Bookshelf Latest Additions

The books listed here are the latest additions to the Shakari Connection Bookshelf. In no particular order, there are books on African hunting, African exploration, hunting firearms and more. All the books newly added to the website will be listed on this page before going into their various categories and into the author index.

Rupert Watson

Culture Clash: The Death Of A District Commissioner In The Loita Hills by Rupert Watson (2014) is the story of death of the Narok District Commissioner, Hugh Grant (1897 - 1946), from the spear of a young Masai man named Karambu Ole Sendeu. The events leading up to Karambu throwing his spear are described in detail, as is his trial for the DC's murder.

This incident is recalled in several other books where accounts differ, such as ... 'Last Chance In Africa' by Negley Farson and 'Red Strangers: The White Tribe Of Kenya' by C S Nicolls

Anne Goldsmith

Gentle Warrior: A life Of Hugh Grant, Soldier, Farmer And Kenya Administrator by Anne Goldsmith (2001). The dramatic story of Hugh Grant's death in 1946 is at the heart of this book by his daughter, Anne Goldsmith. She has used letters from her father and his colleagues and the family photos to recreate his life of service in war and peace.

J A Golding

John Anthony Golding 1920 – 2012) was a British colonial administrator who served in Tanganyika and later in the Turks and Caicos Islands from 1965 to 1967.

Colonialism: The Golden Years by J A Golding (1987) is really the author's memoir and his 'golden years' in the Tanganyika administration in 1946, rather than a dissertation about 'colonialism'. He recalls his daily work, observations on African wildlife, his friendship with Hugh Grant who was killed by a Masai spear and others like George Rushby who became a Game Warden in Tanganyika and a renowned man-eating lion hunter.

Giuseppe P Filotto

Life And Death In Africa by Giuseppe P Filotto (2013). Taken from the synopsis of this book ... "recounts a journey few have undertaken: a young European man, influenced by Japanese martial art culture, seeking his place in Africa. Its story is one of discovery, immersion, and a passion for Africa and African life that would see Giuseppe, body and soul, close the door to the Western world and forever become part of Africa. His hope is that this book will not only make you understand Africa, but make you feel Africa".

Philip Dennis

Goodbye To Pith Helmets: A District Commissioner's Account Of The Last Years Before Ghana's Independence by Philip Dennis (2000) is the author's memoir of his time serving in the Gold Coast, now Ghana, from 1940 to 1956 with the Colonial Administrative Service. His work was focussed on administrative reorganisation and financial reform of local government and, later, as a Judicial Adviser, reforming the system of native courts. He also wrote about personal and domestic matters with observations about his work colleagues and friends.

It is always very interesting to know which books you are buying. Let's take a look at some of the books bought recently from the Bookshelf ...

Giorgio Grasselli

Giorgio Grasselli started out in west Cameroon when he was asked to shoot a man-killing elephant. From this start he became a PH in Cameroon. After leaving Cameroon, Grasselli settled in Rhodesia where he was until just before that country's independence. In 1979 Grasselli went to the Central African Republic where he hunted large tuskers, eland and bongo. Finally, Grasselli ends up in Zambia where he hunts once again for glamour game such as sable and buffalo.

African Sunsets: The Story Of An Adventurous Life by Giorgio Grasselli (2007) is a fascinating read which takes us on hunts for an elephant with a corkscrew tusk to a rogue gorilla to a bullfrog that weighed about ten pounds. The stories are not kill and kill some more, but rather they are the highlights of a most fascinating life - one that comes from being decades in Africa living and hunting in various countries.

Sten Cedergren

The Adventurous Life Of A Vagabond Hunter by Sten Cedergren (2000). Cedergren set out to become a cowboy at an early age, so his first stop was Paraguay. After further roaming, he landed in Kenya and joined White Hunters Ltd, in addition to doing elephant control work. Cedergren tells good stories about Jack Blacklaws, René Babault, Bunny Ray, Tony Henley, Eric Rundgren, Rolf Trappe and Robert Foster and others. When Kenya closed hunting, Cedergren did like nearly all the other PHs and relocated to Sudan, Botswana, Zambia, Tanzania and Zimbabwe. By 1981, the Zimbabwe hunting industry was again in full swing, and Cedergren had good years in the Matetsi and the Dande area of the Zambezi Valley. Cedergren stopped professional hunting in 1997 at 78 and said, "I must conclude by saying that if it had not been for the heavy English-built double rifles that I used throughout my hunting career, I would not have been around to write about my experiences in the African bush."

Eric Balson

More Safaris With Bwana Game by Eric Balson (2012). Not only was Eric Balson a PH to the rich and famous, he also worked for years for game departments. During that time he was charged with shooting some very disagreeable wild animals such as man-eating lions and crop-marauding elephants.

Finn Aagaard

Guns And Hunting: Two Decades Of Thoughts On Guns And Calibers by Finn Aagaard (2012). Finn Aagaard, a professional hunter in Kenya following WWII, moved to the USA in the 1970s. He gained a reputation as one of the finest gun writers particularly for the American Rifleman and American Hunter. The very best of these stories have now been collected in book form. Aaagaard had hunted extensively, and his stories on African and North American hunting are fascinating. He was also the type of hunter who took painstaking notes on all his ballistic experiences. For instance, he kept a record of every rifle he owned and he recorded every single shot fired through its barrel.

Frank C Hibben

Hunting American Bears by Frank C Hibben (1950) is an account of his experiences hunting grizzlies, black bears and Alaskan brown bears from Alaska to Mexico.

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