[quotes] Safari Ants, Baggy Pants and Elephants - Susie Kelly 2017

 

"The emergency was that the people whom this country rightfully belonged now wanted to run it themselves."

"[On trophy hunting:] It is not even as if there is any skill needed, just sufficient money and an adequate gun. It seems such an utterly pointless and negative activity."

"... I was dubious that even if it ever became law it would lead to an equitable distribution of land, as the wealthiest landowners would find ways to circumnavigate the law - easily done by forming a company - and therefore not count as individuals."

"All those who made comments like that had one thing in common, which was that they had never been to Kenya."

"'I am sure that there are a lot of people who have never visited Africa or Kenya. They think Kenya is Africa and Africa is Kenya. Showing your photographs that you took helps them to know exactly what you are talking about."

"The wind,
In it was a scent,
So hard to remember,
So hard to forget,
Memories long forgotten,
A past so vivid,
A stranger so familiar.

I wake up to a dream,
And see the wind,
In it is a scent,
So hard to remember,
So hard to forget,
Africa.
The scent of my childhood."