Mackenzie 1987 The Hunt
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- Mackenzie 1987 - The Hunt
- First arrived in 1850s and by 1970s they were 'flooding' from Europe.
- Interaction between Europeans and Africans, a symbol of white dominance, and a determinant of class
- Their entry was resisted by Mzilikazi and Lobengula but to little affect - the British had big guns!
- Interaction between Europeans and Africans, a symbol of white dominance, and a determinant of class
- The process
- 1. Commercial hunting for ivory and skins, for trophies at home and for museums.
- 2. Hunting was a subsidy for the second level of European advance, acquisition, conquest and settlement. Meat, which had previously been an incidental acquirement, was now essential to pay wages to Africans.
- 'Massive assault on game.'
- 3. From hunting to The Hunt
- Surrounded by rituals of sportsmanship and demonstrations of class.
- It was at this stage that conservation came to the fore.
- Surrounded by rituals of sportsmanship and demonstrations of class.
- The differences between African and European hunting
- African: meat needed for protein. Hunting part of the process from boyhood to manhood. All lived off the land.
- Missionaries valued for their guns so hunting skills were necessary to gain support and allies. Appear to be a successful missionary by gaining many 'converts.' Also, Africans had tracking knowledge far superior to that of the British.
- Destruction of wildlife
- Demand for meat as wages grew
- railways were bringing in more explorers, hunters, missionaries,and tourists, all of whom wanted to experience hunting themselves.
- 'it was not long before it teemed no more.'
- 1896 rinderpest epidemic wiped out 95% of Africa's game.
- Traditional African hunting had been quite ineffective and undamaging as it was relatively small-scale, but this changed with the introduction of guns.
- Conservation
- hunters who justified their activities on scientific grounds (discovering, understanding, not just sport) were the most rigarous in conservation despite their responsibility for the decline in game.
- Incompatability between presence of people and the survival of game
- Hence the exile of people including natives from the nature reserves and national parks.
- Implementation of game regulations retricted those that could hunt
- 'Europeans took all the guns from Africans and refused to let them shoot game... If an African shoots an animal with a gun, the African is arrested and the gun is confiscated.'
- First arrived in 1850s and by 1970s they were 'flooding' from Europe.
- Missionaries valued for their guns so hunting skills were necessary to gain support and allies. Appear to be a successful missionary by gaining many 'converts.' Also, Africans had tracking knowledge far superior to that of the British.
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