Saving the Zululand Wilderness. An Early Struggle for Nature Conservation

Published by Jacana , 2008, hardcover, large format, illustrated, 176 pages, condition: as new.

This book charts both the onslaught on the wild game, game birds and indigenous forests of the Zululand and Maputaland wilderness and the efforts made to preserve them from the destruction. Traces the foundation in the 1890s of the first Zululand game reserves and their struggle for survival against all the odds.

The author, Donal McCracken,  has been an academic for nearly 40 years, with a research interest divided between environmental history, media history and the Irish diaspora in Africa. Books to his credit include nine sole-authored, two joint-authored and six edited. He was Dean of Humanities between 1994 and 2009, and is at present Academic Leader for Community Engagement and AL for Psychology Howard College (SAHS) 2018. He is a former chair of the Alan Paton Centre and Struggle Archive Advisory Board. He has been named South African Genealogist of the Year and won the Zululand Historical Society Award. He was the founding chair of the Durban Botanic Gardens Trust; is a former president of the Irish History Students Association; and was Irish Universities Debating Champion.