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Aathi,
see
Dorobo

Aathi Plain, 32

Abatwa (Twa; Small People), 23, 39, 208, 210, 215, 227

Aberdares, 25, 30, 152–53, 164

acacias (thorn trees), 7, 43–44, 139–40, 216, 237

Adamson, George, 46

Adamson, Terence, 41–42

Afro-Asiatics, 4

agriculture, 142, 176–77, 214–15

Agumba, 38–39

Albert Park, 31

Allia Bay, 58, 59, 61–62, 68

Amboseli, 150, 164

Anderson, Jock, 45, 59–62

Angola, 19

antelope, 13, 16, 44, 51, 78, 95, 126, 149

dik-diks, 48, 78, 87, 245–46

elands, 51, 78, 93, 149, 150, 179

gazelles, 41, 78, 79, 81, 85, 87, 90–91, 120, 128, 149, 179, 202

impalas, 44, 137, 149

kongonis, 87, 149

oryxes, 41, 46, 105, 149, 150

reedbucks, 88

wildebeest, 76, 78–79, 81–82, 90, 124, 149, 179, 202

ant lions, 45–46

ants, 45–46, 124

Arabs, 2, 5, 6, 23, 24, 27, 41, 57, 93, 97, 142, 235

Archer’s Post, 47

Ardai Plain, 153

Ariangulo, 152, 232

Arusha, 141, 144, 153, 201, 208, 209, 230–32, 241

Arusa, 176

Asians, 23, 29, 33, 93, 114

Athi River, 151

Australopithecus
, 73, 215

A. boisei
, 58

Azanians, 21–24, 57

Babili, Gabriel, 10, 13, 14

badgers, honey, 121–22

Bagamoyo, 142

Bahi Swamp, 143

Bahr el Ghazal, 2

Bajun, 23

Baker, Samuel, 11

Banagi River, 113, 131

Bantu, 12, 20–24, 26, 33, 39, 40, 57, 58, 92–94, 98, 103, 104, 109–10, 112–13, 129, 164, 176–78, 182, 191–92, 209, 210–12, 217

bao, 69

baobab trees, 1, 7, 151–52, 253

Barabaig, 93, 210–11, 217–18, 249

Baragoi, 71

Bari, 12, 93

Beasley, John, 166–68, 171

Bedarians, 4

Bedouins, 5, 57

bees, 170, 239–40

beetles, 83, 124, 185

Bell, Karamoja, 99, 195

Belwa, 178

Berbers, 51

Bergdama, 227

Bilad al-Sudan, 4

bilharzia, 135, 190, 233

Black God, 202

Blixen, Bror von, 99, 110

Blixen, Karen (Isak Dinesen), 35–36, 108, 153, 161

Boers, 24

Boran, 40, 48, 51

Botswana, 46

Boyes, John, 27

British East Africa Company, 26, 27

buffalo, 15–16, 32, 93, 137, 149, 150, 161, 165, 167–69, 172–73, 196, 236–40

Buffalo River (Ndala River), 134, 135

Buffalo Springs, 44

Bura Galadi Hills, 54, 62

Burton, Richard, 99, 142

Bushmanoids, 9, 21, 74, 227

Bushmen, 23, 38, 39, 56–57, 74, 80, 101, 102, 165, 208, 211–13, 215, 227–29, 249

bush pigs, 171, 172

Cameroon Highlands, 22

cattle, 148–50, 179, 180, 197, 216, 217

Caucasoids, 9, 21–23, 55–56, 103, 209

Chagga, 26, 164–65, 212

Chalbi Desert, 54, 202

Chaperro, 166

cheetahs, 77, 84, 106, 120

Chilufia (cook), 162–63, 182–83

Christian missions, 10–11, 31, 45, 63, 109, 211

click-speech, 39, 102, 154, 211, 213, 224–25, 227, 249

Congo, 14, 15, 17, 20, 22, 31, 73

cow gnus (wildebeest), 76, 78–79, 81–82, 90, 124, 149, 179, 202

Crater Highlands, 58, 73, 75, 88, 90, 92–93, 97, 102, 106, 113, 126, 134, 154, 174, 175, 178, 179, 187, 195–97, 203, 205, 206, 208–10, 215

crocodiles, 68

Cush kingdom, 4

Dakadima Hill, 152

Danakil, 217

Darashagan, 250, 253

Dar es Salaam, 114

Delamere, Hugh Cholmondeley, Lord, 29, 31, 98

Derati, 59, 60, 63

Dida Gilgalu Desert, 52

dik-diks, 48, 78, 87, 245–46

Dinka, 1, 2, 10–13, 94

Dinesen, Isak (Karen Blixen), 35–36, 108, 153, 161

Dodoma, 142

dogs, wild, 117–20, 122–24, 130

Dorobo (Ndorobo; Aathi), 25, 26, 37–40, 48, 72, 74, 92, 93, 97, 101, 102, 170, 177, 215

