Wisdom from an Old-time Hunter: P.J. Schoeman’s Namibia

P.J. Schoeman was Head of Etosha National Park from 1950 to 1955. He was appointed to this position after a sojourn as an academic in anthropology at Stellenbosch University, and later on as a politician and administrator in the South African Government. He was, however, mostly known as an author of story books, with nature, hunting and romance as his primary themes.

Piet van Rooyen

Schoeman was a true-blood adventurer. He grew up on a farm in Kwazulu-Natal where he hunted with his Zulu hunting mates from an early age. He had great respect for the Zulu people and their traditions and wisdoms, and spoke the Zulu language fluently. After obtaining a B.A. degree in Anthropology at Stellenbosch University in 1930, he undertook a long single-man journey through East Africa, covering more than 4000 kilometres on foot and living with pastoral peoples in their home villages. He fell seriously ill with blackwater fever, the deadly version of malaria, before he returned to South Africa. He wrote his first novel with hunting as a theme: Die Swerwerjagter (The Wanderer-hunter) in 1930, followed by Die Jagterprins (The Hunting Prince) and Drie Jong Jagters (Three Young Hunters). These…

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