Black Lion: Alive in the Wilderness
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- Synopsis
- My name is Sicelo Cabangani Mbatha. My wilderness name is Black Lion. I am the black lion who helps people discover the wild animal within. I am the black lion who roars for peace and harmony on Great Mother Earth. I am the black lion, alive in the wilderness.Wilderness guide Sicelo Mbatha shares the wisdom he has gained from a lifetime’s intimate association with Africa’s wildest nature. The story begins with a traumatic childhood experience that should have turned Sicelo against the surrounding wilderness. Instead, he was irresistibly drawn to it. As a volunteer at Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park, close encounters with buffalo, lion, elephant and other animals taught him to see with his heart and set him on a lifelong journey of spiritual awakening.Drawing from his Zulu culture and his own yearning to better understand humanity’s relationship with itself and with nature, Sicelo has forged a new path, disrupting the conventional approach to nature with an immersive, respectful and transformative way of being in the wilderness. Both memoir and philosophical reflection, Black Lion – co-written with author and environmentalist Bridget Pitt – is a reminder of how much we need the wilderness for our emotional and spiritual survival.‘A remarkable story … poetic and beautifully written. It goes to the heart of the meaning of ecological literacy.’ – DR IAN McCALLUM, SPECIALIST WILDERNESS GUIDE
- Copyright:
- 2021
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9781776191291
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781776191284
- Publisher:
- Jonathan Ball Publishers
- Date of Addition:
- 10/15/21
- Copyrighted By:
- Text Sicelo Mbatha and Bridget Pitt
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Religion and Spirituality
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- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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