Douglas-Hamilton, Iain, 133–41, 143, 153–59, 199, 201, 208–9, 237

dung beetles, 83

Dutch East India Company, 24

East Africa, 2, 20–24, 26, 34, 55–56, 74, 92, 95, 96, 98, 99, 113, 142, 150

egrets, 15–16, 40–41, 46

Egypt, Egyptians, 2, 4–5, 51, 56

elands, 51, 78, 93, 149, 150, 179

elephants, 16, 42, 44, 50–51, 61, 109, 129–41, 143–49, 151–52, 154–56, 159, 160, 162, 165, 169, 172–74

El Molo (Llo-molo), 40, 55, 63–64, 66–69, 102

Embagai Crater, 176, 187, 195, 196, 206

Enderlein, Peter, 154, 209, 213–23, 226, 227, 230–34, 236–40, 243–44, 246, 251, 252

Endobash River, 137–38, 156–57

Endobash Valley, 138, 141

Endulen, 75

Enenauner, 206

Engaruka, 174–79, 183, 190

Enjoe, 177

Entebbe, 32

Equatoria, 2, 14, 17

Ethiopia, 4, 11, 17, 23, 39, 40, 42, 47, 49, 51, 53, 54, 56, 59, 62, 65, 73, 75, 142, 209, 217

