Aidan Hartley Aidan Hartley

The borrowers

A great white hunter takes aim at a few sacred cows in contemporary Africa

issue 18 December 2004

Laikipia

When I saw the Chief in his Land Cruiser filled with hangers-on bouncing towards me through the bush I knew he was after his Christmas fatted lamb. It is customary in this part of the world for ranchers to hand out barbeque-ready slaughter animals to our local officials as thank-you presents for the help they genuinely give us through the year.

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