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Mel-el-lek's mountain
- Title
- Mel-el-lek's mountain / Colin Church.
- Author
- Church, Colin
- Publication
- Naivasha, Kenya : Old Africa Books, [2019]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | SD414.K4 C48 2019 | Off-site |
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- Description
- x, 184 pages : color illustrations; 26 cm
- Summary
- Each chapter begins as if seen through the eyes of Mel-el-Lek, a member of the Wandorobo people. In the Maa tongue Mel-el-lek means: "It is not easy." All true accounts, the author takes the reader through events and some of the people behind them, that have kept the Aberdares at the vortex of so much of Kenya's unfolding story. The author records his years as head of operations of Rhino Ark, the conservation body and its unique fund raising machine - Rhino Charge - that saw the completion of Africa's longest fence successfully creating harmony between thousands of Aberdare farmers and its wildlife. First hand insights into the Aberdares and its precious forested water sources and the flagship species - rhino, elephant and bongo - that inhabit it, all become part of the narrative. --Page 4 of cover.
- Alternative Title
- Mel-el-lek's mountain : Aberdares : a place of mystery, drama and compelling events in Kenya's unfolding story
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 178-179) and index.
- ISBN
- 9789966757593
- 9966757597
- LCCN
- 2020336089
- OCLC
- 1145082131
- on1145082131
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library