Edward I. Steinhart. Black Poachers, White Hunters: A History of Hunting in Colonial Kenya. Oxford, James Currey/Athens: Ohio University Press, 2006. East African Studies series, viii + 248 pp. Photographs. Bibliography. Index. $49.95. Cloth. $26.95. Paper.
Ed Steinhart is well known to scholars of Africa, and it is a pleasure to have his new book in the Eastern African Studies series on our shelves. Steinhart has engaged with the history of East Africa for many years, and his numerous publications on Uganda and elsewhere attest to his prominence in the field. Black Poachers, White Hunters: A History of Hunting in Colonial Kenya is a most useful overview of hunting practices in …