Foreign Correspondent Margot Kiser
Letters to Annie from Kaftanistan
Update to my The Daily Beast story Who Killed This Man Who Saved So Many Rhinos and Elephants? On February 4th, 76 year-old wildlife conservationist Esmond Bradley Martin was found slaughtered in his mansion in Langata, a posh residential enclave in Nairobi. The “knife” that police and media had described as the murder weapon was […]
Coffee table books and novels about Africa with ‘Africa’ in their titles seem to stand a better chance of becoming best sellers, or so I hear. “Out of Africa”, “Nowhere in Africa”, “I Dream of Africa” would seem to suggest so. By that formula nothing would sell Africa better than a DVD cover featuring Brad […]
More Headline Than Content At the ivory burn activists and politicians were loud and clear – we’re burning ivory to protect the elephants. The message is that ivory should not have any intrinsic value other than on the elephant. The message itself however remains unclear to Kenyans and foreigners alike. Yet Kenyans I spoke with […]
The Economics of Extinction: Africa’s Elephants and Rhinos in Danger | Margot Kiser Jan 29, 2013 12:00 AM EST How long before Africa’s rhinos and elephants are wiped out in the wild? You wouldn’t think a room as big as a warehouse could feel this airless — not even a maximum-security warehouse, like this one. […]
