So speaks university graduate Mathambo NgaKaeaja in expressing the growing anger of young San people at their communities' disintegration - despite their global fame. Once We Were Hunters . Nine African writers, including poet Antjie Krog and storyteller Gcina Mhlope, each focus on an area noted for its eco-tourist appeal, create a sense of place and let some of the people talk. KwaZulu-Natal photographer Paul Weinberg provides wonderfully gritty and expressive pictures. There are no fences and there is no hunting.
Indigenous people own the game reserves.
In South Africa there are fences and indigenous people live outside most of the reserves. Debates about how indigenous communities can benefit from wildlife and contribute to its conservation are not yet settled in this new democracy. In Zimbabwe, hunting is the key income-earner for many local people. In Mozambique, now free from civil war, tourists are flocking back but without proper conservation management, this beautiful environment is under threat. Locals and tourists compete for the nature reserves, especially the sea life, the former for survival, the latter for pleasure.