Wildlife between Empire and Nation in Twentieth-Century Africa

Jeff Schauer is Assistant Professor in the Department of History at University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA.

• 1. Introduction.- 2. Imperial Ark: Imperial Preservationists and African Wildlife.- 3. Governing the Game: Expertise, Administration, and the Making of Colonial Wildlife Policy in Uganda and Northern Rhodesia.- 4. Government Cattle: Anti-Wildlife Politics in East and Central Africa.- 5. Deferring Uhuru: Decolonization and the Coming of the Global Wildlife Preservation Movement.- 6. Pachyderms and Parks: Ecological Politics and East Africa’s National Parks.- 7. National Conservation: Kenya, Britain, and World Bank and Global Entanglements.- 8. Conclusion.

“Wildlife between Empire and Nation makes for interesting reading and provides with a compelling birds-eye perspective on how the politics and policies of wildlife in Africa were subject to varied twists and turns during Eastern Africa’s troubled phases of colonialism, nationalism, decolonization, and the recent neoliberal ideological shift. It further underlines the importance of local control over resources while also serving a salutary warning against the idea of managing nature principally as a global trust.” (Rohan D’Souza, Journal of British Studies, May 12, 2020)