Geological Highlights of East Africa’s National Parks

By ROGER SCOON & LYN WHITFIELD Penguin Random House South Africa

The national parks and reserves of East Africa are widely known for their rich and abundant wildlife. This book presents a new and exciting angle - the geological highlights of the region’s intriguing landscape. This handy guide escorts users around all the major - and some minor - parks of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, as well as the Virunga Mountains in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Descriptions of each park and its wildlife offerings, both fauna and flora, preface discussion of the geological origins, influences and current conditions. Key geosites in the parks, and how to access them, are indicated. Maps, satellite images and diagrams, along with vivid photography, help explain the dramatic landforms, both close up and from above.

For anyone planning a safari to the legendary East African game parks and reserves, this book adds an exciting new dimension.

diversity as well as cultural relationships in bow music knowledge and contemporary practices.

The book is framed as a critical appraisal of traditional ethnomusicological studies of the region - complementing pioneering studies and charting contexts for a contemporary engagement with bow music as an exchangeable cultural practice.

Each contribution is written by an expert in the field and collectively demonstrates the multidisciplinary potential of bow music, highlighting the several fields of knowledge that intersect with bow music including ethno-organology, applied ethnomusicology, composition, music literacy, social development, cultural economics, history, orality, performance and language.