01 December 2020 5 Min Read

With the help of archival photographs, Jacob Dlamini’s new book Safari Nation sheds light on how and why Africa’s national parks – often derided by scholars as colonial impositions – survived the end of white rule on the continent. What follows is an extract from the book

Exploring South African ideas of nature and nationality

To understand the histories of black presence in the Kruger National Park, one must first understand the history of black mobility, specifically tourism, in colonial South Africa.

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