Communities turn spectators as 'White Saviours' battle

Ogada says in the colonial era, white hunters would caption themselves and their prey not bothering to mention the Africans in the picture PIC: medium.com
Ogada says in the colonial era, white hunters would caption themselves and their prey not bothering to mention the Africans in the picture PIC: medium.com

In the ongoing elephant hunting ban debate, both conservationists and professional hunters claim the ultimate beneficiary of their lobbying is the ordinary Motswana living next to the giants. Sidelined and left at the mercy of rampaging profiteering, the ‘ordinary Motswana’ is understandably cynical. Staff Writer, MBONGENI MGUNI writes

It could have been the 19th century novels written by H. Rider Haggard giving his British readers a never-seen-before, if not patently prejudiced, view into Africa, that ignited the West’s fascination with the Dark Continent.

Haggard’s novels of exotic African locations, mystery and adventure, reinforced the enduring stereotype of the African in the minds of the West: a thick-lipped bare-foot heathen, surrounded by pristine natural wonders, who needed to be helped down from the trees, clothed, taught a language and given a purpose.

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