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108478778
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
The first ethnographic and historical study of raiding in the Central African Republic. By treating raiding as a political mode, this fascinating study investigates forceful acquisition, revealing the evolution of raiding skills, examples of encounters and its consequences over the last 150 years.
Shadows in an African Twilight
Author: Kevin Thomas
Publisher: eBook Partnership
ISBN: 1783013419
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 1123
Book Description
An exciting autobiography about the life of a game ranger, Special Force soldier and professional hunter in Southern Africa. The book also ends with a discerning look into the work of contract Security Escort Teams in Iraq where the author spent two years.
Publisher: eBook Partnership
ISBN: 1783013419
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 1123
Book Description
An exciting autobiography about the life of a game ranger, Special Force soldier and professional hunter in Southern Africa. The book also ends with a discerning look into the work of contract Security Escort Teams in Iraq where the author spent two years.
Horn of the Hunter
Author: Robert C. Ruark
Publisher: Safari Press
ISBN: 9781571570246
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 317
Book Description
The story of the author and his wife's two-month safari in East Africa in the 1950s. Ruark's philosophies are intertwined in the hunting stories to make unforgettable reading.
Publisher: Safari Press
ISBN: 9781571570246
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 317
Book Description
The story of the author and his wife's two-month safari in East Africa in the 1950s. Ruark's philosophies are intertwined in the hunting stories to make unforgettable reading.
On the Hunt with African Lions
Author: Kristen Pope
Publisher: Momentum
ISBN: 9781634074476
Category : Lion
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Discover how African lions hunt, where they call home, and how they raise their young.
Publisher: Momentum
ISBN: 9781634074476
Category : Lion
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Discover how African lions hunt, where they call home, and how they raise their young.
THE GREAT ROOSEVELT AFRICAN HUNT AND WILD ANIMALS OF AFRICA
Author: By Prof. AXEL LUNDEBERG and FREDERICK SEYMOUR
Publisher: Safari Media Africa
ISBN:
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 439
Book Description
Publisher: Safari Media Africa
ISBN:
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 439
Book Description
African Rifles and Cartridges
Author: John Taylor
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781614276630
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
2014 Reprint of 1948 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. John Howard 'Pondoro' Taylor (1904 - 1969) was a big-game hunter of Irish descent. In Africa he experimented extensively using different types of rifles and calibers, which made him an expert in big game rifles. He is credited with developing the 'Taylor KO Factor' and wrote several now classic books. As a professional ivory hunter with some thirty years of continuous living in the African bush, John Taylor used and tested all the various calibers of British, American and German rifles, and with them killed many species of big game found on the continent of Africa. Taylor's discussion on the practical application of ballistics includes doubles, magazines, and single-shots; the practical value of steel-jacketed bullets versus those covered with cupronickel; the faults of copper-tubed bullets; the actual effects of softpoint bullets with varying degrees of lead exposure; the necessity of modern bullets that will really stand up to the requirements when fired into heavy animals; and many other valuable tips and explanations about cartridges and rifles. Remains a classic work.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781614276630
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
2014 Reprint of 1948 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. John Howard 'Pondoro' Taylor (1904 - 1969) was a big-game hunter of Irish descent. In Africa he experimented extensively using different types of rifles and calibers, which made him an expert in big game rifles. He is credited with developing the 'Taylor KO Factor' and wrote several now classic books. As a professional ivory hunter with some thirty years of continuous living in the African bush, John Taylor used and tested all the various calibers of British, American and German rifles, and with them killed many species of big game found on the continent of Africa. Taylor's discussion on the practical application of ballistics includes doubles, magazines, and single-shots; the practical value of steel-jacketed bullets versus those covered with cupronickel; the faults of copper-tubed bullets; the actual effects of softpoint bullets with varying degrees of lead exposure; the necessity of modern bullets that will really stand up to the requirements when fired into heavy animals; and many other valuable tips and explanations about cartridges and rifles. Remains a classic work.
African Hunting Among the Thongas
Author: George Agnew Chamberlain
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa, East
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa, East
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description