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Colonial Africa

I have an interest in British East Africa, particularly in the first three decades of the 20th century.  Hence this page (which is heavily under construction).
An interview with Bunny Allen, "last of the great white hunters." He died in 2002.
Karen Blixen, who wrote under the name Isak Dinesen, tried to run a coffee plantation in the Ngong Hills.  Her books, Out of Africa and Shadows on the Grass are probably the key reason more than a handful of Americans know the names Finch Hatton and Bror Blixen.
Another Blixen site.
A bio on Denys Finch Hatton.
Links about Beryl Markham, the first to cross the Atlantic east to west.
Kenyalogy -- Kenya travel guide on-line.
Kenyan history page.
Google's web directory for Kenyan society and culture.
Colonial Interests in Kenya.
Culture of the Masai.
The Lions of Tsavo exhibit at the Chicago Field Museum.
Reading list for safaris.
Some more recommended books on Africa.

And to the south:
Google's web directory for the Anglo-Zulu War.