OKAVANGO AFRICA'S LAST EDEN Country Life 1978 Botswana Lake Ngami Wildlife

Description: OKAVANGO AFRICA'S LAST EDEN PETER JOHNSON & ANTHONY BANNISTER COUNTRY LIFE BOOKS, LONDON 1978 1st Edition. 31 x 25 cm. 202 pp. HB/DJ The Okavango is a river, a river which originates as trickles of summer rain in the mountains of Angola, then obscurely flows inland through the remote thirstlands of northwest Botswana, where it eventually disappears into the Kalahari desert. Here we see what happens to the Okavango on its journey, how it creates, from a mysterious combination of sand and water, a lush Eden-like beauty in a wilderness of rivers, islands, deltas and marshes. The marvellously perceptive photographs show the people and the animals that are attracted to this tangled expanse of verdant grasses and gentle waters. Frequently nomads, they are all experts at survival, from the monstrously magnificent crocodile and the vividly marked grasshopper to Dinyando, the son of the canoe-carver. In this nomad's world a thousand buffalo might thunder into emptiness; a migration of butterflies might take days to pass; a hundred thousand flamingoes might settle - and overnight move on. Even the people keep on the move. But there are hints that the Okavango is threatened. In a changing society many young people are tempted to leave their river home to seek employment, perhaps in the mines. There is even talk, in this water-starved country, of re-directing the river, which would spell doom for one of the world's great wildlife habitats; and this book is a frank and eloquent appeal for the preservation of what may possibly be Africa's last Eden. In the 202 photographs in full colour the photographers, Peter Johnson and Anthony Bannister, have responded sympathetically to the magic of this special place. The reader cannot help but feel involved in that magic. OKAVANGO AFRICA'S LAST EDEN PETER JOHNSON & ANTHONY BANNISTER COUNTRY LIFE BOOKS, LONDON 1978 First Edition. The Okavango is a river, a river which originates as trickles of summer rain in the mountains of Angola, then obscurely flows inland through the remote thirstlands of northwest Botswana, where it eventually disappears into the Kalahari desert. Here we see what happens to the Okavango on its journey, how it creates, from a mysterious combination of sand and water, a lush Eden-like beauty in a wilderness of rivers, islands, deltas and marshes. The marvellously perceptive photographs show the people and the animals that are attracted to this tangled expanse of verdant grasses and gentle waters. Frequently nomads, they are all experts at survival, from the monstrously magnificent crocodile and the vividly marked grasshopper to Dinyando, the son of the canoe-carver. In this nomad's world a thousand buffalo might thunder into emptiness; a migration of butterflies might take days to pass; a hundred thousand flamingoes might settle - and overnight move on. Even the people keep on the move. But there are hints that the Okavango is threatened. In a changing society many young people are tempted to leave their river home to seek employment, perhaps in the mines. There is even talk, in this water-starved country, of re-directing the river, which would spell doom for one of the world's great wildlife habitats; and this book is a frank and eloquent appeal for the preservation of what may possibly be Africa's last Eden. In the 202 photographs in full colour the photographers, Peter Johnson and Anthony Bannister, have responded sympathetically to the magic of this special place. The reader cannot help but feel involved in that magic. 31 x 25 cm. 202 pp. Very good condition, dust jacket worn and chipped along the edges and creased on the spine. Page edges age tanned but otherwise clean and tidy. Get images that make Supersized seem small. THE simple solution for eBay sellers.

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