Summary
"The Masai tribe of Kenya and the Himba tribe of Namibia - two of Earth's oldest cattle cultures - are emerging from a century of 'white man's conservation,' which threw them off their lands, banned subsistence hunting, and fueled resentment. These indigenous people are discovering that earnings from wildlife tourism can rival the benefits of livestock. But change is not easy. Charting the collision of traditional ways with Western [tourism and commercial farming] expectations, "Milking the Rhino" offers complex, intimate stories of Africans at the forefront of community-based conservation."