Eyasi Man, 215

Facing Mt. Kenya (Kenyatta)
, 18, 29

fig trees, 107–8

finches, 190

Finch-Hatton, Denys, 99, 153

fires, 131, 146, 147

Fischer, Gustav, 175

flamingos, 77, 202–6

flies, 5

tsetse, 191–92, 210, 211, 215, 216

Frank (askari), 166, 171, 182–84

frogs, 83

Gabbra, 51, 53, 54

Galana River, 146, 150, 151, 152

Galla, 25, 45, 51, 53, 55, 57, 58, 70, 93, 152, 209

game ranching, 150

game reserves and parks, 113–15, 131, 133

Gatora, Kamande, 35–36

gazelles, 41, 78, 79, 81, 85, 87, 90–91, 120, 128, 149, 179, 202

Gelai, 175, 182, 202

Germans, 95–96, 113, 143

Gidabembe, 223–53

Giga (porter), 221–25, 227, 228, 235, 236, 243, 250–52

Gikuyu,
see
Kikuyu

Gimbe (porter), 221, 223, 224, 235, 236, 246, 250, 252

Giyeda Barakh, 216, 217, 220, 244

giraffes, 44, 165

Giriama, 65, 152

Glover, Philip, 146

Gof Bongole, 51

Gogo, 57, 142–43

Gol, 90–91

Gol Kopjes, 84–85

Gol Mountains, 72, 89, 90, 92, 105, 106, 110, 123, 195

Grant, James Augustus, 24, 142

Great Caldron Mountains, 174

Great North Road, 141–42

Great Rift, 175, 176, 182, 208, 209

Great Ruaha River, 143

Great Zimbabwe, 23

Greenway, Peter, 163–64

Grogan, Ewart, 46–47, 142

Gumba, 25, 30, 39, 74, 210, 212

guns, 97, 140

Gura Falls, 30

Hadza (Hadzapi), 208, 211–16, 218, 219, 221–53

Hadza Land, 223, 230, 231, 253

Halanogamai, 246, 250

Hamites, 23, 51, 57–58, 94, 103, 177, 209, 211, 217

Hanang, 217

harpoons, 67–69

Hawkes, Brian, 182, 184, 186

Hehe, 142–43

Hemingway, Ernest, 100

Herero Bantu, 40

High Semien, 174

Hima, 177

hippopotamuses, 7, 116–17, 203

Homo
, 74

H. erectus
, 73

H. sapiens
, 59, 80, 191

H. sapiens Rhodesiensis
, 74, 75, 215

H. sapiens sapiens
, 73–74

honey badgers, 121–22

Hook, Hillary, 136, 137

Hook, Jane, 136

Hottentots, 39, 213

Hunter, John A., 46, 99, 163, 169

hunting, 99–102, 115, 130, 175–76, 215–16, 232, 236–40

poaching, 113–16, 131, 146, 152–53, 244

Huri Mountains, 53

Hurxthal, Lewis, 189–94

Hurxthal, Nancy, 189, 191–94

Huxley, Elspeth, 37–38

hyenas, 59, 81, 107, 109–11, 120–21, 123–26, 204, 206, 236

hyraxes, 234

Ik, 15, 39, 214

Ikoma, 103–4, 113, 131

Ikuria, 93, 104, 112–13, 116

il Adoru, 178

Ileret, 58

impalas, 44, 137, 149

Indonesians, 226

inselbergs (kopjes), 83–88, 96

Ionides, C. P. J., 46, 108, 163, 169

Irakw, 74, 177, 209

iron, 4, 22, 23, 53

Isanzu, 209–12, 217, 219–20, 221, 227

Isanzu Land, 216–17

Isiolo, 40, 41

Islam, Moslems, 2, 3, 11, 14, 23, 31, 235

Ituri Forest, 15

jackals, 69–70, 81, 124

Jaeger Summit, 187

Johnson, Martin, 130

Juba, 14, 15, 19

Juba Land, 25

Juba River, 22

Kafirs, 80

Kainam Plateau, 208–10, 224

Kaisut Desert, 49

Kalahari, 227

Kamba, 26, 27, 37, 44–45, 47, 55, 60–61, 95, 152

Kamba Land, 61

Kampala, 20

Kamunyere, Feragoni, 85

Kanjera, 73, 74

Kapiti Plains, 99

Karatu, 209

Karomojong, 57, 58, 65, 109

Katanga, 22, 23

Kenya, 23, 25, 27, 29–32, 34, 40–42, 45, 65, 73, 75, 92, 95, 98, 99, 103, 106, 112–14, 130, 143, 150, 152, 177, 182, 203, 204, 212, 217

Kenya Capsians, 56

Kenya Highlands, 99

Kenya Rifles, 50

Kenyatta, Jomo, 18, 25, 29, 30, 34–35

Kere-Nyaga, 37

Kerimasi, 175, 179, 182

Kerio Valley, 177

Khartoum, 2, 4, 5, 8–9, 56, 74

Khoi, 39

Khoisan, 23, 39

Kidenoi, 89

Kikuyu (Gikuyu), 25–30, 32, 35, 38, 39, 44, 45, 47, 95, 103, 108, 164, 165, 177, 182, 191, 192, 210, 212

Kikuyu Land, 37

Kikuyu Reserves, 29

Kilifi, 153

Kilimanjaro,
see
Mount Kilimanjaro

Kilwa, 178

Kimathi, Dedan, 29–31, 108

Kimunginye, 55, 60–61

Kismayu, 39

Kitumbeine, 175, 179

Kivu National Park, 31

Kohl-Larsen, Ludwig, 215

Kondoa-Irangi, 249

kongonis, 87, 149

Koobi Fora, 55, 58–60, 63

kopjes (inselbergs), 83–88, 96

Kosti, 6–7

Krapf, Johann Ludwig, 99

Kruuk, Hans, 107, 121, 122, 195

Kulal Mountains, 70, 71

Kusumu, 164

Laikipia Plateau, 40, 43, 47, 71, 93, 95

Lake Baringo, 164

Lake Chad, 17, 22

Lake Edward, 20

Lake Elmenteita, 56

Lake Eyasi, 75, 101–2, 176, 218, 219, 244

Lake Kisale, 22

Lake Lagarja, 76, 96

Lake Magadi, 189

Lake Manyara, 110, 134, 154, 160, 174, 175, 177, 205, 208

Lake Natron, 103, 106, 134, 174, 175, 177, 182, 189, 190, 195, 199, 200, 202, 203, 205, 206, 217

Lake Nyasa, 24

Lake Rudolf, 40, 55, 57, 58, 62, 68, 71, 99

Lake Rukwa, 142

Lake Tanganyika, 24, 142

Lake Victoria, 20, 22, 32, 72, 75, 93, 103, 113, 164, 191

Lamprey, Hugh, 146, 153

Lamu, 23

Land Freedom Army movement, 29

Laws, Richard, 144–47

League of Nations, 27

Leakey, Louis, 46, 212, 215

Leakey, Mary, 46, 215

Leakey, Philip, 191, 193

Leakey, Richard, 55, 58–60, 63, 94

Le-eyo, 93, 94

Legaturi (native), 190–91, 193–94

Leite (Maasai ranger), 92, 97, 104

Lemagrut Volcano, 73

Lemai, 112–13, 116

Lemuta Hill, 90, 106

Lemuta Kopjes, 87

Lenana, 95

Lengai (Ol Doinyo Lengai), 89, 97, 103, 105, 106, 153, 174, 179, 180, 182, 184–88, 195–96, 201, 202, 206

leopards, 84–85, 106, 125, 127–28, 169, 235–36

Libya, 5, 17

lions, 13, 82, 84–86, 97–98, 106, 109, 110, 114–15, 121, 122, 124–28, 130, 132, 137, 157–58, 169, 193, 205

livestock, 148–50, 179, 214, 215

Livingstone, David, 24, 35, 97, 99

lizards, 87

Llo-molo (El Molo), 40, 55, 63–64, 66–69, 102

locusts, 179

Loita Hills, 75, 106, 184, 191, 194–95, 206

Loitokitok, 164

Loiyengalani, 55, 59, 60, 62–63, 66, 67, 71

Lokuloko, 49

Loliondo, 74, 75, 90, 106

Lonely African, The
(Turnbull), 161

Loolmalassin, 187

Lorian, 66–67

Lorian Swamp, 40, 70