Book description
When she was fifteen, Tammie Matson went on safari with her father to
Zimbabwe - and it changed her forever. Back in Australia she turned her
life upside down to build her future in Africa. Returning to the safari
camps - this time as a worker - she out-ran a charging lioness, played
with a cheetah, stumbled across poachers and watched with amazement as a
witchdoctor struck fear into his victims' hearts. This was the adventure
she was looking for and deciding to study zoology gave her a reason to
stay. When the Zimbabwean war vets grew too threatening, Tammie headed
to the Etosha National Park in Namibia. In that harsh, dry,
devastatingly beautiful land, she has overcome the language barrier, the
male-dominated society and the physical hardships to create a life she
loves. Dr Tammie Maston was born in Townsville, Queensland. On her
first trip to Zimbabwe with her father at the age of fifteen she fell in
love with the country and decided she had to return. She changed her
degree from Law to Environmental Science so she could study there. After
graduating, she was offered a scholarship to do a PhD in Zoology. She
has been living in Namibia since 2000, based initially at Etosha
National Park and subsequently in the capital, Windhoek. She currently
works as an environmental consultant for organisations including
Wilderness Safaris, Save the Rhino Trust and the Namibian Professional
Hunters Association, as well as running a research project on
human-elephant conflicts at the request of the Chief of the Bushmen.
